Apr. 30

5:45am Breakfast : cereal with soy milk, a glass of smoothie, a cup of coffee

12:30pm Lunch : Pao de queijo, a piece of pizza at coelho de ouro

3:30pm wafers

6:00pm cookies

8:00pm Dinner : Ramen

8:30pm-10:00pm beer x 2

Lunch

Apr. 29

5:45am Breakfast : cereal with soy milk, a cup of coffee

9:00am a cup of coffee, potato cake

12:00pm Lunch : Ume Hosomaki and Chicken & abocado(leftovers)

3:00pm a cup of coffee

8:00pm Dinner : Chicken pita sandwich, rice cracker, beer, a glass of red wine

9:00pm-10:00pm chips, 2 glasses of red wine

Dinner : made by J

I got home at 8pm because of terrible traffic. J waited for me with his hand made sandwich and a bottle of nice red wine. Thank you. He bought me my favorite chips. Is he trying to make me chubby to hide his beer belly?

Apr. 28

5:40am Breakfast : a glass of soy milk, a glass of smoothie, Iridoufu(leftovers), a cup of coffee

12:00pm Lunch : Pizza Pastel and Chocolate Pastel(I am so happy that I had them!)

3:00pm Coke, chocolate

5:00pm-7:00pm 2 glasses of wine

7:00pm Dinner : Chiken and Avocado wasabi carpaccio, Salmon Yubiki, Yaki Nasu(grilled eggplant), Dashimaki(Japanese omlet), Ume Hosomaki(plum sushi roll), beer

vodka shot, beer x 2

Dinner
As I had a half day off, I made big dinner. I bought salmon sashimi and I made it Yubiki. Yubiki is to bath a piece of sashimi in the boiled water for a moment and throw it into very cold water. Then it is done outside and still row inside. I know J likes salmon sashimi, but I wanted to try something new. He enjoyed it anyway.

Apr. 27

6:40am Breakfast : Tofu soup(leftovers), a cup of coffee

12:00pm Lunch Bento Box : Iridoufu Don(scrambled tofu on the rice)

8:00pm Dinner : Iridoufu(Scramble tofu), Zucchini, Onigiri, Miso-shiru, beer

Apr. 26

6:40am Breakfast : Onigiri, Tofu soup, a cup of coffee

9:30am a cup of coffee

12:30pm Lunch : Bento box(rice, celery furikake, grilled chiken)

4:00pm orange jello (It was good because I was tired. I needed somthing sweet.)

7:50pm Dinner : Onigiri, Iwashi Nanbanzuke(fried sardine marinated vinegar), Tofu soup, beer

8:45pm a glass of red wine

Anytime water 24 oz

Lunch : I know I am a bad photographer.

Dinner : I rememberred that I didn't take a picture of meal after finishing Onigiri.

You might have already guessed. Yes, Onigiri and Tofu soup was leftover from dinner. Do you call it leftover? I made dinner in the morning and I had some.

Apr. 25

8:00am Breakfast : Tori nikujaga(leftovers) and egg, 2 cups of coffee

12:00pm Coke, a few pieces fried chicken (It was too small to call it, lunch. That means that I skipped lunch)

4:30pm a little piece of Okonomiyaki ( I was hungry, of course)

5:00pm beer

6:30pm Dinner : Ika Daikon(cooked squid and radish), Okonomiyaki, Fried chiken and beef, Frikake(ume and celery), rice, a glass of red wine

8:30pm a glass of soy milk

Breakfast

Dinner

Okonomiyaki and Fried chiken & beef for dinner was from a festival I went today. Ika to Daikon no Nimono! I did really good job. I will publish the recipe soon.

Oroshi sake

It is very simple, but J loved it. Let me publish to remide me this recipe and I would be glad if you like it.







Ingredients : serves 2

2 pieces of salmon
1 cup grated daikon rafish
a little salt
a litle flour
a little oilve oile
2 tbs Ponzu


Preparations:

1. Dress salt on salmon
2. Sprinkle flour on #1
3. Pour Ponze on radish
4. Pour olive oil in the pan and grill salmon
5. When the salmon is cooked, serve it on the plate and put #3 on the salmon

Separate fried rice

I named this, "Separate" fried rice. But it looks regular fried rice eventually. I season rice and other ingredients in separate. Here's the recipe.






Ingredient : serve 2

160cc rice
1 cup (200cc) water
1 cube chicken bouillon - smash
1/4 middle onion - chop
1/3 middle onion - chop
8-10 celery leaf - chop
1 clove garlic - chop
2 red hot chillipepper - chop
5 almond - crash
1 chicken brest - dice
a little garlic salt
a little pepper
a little olive oil


Preparations :

1. Wash rice and drain well
2. Put chicken bouillon, water and #1 in the pot on high heat until boiling
3. Turn to very low heat and put the lid on. A heavy lid is preferred. Cook 10 min. Never open the lid during cooking.
4. Turn off the heat and wait for another 10 minutes. Never open the lid during wating.
5. Put olive oile, garlic and red hot chillipepper in a pan and heat
6. When it smells good, add other ingredients and stir-fry
7. When chicken and vegetables are cooked, turn off the heat and mix rice in the pan.

