Wow!! I am at the Kushi Institute  at the 2014 Macrobiotic Summer Conference!

I am volunteering in the kitchen the whole time.

The Conference is going to go on for two weeks and I thought I would share the wonderful food that would be coming out of it! 

The First welcoming day of the conference we had for  Lunch/Brunch 

Brown Rice with Carrots and Celery 

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Carrot, Beet, Pickles

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Creamy White Beans 

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Blanched Collards with a Dressing 

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Squash and Broccoli cooked together 

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Miso Soup with Daikon and Wakame 

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For desert 

Rice Pudding

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Oat meal Raison Teff Cookies

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Mini Buckwheat Pancakes 

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For Dinner

Brown Rice

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Gomashio

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Nori Flakes

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Marinated Tofu

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Adzuki Bean Squash 

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Blanched Kale, Broccoli, Corn with a Umeboshi Sauce

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Pickles 

For Lunch

Sweet Vegetable Millet with Onions,Corn,Squash

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Parsley Sauteed with Tofu

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Raw Salad with Tomatoes, Avocados, Romain Lettuce, Tahini Dressing

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Carrot Apple Juice

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Mid Day Dessert 

Almond Thumbprint Cookies

instead of Almond oil I used Coconut Oil, and Peach Jam.

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Almond Cookie dough crust Tart with Strawberries 

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For Dinner

Leftover Brown Rice Avocado Sushi

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Leftover Salad

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Tempeh Stifry with Lotus root,Carrot,Bok-Choy,Broccoli,

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Black Bean Soup with Garlic and Onions, Daikon

Oh man every so often somebody makes a treat for everybody in the community here and it reminds me how much I love........COOKIES! 

Ally and Lori made Ally's famous Oatmeal Walnut Cookies the other day. when ever there are cookies I feel like a little girl with how much I love a good Cookie. One day I need her to dish out the recipe!

For Lunch

Tabuli Salad 

made with

Bugar, Carrot, Parsley, Onion, Vinegar, umeboshi paste, 

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Deep Fried Leftover Nuggets 

we have named them Koogali-woogalies 

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Nishime, made with Squash, Daikon,Onions,

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Red Lentil Miso Soup 

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For Snack

Oatmeal Walnut Cookies with Raisins

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In December Ionia set up a cooking class so Connor Florence and I offered to teach it. 

it went pretty well, even though I feel a bit awkward cooking in front of people, so I try and cook with them and get them involved.

we had a good crew and the food came out good, so all went well! 

For Lunch 

Brown Rice

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Sauteed Kale 

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Nishime Carrots and Cabbage

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Vegetable Soup with Seitan croutons 

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For Dinner (that was the Cooking class)

 Brown Rice

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Veggie Saute with Bok-choy, white Mushrooms,tofu

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Tempura Carrots,Broccoli, Onons

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Shoyu ginger Sauce for the Tempura

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Red Lentil Soup with Onions,Garlic,Celery, Corn,Garnished with Parsley 

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Peanut Butter Cookies 

 

  

 So I am still on my Rice fast for a couple of more days but I wanted to show the meals we had right before I started just eating rice.

For Lunch

Clear Broth Soup with Buckwheat flour Dumplings

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Brown Rice cooked with Squash

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Roasted Sunflower Seeds

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Blanched Cabbage and Carrots and Carrot Tops

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Snack 

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies!

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For Dinner

Brown Rice

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Roasted Almonds

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Raw Salad with Apple

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Natto 

Today I go to Bethal with a group of people to share some about healthy foods! Its going to be nice to see more of Alaska

I will share the photos of the food we cook for them when I get back!

For Lunch 

Adzuki Bean Rice

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Gomashio 

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Blanched Cauliflower with a Umeboshi Scallion Dressing

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Hijiki cooked with Onions

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Miso Soup

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I made Cookies for video 

and these are some of the best cookies ever!! I went way overboard and ate a ton of them!

Almond thumb print Cookies

with

Crap Apple Jam

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For Dinner

Rice Porridge with bits of Seitan

and Vegetables 

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Blanched Broccoli and Cauliflower

I spent the last couple of days getting things in order so I can settle into this Winter! I have lots of new projects in Mind!!

New post.

New Videos

Trying New recipes 

Its going to be Fun!

 

Today we had For Lunch

Polenta Setteld on top of Kale

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Deep Fried Rice Ball

with 

Grated Daikon

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Nituke Vegetables 

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Blanched Kale

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Lentil Soup

For Snack we Had 

Almound Thumb Print Cookies

(which are my favorite Cookies ever!!!)

For Dinner we Had 

Buckwheat with Noodels and Parsley

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Sauteed Cauliflower 

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Blanched Greens

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Split Pea Soup