soup for good skin

recipe from Mayumi's kichen.
this hatomugi (sort of like barley, but not quiet) is supposed to be good for the skin, by dissolving excess fat.
nice, hearty, comforting soup

not-deepfried seitan cutlet

instead, i just baked!
great with miso-apple sauce, or just lemon juice : )

couscous cake

couscous cake!

something i learned at kushi institute.
easy to make, no baking involved : )

cook whole wheat couscous with apple juice, pinch of salt.
spread in a glass container or baking pan.
soak dried fruits such as apple, raisin, apricot, and slice them.
cook mixture of soaking liquid, apple juice and water with salt, cinnamon and vanila essense.
add diluted kuzu and cook until thicken
pour over couscous, let it cool
sprinkle toasted nuts and seed

love this gently sweet taste : )

Cooking with friends

weekend was another dinner with friends.
we cooked macrobiotic dishes together.
also new to them, but they seemed to enjoy it---or just being polite??
anyway, went so well with the biodynamic wine that they got for this occation : )

dinner

a friend came over, so i made some macrobiotic dishes that he was not very familiar with. (he is not vegetarian)
1 brown rice with almond
2 vegetable and barley miso soup
3 adzuki bean and kabocha squash
4 curried tempeh pate

hope he liked it...

Japanese turnips

or Hakurei.
i love the sweetness of the cute little veggies.
so i just steam and eat with seasalt and lemon juice.
so sweet!!