Apr. 24

8:00am Breakfast : toast and scrambled egg, 2 cups of coffee

12:00pm Lunch : Separate fried rice

5:00pm-6:30pm beer, 2 glasses of red wine

6:30pm Dinner : Toriniku Jaga(cooked chicken and potato), Oroshi Sake(salmon with radish), Hakusai to Wakame no Wasabi syouyu(Chinese cabbage and seaweeds), beer

8:00pm-a glass of red wine

Lunch

Dinner

It was such a relaxing day. I cleaned the apartment, went to a gym and cooked dinner. Does it sound boring? I need a boring day when I have busy days. :)

Panya Bakery Itiriki

A Japanese bakery sells many different kinds of bread; pizza bread, hot dog, sandwiches and pastry. Panya is a typical Japanese bakery. Once going into the bakery, you might forget that you are in Brazil. I picked "Quatro queijo(4 cheese)". It has cheese and mayo on the bread. I saw Melon pan and An-pan(sweet beans paste in the bun) was sold. Pan means bread or bun. It was a little bit more pricy than Japan, but it is worth it. How wonderful that I can enjoy a Japanese bakery in Brazil!

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Panya Bakery Itiriki

Rua dos Estudantes, 24 -Liberdade-

Apr. 23

6:00am Breakfast : cereal with soy milk, a glass of smoothie, a cup of coffee
9:00am a cup of coffee
12:00pm Lunch : Quatro queijo bread at Itiriki
5:00pm cookies
8:00pm Dinner : Quesadilla, Beer at Outback steakhouse
9:30pm a glass of wine

Vila Nova

Vila Nova is what it is called, "Paes e Doces (bread and sweets)". But it is also a lanchonete. A lanchonete is just like a dinner in the U.S. Most of the customers are local people and they sometimes enjoy chatting with neighbors passing by. The difference between a lanchonete and a diner is that a lanchonete serves alcohol. I am not sure if there are any places that don't have alcohol in Brazil. You can understand that a lanchonete means a diner which has alcohol.

Vila Nova was not special for me. You would find a similar lanchonete everywhere. This is just for a note to remind me. If I lived close to Vila Nova, I would go to have lunch every weekend though.

Picanha com arroz e batata fritas

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Paes e Doces Vila Nova

R. Joao Lourenco 622

Apr. 21

7:30am Breakfast : a glass of soy milk, a glass of smoothie, Tomato soup, a cup of coffee
12:30pm Pao de queijo
2:30pm(That's a Brazilian time!) Lunch : Picanha, rice, feijao, french fri, beer at Vila Nova
8:00pm Dinner : Pizza from Freezer, 2 glasses of red wine
8:30pm-9:30pm vodka shot x 3 (It is just around 9pm!)

Lunch

It was a national holiday, Tiradentes, in Brazil. Tiradentes is know as a Brazilian hero and it is an aniversary of his death.
J and I borrowed bicycles and rode around the city. We left home before noon and got home in the evening. As we had lunch late and I was tired, I picked our favorite food............... Pizza (from freezer). Less working at kitchen, less dishes to wash.

Apr. 19

5:45pm Breakfast : 2 glasses of soy milk, a glass of smoothie, a cup of coffee

9:00pm Chicken sandwich

12:00pm Lunch : Yakisoba(leftovers)

8:00pm Dinner : Chicken soup

9:00pm-10:00pm Beer, Vodka shot x 1

Dinner

I was not hungry this morning. Just in case, I brought lunch more than usual to work. I was right. I got hungry when I got work.

Carrot and Wakame Salad

Ingredients : serves 2

1 midium carrot - cut thin. use peeler.

1 pinch dried wakame

1 tbs ponzu

1 tsp sesami oil

a little sesami seeds

Preparation :

1. Boil carrot and wakame for 5 minutes

2. Drain #1 well

3. Dress #2 with Ponzu, Sesami oil and Sesamid

Apr. 18

7:30am Breakfast : a glass of soy milk, cereal with soy milk, 2 cups of coffee

11:45am Lunch : Udon(Japanese soup nodle)

5:00pm Vodlka shot x 1, beer
6:00pm Dinner : Yakisoba, Gyoza, Carrot and Wakame Salad, beer

Dinner

Apr. 17

7:30am Breakfast : a glass of soy milk, 2 cups of coffee, cookies

12:00pm Lunch : Chicken sandwich

3:45pm Beer

6:30pm Dinner : Hummus, Kafta, Grape Leaf Roll, Beer x 2 at Almanara

8:30pm-9:30pm Beer x 1, vodka shot x 1

Yesterday, I got a call from J when I was on my way home. We met at Outback Steakhouse for dinner. Whew, I didn't need to have ramen for dinner.

