*Hmmm, good liquid nutrition!
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*Satsuma-imo*

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Ohai! Guess that hiatus was longer than I imagined it to be... Not that I haven't been cooking or eating. I have, and quite a lot.
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Just seems that the way I eat has changed a lot lately. And its been steering into this direction:



Quite healthy? Quite tasty too... Stir-fried tofu, shitake mushrooms, carrots and string beans with peanut, onions and sesame on a bed of raw spinach and lettuce. By now I have learned to make my own kimchi... to the point I think it's time to graduate from the summer version to the real thing.
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It all came together with my farmers market find of the day: purple sweet potatoes or satsuma-imo. Mashed up with a little sesame oil and garlic, it was practically dessert. Pity I only bought a couple of these, along with enormously beautiful mushrooms... if I had only known. True, all the current "talk" about these babies got me craving them... lucky!
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A recipe? Well, it's been a while I don't use one, but I don't mind sharing the lovely sauce I dipped all of this into, based on this one:

1/4 cup water
2 tbspoons soy sauce
sugar to taste
1 tspoon rice vinegar
a few drops sesame oil
leeks or green onions

Simmer the sauce for a few minutes. Serve warm.
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I have big plans for that other sweet potato. Now excuse me, while I get my weekly fix of Pushing Daisies.
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*the super bowl*

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Maybe it's just because its practical. Maybe because it's fast and easy. Perhaps its all due to the ingredients I have at hand at the moment... Fact is I've been eating out of a bowl almost every single day, and loving it.

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Karê ramen with carrots? Check. Stir-fried shallots, snow peas and tofu? Check. Small salad on the side (with romaine lettuce, pickled ginger and peppers)? Check. And an extra spoon of soysauce for flavour.

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Wonder what lunch today will be.

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*a quick fix*

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A healthy meal in under 15 minutes?

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I just defrosted some of the roasted turkey meat and a portion of brown rice, while boiling an egg and chopping some celery, shitake, shimeji and tomatoes.

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Then I heated some sesame seed oil and stir fried the turkey with some tofu, the mushrooms and the rice. Finally, I added some tonkatsu and soy sauce and served it all in a bowl with the celery and tomatoes. And the egg and some pickled ginger, for good measure.

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Sometimes a girl needs it quick and easy.

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*scented*

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The smell of turkey stock simmering on the stove invades the apartment. Although it is time consuming, making a couple liters of stock is providencial and well worth it. Not to mention easy.
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With weather changes like these, an ounce of prevention is worth so much more than just a pound of cure these days.
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Speaking of cure, have you ever had a day when you throughly felt that if you didn't get some really delightful chocolate cake something horrible would happen? Yeah, this is one of those days.
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