London Okinawa Sanshin Group Presents Okinawa Memorial Day at Cafe Oto

I'm happy to inform you that there will be an Okinawan event in London this coming Saturday. There will be Okinawan performances and cuisine to try.
I'll be cooking some dishes for this occasion.

If you are interested, then come to this event!


For more details, click here.

Lunch on 07/06/09

Menu: Tuna, Avocado and Pickles on Rice

Does it look strange to you? I make tuna, avocado and cucumber on rice often, but we didn't have any cucumber in the fridge.
I was looking through the kitchen cupboard thinking

"What can we have with it?? Let's see...",

and the jars of pickles caught my eye.

"Yeah, beetroot and pickled onions might be nice. Why not."

The rice is sushi rice, by the way. To make sushi rice, just mix hot cooked rice with rice wine vinegar and sugar. I will give you the recipe for sushi rice soon.

We love beetroot. Even my three-year-old daughter likes it. I wouldn't let her touch it though - she will make a right mess with it! I always feed her when it comes to beetroot. We've come to eat beetroot more often since I found out that beetroot is very good for your health. Apparently, it's well-known as a blood cleanser. It's always good to know the benefits of food. It helps me a lot when it comes to choosing what food to buy.

Pasta with Fried Vegetables

I love simple dish like this.

I just stir-fried onions, cougettes, yellow peppers, baby sweet corns, tomatoes, and served with some dressing.

You can use any vegetables and dressing of your choice for this dish.

I prefer using home-made dressing though.

Lunch & Dinner on 05/06/09

Menu: coconut curry with rice

My husband was feeling chilly and needed some warm food, so I made coconut curry with Thai curry spices. Even my daughter loved it.

We had leftover curry and rice for dinner. It's completely vegan dish. I even used vegetable stock instead of chicken stock.

As I've mentioned before, I was a vegetarian for years. I only started eating beef when I was pregnant with my daughter. I can go without meat easily (well I never stopped eating seafood though). It's nice to have meat-free dishes every now and then.



It was really nice.

Lunch&Dinner on 06/06/09

A couple of days ago, we bought two packs of beef (they were on offer - buy one, get one free). We had the first pack of beef with fried vegetables and wraps.












Yesterday, we had meat-free meals.








Today we made steak sandwiches using the other pack of beef
(well I only used a slice for lunch and the other three slices for dinner).


I love the combination of horseradish and beef!!





















This was our dinner. Pasta with fried beef and vegetables.


It was quite nice.




But I think I had enough beef and won't be eating for a while.

It's been a while...

There are so many food photos I've been wanting to upload here on this blog, but haven't quite managed to find the time to do so.

Thank you for being patient with me. I will try to update this blog whenever I can.

Love,

Melina x