Oct. 21

6:15am Breakfast : tuna hakusai soup, tangerine, 2 cups of coffee

1:00pm Lunch : Pork Shabu Shabu and some other foods at Rangetsu

8:00pm Dinner : soy beans curry with rice

Breakfast

Lunch at Rangetsu

salad

grilled pork wrapped by bacon

pork for shabu shabu

veggies for nabe

Dinner

I made soup with leftovers, tuna hakusai for breakfast. It was really good. Tuna hakusai is just cooked with sugar and soy sauce(I will publish the recipe next time). It comes with lots of juice from the hakusai. I added some water and made it soup. I will have the leftover on purpose when I make tuna hakusai next time.

I had lunch at Japanese restaurant on business. That was a tasting party for an event. The menu had mostly pork and I had pork shabu shabu. Shabu Shabu is a Japanese food and bathe a very thin slice of meat in hot broth until being cooked, and dip it in the sauce. Shabu Shabu has usually beef, but this time I had pork. It was difficult to get a perfect time. I needed to cook pork, but if I bathed it too long, it tasted bad. As that was a special menu, I won't publish this restaurant.

Oct. 20

6:20am Breakfast : tuna hakusai(cooked tuna & chinese cabbage), tangerine, a glass of soy milk, a cup of coffee

12:20pm Lunch : Bento Box ; kale maze gohan(mixed kale and rice), tuna hakusai

8:15pm Dinner : miso-soup with egg, boiled broccoli

Bento Box

Dinner

Oct. 19

6:15am Breakfast : a glass of milk and soy milk, tangerine, one boiled egg, 2 cups of coffee

12:15pm Lunch : Bento Box ; kale fried rice, cooked pumpkin(yes, it is leftover)

8:45pm Dinner : vegetable milk soup

Bento Box

Dinner

Traffic was terrible this evening. It took 2 hours and 30 minutes to get home. That's why I had dinner late.

Oct. 18

5:50am Breakfasat : tangerine, a glass of soy milk, 2 cups of coffee

12:00pm Lunch : Shiso onigiri, cooked pumpkin, boiled broccoli, green onion

7:45pm Dinner : miso-soup with egg, cooked pumpkin, boiled broccoli

Lunch
Dinner

Shiso onigiri has been our favorite onigiri since I pickled shiso in soy sauce to preserve it. The soy sauce has the herb flavor and pickled shiso is good seasoning. The onigiri has the pickled shiso on it and wrapped by nori (seaweed). I had the onigiri for lunch and I made J one for his dinner.

Oct. 16

7:00am tangerine, a glass of soy milk, a cup of coffee

10:00am Breakfast : scrambled egg, toast, a cup of coffee

5:00pm Dinner : sushi, sashimi, salad, boild shrimp and tons of Japanese food

Mango tree

Fruit ( I forgot the name)

Party food!!!!

: sushi

: boiled shrimp

I went to a birthday party of a president I work for. His friend held the party at his mansion. He is a flower farmer and lives countryside. The president reserved a bus and we got on together from the company. It took about 2 hours to get there. The party was fun. I ate a lot!

Oct. 15

6:30pm Breakfast : one fried egg with spicy tomato fish sauce, tangerine, a cup of coffee

12:30pm Lunch : Bento Box ; fried rice, sausage

9:00pm cheese & crackers, beer, a glass of red wine

Breakfast

Lunch

Oct. 14

6:30am Breakfast : miso-soup with an egg, tangerine, a cup of coffee

12:00pm Lunch : tongue stew

8:00pm Dinner : Niku jaga(cooked chicken , potato and veggeis)

Bento Box

Dinner

Oct. 13

6:20am Breakfast : grilled fish, miso-soup, rice, tangerine, a glass of soy milk, 2 cups of coffe

12:00pm Lunch : soup, stirfried vegetable, fried rice, chicken at chinese restaurant

8:30pm Dinner : tangue stew!

Breakfast

Lunch : chicken

Dinner

I worked hard in the kitchen today! J said he would like to have miso-soup and rice for breakfast, and then I cooked for him. J, I will send you a bill later!

We had tongue again. I made tongue stew with the rest of the tongue. I added beef for J. I think I was thoughtfull all day today.

Oct. 12

8:00am Breakfast : a glass of soy milk, banana pancakes, 2 cups of coffee

12:0015pm Lunch : ramen with vegetable stirfry, a cup of coffee

6:30pm Dinner : gyoza, fried chicken with sweet sour sauce, grilled pork tongue, chinese cabbage salad, beer

Breakfast (hmmm. I always burn the pancakes)

Lunch (Steam is rising from the ramen! )

Dinner

J bought Japanese instant ramen at Asian town yesterday. Instant ramen is sold in the U.S. and Brazil, too. But it tastes different from Japanese ramen. I add some stirfried vegetable on the ramen and it was good.

