Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everybody!!

I hope everybody is getting happy and staying warm today!

 Ionia had a celebration for winter solstice. and when Ionia has a celebration that mostly means we make  a lot of food! Food is our favorite part about celebrating really. coming together to cook and then setting the table and eating!

What do you like to do for the Holidays!? 

For Breakfast 

Sticky Buns with Apples and Raisins and Pecans 

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For Dinner

Salad with Lettuce, Olives, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, and a vegenaise dressing

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Baked Potatoes 

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Deep fried Corn Tortillas to make Chips

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Seitan-Pops 

(Watch and learn how to make Seitan and Seitan-Pops here)

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Tempeh Saukraut Sushi 

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For Dessert 

Pumpkin Pie with Tofu Frosting 

(Watch and Learn how to make Tofu Frosting here) 

(Watch and Learn how to make Tofu Here)

For Lunch 

Brown Rice 

(watch and learn how to make Brown Rice here)

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with Gomashio

(watch and learn how to make Gomashio here)

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Kimpira style Carrots and Burdock 

(watch and Learn how to make Kinpira here)

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Sautéed Kale and Tofu

(watch and learn how to make Tofu here)

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Squash Soup

garnished with Pumpkin Seeds

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For Dinner

Polenta topped with Sautéed Broccoli 

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Nishime Onions and Beets

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Blanched Bok-Choy

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Adzuki Bean Soup

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