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 

We are in St. Petersburg and it is such a beautiful City!! Cold as all get out, but really pretty and has a nice balance of history and fun! it has a nickname of being the Venice of the North.

We went around looking for a vegetarian restaurant.(not so easy to do here)

we ate a very cute place.

I ate

Salad

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Onion Soup with Bread Croutons 

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Spagetti with Tomatoes and basil

And I tried a new things yesterday!! 

Hot Chocolate 

(which after I took a Sip I remembered "I don't like Chocolate")

 So I had all those leftovers from noodles and broth the other day, so I decided to make a gravy out of the broth!

Udon Noodles

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Gravy 

For Dinner

Fried Rice with broccoli and Tofu

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Seitan sauce thingy (???)

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Deep fried Spring Roll

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Salad

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Red Lentil Dal

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Bread

 Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dessert!

I don't know how people manage Eating in a City, all this Go Go Go energy makes it hard to sit down and chew and digest a meal. 

But i am enjoying my self.

Yesterday I made for Breakfast

Mochi 

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Miso Soup

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Oats

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Apple Juice Kudzu with Ginger

For Lunch I ate out and had

Poarr Tea

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Tofu cooked with vegetables.

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Lentil Soup

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Pumpkin Turnover

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Glass Noodle Salad

For Dinner I made

Noodles 

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Broth 

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Tempura

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Blanched Nappa Cabbage

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Grated Daikon

Dessert

Stewed Apples with Amasaki 

  OK let me catch you up here

 before i left Ionia (home sweet home) we had a Delicious 

Seitan Pot Pie

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Gravy

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Cranberry sauce

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Salad 

And then I went to Russia!!

And I am in Moscow right now!

I have never been in such a big city before and eating in a big city is quite different, and sometimes quite difficult. 

But I am getting better at cooking for my self more and making time to cook, and trying not to rely on living off of noodles and Ramen.

I am really loving Tea out here I have found though!

the first real big meal we had was at a oriental Restaurant 

I got 

Fried Rice

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Avocado Salad

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Deep Fried tofu

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Spring Rolls

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Salad 

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Miso Soup

It was really good, A little salty for me right now but what ever!

And in the Morning I made

for Breakfast 

Soft Buckwheat 

with Sauteed Leeks

And for Lunch I made

Brown Rice

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Sauteed Cabbage with Tofu

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Potato Salad 

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Vegetable Soup!