So Everyone went on a big grand amazing Community Camping Trip....

But..I stayed home 

I just wasn't up to being outside hiking for three days (call me a pansy if you want)

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I really enjoyed staying home though 

it was all empty and quite. 

I was just cooking all the time 

I made this simple meal of

Fried Mochi and Hummus 

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Blanched Garden Veggie Salad

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Good Ole Brown Rice

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Clear Broth soup with Ginger and Kombu

Fall time is here yay! 

I love ccoking for the fall, its a little cooler, the vegetables are all ready to be harvested!

it is time to cook nice warming strengthening meals like this one I had the other day!

Chickpea Brown Rice

Sauteed Wakame with Onions and 

Kinpira with Carrots and Burdock (from the garden) 

 with Sesame seeds and Grated Ginger

Blanched Garden Daikon!

Miso Soup

I had So much fun ccoking today!

For Lunch

Nituke with Carrots and Turips and Onions (All from the Garden yay!)

Pressure cooked Pinto Beans with added Shoyu 

Blanched Collards 

 Miso Soup

And Brown Rice of Course!

Oh My God!! We had a Yummy Seitan Stew for Dinner, I don't know if it is cold were you are (cause it is summer and everything) but in Alaska it still gets cold enough for yummy hot Stew!!

A Cous-Cous Cake for Dessert!

For Lunch 

Brown Rice with Umeboshi and roasted Sunflower Seeds

Boiled Corn

Shoyu Onion Pickle

Sauteed Kale with mashed Tofu

For Dinner

Barley Porridge 

Sauteed Cabbage

 I am back!

We had a Lovely sushi meal.

With a noodle soup with corn

Vegetable sushi.

Lettuce Salad

 For Dinner we had

Buckwheat With Onions

Blanched Vegtables

French lentil soup

Ok so I have some bad news....I lost my Camera, well I didn't lose some mysterious person took it and put it some were else, and now no one and find it. I have been really upset about for the last couple of days. but these are the last pictures of the meals I took on it.

Brown rice with roasted and Ground Sesame Seeds

Sauteed Garden Daikon

Miso soup

Miso Soup

Chickpea salad

Blanched Vegetables

Corn Rice with Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Strawberry Pie for Dessert 

Noodles and Broth 

Kimpera with  Black Sesame Seeds

Deep Fried Adzuki Bean Rice Ball

Wild Mushroom Gravy

Vegetable Stir fry

Yesterday was full moon, it was quite exciting!

For Lunch 

Buckwheat with sweet Vegetables

     Tahini Sauce to go with Blanched Kale

Sauteed Arame with Onions

      

 For the Full Moon Dinner we had The Lovely Mayumi Nishimura Cooking for us!

There was

Bean Seitan Masa Pop-pie with a sweet corn sauce.

Salad

Corn Chips with Guacamole!

Strawberry Cobbler