For Lunch 

Brown Rice

(see how to make Brown Rice here)

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Roasted Sunflower Seeds

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Nishime Onions Squash and Carrots

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Blanched Napa Greens and Daikon

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Tempeh Panfried then cooked down in a Shoyu Dashi

It was my turn to cook the other day and I was so excited! I took a long break from doing much of anything when I got back from the the Europe Trip 

(see cooking and eating in Belgium here and Spain here)

and very grateful I got the reset. but I was itching to get back in the kitchen! 

These days the way the cooking schedule  is in Ionia is there is a crew of people that cooked all day one day a week.  so I got to cook Lunch and Dinner with the same crew and really plan the whole day!

For Lunch

Brown Rice

(Watch how to make Brown Rice here)

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Tofu Miso Pickle

(Watch and how to make your own batch of Tofu here)

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Natto 

(Watch and learn how to make Natto here)

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Sautéed Root Vegetables Beets, Squash, Carrots, Leeks, Parsnips

with some Ginger 

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Cucumber Wakame Salad

 with Brown Rice Vinegar , Salt, and Toasted Sesame Oil Dressing

 Garnished with Toasted Sesame Seeds

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Blanched Collard Greens and Broccoli 

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For Dinner

Chickpea Vegetable Stew with Whole Wheat Pasta and deep fried Tofu

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Pressed Salad with Napa Cabbage garnished roasted Walnuts 

(Watch and learn how to make Pressed Salad here)

Adzuki Bean Soup

if you haven't made a soup with Adzuki Beans and Ginger before. you need to get your but in the kitchen and do it!! it is amazing. and perfect for winter. 

For Lunch 

Adzuki Bean Soup

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Brown Rice with Whole Winter Wheat

(Learn how to Make Brown Rice here)

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Walnuts roasted with Miso 

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Baked Parsnips

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Pressed Salad

(Learn how to make Pressed Salad here)

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Carrot Daikon Shoyu Pickles

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For Dinner

Brown Rice 

(Watch and learn how to make Brown Rice here)

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Roasted Sunflower Seeds

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Sautéed Kale and Napa Cabbage with Scrambled Tofu

(Watch and Learn how to make Tofu From Scratch)

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Nishime Squash 

 Lunches are perfect with Brown rice and Miso Soup
Brown Rice and Miso Soup are strong staples in Macrobiotics.
and you can learn how I make  Brown Rice here 
and Miso Soup here.
they go very well together in the morning because the fermented miso helps provide great enzymes in our stomachs for digesting the whole grain. and its freaking delicious !

For Lunch

Brown Rice

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Daikon Umeboshi Pickles

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Kinpira with Carrots and Turnips 

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Blanched Collard Greens

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Miso Soup

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For Lunch the next day

Brown Rice

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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

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Onion Shoyu Pickles

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Blanched Kohlrabi 

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Sautéed Bok-Choy and Kale

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Miso Soup 

 Some days you got to go with the old Macro classic simple meal Brown Rice Miso  Gomashio, and Veggies! I was very happy Ionia made this today, cause all that traveling really knocked me down, but with simple foods I am starting to feel better already.

What do you like to eat when you are coming off?

For Lunch 

Brown Rice

(Check out how to make Brown Rice here) 

with Gomashio 

(Check out how to make Gomashio here)

 and onions Pickles

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Blanched Cabbage and Carrots

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Miso Soup

(Check out how to make Miso Soup here)

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For Dinner

Buckwheat with Onions and Whole Wheat Pasta 

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Blanched Veggie Salad with Broccoli and Carrots and a Parsley Vinegar Dressing 

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Adzuki Bean Soup

For Lunch 

Brown Rice with Whole winter Wheat

(Check out how to make Brown Rice here)

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Roasted Almonds 

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Nishime Daikon 

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Nori

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Carrot and Kohlrabi Pickles

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Split pea Soup

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For Dinner 

Brown Rice

(Check out how to make Brown Rice here)

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Cucumber Pickles

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Pressed Salad with a Sesame Dressing

(check out how to make Pressed Salad here)

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Steamed Squash and Kale 

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Back home again! it was a wonderful trip had some amazing times and delicious food. 

I am so happy to be back home though. Macro food everyday in Ionia! 

what we had to eat today

For Lunch

Buckwheat fried with Onions

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Sautéed Wakame 

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Pressed Salad with Green Apple

(check out the video recipe here) 

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Blanched Bok-Choy

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Chickpea Soup with sweet Vegetables Onions,Carrots,Squash

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For Dinner

Brown Rice

(Check out the making Brown Rice video recipe here)

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Blanched Kale

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Shitaki Gravy with Tofu

(Check out the video recipe for making Tofu here)