salmon flakes soup ふりかけのスープ

It's so hard to get a nice photo of soup...
But it does taste good :)


Recipe serves 4 or more.


Ingredients

*glass noodle 50g
*Japanese salmon flakes (鮭ふりかけ） about 5-7 table spoons
*water 2-3cups
*Japanese soup stock 1 package

You can also try with different kinds of flakes.



Instructions

1. boil the water with the soup stock. add the glass noodles.

2. Add the salmon flakes.

3. Remove the scum, if any, from the surface of the water.

Veryyy easyyyy YY


*****

I went shopping today!
Not a grocery shopping-- I did buy groceries today....
but I also bought a very very nice dress which I've been wanting for a long time !! :D
and also a sleeping bag for the music camp coming up next weekend!

I'm very happy Y

2 colour meal. ma-bo nasu recipe

Today's lunchＹ
*Two colour: ma-bo nasu+ eggs
*white rice
*glass noodle soup


I have no class today :)

I had a busy week and very tired so I slept 12 hours last night....

My new housemate went out with her friend for skiing!
Today's weather is nice and clear Y
hope it's the same up there on the mountains!


Ma-bo nasu recipe serves 2

Ma-bo nasu tastes similar to Ma-bo harusame.
It's just that nasu is egg plant and harusame is glass noodle.


The eggs are actually from the night I cooked stuffed capsicums.
They are the same thing as i stuffed in the capsicums.
I had extra so i ate with ma-bo nasu today. Very good combination!



Ingredients

*pork 80g

*egg plant 2

*onion (small)1

*garlic 1 tea spoon

Sauce

*soya sauce 2 tea spoons
*sake (japanese alcohol for cooking) 1 tea spoon
*miso 1 tea spoon
*suger 1 tea spoon
*chicken soup stock 1 tea spoon
*toubanjyan (chilli) 1 tea spoon

Instructions

1. cut the onion and the eggplants into thin slices.

2. heat up a pan with some oil and the garlic. cook the pork and the veggies.

3. add all the sauce ingredients in order.

4. stir well.

Indian food and farewell

I went out to eat indian food for dinner today!! :D :D
The place is called "Classic Curry".
My friend took me there--it's near the Vic market?

The food was super yummy Y (But the toilet was super dirtyY)

It was nice to catch up with my friend from Trinity college (I studied in Trinity college foundation studies for 1 year before i get in to uni) and also i met his friend who came to melbourne few weeks ago as an exchange student from Canada.
Cool!


By the way.

I really love Indian food!!!!!!!!!
I don't mind eating it everyday.... haha
My friend called me a fake japanese...
(becuase I love Indian food over sushi sometimes?)

Oh well☆


ah I wanna learn how to cook butter chicken. It's actually interesting that each Indian restaurant uses different sauces for butter chicken. They all taste different!!


*********farewell**********


This afternoon, my housemate left Melbourne because she finished her course.

We've lived together for more than 1 year and half.

When she first moved in to my apartment, we couldn't get along with each other and ended up getting angry and upset and left the conversation unfinished everyday.

It's because she was my friend's friend and we didn't know each other much. Also we had different way of seeing the world.


But gradually, as we get to know each other better, we started to understand both the positive and negative parts of each other.

I accepted who she is and so she did.

We went through so many hurdles.

We supported each other when we were "burried" under the stress of assignments and depressed everyday.

We fought against each other when we were treated unfairly by our apartment's property manager.

It she was not there with me, I couldn't survive those hurdles.

I didn't come to Australia, I wouldn't meet her in my life.
The whole experience is really a miracle.
And I really appreciate the fact that we get to know each other in Melbourne.


I wish all the best for her future :)
Thank you, and see you again soon!

stuffed capsicum/ ピーマンの肉詰め recipe

Last night's dinner

I didn't have time to upload this last night... :(

*stuffed capsicum/ピーマンの肉詰め

*white rice + shiso flakes/ 白いご飯とシソふりかけ

*glass noodle soup/ はるさめのスープ

*strawberry cheese cake Y for dessert/イチゴのチーズケーキ

Nowadays, I have an enormous appetite!

I can't stop eating... I feel that I can never get full....

I ended up eating 4 pieces of cheese cake...

Crazy appetite!!!!!

*stuffed capsicum recipe serves 2*

Ingredients

*green capsicum (medium)1

(aussie capsicums are huge! if you are using japanese capsicums, use 2).

