Hottttt!!!
Summer Friday evening. No cravings for heaviness or lengthy cooking…
Heating up oven, throw in some walnut and bread - move away
Fresh moules (soaked in salt water for them to spit any sands, washed outside) remove dead ones - cooked with garlic, a bit of onion, in white wine… done within 10 min.
Chopping up endive, apple, celery, cracking roasted walnut, plus gorgonzola, over some green - my favourite salad… done
Opening up chilled pinot grigio… dinner’s ready
Hanging out outside… munching… chilling with my doggie daughter…
When in doubt… tempura!
I rarely eat without cravings; when I’m hungry, I’m hungry for something. Very rarely, I don’t know what I would have. Tempura is such a versatile cooking method on that sort of day. I would just fry any seasonal products to put it together - and it can also help me clean up my refrige…
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Summer solstice today - time for Japanese summer favourites
Being Vegan ain’t that bad if you like Japanese food - although I cheated this time with a little flakes of katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes.) This is my humble supper with vegetables cooked in favourite summery style in Japan. Really enjoyable - especially after a grilling summer day.
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Summer fruits - best snack!
Unfortuntely, vegetable and fruits doesn’t really have full flavor in the US - even still, I get excited when I started to see Spring and Summer yummy little ones. Of course we see them during off season nowadays - but it doesn’t feel the same. The taste (and the price?) might be different but I think it’s rather my appetite. Coming from Japan where everything changes according to the season, for me now is the right time to enjoy fresh products - after going through wintery months of thoroughly cooked warm dish.
Around this time of the year, I usually have a fruit bowl near me so I can nibble while at work. It’s the best snack!
Apricot, strawberries, blue berries, cherries, donut peach today
Recent non-vegetarian night collection
I’m usually on vegetarian diet (Ovo-lacto) when situation allows - but I just let my cravings run wild with fish and meat every now and then. I don’t think I can give up the cravings for the rest of my life. Another reason for my non-vegetarian night is my canine daughter - I want to give her some good non-sodium treats occasionally - funny she learned meat related words so quickly and recognizes the differences between beef, duck, and venison. Here are a couple of pix from my recent non-vegetarian nights…
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