out like a lamb

3-31-2021 Wed. 

BREAKFAST --- oats porridge 

AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea

DINNER --- vegetable soup | sweet rice cake 

• recovering 

take a break

3-30-2021 Tue. 

fasting for a day  

dd's baking lab still in production 

mini pineapple cake

3-29-2021 Mon. 

DINNER --- egg drop soup with vegetables | celtuce | simmered eggplant | stir-fried Roma beans | rice || homemade Taiwan-style pineapple cake 

• one pineapple makes the filling for  5 little cakes 

celtuce and manila clams

3-28-2021 Sun. 

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 

AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea

DINNER ---  celtuce salad |  parboiled baby potatoes with mustard sauce | table pot steamed manila clams | bok choy | root vegetable pot with beef | baked bronzino | sour candy from IKEA 

• a mini vacation is over. 

fresh green food for a spring day

3-27-2021 Sat 

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 

AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea

DINNER --- fresh peas and ginkgo seeds | steamed asparagus | baked Japanese sweet potato fries | steamed Chinese eggplant with sofrito sauce and cilantro | 

• a simpler vegetable meal. 

Spanish sherry, international tapas

3-26-2021 Fri. 

DINNER --- Spanish sherry amontillado | pan-fried shishito | roasted root vegetables and mushroom | sofrito sauce | Spanish cheese | smoked oyster with roasted sweet pepper | parboiled greens with beech mushroom | French ham | iberico chorizo |  perfect avocado sashimi style | home baked baguette | Japanese style egg roll | home baked mini cakes

• a feast for the at home vacation

sauce quiz: sofrito , tarako

3-25-2021 Thu. 

DINNER ---  roasted vegetables: fennel, onion, bell pepper, radish and shishito pepper , with sofrito sauce | creamy green pea and zucchini soup | pasta with Japanese cured fish roe sauce | garlic bread 

blooming 

• Spanish, Japanese, Italian, 

Home baking: baguette

3-24-2021 Wed. 

DINNER ---  home baked baguette | vegetable soup 

• more baguette experiment from dd lab, this one uses French style flour. steam is still a challenge for home oven. 

donabe with smoked herring and root vegetables

3-23-2021 Tue. 

BREAKFAST ---  oats porridge with ginkgo seeds and blueberry | coffee | fruit 

DINNER --- donabe with smoked herring, oyster mushroom and root vegetables | spinach with white sesame and soy paste | okra 

• tablewares are Japanese as well.