About dinner..... yes, we had pork tongue. We eat cow's and pork tongue on the grill. Does it sound disgusting? I understand. J didn't seem happy to have it. But I know tongue stew is popular. Where is it from? Anyway, all I wanna say is, TONGUE IS TASTY!

Oct. 10

8:45am Breakfast : one fried egg, toast, 2 cups of coffee

12:00pm Lunch : hamburger at America, Jardim sul

6:00pm Dinner : grilled fish with fresh tomato and onion sauce, grilled zucchini, tomato sauce potato, a glass of red wine

Breakfast : J made. Thanks, J.

Convert for lunch

Hamburger for lunch

Dinner

My plate for dinner

Oct. 9

8:00am Breakfast : a glass of soy milk, one boiled egg, tangerine, 2 cups of coffee

1:00pm Lunch : churrasco, coke

6:00pm 2 draft beer

7:00pm Dinner : fried squid, caipiroska com maracuja at Outback steak house

Lunch

Dinner

I had lunch at work. Churrasco is Brazilian style BBQ. It is a very popular meal for party. It is rubbed salt before grill. It is simple and good.

Oct. 8

6:30am Breakfast : stir-fry kale, grilled chicken, tangerine, a glass of soy milk, a cup of coffee

12:30pm Lunch : fried rice(kale and egg), ice cream!

9:30pm Dinner : J's fish tomato sauce, cracker, beer

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Oct. 7

6:40am Breakfast : onigiri, tuna & carrot, a cup of coffee

9:00am orange juice

12:20pm Lunch : beef & cheese sandwich at mani, mercado municipal

8:30pm Dinner : miso-soup, tuna & carrot, red cabbage, beer

Breakfast

Lunch (where is beef? too much cheese!!)



Dinner

Oct. 6

6:30am Breakfast : tangerine, banana, a glass of soy milk, a cup of coffee

9:00pm orange juice, pao de qeijo

12:15pm Lunch : Bento Box ; Fish tomato sauce pasta

7:00pm Dinner? : french fries, beer at bar

Bento Box

Oct. 5

6:15am Breakfast : tomato & kale soup, marinated little fish and vegetable, tangerine, a cup of coffee

12:00pm Lunch : Bento Box ; cooked sardine, tomato, kale, shiso rice

7:00pm Dinner : fish tomato sauce (J made) and cracker, a glass of red wine

Breakfast

Bento Box

Dinner

Oct. 4

6:30am Breakfast : a glass of soy milk, tangerine, a cup of coffee

9:00am a piece of banana cake which my co-worker baked! Good job!

12:00pm Lunch : Bento Box ; sardine tomato sauce, rice

7:45pm Dinner : egg & miso-soup, tomato

Bento Box
Dinner (yes, there are 2 light on the ceiling)

Oct. 3

7:15am Breakfast : a glass of soy milk, toast, cheese omlet, a cup of coffee

12:30pm Lunch : phantom mustard fish, stir-fry kale, rice

5:50pm Dinner : cooked sardine with tomato sauce, tomato salad, chicken ceaser salad, bread, a glass of red wine

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

I had leftover beer again. Then I made phantom mustard fish. Ok, it is not a phantom menu anymore. We are getting too old to finish beer???

Onion & Kale Kakiage

I am trying to develop kale recipes. Kale is new for me. In Japan it is know as an ingredient of a healthy drink, but it is not popular to eat. In fact, I haven't seen it at a market. I have lived in Brazil 1 year and I just started buying it recently. J's mom told me that it is sold in the U.S. I would like to have more kale recipes before going back to the U.S.

Onion & Kale Kakiage is very simple and easy, which is usual for my recipes. Kakiage is fried mixture of several kinds of vegetable pieces. I add garlic and it tastes good for beer!

Ingredients : serve 2 - 3

1/2 middle onion - slice

1 leaf kale - shred

1 clove garlic - chop into pieces

3 tbs flour

3 tbs water

salt

Preparation :

1. Mix all ingredients

2. Scoop up #1 by a spoon and deep-fry until getting light brown

3. Picked up from the oil and drain on a paper towel

4. Sprinkle salt as you like

Oct. 2

7:00am Breakfast : salad, a glass of soy milk, 2 cups of coffee

12:00pm Lunch : Salmon and shiso fried rice, salad(letuce, tomato, carrot & walnuts), vegetable soup

6:30pm Dinner : fish fritter, onion & kale fritter, carrot stick, cheese & cracker, a glass of red wine, 2 cans of beer

Lunch

Dinner

Finally, I used shiso up. It took almost 1 week. I like it, but shiso is a kind of herb and we don't need to have it every day. I pickled some to preserve it. I made fried rice for lunch and thanks to shiso, I used less salt.

I bought a lot of kale leaves at a market. I made onion and kale fritter. It was good.