I remember making this soup for the first time in the winter of 2015. It was my first year teaching, I had to wake up before the sun rose, and I had been sick for what felt like months from stress. At that time, I lived in a terribly insulated house with roommates, and weContinueContinue reading “Simple Japanese Breakfast Soup”
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Cassava Oat Pancakes
I first heard of cassava as an ingredient when I saw it on a bag of paleo pancake mix from Birch Blenders a few years ago. Since then, cassava has blown up into one of the new trendy flours you have to try. Cassava or yuca (not to be confused with the yucca shrub—ouch) isContinueContinue reading “Cassava Oat Pancakes”
Food Lesson: Umeboshi Plums
You may have seen these wrinkly little plums as garnish in a bento box at a Japanese restaurant, on the inside of onigiri (filled rice balls), or simply placed on top of a bowl of plain rice—or maybe you have no idea what I’m talking about. Umeboshi plums, ume for short, are Japanese pickled plumsContinueContinue reading “Food Lesson: Umeboshi Plums”
Bahn Mi Spring Rolls
Today’s recipe was inspired by the show Street Food (on Netflix). I was watching the seventh episode, which focuses on street food in Vietnam, and I saw a vendor making a bahn mi sandwich. The process of cooking the meat for the sandwich took hours, but the assembly of the sandwich took seconds and lookedContinueContinue reading “Bahn Mi Spring Rolls”
Chili Lime Roasted Red Pepper Dressing
The end of summer always has an element of sadness to it. It’s time for everyone to dust off their beach feet, say goodbye to those juicy strawberries, and say hello to early Halloween advertising. Every year September seems to sneak up on me. It gives me that feeling that I forgot to do somethingContinueContinue reading “Chili Lime Roasted Red Pepper Dressing”
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