For Lunch  Sweet Rice with Chestnuts  - Kinpira  - Blanched Daikon  - Adzuki Bean Soup - Bancha Tea  ~~~~~~~~~~~ For Dinner Taco buffet   Chunky Salasa  with Tomatoes, red Onions, Parsley, Salt, Lime - Avocados  - Seitan  fried with Onions, Corn, Bell Peppers, Spicy jalapeños  - Corn Tortillas  - Fried Pinto Beans  ...

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For Lunch Brown Rice - Nishime with Carrots, Onions and Squash - Sauteed Broccoli - Natto Miso Chutney - Kidney Bean Soup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Dinner Cous Cous - Stir Fried Vegetables with Kuzu Sauce ...

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Making Sandwiches from scratch for around a 100 people is no easy task, and yes it is not the ideal meal for someone who is quieting down their diet....but for the rest of us it is sure fun and delicious. There is a girl in Ionia who has made a name for herself of making some pretty amazing Sandwiches and it is pretty...

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For Three days Warren Kramer and Will Hall came to the Kenai Peninsula and did a wonderful  training/lecture in the Soldotna Library.  Our amazing Eliza Eller did all the work of fundraising and hosting/putting together the whole event. everything went great!  Ionia offered to cook lunches for the class for the event...and cooking for everyone in Ionia is a challenge but then you...

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For Lunch Brown Rice - Gomashio - Baked Squash - Stir Fried Vegetables with Wild Ferns, Cabbage, Carrots, - Natto Miso Chutney - Aduki Bean Soup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Dinner Quinoa Salad with Beets Onions and Parsley - Blanched Kale and Carrots - Sauteed Cucumber Shoots with Deep Fried Tofu - Tempura Devil's Club Shoots and Carrots - Quick Salt and Ginger Cucumber Pickles...

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There is something about a good chickpea salad that is so awesome I could just eat buckets of it all day......but I won't.  Living in a community with lots of diverse people the cooks some times have to cater to peoples likes and dislikes, some people here don't like beets so half of the chickpea salad was made with out, makes for a...

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For Lunch Brown Rice - Sauteed Hijiki with Tahini - Baked Carrots with Onion Garlic Sauce - Blanched Cabbage and Collard Greens - Turnip Dill Pickles - Miso with Wild Nettles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Dinner Bean Burritos with Green Salsa - Raw Salad with Cucumbers - Nituke Vegetables ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Dessert Watermelon Kanten with Pecans ...

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For Lunch  Long Grain Brown Rice Salad  - Blanched Cabbage - Carrot and Cauliflower Shoyu Pickles - Miso Vegetable Soup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Dinner Millet with Tahini Sauce - Blanched Collard Greens - Kimpira (Sauteed Carrots and Turnips) - Shoyu Onion Pickles ...

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This was the day that I spent all day editing the new cooking video , and then it was my turn to cook so all I could think of to make was the stuff in the video! For Lunch Brown Rice with Barley - Blanched Carrot Kale Vegetable Salad with raw Cucumbers - Sauteed Burdock and Wakame - Fried Blended Black Beans garnished with...

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I wasn't home for lunch this day, but I am sure happy I got home in time for afternoon desert!  thats what I call a summer afternoon. For afternoon Desert Peach Cobbler  ~~~~~~~~~~~ For Dinner  Cous-Cous  - Fried Pinto Beans - Raw Salad with Lettuce and Cucumbers  - Nituke vegetables with Cauliflower, Cabbage, Burdock, Carrots  ...

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