We ate out tonight too. I wanted to try something new and picked grape leaf roll. It has rice and miced beef in the grape roll. It was good. I suggest you to share with more than 3 people.

Dinner : Hummus

Kafta

Falafel and Charutinho de Folha de Uva(grape leaf roll)

Apr. 16

5:45am Breakfast : cereal with soy milk, a cup of coffee

9:00am a cup of coffee

12:00pm Lunch : Grilled Chicken Pasta, a cup of coffee

8:00pm Dinner : Fried Chicken, French Fries, Ribs, Beer x 2, at Outback steak house

9:30pm a glass of red wine, cookies

Since I started working, I cook at night for the next day's dinner. Tonight's menu was going to be Sardine and Vegetable with Tomato sauce. Yes, it WAS. Last night, I made tomato sauce and took sardines out of the freezer. I was going to put it back in the refridgerator, but I totally forgot it. It didn't smell bad this morning, so I threw it into the tomato sauce. It looked tasty! I called my mom just to make sure that the sardines were ok. "Don't even think about it. Sardines get bad really soon. You would be sick " said Mom. What have I done? I should have called my mom before cooking. If I had know it, I could have kept tomato sauce. Sorry, J. Tonight's dinner is Ramen from a package.

Dinner should have been

Apr. 14

6:00am Breakfast : a glass of soy milk, a glass of smoothie, cereal with milk, a cup of coffee

12:00pm Lunch : Lunch Box(grilled chicken, green beans, rice)

8:00pm Dinner : Cooked Fish, Ingen no Goma ae(boiled green beans with sesami seeds), Onigiri(rice ball), beer 350 ml x 1

9:00pm-10:00pm a glass of red wine, beer

Lunch Box

Dinner

I was almost about to forget to take a picture of dinner. Just after I finished my Onigiri, I remembered it.

Apr. 12

6:00am Breakfast : a glass of smoothie, cereal with milk, a cup of coffee

12:15pm Lunch : Obento(grilled salmon, kiriboshi daikon, ingen no goma ae, rice)

12:30pm Coka cola zero

3:00pm chocolate

8:00pm Dinner : Roll cabbage, a piece of bread, beer 350 ml x 1

10:00pm vodca shot x 1

Anytime water 16 oz

Lunch Box

Dinner

I was too tired and I realized that I didn't take a picture of dinner. It looks like dumpling. It is cooked hamburger covered with cabbage. It is good for a chilly night.

Apr. 11

8:00am Breakfast : Fried rice(I was hungry this morning), 2 cups of coffee

12:30pm Lunch : Grilled chicken, bread, beer 350 ml x 1(Sunday lunch rocks!)

5:00pm beer 350 ml x 1

6:00pm Dinner : Grilled Salmon, Kiriboshi Daikon(cooked radish), Ingen no Goma ae(greenbeans with sesami seeds), rice, a glass of water

8:00pm-9:30pm beer 350 ml x 1, a glass of red wine

Lunch

Dinner

We had dinner at the dining table after a long time. As J was sick and he prefered having his meal on the couch, I made food which can be served on one plate. J got better and we enjoyed a Japanese dinner. I am hungry for Miso-soup, but I've run out of miso paste. I have to get it soon!

Apr. 10

8:30am Breakfast : a glass of smoothie, banana cake, 2 cups of coffee

12:00pm lasagna(leftovers)....It's not lunch. I was just hungry.

1:00pm Lunch : 1/2 Risoto Caramao & Cia, Agua com gas at Canarao e Cia, Morumbi shopping

5:00pm-7:00pm beer 350 ml x 2

7:00pm Dinner : Chicken and vegetable stir-fry, rice, Wakame soup

8:00pm-11:00pm beer 350 ml x 2, 2 glasses red wine

Lunch

Dinner

Apr. 9

7:00am Breakfast : a glass of smoothie, one fried egg, pita bread, some crackers, 2 cups of coffee

12:30pm Lunch : Chiken nuget, chips, bread

5:00pm a glass of red wine

6:30pm Dinner : Lasagna, Cabbage salad, beer 350 ml x 1

7:00pm-10:00pm 2 glasses of red wine, beer 350 ml x 1, chips

Anytime water 16 oz

Dinner

I was going to make non-meat lasagna, but J wanted meat in it. So I made lasagna which has 20% meat and 80% beans. I can't believe that we had beef for 2 straight days. As I mentioned yesterday, it is very rare for us even to have beef at home. Is this how it goes that our food style is changing? I will try to have more beans if I wanna have beef.

