Menu074 -Thursday's lunch-

This is my packed lunch.

Main dish is Omu-rice and several pieces of tomato and sliced cucumbers.

Omu-rice is one of the Japanese popular meal.

Firstly, fry rice with chopped onion, small pieces of chicken and ketchup.

Then, wrap it up with a plain omelette.

I had this packed lunch earlier. It was really yummy.

But I still have space in my stomach... what should I do?!

Menu073 -Hot pot-

This is our last weekend's dinner, hot pot. If you don't know it, have a look --- Hot pot (wikipedia).

Hot pot is generally popular in winter.
Because it makes you very warm from the inside.

But having this in summer is my trend.
It's a kind of detox for me because I sweat a lot like being in a sauna while eating it.

Moreover, hot pot is suitable to take vegetable.

If you feel a lack of vegetable, I absolutely recommend you to have hot pot instead of salad!!

Menu072 -Decaffeinated Coffee Jelly-

My favourite dessert, coffee jelly.

Coffee jelly is one of the most popular dessert in Japan.

When I went to a supermarket, I was about to buy it.

But...a pregnant woman has to refrain from intaking caffeine.

That's why I made it on my own, using my decaffeinated instant coffee.

Tast was...so so. I should have put whipped cream on the top instead of artificial cream.

I have to improve this recipe!

Menu071 - Greeting card -

When I checked my mail box, I found an unfamiliar parcel.
It is from my friend who lives in the UK.

Opening an envelope, there were a book and a greeting card.

She sent me this to say congrats on my pregnancy.

The book is Francoise Sagan's Bonjour Tristesse.

I haven't read it before.

(My favourite point is the thickness of book, only 107 pages!)

Looking forward to reading it!

Menu070 - Thursday's lunch -

I needed to prepare my lunch box today.
This is it.

Fried chicken, spinach, tomato, tube-like steamed fish paste (chikuwa) with cucumber and rice.

Everything was yummy.
Especially, fried chiken was sooooo good.

But, to be honest, fried chicken was cooked by Mr. Cedar.
Because I've got to be poor at frying since I was about to cause the fire.

I have to practice it in due course.

Menu069 - Pizza! -

Wednesday's dinner.

Handmade Pizzas!

I made these all the way from dough.

Of course, tomato sauce is handmade as well!



The first one is a potato pizza.



Potato pizza
Potato, bacon, cheese, tomato sauce, mayonnaise

Next is Japanese style pizza.

Ta-dah!

Chikin teriyaki pizza!

Chikin teriyaki pizza
Chikin teriyaki, leak, teriyaki sauce, mayonnaise, shredded seaweed

"These are tasty more than pizza shop's one. We don't need to go there anymore", said Mr.Cedar.

I'm very proud of it :P

Menu068 -Chocolate Bread-

Before having my baby, I'm trying to be a good cook.

Because I want to feed my kid Mother's handmade food.
Today's challenge is chocolate bread.
It was really easy to make it on my own.

Especially, a good point is that I can put chocolate in bread as much as I want!

I'll try it again, absolutely!

Menu067 -Packed lunch-

Today's Mr.Cedar's packed lunch.

Deep fried chicken with bread crumble, Pumpkin salad, Kinpira style burdock and carrot, Rice with baked cod roe, shiso and seaweed.

Looks very nice.

My rule for a packed lunch is to make it colourful. If it is colourful, nutrient balance is mostly OK.

"Green?" "Yes, from shiso", "Red?" "Yes, from kinpira carrot", "Yellow?" "Yes, from pumpkin salad!"

Welldone, Hana!!

Menu066 -Painting-

This is my second painting.

I prefer this to the first one (Click!).

Oirase river in Aomori pref.

Which do you like??