Feels like Spring is coming sooner every year up here in Alaska. today was above freezing all day, with huge puddles forming from the melting snow. It is one of the most exciting times of the year I think. where you can feel such change happening all around. 

It felt like a day to make a bunch of my favorite foods all in one meal!

For Lunch 

Udon and Shoyu Kombu Broth

(watch and learn how to make Udon here)

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Baked Squash and Tofu with Olive oil, Salt, Shoyu, and Mirin

(watch and learn how to make Tofu here)

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Pan Fried Mochi with Sweet Adzuki Bean Paste

(watch and learn how to make Mochi here)

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Blanched Vegetable Salad with Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Kale and Cucumber with a Scallion Umeboshi Dressing

For Lunch 

Brown Rice

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Cucumber Pickles 

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Blanched Radishes roots and tops

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Kinpira 

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Natto 

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Cauliflower Soup with Sweet Corn

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For Dinner 

Bulgar with Onions

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Pressed Salad with Cucumber

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Baked Root Vegetables summer Squash, Beets, Carrots

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Koogali-Woogalies (thats just what we call them here in Ionia)

Deep Fried leftovers

(Brown Rice, Natto, Onions, Shoyu, Millet flower, and Water)

 Nugget

with Mustard 

For Lunch 

Sweet Brown Rice with Adzuki Beans 

mixed with Caramelized Onions

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Pressed Salad 

with Tahini Dressing 

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Baked Parsnips 

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Sweet Vegetable Miso Soup

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Sweet Vegetable Millet 

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Hijiki Salad 

with Radishes  

For Lunch

Brown Rice 

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Roasted Almonds 

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Blanched Kale

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Baked Root Vegetables ,Onions, Squash, Carrots

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Miso Soup

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For Dinner

Pressure Cooked Millet

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Miso  roasted Walnuts

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Carrots Nuke Pickles

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Blanched Mustard Greens with Brown Rice vinegar

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Sauteed Squash

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 White Bean soup

For Lunch

Noodles and Broth

Soba Noodles

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Shoyu Ginger Kombu Broth

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Baked Squash

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Blanched Kale

You guys said you wanted cupcakes, I am giving you cupcakes............cupcake video I mean!!

I hope you enjoy this new cooking video and get into the kitchen and make some friggen cupcakes!!

if you do tell me about them and how they came out and even share a picture here or on the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/FoodEverydayEverydayFood?ref=hl

 For Lunch

Polenta 

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Natto

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Blanched napa Cabbage

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Pressed Salad

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Baked Squash 

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Nuka Pickles 

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For Dinner

Buckwheat cooked with Cauliflower

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Sauteed kale

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Squash Soup 

 It was so sunny and beautiful to day outside! but when it is sunny in the winter it  means it is freaking cold!!!

So I made sure to drink tons of hot bancha tea all day! 

For lunch we had

Brown Rice

with 

Roasted Sunflower Seeds

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Turnip Shoyu Pickles

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Salad with a Mustard Dressing

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Baked Yams

 Happy Thursday!

I am starting to get really into props and backgrounds for my food pictures! playing around with different colors and shapes and dishes!

I am happy to  push my self and learn as much as I can.

For Lunch we had

Brown Rice

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Turnip Pickles

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Blanched Vegetable Salad

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Fried Dried Tofu with Wakame and Onions

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Adzuki Bean Soup

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For Dinner we had

Sweet Brown Rice with Chestnuts 

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Hijiki Fired with Onions. Carrots

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Brussels Sprouts

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Baked Squash

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