My signature Granola

Made my original granola. Apparently this is much beautiful,healthier and it costs cheaper than the bought one. Taro loves it very much. He likes to eat it as soy milk porridge. :)

Here's my recipe.

Ingredients

-2 cups organic rolled oats

-1 cup various nuts and seeds ( this time, I added chopped almond and walnuts, pumpkin seeds and coconuts)

-plenty of various dried fruits as you like

(I chose chopped apricots,orange peels, fig, red currants and raison)

- 5 tablespoons of maple syrup

Method

Preheat the oven 150℃.

Put the oatmeals, nuts and seeds and maple syrup in a large bowl. Mix together.

Spread them on the baking tray.

Bake it for 30 minutes, stirring mixture every 10 to 15 minutes. Put coconuts on the tray in the last 1 minutes of done. Let cool. Stir in dried fruits. Store in an airtight container.

Sunday Breakfast

Baked whole wheat buns.

I like to have Shiso herb for sandwich instead of lettuce. This would be more exiotic taste.

Taro's rate:★★★

He doesn't want to eat Shiso herb.

Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Grilled Sandwiches quite often appears to our breakfast. :)

Melting Cheeeeeeeese!

Recommend you to use "Maribo cheese" if you make this sort of sandwich and use this grilled sandwich maker.

Taro's rate:★★★★

He didn't eat "Kimpira and cheese" ones. ( I wanted him to eat more vegetables, but I failed.)

Scrambled Eggs

When you make scrambled egg, should never hesitate to use a plenty of butter and fresh cream, and anyone would make it.

~ingredients~

- 4 eggs

- 50~70cc of fresh cream

- a knob of butter

-Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

-options- add some cheese, mushroom, tomatoes and whatever you like.

Method

1 Lightly whisk the eggs, cream and a pinch of salt together until all the ingredients are just combined and the mixture has one consistency.

2 Heat a non-stick frying pan for a minute or so, then add the butter and let it melt. Do not allow the butter to brown or it will discolour the eggs. Pour in the egg mixture and let it sit, without stirring, for 20 seconds. Stir with a heat-resistant rubber spatula. Gently push one edge of the egg into the centre of the pan, while tilting the pan to allow the still liquid egg to flow in underneath. Repeat with the other edges, until the eggs are softly set and slightly runny in places, then remove from the heat and leave..... Done!!

Baked Apple

Cinammon, raison, butter, maple syrup and a plenty of red wine.
bake 200℃ around 30-40 minutes.

Serve with vanila ice cream.

If the baked apple left, you can make bread pudding.

Soak bread into egg and milk. Add leftover apples and re-bake again.

Breakfast at the third week of April

The day before leftovers turned to tomato soup. Added Gnocci.
Graham Bread Sandwich
(blueberry jam+cream cheese, Salami + Malibo cheese and Egg+ Corned beef+Mayonayse.)

This childrenbook is discribing about catching cold during sleep.

He is the one who catch cold in his sleep :P

Baking quick bread.( Raison, Banana, Apricot in there.)

Made Chai Tea Latte for Saturday Breakfast.

Look back on breakfast at the last week of March

Turnip and Tuna Salad Sandwich

(this is super yummy! Taro ate up the whole one!!)

Banana Yoghrut jucie , Cereal w/soy milk, fresh apples and strawberry.

Boiled Pork and vegetable open sandwiches, apples.

Cafe au lait, croissant, and apples.

(Actually I woke up late and had no time to make breakfast...)

Everyday, we have fresh apples and milk! Taro and I prefer eating bread but Jun calls for Japanese breakfast sometime.

Hot Dog Breakfast

Today's menu

-Lettuce hot dog

-Carrot and Pumpkin Soup

-Hot white tea with ginger syrup

To eat 3 times meal regularly is to build our healthy body and mind:)

French Toast with home-made strawberry jam 2

I checked my previous post, found out I always use baguette when I make "French toast".

http://kaorinskiee.blogspot.com/2010/01/french-toast-with-home-made-strawberry.html

http://kaorinskiee.blogspot.com/2011/01/french-toast-with-persimmon.html

Interesting. :)

Taro's rate:　★★★★★ Absolutely loving it!

Scrambled Egg Breakfast

To make yummy scrambled egg, you have to use a plenty of butter and fresh cream.

