I hope everyone enjoyed following the food adventure I went on, 

But now

 I am Home and Loving it!! 

here is what we have been having!

for Lunch

Brown Rice with roasted and Ground Sesame Seeds

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Nishimi with Carrots, Daikon, Onions

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Sautéed Brocoli 

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Onion and Daikon Shoyu Pickles

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Nori

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Miso Soup!

For Dinner we Had

Squash Onion Pie!!

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Lettuce Salad

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Barley Mushroom Soup

For Lunch Yesterday we Had

Pressed Salad

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Buckwheat

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Sauteed Brussel Sprouts and Parsley 

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Bean Soup with pieces of Deep Fried Seitan!! 

For Dinner 

Noodle Stew with Lots of Root Veggies

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 and Chickpeas and Kidney Beans

For Dessert 

 Bread Buns and Cranberry Jam (made from Scratch of course)

I am home now yay!! it feels so good. I had a awesome trip and it was amazing to see so many people/places these last couple of weeks. and I had some pretty amazing food as well!

But I am excited to just chill out and eat simply for the next couple of days.

but this is the last meals I had on the trip!

at Souen in Soho New York City, I had a lunch with a bunch of friends and I Had

Lentil Soup

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Brown Rice with Umeboshi paste

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Seitan With Sautéed Root Vegetables 

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and I had the Tofu Cheese Cake again!

Then I went to Boston and had dinner with a friend and she made us

Tofu Keesh 

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Millet

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Sautéed Vegetables

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Red Lentil Soup (Lentil soup was everywhere this week)

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And a Pear Cake

Then I stopped at KI (Kushi Institute ) in The Berkshires, and Had

Brown Rice with Umeboshi Paste

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Kudzu Vegtables with Arame 

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Raw Salad with a Pumpkin Seed Dressing

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White Bean Soup

While I was in the area my friends and I stopped in at a place where my favorite Dessert chef works (have you ever heard of Satos Dessert Book?) He makes all natural vegan Desserts!! and they are amazing!

And ordered every dessert he had made!!!

We had some food too ;)

Deep Fried Spring rolls 

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White Rice with Black Sesame Seeds

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Soba Noodles and Broth!

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and for the Desserts we Started Out with (there was four of us) 

Green Tea Rice Dream

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then had 

Tiramisu

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Coconut Cream Pie

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Key Lime Pie 

 Being in the city, it is hard to cook every meal at home. I have been cooking one meal, going out for one meal, not intentionally that has just been how it is working out. 

It is good to Eat out every once in a while, you could be inspired! you could find something you want to cook!

The two Meals I cooked were

White Rice with Shiso leaves

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Raw Salad with Tahini Dressing

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Fried Beans

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Apple 

Brown Rice

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Seitan Fried with onions and Yams

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Blanched Kale

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Bean Soup

The Meals I Ate out, 

What I Had at Mana Organic

Kuchicha Tea

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Noodles and Broth and Vegetables 

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Tofu Cheese Cake 

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Almond Cooky

 Yesterday I was so happy I got to have lunch with my friend Mayumi  who is an amazing Cook!!

She Made 

Mixed beans with Vegetables

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Noodles and Broth

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Spring Rolls

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for Dessert she made Yams and Squash baked then drizzled with Maple Syrup!!

It was So YUMMY!

And for Dinner I went to a Japanese restaurant 

I got

Avacado Salad

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Pickles

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Rice

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Cold Udon with Broth and Vegetables!

So I am in New York City now

 (back in America where I can understand what people are saying yay!!) 

And Eating some pretty delicious Food!

The day before yesterday I made lunch with a darling friend 

we made it all mostly from leftovers!

Vegetable Fried Rice with Tofu!

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Black Beans with Onions and Garlic.

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Raw Salad with Tahini Lemon Dressing.

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Then yesterday spent the day actually in the City! 

and had Lunch at the Souen restaurant in Soho, it was so yummy! and I have never been to a Macrobiotic restaurant, it so fun wanting to eat everything on the menu!

I couldn't decide what dessert to have so I got two!

I had

Marinated Burdock

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Seitan Ginger Dumplings

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Yuba

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Udon Noodles in Vegetable Broth

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Tofu Cheese Cake with a Blueberry topping!

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Stewed Apples with Granola.

when dinner came around I ended up at another Souen at Union Square (I wanted to compare)

and Had

Tempeh Croquettes with a Tahini Dill Sauce.

and Vegetables.

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Brown Rice and Natto

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Blueberry Kantan with some Kukicha tea