Crepes for breakfast~Victoria-san's recipe~

Back from Okinawa. Autumn has already come in Tokyo. Very cold and I might catch a cold. Have sore throat. :(

By the way, one of my followers, Victoria-san taught me how to make crepes!

The crepe I had in Paris more than 10 years ago was really genuine and beautiful.

Victoria-san's crepe reminds me the taste in Paris!

We enjoyed the crepe with my home made fruits jam(rhubarb, plum and orange) for breakfast.

Thanks, Victoria-san!! You're right! Rhum liqueur gave awesome flavour for crepes.

Sugar + Lemon juice was also fantastic;)

Here's her recipe. I strongly recommend for you to try it! Crepe is more right and comfortable for your breakfast rather than having pancakes.

Ingredients

-250g of flour

-4 eggs

-1/2 liter of milk

-1 pinch of salt

-50 g of butter

and for a little extra taste 1 spoon of rhum. It will give an amazing flavour to the crepes.

Prepare the mixture, put flour, butter and salt together. Add the eggs one by one and finish with the milk gradually.

It needs to be not too thick and not too liquid.

Butter a small frying/flat pan, serve a spoon full, spread it all in the pan. Once it starts being cooked flip it over.

Then once it's fully cooked you can just enjoy them!! Spread with a little bit of sugar and lemon juice, it's yummy!!

Taro's rate:★★★★★

He likes crepes with rhubarb jam the best.
Thanks again, Victoria-san! :-)

Goya Champuru~Stir fried bitter melon~

We stayed at a serviced apartment so that I was able to cook. As for the first two days, the typhoon attacked Miyako-jima, we had to stay at a hotel.

At that time, I cooked "Goya Champuru" .

Goya Champuru is one of the typical Okinawa food.

Sliced goya and season salt and squeese them and drain from water. Stir Goya, Tofu(bean curd), Spam(lunchon meat) and any vegetables you like plus scrambled egg. Season S&P, a little bit soy sauce and Katsuo bushi (dried bonito flakes). That's all. Easy, healthy and yummy:)

Found youtube video which helps you how to make "goya champuru"in detail.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp-a5y8rY28&feature=player_embedded

For your reference.

Tebichi Soba（noodles w/braised pettitoes)

Had belated summer vacation last week. We went to Miyako-jima where is southern island in Okinawa, Japan.

They have their own food culture. The photo above is called "Tebichi-soba"which is a sort of Udon(but slightly different from it)and "Tebichi" means pettitoes.

The soup is made up of Katsuo(bonito) broth called "Dashi". Very tasty.

During the trip, Taro had this everyday! Yes, everyday. I was wondering why he never fed up with it. He really loves both noodle and soup. (he never ate tebichi at all.)

This noodle would be the first reminiscence about his food trip. ;)

Jungle Plate~Grilled Ram~

It took less than 30 minutes for us to finish eating this plate.

Each meal had different taste but yoghurt sauce made them complete in harmony.

Besides the sauce, kaori spice for ram is also the key to be a fantastic jungle plate. ;)

Tonight Menu

-Grilled ram with yoghurt sauce

-sauteed mushroom and eggplant

-potato cake with vegetable ragu sauce

-green salad

~yoghurt sauce~ I guess it's famous for Turkish food.

-Add grated garlic and one teaspoon of salt in the yoghurt and mix together.

~kaori spice~

all spice, paprika, fennel seed, coriander seed and cumin seed -all are powder type.

(the amount of spice are up to you, but cumin seed should be the main taste. )

Dry Curry

Am not sure "Dry Curry" is Japanese-English or not. Probably this sort of curry might be called "Keema Curry." Minced beef, lots of vegetables in there. I added dried raison, pumpkins and lots of vegetables as Taro is willing to eat them. Spicy but very sweet taste.

As for the rice, I chosed brown rice and served with Edamame.

For curry, brown rice is much more matching rather than white one.

Taro's rate:★★★★★

He really ate a LOT.

Potato Cake

This is also referred from Kotokoto Pasta's recipe.

I like the appearance. That's a cake! Very cute.

Mush potatoes, 2 eggs, Parmigiano Leggiano cheese and white sauce. Mix together. Bake it to 180℃ for 35 minutes.

It's suitable for baby food. For adult, it's good as a garnish when we eat some meat.

Taro's rate:★★

It was too plain for him. He might need more punch taste. He is no longer a baby now.

Spinach and Ricotta cheese Gnocchi

Made ricotta cheese and spinach gnocchi from scratch. I used to make it quite often when Taro was a baby. It has been a year since I made it last probably.

In Japan, Ricotta cheese is super expensive, so I made it from fresh milk. It's easy. The method is same as making cottage cheese. Boil one litre milk, one lemon juice and a pinch of salt with high heat. When it gets boiling and the milk has clabbered. You should see the curd and the waterly liquid at the top of the milk pan, which is whey. Strain from the whey. Then the cottage cheese has done!

As my Italian cooking teacher said, the difference between ricotta and cottage is that the amount of fat. Ricotta has more rich and thick.

Ingredients

-1bunch of spinach-boiled and shredded.

-200g ricotta cheese

-2 egg yolk

-4 table spoon Parmigiano Leggiano

-180g 00 flour or LysD'or

See this link.( The Westin ads are really annoying though...) This is slightly different from my recipe, but the procedure is almost all the same.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Spinach-and-Ricotta-Gnocchi-103453

It can be stored at a freezer for a month.

If only you make it before hand when you're free, It would help you when you're busy on weekdays. :)

Sautéed Chicken breas with lemon sauce

flour the chicken breast and season S&P. Sauteed them with olive oil. Pour white wine (100cc) and braised 5 minutes. Add lemon juice. That's all!

Just normal salad. Balsamico vinegar, extravirgin olive oil and S&P.

Taro's rate:★★★★★

Especially he was pleased with chicken! Though I cut it into small sizes so as to have him chew properly, he bit the large one. Eventually he spit out as he couldn't chew and swallow. He has still 14 teeth only.