*minced pork 70g

*egg 1

*onion (small) 1

*soya sauce 1 tea spoon

*salt

Instructions.

1. cut the capsicum into 4.

(if you're using japanese capsicums cut them into 2 because they are small) .

2. cut the onion into small pieces.

3. heat up a pan with some oil, cook the pork and onions. Add the egg, soya sauce and a bit of　salt. scramble them. after they are all cooked, take them out of the pan.

4. In the same pan, cook the capsicums. after the skin gets brownish, pour 1/3 cup of water,　place the lid and wait until the capsicums get softer.

5. take out the capsicums, stuff the cooked pork+onion+egg into the capsicums.

eat with chilli sauce, ketchup or soya sauce ♪

about Monday

I finally recieved an reply from my course co-ordinator yesterday (after sending her emails twice) and she approved all my subjects!

Yayyy!! :D

ah I'm so relieved...and soooo happy!! :) :)

I don't need to worry about taking 3 extra subjects or extending my course... i can graduate on time!

I've been having nightmares and couldn't sleep well the past few days... but finally i can sleep well tonight! :) :)

Things are so flexible in Australia and I love it!!Even though I found things are not well-organized sometimes...

Well well, it's all good now! :)

*******

As usual on monday, I had new media lecture + tutorials + orchestra rehearsal.

I don't know why but my tute time slot is so popular and everybody wants to get in to my monday tute slot..
(maybe it's because the tute is straight after the lecture and very convenient?)

And now, my tute is so packed.... 24-27 people in one small tute room...

Last semester, I took a similar subject and had only 10 or 11 people in one tute..

My teacher was stressed about getting emails from students saying
"can i change to monday tute because...."

He (teacher) suggested to me and other people in the monday tute that we could sell our tute
time slot on Ebay since there is such a demand! :p


That's funny...

Now with the power of the new media, such as the internet, we can start our own business without establishing companies!

In yesterday's new media tute, we discussed about networked society.For example, in society, we are all connected to someone or to information through the networks of TV, radio, internet, youtube etc.

Similarly, not only the technology is seen as a network, but also our relationships with others themselves are seen as network, such as family and friends and how we are attached to and support each other.

As media has a great power to influence the society and even the world, it means that the more access you have to the media, more power you gain from it. The more networks you have (the more connections you have with others), the more power you gain.


For example, while people in developed countries have absolute power by having easy and constant access to media, others such as people in developing countries have almost no power
as they do not have access to media.


Similarly, I think thatif you have more family members, you are connected to more people in the society; therefore more secured.If both parents have jobs, even though one loses his or her job and disconnected from the society, the other parent still can be the station to connect the rest of the family members to the society.


I think the ideas are very interesting.


I love my new media class. It's very inspiring!

Niku miso tofu recipe

In the "Bean curd recipe" post, I said that we could use the leftovered pork and onions to make a salad.



It's been a while.. but this is the recipe :)





Ingredients

*Silk tofu 1

*miso 2 tea spoons

*leftover from "stuffed fried beancurd dish" (cooked pork and onions)

*pickled plums (optional)



Instructions

1. cut the tofu into 4 pieces.

2. add the miso to the leftovered pork and onions and mix them well.

3. put the miso flavoured pork and onions on the top of the tofu.

***eat them with some pickled plums! they're super yummy!**

creamy tomato chicken recipe

Creamy tomato chicken is not really a Japanese dish...

But this is one of my most favorite dishes anyway :) :)

Today's dinner

*creamy tomato chicken with rice

*fried egg with lemon flavored tuna

*fresh tomatos

*soup

*creamy tomato chicken recipe serves 4*

Ingredients

*chicken legs 4

*potatoes (medium size) 2

*onion (small size) 1

*canned Italian tomato 1

*water 1 cup

*fresh cream 2 table spoons

*tomato ketchup 2 table spoons

*sugar 2 tea spoons

*konsome 1 cube

Instructions

1. dice the potatoes, cut the onion into thin slices (follow the line of the onion)

2. heat up a pot with some oil and the garlic. cook the chicken until the chicken truns brown.

3. add the potatos and the onions.

4. add the canned tomato and the water. place a lid and leave it for 15 mins with medium-strong fire.

5. remove the scum of the veggies and the meat from the surface of the water. add the rest of the sauce ingredients and stir them gently. cook for another 10 mins or so.