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. :(

Fennel Potage Soup

In order to consume a bunch of fennel, made potage soup.

In Japan, fennel is quite expensive that I cannot get it, but one day I found it with super cheap price, 450yen! (Usually it costs around 1200 yen.) I am lucky. :)

The method is very simple. Chopped fennel, a half of onion and one potato. Place in the pan and braised them. ( I used olive oil.) Add some water until covered them. Simmer until enough soften. Use bamix/mixer/food processor to make potage. Season salt and pepper.

If you don't have potato, that's fine. I just wanted them to get thicken.

Pot‐Au‐Feu & Chick Pea Rice

When I want to reset my stomach, I always make pot-au-feu.

Just simmer some cabbage, carrots, celery, onion, tomato and chicken wing for more than 2 hours.(I just fogot leaving it though. Perhaps simmer for 1 hour is enough.)

When I serve it, Just drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, sprinkle sea salt and ground freshly black pepper for them. Oil, salt and pepper should be genuine ones. Otherwise, it will never taste good.

This soup goes with brown rice and chick peas. Season olive oil and S&P.

Taro's rate: none

He had fever last night. Today, he seems to be fine, but in the evening, his fever rose again.

Probably he is having a rehearsal in case he gets sick at school. :p

I am so bored that Taro has not had any appetite these days. I want to make something more though.

Minestrone Soup

Made minestrone. Jun went out for diners due to his work, nor Taro had been taking a nap at the time. Only for myself, the lunch should be quick to make and fast to eat.

Various vegetable-Cabbage, mushroom, onion, carrot, celery, tomato and sausage, in it.

Perhaps this soup will be served for tomorrow's breakfast.

Hope Taro will taste it.

Wonton Soup

Taro's appetite is gradually coming back, I made wonton soup. I got this dough wrapper for wonton.

I stuffed ground pork, green onion with soy sauce, ginger juice, sake, sesami oil and salt& pepper.

It's easy to wrap it. See this link!

Besides wonton, I put some vegetables in it.

Another dish is stir fried squid and vegetables with sweet bean saucewhich I got from Hong Kong. It's totally different taste from Japanese one.

I might have made it too much. Only wonton soup would have been fine. :(

Taro's rate:★★★★★（Wonton soup)

He had enough wonton soup. Still breastfeeding milk is inevitable nutrition for him though.

Lentil Soup

Taro and I have been a cold since last week. Especially we have a coughing seriously. Today, eventually Jun has got a cold too. He has a sore throat.

When we got a cold, we want to have something hot and gently soup.

Made lentils soup. Served with rolled buns I just baked.

I like lentils the best among all kinds of beans. Because I don't need to soak them and can cook them right away. Very convenient beans. :-)

Taro was excited at just-baked buns. Even it's too hot, he was having it.

Taro's rate:★★★★★（bread)

★★（lentil soup)

I believe he will love lentil soup soon. He doesn't like unfamiliar stuff.

BUTA-JIRU~ Pork and Vegetables Miso-soup

These vegetables + sliced pork + soybean curd(tofu) = Our Buta-jiru

Steaming!

Stay warm!!

Chinese Cabbage and Chicken Soup

It was freezing cold and raining in Tokyo today. Impossible to go out to get some stuff.

Only left Chinese cabbage and Chicken Wing in our fridge.

How can I make fabulous meal using two ingredients?

I might be a genius.

Just simmer both of them for 1.5 hour!!!

To be more specific, at first simmer chicken wings for 1 hour. After that add the Chinese Cabbage and simmer again around 30 mins until the cabbage enough soften. Just leave it with low heat.

This is very simple and easy recipe, isn't it?

Moreover, it's very healthy and low calories!

While it is simmered, I usually do another thing such as clean up room or playing with too much active toddler.

Thanks to this meal, I can spend the time more effectively.

However, this is not completed yet.

Still bland. Have to make a sauce. Don't worry, it's totally easy.

Soy sauce, Sesami oil (extra virgin), Grated garlic, Chili Bean Sauce and ground freshly black pepper. Mix them using a small bottle.

That's all! This sauce goes with steamed fish, tofu and any vegetables as well.

For my son, I served "Pon-zu"(soy sauce with lemon juice) instead.

When will he be able to eat chili sauce by the way? 10 years later? What about Korean kids? Do they have Kim-chi when they're little?

Hummm.

Today's Taro's rate: ★★★★

"Pon-zu": His favour indeed.

Tip; Must use a thick pot when cook.