2011/09/17 Japanese Pancake/Okonomi Yaki Dinner Party

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I had Japanese Pancake/Okonomiyaki dinner party @Deborah’s Palm. Menu is Seafood Pancake Pork Pancake Green Tea Agar-Agar   Seafood Pancake/use Yamato yam for the batter, the pancake become soft and light.   Pork Pancake   Green Tea Agar-Agar      

2011/07/29 Chives, Japanese Cucumber

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I harvested chives from garden and will use for dumpling party on 7/30 @Deborah’s palm. Chives, Japanese cucumber, Morocco bean, Japanese bell pepper, Mizuna                           Japanese cucumber, just cut and serve with kelp salt. Very crispy, juicy and tasty!        

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2011/05/02 Japanese Style Pot sticker

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I harvested chives from vegetable garden, decided to make Japanese style pot sticker. Chop chives, garlic and add tofu lee/okara about 1/2 cup.                           Chopped cabbage                           Lean ground pork  

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2011/04/08 Spicy Konjac with Yellow Chives

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I made spicy konjac with yellow chives. Konjac include lots of dietary fiber and it is popular for the diet foods in Japan. Cut konjac into bite size with hands, boil for few minutes and drain. Cut yellow chives into 1 inch long. Stir fry konjac with few red chilis, add yellow chives and season

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2011/01/01 New Year’s Dishes/Osechi

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Happy New Year! In Japan, New Year’s day is the most important holiday. I cooked and prepared new year’s dishes on new year’s eve and celebrated new year with new year’s dishes. I just returned from Hungary on 12/26 night so I only cooked simple dishes this year. Appetizer/Sweet potato with chestnuts, Baked chicken, walnuts

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2010/09/06 Tomato & Paprika

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I harvested tomatoes & paprika from vegetable garden. The Bosnian garden neighbor gave me Bosnian tomato and paprika plants and I planted them in my garden. Now they ripe for picking.                             I made tomato soup, this soup is so yummy and

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2010/07/22 Shuttle Chef

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I posted that I got a Shuttle Chef @Narita airport when I came back to US in my blog. I made simmered pork with Shuttle Chef. I only need to cook 10 minutes x 2 times vs 1 hour & half minutes with pressure cooker. And this pork turned out very tender.      

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2010/07/01 Healthy Zucchini Meat Sauce

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I harvested 3 zucchini and 2 onion from vegetable garden, and I made healthy zucchini meat sauce. Yellow onion/I planted yellow onion last November. They only 6 onion grew well. Ingredients/Zucchini, Onion, Garlic, Celery, Tomato, Pork(sliced)                                      

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