Monday, 25 May 2009

Birthday bento

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My quick bento made with whatever was in the fridge; inari filled with rice mixed with furikake aloe vera segments in juice pickles tofu wit...

Quick dinner and homemade furikake

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A quick sunday dinner, maybe not entirely Japanese, but we try... Sake shiso - salmon with fresh shiso baked in the oven and served with ric...
Sunday, 17 May 2009

More planting..

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Oh boy, I do enjoy having a small garden! Well, at least a large terrace and a small piece of soil next to my kitchen wall.. Last week I rec...
Sunday, 3 May 2009

Hijiki no nimoto

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Today I've made hijiki for the 2nd time, this time I included konnyaku as well. It came out good, half was for dinner, the other is for ...

Happy shiso

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My happy, little shiso is growing... and soon it will come out in the garden! Notice the daikon in the background - growing way to fast!
Thursday, 16 April 2009

Shiso replanted

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The shiso is coming along and today it was replanted in larger pots. I expect them to grow faster now, hoping for sunny, warm days to come.....
Monday, 13 April 2009

My window

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sugar, wakame, tempura flour, shiitake, bonito, sesame seeds, tea Stocking up on necessities!

Sauteed chicken and tamago yaki

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One of our everyday Japanese meals; chicken marinated in soya, mirin, sake, salt and sugar. It's about 500 gr of chicken thighs with ski...
Sunday, 29 March 2009

Growing shiso (perilla)

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Good news... the first shiso shots have surfaced! I guess it's about 30-40 sprouts that have surfaced now. It looks really good, just li...
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Wednesday, 25 March 2009

Various cooking this week, bento and lotus root

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Yum! Lotus root chips..... This week has included two days of bento at work, tonkatsu and making lotus root chips. My daughter went crazy fo...