Molded Sabre

Taro has been crazy about vehicles, especially a bus! When he find a bus, he shouts "Hachi, Hachi!!". All kinds of buses turn Hachi for him.

Hachi is a community bus in my town. The name derived from the dog which swore the loyalty to the master.

He recognise what the bus is, but he dare to call all buses "Hachi".

I am looking for the mold shaped like a bus. Unfortunately, I haven't find it yet. I have a train, an airplane, and a car only.

Will he notice what they are?

Really look forward to his reaction.

Simmered Turnip with Chicken ground meat

This is the one of my favourite Japanese food in winter. The melting turnip are really beautiful.

I didn't use any Dashi at all. Just used sea salt, Sake, Mirin, a little bit soy sauce and sugar.

Serve with shred ginger.

Taro's rate:no marks

He didn't eat anything. He is supposed to love it though! Maybe he ate rusk too much... :-(

Cinnamon Sugar Rusk

Today's Recycling menu.

Spread butter& cinnamon sugar onto the crust. Preheat the oven to 110℃. Bake them for 70 minutes. Crispy rusk are done!

Taro's rate:★★★★

Bread & Crispy & Cinnamon= His favourite triangle

Snail Currants Jam Pie

My mother's friend gave black currants jam before. She lives in the country side and does subsistence farming. The currants jam is her home made one.

Preheat the oven to 180℃. Spread out the jam on the pie sheet and roll it. Put it into the freezer until freeze. Then cut 1.5cm, and put some granuated sugar at one side. Bake them for 20 minutes.

Any kinds of jam/peanuts butter would be suitable for the pie.

The shape looks like a snail doesn't it?

Taro's rate: ★★

He doesn't like currants jam so much.

Lasagna Night

Had dinner at my friend's place. Every Monday, we have toddlers gathering. It is quite FUN. One and half old toddlers are playing together! Amazing.

Since the bolognese sauce stock are still in the freezer, I made lasagna.

This time, I didn't make lasagna from scratch, used "DE CHECO" lasgna instead.

My friend made a fabulous salad for us. Pancetta dressing is very beautiful. :-)

Taro's rate: no mark

he didn't eat anything except a bread. He wanted to focus on playing with other mates.

Avocado Natto Don

In my apartment ground, there is a big avocado tree. Although no one takes care of it, it bears lots of avocado now!! It is completely organic!

Avocados are supposed to bear fruits in southern country.

However, the miracle happens in ,freezing cold, Tokyo.

Perhaps long time ago, someone planted avocado seed and it is growing and expanding. Our apartment was built around 60 years ago. Who planted it? He/She must have had a stylish life.

The tree is so high that it is hard to gather up the avocados. I always wait for their dropping by windy night. I feel lucky when I get them a lot.

When the avocado get enough ripe, we usually have "avocado and natto don". This is the perfect nutrition breakfast. If you are able to eat natto, you may want to try it. Just mix them together when you eat. We prefer to add fresh egg too.

Taro's rate: no marks

He doesn't like natto.....

Dinner for Two

Jun was out tonight due to attend the wedding banquet.

As I found the leftover Kimpira, I recycled it to make a new dish. Rolled kimpira in thinly sliced pork and season Teriyaki taste.

Tonight's Menu

-Grilled Miso-marinetd GinDara(black cod)

-Rolled Kimpira in thinly sliced pork~Teriyaki taste~

-Boilled Spinach with soy sauce and Yuzu

-White rice with Umeboshi

-Chinese Vermicelli soup

Taro's rate:★★★★★

As you can see the photo, the moment I took photos, Taro reached his hand to the soup and tasted it. He has a good appetite indeed.

All dishes are his favourite. :-)