Apr. 8

7:00am Breakfast : a glass of smoothie, Ramen, a cup of coffee

1:00pm Lunch : pao de queijo, agua com gas

4:00pm Chocolate ice cream

6:30pm Dinner : Steak rice, beer 350 ml x 2

Anytime water 16 oz

Dinner

Dinner is steak rice which is steak and zucchini on the rice. We eat beef at home more often these days. It was rare to buy beef before. I am saying that we didn't eat beef at home except hamburger. What made my idea change was the steak I bought last week. It was really cheap. Ok, see the picture of tonight's dinner. That was about US$1.5. This is Brazil!

Apr. 7

7:00am Breakfast : a glass of smoothie, scrambled egg, beans soup, bread, 2 cups of coffee

1:00pm Lunch : Yakisoba

6:00pm Dinner : Grilled fish and green beans, pilaf, 2 glasses of red wine

7:30pm-10:00pm beer 350 ml x 1, 2 glasses of red wine

Lunch

Dinner

I bought Yakisoba at Yakisoba house. I shared one for J, and it was big enough. Dinner.... the citrus is not grapefruit, it is lemon. It looks as big as a piece of fish? This is Brazil!

Apr. 6

7:30am Breakfast : a glass of smoothie, a cup of coffee
1:00pm Lunch : bread with peanuts butter, chips, a cup of coffee
4:00pm Chocolate ice cream
6:15pm Dinner : Curry rice, beer 350 ml x 1
8:00pm beer 350 ml x 1
Anytime water 16 oz

DinnerDear my cousin

I made Chicken curry. Are you happy now? You made fun of my non-meat curry before. Well, if last night's dinner was not BEAN's soup, I would have made BEAN's curry for sure.

Apr. 5

6:45am Breakfast : a glass of orange juice, Panzanella(leftovers), a cup of coffee
11:00am Lunch : Ramen
4:30pm 2 cups of coffee, chocolate ice cream
6:00pm Dinner : Chicken sandwich, Beans soup, a glass of red wine
Anytime water 16 oz

Dinner

I forgot to take a picture of dinner. This is the picture of the pot of Beans soup. I usually use tomato juice to make the soup, but I tried tomato pure this time. It worked and the soup was more like stew. It was good.

Apr. 4

8:00am Breakfast : Vegetable cream soup, bread, 2 cups of coffee

11:30am Lunch : Pizza, grape juice

6:30pm Dinner : Fried breaded saldine, Pumpkin soup, Panzanella

Anytime water 16 oz

Dinner

Apr. 3

7:45am Breakfast : Vegetable soup, a piece of bread with peanuts butter, 2 cups of coffee

12:00pm Lunch : Grilled cheese sandwich, Tomato soup

5:00pm beer 350 ml x 1

7:00pm Dinner : steak, garlic toast, tomato, a glass of red wine

8:00pm chips, beer 350 ml x 1

8:30pm-9:30pm 2 glasses of red wine

Dinner

We went out for Happy hour but the restaurant didn't have it on Saturday. We had to wait for an hour until other restaurants open so we decided to have an easy meal at home. Steak! All I have to do is grill! I don't buy beef so often here and I realized how cheap it is. Look at the picture above. I had 2 pieces. One package had 4 pieces and it cost less than US$4. My American friend said it doesn't taste bad. Well, nobody can complain if they know the price.

Apr. 2

8:00am Breakfast : Fried rice(leftovers), 2 cups of coffee

1:00pm Lunch : Veigetable soup, chips, chocolate

6:00pm crackers, beer 350 ml x 1

7:30pm Dinner : 2 pieces of pizza, beer 350 ml x 1

Anytime water 24 oz

Dinner

I ordered a pizza for dinner. I thought I ordered 2 pizzas, but one half and half pizza was delivered. We had to share one pizza with 3 people, but it was not bad. Fortunately, Brazilian pizza has tons of cheese. It was not a bad mistake anyway. I found out that I could order a half and half pizza. J likes peparoni and I perfer less peparoni. It will work now.

Apr. 1

6:30am Breakfast : a glass of milk, one boiled egg, crackers, 2 cups of coffee

12:00pm Lunch : Omrice(omlet rice), a glass of water

5:00pm-7:00pm beer 350 ml x 1, a glass of red wine

7:00pm Dinner : Eggplant and Zucchini stir-fry, Spring roll, Fried rice, Spicy cabbage, soup, a bottle of beer

9:30pm a glass of red wine

Anytime water 16 oz

Dinner

It was Chinese night! I am glad that boys liked it. I was hungry for spring roll. We had lots of vegetables.