Simmered Fuki(butterbur stem)

This is called "Fuki" which is very common spring herb in Japan. Simmered with Dashi broth.

A little bit bitter, but Taro liked it.

Garlic chives and Mizuna Naml

Season with sesame oil, glated garlic and S&P

Minutes Pickles with Chinese pepper

Cut various kinds of vegetables into bite size, salted and soften them by squeesing(we call it Shio Momi. Salted and squeese)

Marinated sugar, rice vineger and Chinese pepper. It is very helpful only if you make "Shio-momi" vegetables and keep it in a fridge. It is kind of preservative food.

Minced pork and cabbage cutlets

Itadakimasu!

Taro's rate:★★★

（He didn't eat Naml at all.)

Lunch Box on May 23

This is my traditional Japanese lunch box

You might think we always have super-high calories western food, but we always adjust our stomach condition having Japanese low-calories food lunch box.

Brown rice has lots of vitamin and fiber. Jun doesn't like brown rice so much, but having brown rice once a day is really good for health. Whatever he says, I always put it into his lunch box;P

Weekday night at the third week of May

flat fish and tomato sauce spaghetti

steamed brooccoli and tomato with varsamico sauce.

Taro's rate:★★★★

Rum Stew, garlic toast and green salad

Taro's rate:★★★

He didn't eat ram meat.　

Braised rum and potato with rosemary

Corn and cucumber salad

Taro's rate:★★

(corn salad ★★★★★）

This salad is very easy and quick, kids might be willing to eat them.

Mix Corn, Sliced (0.5cm) cucumber(salted and soften them by squeesing), petit tomatos, Italian parsley, mayonnaise and add a little bit yoghurt together. Season with S&P and paprika powder. That's all!

Tofu with zha cai pickles

This Tofu sauce is amazingly beautiful. Chopped cucumber, green papper,zha cai pickles, ginger, green onion, Myoga herb and Shiso herb. Drizzle sesame oil and soy sauce on Tofu.

If only you have food processor, it takes only 3 minutes to make it.

Taro's rate:★

He didn't try Tofu at all. (He's into fried dumpling....)

After dinner, we had watermelon. Summer has come!

Tomato, Green bean and Tiny squid Pasta

For Sunday lunch.

Mom, I just want to eat pasta only! No need other ingredients.

Taro's rate:★★★

He didn't want to eat squid.

Spicy meat ball with turmeric rice

When I made humburg, made spicy meat balls at the same time. Braised meat balls and some vegetables in tomato sauce. Next day, I added curry powder and had them as curry and rice.

Broccoli salad with tomato dressing. Always have Shiso herb in salad these days.

Avocado Cheese Humburger!

Got ready!


WOW!!

Avocado, Tomato, Cheese and Humburg with onion and Lettuce.

What a Gorgeous humburger!

Of course, fried potato and sweet potato are ready too.

Taro's rate:★★★★★

Jun's rate:★★★★★

This is the perfect dinner....!

Challenging Night

Mango and Banana Salad with Shiso herb, Sliced onion and Chilli pepper.
Sweets, sour and a little bit hot. Very challenging salad. -result- Yumm!! especially eating with Chicken Tajin!

This is also challenging Tajin. Added Fresh Bamboo from Kagoshima. Must add "Alissa Sauce".

麻婆豆腐

Taro cannot eat spicy chilli food, so this cannot call "麻婆豆腐”though. Added Jew's‐ear mushroom ..( this is the leftover of noodle salad. :P)

Exotic Night

Tonight's menu

Noodle Salad, Deep Fried Spring Roll and Curry coconuts soup

Jew's‐ear mushroom, cucumber and some herbs in there.



Grated Yamato-imo, Shiso herb, and shrimp in it.

Sprinkle S&P. Easy, yummy and healthy!

Taro's rate:★★★★★

Karaage (deep freid chicken) Dinner

Deep fried chicken and Lotus roots.
Add Five spice powder（五香粉）-star anise, cloves, cinnamon, huajiao(Sichuan pepper) and ground fennel seeds- is the key of tasty.

He loves cucmber these days.

Salad Week

Roasted sweetpotato and raison salad
Steamed Chicken Breast and Cucmber Salad

TARO is excited at CAPLA

Taboulé salad

Was really busy and tired this month, but I am making meals for my family as usual. Just had no time to blogging. ( sorry for my excuse..) To record and catch up with my daily meal, I would like to show the outline only this month.

Humburg Steak w/mushroom suace+Potato Salad

We all agree that this humburg steak is the best taste ever and potato salad is very matching with it. :D

Miso Ragu Sauce UDON

I've got a Digital SLR Camera! See the high quality photos! Humm. Looks yummy.....

Stir fried minced pork, chopperd garlic and ginger, diced eggplants and green pepper.

Season with sweet soy bean paste, oyster sauce and Doubanjang.

Taro's rate:★★★★★(full mark!)

Asian Lunch

Ingredients

kangkong(空芯菜/通菜, ground pork and chicken, peanuts, onion, tomato, garlic and ginger

Seasoning

Oyster sauce, Miso, Sugar, Fish sauce and Soy sauce

Plus Brown rice and sunny-side up.

Can you imagine what is the dish taste like?

Taro's rate:★★

It was hard for him to chew 通菜, but he likes the taste.

Stir-Fried Squid with squid guts sauce

When you get fresh squid, please keep the guts. Their guts have "Umami" a lot!

Stir-fried squid with butter and season soy sauce and squid guts. You may request another bowl of rice.

green beans varmicelli soup

Udo, pork and mint with sweet Miso vinegar sauce

Udo-Kinpira

When I have "Udo", I feel "Spring has come!"

This is my favourite Japanese seasonal herb. Can you get it in your country?

Pão de queijo Lunch

On March 9, I took leave and went Taro's new nursery school. The new school is located to near Jun's office so that they won't have to get on the train any more.

I often bake "Pão de queijo". Recently I get the mix powder at Cuoca. Because it is more easy than collecting all ingredients such as tapioca powder which is very expensive.

I prefer add "Edam cheese" in it rather than Parmigiano Leggiano. Edam cheese is more clear and salty.

In regard to the soup, I arranged the leftover of osso buco.

Taro's rate:★★★★

Deep Fried Chicken Thigh with green onion sauce

Sweet and sour taste goes with deep fried chicken!

Marinated chicken thigh with soy sauce and Japanese sake. Fried chopped 1~2 green onion well season sugar, vinegar and soy sauce. Flour/potatostarch them and deep fried until golden brown.

Taro's rate:★★★★★

He loves Chicken.

Steamed Fish ~Asian Style~

Made steamed fish called Aburabozu& Itoyori.

Basically I made it as usual. Cut some vegetables, place the fish on it, drizzle Sake and steamed. But I added "douchi（豆豉）", corriander and fish sauce for seasoning.It might reminds me Thai food or Cantonese Food or what else.....

When we eat them, squeeze lemon and drizzle fish sauce if we need.

Taro's rate:★★★★

He doesn't like brown rice so much.