Never think about the calories. If only you never skimp butter and cream, you would get success. Plus adding grated Parmigiano Leggiano Cheese is going to be a perfect scrambled egg.

Taro's rate:★★★★

French Toast with Persimmon

Since there were lots of fully ripened persimmons, I put them on the french toast as a sauce.

Very sweet!!!

Incidentally I made french toast last January. Compare to the previous one, this might be more healthy?! :P

Minestrone

There're lots of Japanese roots vegetables in the soup. Burdock, Lotus, Daikon radish, carrot, etc.etc........
No soup cubes, but yummy sausages were the important role for the taste.

Avocado Tomato and Mozzarella cheese Omlet

Despite I am learning "Macrobiotic Diet", I am just first learner. I want to eat daily products some time!! :P

Eggs, fresh cream, mozzarella cheese....... These are energy charge products for me.

Taro's rate:★★★★★

Absolutely he is loving it.

Pão de queijo

For breakfast, I woke up early and bake Pão de queijo. Taro doesn't like hot food but he tried eating it.

Jun was doing exercise. (sit-ups for abdominal.)

Vegetable Norimaki (sushi roll) for breakfast

Cucumber(Sprinkled with salt and let stand to drain) + Umeboshi ="Umekyu"

Taro's rate:★★

He preferred "Oinari-san".

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! :-)

Otoriyose（お取り寄せ）Gourmet Breakfast

"Kama-age Shirasu"(boiled baby sardin) from Hamano Suisan in Kanagawa, shonan area.

(Their shop is located to near my parent's place.)

http://www.toretate-shonan.com/shops/food/hamano-suisan.html

"Tai-no Sasa-zuke"(marinated red snapper ) From Fukui.

(My father got it at Fukui Antenna shop in Aoyama.)

https://www.wakasa-marukai.co.jp/shop/product/productdetail.aspx?productId=14

"Izu Dofu"(Very special Bean Curd) From Shizuoka.

(Got it at Tokyu Department Store in Shibuya.)

http://www.misakaya.com/index.html

People living in Japan must try these stuff!!!

Even though we live in Tokyo, we are able to try fabulous food from all over the Japan.

We're lucky indeed.

To quest for genuine food leads to develop my cooking skill and inspirations.

Breakfast at my parents home

Here is our breakfast this morning at my parents & sister home.

Stir fried Bitter Melon（Goya Champru)

White melon soup

Grilled Himono( semi-dried fish)

Stir fried Eggplants and Sweetpepper with sweet Miso sauce

Besides photos, we had rice and Natto. For dessert, we had loads of peach.

This is probably called "quality of life". :-D

They always have this sort of breakfast everyday! Am amazed! I am really proud of my sister in this respect.

Oatmeal Pancake

Sometimes I feel like having something different. This recipe is based on my basic pancake.

For basic one, I use 200g flour, whereas this recipe, I use 150g oats + 50g all purpose flour, instead. The oats must soak into the wet ingredients( yoghurt, one egg, milk and honey.)through the overnight.

Except that, this is same procedure as basic one.

As for the optional, you may add raisin or any other dried fruits. This time, I added raisin. :D

I think this pancake should cook until darker golden blown colour. That's my feeling though.

Taro's rate:★★★★★

I am convinced that it is worth preparing oats the previous night and getting up early next day to make it.

Carrot Potage/ Egg Salad Sandwich

Today's breakfast.

Since Taro has been suffering from canker sore, I have to make something more smooth and soft. Carrot Potage Soup should be the good meal for poor Taro.

Carrot Potage Soup Recipe

No need to add soup cube. Believe the power of vegetables!! It's very creamy potage soup. Thanks onion and carrots!

Ingredients

2 carrots- sliced or cut roughly ( if you want to cook quicker,you should slice them.)

1 onion- sliced

3 table spoon olive oil

salt & pepper

fresh cream when serve

Place carrots, onion and olive oil in the large pan. Put the lid on and braised them with middle heat until soften. Add some water and simmer for30- 40 minutes.

Transfer to mixer/ food processor and pulse until paste. ( If you have" Bamix", you can make potage soup in the pan.)

Drizzle fresh cream when you serve.

Taro's rate: none

Actually, when I take the trouble to make some meals for Taro, he always refuses it. :(