We celebrated full moon the other day!!

some the girls made

Spring Rolls

with 

Deepfried Tofu

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Marinated the fried Tempeh

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Carrots

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Sprouts

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Salad

Served with

Peanut Sauce

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Tan-pops 
which you can learn how to make with one of my cooking videos!

For Dessert

Apple Pie
which you can learn how to make with one of my cooking videos!

Just to put a little teaser out there,

 I am filming a new cooking video today with a bunch of the kids!! 

I am very excited!

 

For Lunch we had

Brown rice with a little bit of white rice 

(it was my turn to cook and I wanted to make something the kids would want to eat)

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Black Beans

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Blanched Broccoli with a Sesame Sauce

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French Onion Soup

For a Snack I made something up for my self

Sushi made out of leftovers

For Dinner we Had

Noodles and Broth

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Sauteed Carrots with Onions and Dried Tofu

If a Year long season was similar to a day,
 Spring would be like early morning,
Summer would be like mid day,
 Autumn would be like evening,
Winter (which is what we are in right now) would be Night time,
Like the late at night, I find it hard to find energy to do much of anything and consistently dreaming of other things I want to do,  Places I could go, Cool things I could make or buy.
but anyway  


For Lunch we had

Grain Corn

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Baked Squash

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Nishime with Burdock, Carrots, Daikon

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Miso Soup

For Dinner 

Millet with Sweet Vegetables

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Fried Arame with Dried Tofu

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Sauteed Broccoli and Cauliflower

Some times winter seems like it lasts forever here in Alaska. but day by day the sun is rising earlier, and setting later. 

having this blog has really inspired me to really throw myself into photography, and little by little i really feel improvements yay! 

For lunch we had 

Bulgar 

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Sauteed Broccoli and Cauliflower with Fresh Tofu

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Miso Soup

For Lunch

Chestnut Sweet Brown Rice

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Roasted Sesame Seeds

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Blanched Broccoli and Dandelion Greens

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Miso Soup

For Dinner

Polenta

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Arame with Onions and Daikon

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Blanched Kale and Cabbage

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Red Lentil Soup

Rice, Greens, and Soup!

that can mean a lot of different things...

For Lunch we had

Adzuki Bean Brown Rice

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Roasted Sesame Seeds

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Carrot, Onion, Squash Nishime 

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Miso Soup

For Dinner

Pumpkin Seed Brown Rice

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Boiled Daikon

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Blanched Vegetable Salad with a Umeboshi Dressing

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Cauliflower Soup

 

 

Brown Rice

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Umeboshi plum

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Buckwheat

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Salad

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Arame with Onions

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Squash Soup

 We have been trying to go a little easy on the oil in the cooking around here with everyone coming off of being sick, it can be a nice challenge to limit your self, see what creative ideas come up!

It is easier to use no oil on lunches then dinners I don't know why, Dinners just call for more richness sometimes.

For Lunch

Rice Balls with Umeboshi paste

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Tempeh with Kuzu onion Sauce

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Blanche Vegetables 

For Dinner

Brown Rice with Pumpkin Seeds

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Squash Pie

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Sauteed Cabbage

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Split pea Soup

 When it is so cold out one pot meals seem to jump up in everyone's brains!

their warming and easy to eat!

I was so happy when they made Porridge for lunch!

For Lunch

Sweet Vegetable Rice Porridge

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Blanched Kale

For Dinner

Noodles and Broth

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Carrot and Broccoli Tempura

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Leftover Blanched Kale

I am so Excited I am working on a new Dessert cooking video! I am getting my good friend to do the cooking (cause she is a amazing cook) so I just thought I'd put a little teaser out there!

For Lunch we had

Soft Millet Cooked with Squash

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Daikon Shitaki Nishime

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Blanched Cabbage

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Umeboshi Onion Pickles

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Miso Soup!

 For Lunch we had

Brown Rice with Hato-Mugi Barley

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Raw Salad

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Blanched Collards 

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Chickpea Soup

For Dinner 

Brown Rice 

with roasted and ground Sesame Seeds

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Umeboshi Pickles

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Sauteed Hijiki with Vegetables 

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Blanched Vegetable Salad with Cabbage, Red Onion, Cauliflower

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Split Pea Soup 

For Lunch

Rice Noodles 

with

Kuzu Vegetable Sauce

For Dinner
Bulgar

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Sweet Onion cooked with Miso Sauce

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Sauteed Napa Cabbage

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Shoyu Pickles 

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Red Lentil Soup

For Lunch 

we had

 

Millet with Tahini Sauce

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Baked Squash

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Iceberg Salad

For Dinner

Brown Rice 

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Steamed Sourdough Bread with Hummus

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Blanched Vegetable Salad

Here is my new video that I made!

I hope you like it!

 

For Lunch we had

Brown Rice with Daikon pickle

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Sauteed arame with onions and carrots

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Blanched vegetable salad with umeboshi scallion dressing

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Adzuki bean soup with ginger

when I think like what are some of the best Macro meals this is defiantly one of the best! 

for me the most simple macro food is the toughest for me to get really perfect, subtle, Yummy, healthy! so I really admire those who can!

For Dinner

Buckwheat 

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Baked squash and parsnips

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Blanched broccoli

 So sometimes when it is my turn to cook I plan ahead and think about what I want to make and thats always good.

but sometimes I just wing it and just go into the kitchen and see what I can find! and that can come out really terrible or really good!!

this was one of those really good times I am glad to say. to be fair though I did plan on the Black Soy Beans

We had for Dinner

Millet

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Black Soybeans cooked with onions and daikon

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Kimpira

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Blanched kale

I am so Excited I have been filming and new cooking video today!!

I am going to try and edit it tomorrow!

Winter is definitely effecting our cooking here in Ionia.

more long cooked foods , and fried foods, more root vegetables, 

The trick is trying to stay inspired! 

I always have a little trouble with that.

I just try and keep my eyes open for new stuff, winter is a great time to try cooking those things you see around in Cook Books or Food Blogs, that seem interesting but you don't know how they would turn out, try it! be brave! maybe you will find something amazing!!

if anybody would like to share their favorite winters meal that would be great!!

 For Lunch we had

Brown Rice 

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Pan Fried Parsnip

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Blanched Kale

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Miso Soup

For Dinner 

Noodles and Broth

For Lunch Yester day we had

Brown Rice 

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Adzuki Bean Squash 

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Boiled Vegetable Salad with a Umeboshi Mustard Dressing

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Creamy Cauliflower Soup

For Dinner

Left Over Brown Rice made into 

Natto Fried Rice

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Pressed Salad

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Sweet Vegetable Soup