wondering.

I made them for 4-year-old boy who isn't fun of birthday cakes. I'm not into a "American" store birthday cake either, it has unnecessary thick coat of butter cream on it. It makes my teeth squealing. Even healthy teeth.
So, I tried Japanese recipe, because it's light, and uses whipped cream instead of butter cream.

Maybe too girlish or toddlerish...? I couldn't see his expression well when he saw these cakes. Maybe he just doesn't care about cake, like my husband was when he was little.

Anyway, I baked cake with egg in it, and I whipped heavy cream first time in my life.
I found a nice easy recipe from COOKPAD. When you whip, put jam instead of suger. Just a minite of whipping by hand. The cream gets a bit harder than I wanted, but taste like fruity cream cheese. I like it:-)
The link is here. The ladybug idea is also from COOKPAD.

I named them Totoro Cup Cake, because there are acorns, and kind of nature theme.
I tasted just now, and it was good the top part, but dry the bottom part... It was moist before I put it in my refrigerater, though. It's a disappointment.
Now, I'm in a journey to a recipe that is good for refrigerating, or that makes non-melt decoration for summer time.

I wonder the boy liked them...

9/3 : vegan quiche

We love this vegan quiche, especially my daughter. It's made with tofu. What I like is that the pie part is made out of brown rice. Beans and rice, and some vegetables too! It's balanced meal:-) I got this recipe from here.

I'm still getting help from fake meat for almost every meal. My friend and I were talking about how we could eat healthy yesterday, and we both were against process food. I'm inconsistent.
Last night my husband point out if I make twice much of dinner, I won't need to use fake meat so much, like this quiche. He also said I will have more time. I agree.

6/30

yesterday's left over (spinich and potato w/vegan cheese)
Earth Fare Almond Grain Burger
Kuma-san Maki (Bear roll..) from COOKPAD --this is NOT vegan...it has fish.


Carolina Wren(?) made a nest in my husband's birthday present. The plant isn't well..., but the nest is getting bustling~

Art Camp

My daughter started to go to an Art Camp on Monday. She is really enjoying it:-)

onigiri with sesame seeds, carrot frikake, and bonito flake
boiled broccoli
gardein chicken nugget thing
Earth Fare Almond Grain Burger
carrot and onion kinpira

6/23

today's lunch :

today's bread
tofurky
lettuce from garden sandwich
sauteed spinach from friend's garden
burdock root salad
scrambled eggs

and blueberry:-)

This blueberries are from Co-op. One pint of local blueberry was $2!!

Our yard is getting wilder and wilder and wilder and wilder.
I need to take care of it a little bit more;-)

But it is really beautiful.

This spider made his home from this onion glass to my table cloth hangs from our clothesline. The best decoration for our house.
I better find another table cloth for tomorrow.

My husband found him(her?).

Glad to meet you.

When I walk in our yard, I discover different things every time.
I hadn't known so much things going on in my yard.
I believe I still miss a lot, but it's really wonderful to know that the nature is treasure like I was imagining.

Mushroom

Hello~

field trip

My daughter went to a field trip with her dad:-)

They learned about forest resources. They saw how paper is made from a tree. My daughter seemed enjoy the paper part a lot. She is not great fun of exploring woods in spring and summer. There are bugs all over her...