Posts Tagged ‘seaweed’
2-Way Noodle Rolls Bento
23Oct10
This bento (Japanese-style packed meal) is my response to the #twitterpastaparty challenge (any kind of noodles permitted). After rummaging through my stock of food staples to see what was on hand, I decided to make one item with harusame (bean threads/cellophane noodles) and another with some chlorella-enriched, greenish somen (very thin, wheat noodles which are [...]
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Tags: bean threads, carrots, cellophane noodles, chicken, harusame, lunch box, nori, rice paper, seaweed, somen
Wakame-encrusted Sea Scallops
27Sep09
We can get these huge and flavorful sea scallops from Kushiro on the east coast of Hokkaido at this time of year. They are, of course, delicious broiled with garlic butter and drizzled with a little lemon juice. But this year I experimented with a new recipe using dried wakame seaweed. You should be able [...]
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Tags: greens, scallops, seaweed, wakame
My Wagashi Chronicles- moon-viewing festival (more rabbit manju)The Tsuki-mi (moon viewing) celebration is fast approaching, and while debating whether to bother making a pile of the traditional tsuki-mi dango (moon viewing dumplings), I came across these adorable rabbit-shaped steamed manju being promoted as an alternative treat for the occasion. In the Japanese mind, rabbits are closely associated with the moon, as it […]
- moon-viewing festival (more rabbit manju)
- Dosankodebbie’s Etegami Notebook
- illustration friday (hurry)"Hurry," in Curling terminology, is a command shouted by the skip to tell the sweepers to sweep harder and faster-- in other words, it's used much the same way it's used in ordinary conversation. But Curling is cooler than ordinary conversation. That's my opinion, but you agree, don't you? Of course, you do.Just.in.Case.You […]
- illustration friday (hurry)
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