Brown Rice and Cancer ----new study

traditionally in japan, people have been eating brown rice porridge to cure serious diseases.
roast brown rice and simmer for hours, and eat only this dish for a while, many people are said to have recovered from illnesses.

recently, a group of doctors and scientists in japan published a new study on brown rice and cancer
according to this 30-year-study,a certain substance in brown rice can attack cancer cells.
i translated the digest of the study into english here(below).

http://wholelifewithjin.com/brownriceandcancer.html

Tofu Mayo Salad

summer, full of fresh produce, just makes me want to cook and cook and cook : )
with cabbage, red cabbage and corn i bought at the union square market, i created another macrobiotic recipe!

cut thin cabbage, sprinkle sea salt and knead(press)
boild corn and add.
tofu mayo :
tofu (wrap in a cloth and dry)
1tbs of miso
1tbs of ume vinegar, and brown rice vinegar
1ts of sea salt
1/2 ts of lemon juice
1/4 cup of soy milk(unsweetned, organic)
all in food processor until smooth.
mix everything and serve cold or room temp : )

Tomatoes --- night shade, too yin

Macrobiotically, tomatoes, along with potatoes, egg plants and peppers, are considered too yin.
so they are not recommended to eat too much, or if you are out of balance, feeling not well, it's better to avoid.

but they are in season now!
so here is one of the suggestions to balance out the energy.
by adding "yang" energy to it.

sprinkle a bit of sea salt(yang) on tomatoes.
this enhances the flavor and sweetness of the vegetable, as well as balancing the energy.
also mix with other yang food, such as wakame sea weed(also yang)

recipe
cut cube organic heirloom tomato(any tomato is good)
sprinlke sea salt.
add wakame seaweed and black sesame.
add ts of umeboshi vinegar or brown rice vinegar (or both) and mix.
serve room temperture.

The New Moon today

Time to contemplate, eat less, and pray....

Tea Cha Tea

tea, tea, tea,...
so many choices.
they say green tea is full of antioxdant, so good as a substitute of coffee.
in fact, it's said that one of the secrets of japanese people's healthy longevity could be this beautiful aromatic drink.
i, myself, drink organic green tea that my mom sent me from japan almost every afternoon. my hometown is well known for green tea!

---by the way, i do not understand why here in this country they add other flavor to green tea? like "mint green tea" or "lemon green tea", and even add some sugar!!
green tea--loose tea, not tea bag--has such a wonderful flavor so please do not kill it!!---

anyway, macrobiotically, though, green tea is a bit too "yin", cools you down, and a bit hard on your kidneys.
in fact, after i drink green tea, i have to go to bathroom every hour or even more.
---maybe im a bit too sensitive or my constitution is yin.

so what tea is more "neutral"?
kuki cha tea, bancha tea, or barley tea are suggested by macrobiotics.
then again, i reccomend not tea bag but loose tea (pic here is a tea bag , though)
you can find them at health food store.
they are milder, more minerals, less caffein.
real good alternative to coffee and green/black tea : )
have them with each meal or snack!

the bent spoon

it's a ice cream place in prinston.

and they use local and organic ingredient!


i LOVE the concept : )

i tried shiso flavor--can you believe??--- this time.

and yes, tasted sooooooooo good!!



they had heirloom tomato, and NJ corn flavor, too.

i must try them next time : )

Blackberry Picking!

there is a little farm near prinston, so we went there, where we could do berry picking.

i wanted to pick blueberry, but they were already gone, so instead, we picked up some blackberry!

i didn't even know how they grow!

i made a simple salad with the berry in the evening, and the next morning, had it with organic plain yogurt.
yum!!