How to Make Juicy Turnip and Carrot Miso Soup (Family Recipe into Baby Food) - Video Recipe

Super yummy Miso soup idea :D


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dvlrIi6lJ8

It will make perfect baby food puree, too!!!



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Juicy Turnip and Carrot Miso Soup

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 30min
Number of servings: 2

Ingredients:
100g (3.5oz.) turnip
40g (1.4oz.) carrot
400ml Dashi broth
1 tbsp. or more Miso

Directions:
1. Cut round slices of turnip and carrot into quarters. *Peel the skin of turnip thick because the inner part is soft and perfect for baby food.
2. Put Dashi broth in a pot and bring to a boil. Add turnip and carrot, remove the foam if necessary, then cook until tender. *Remove a few pieces of turnip and carrot, then mash them up in a mortar with a pestle, then mix a bit of Dashi broth to make it smooth.
3. Turn down to low then dilute Miso with a little hot broth and mix it into the soup. Heat until hot to finish.

You store the mashed vegetables in the freezer for a week! Wrap a thin layer of the mashed vegetables in plastic wrap and make marks so that you can break it into small pieces when frozen.

How to Make Very Basic Dashi Broth (Perfect Soup Stock for Japanese Food)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObUMAxtnCCA

レシピ（日本語）
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How to Make Very Basic Dashi Broth (Perfect Soup Stock for Japanese Food) - Video Recipe

This video will show you how to make the very basic Dashi broth, the base of many Japanese dishes, as well as Japanese baby food ;)

This is one of a few ways to make Dashi!
You can make vegetarian Dashi by using only Kombu (kelp).
Dashi does not mean fish btw... it means "Soup Stock".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObUMAxtnCCA

Kombu (kelp), Hana-katsuo (large bonito flakes), and/or Niboshi (small dried sardines) can be used to make the broth. The combination is up to you.



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Very Basic Dashi Broth (Perfect Soup Stock for Japanese Food)

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 15min + soaking time
Number of servings: 4 cups

Ingredients:
800ml water
20cm/8inch-long Kombu (kelp)
handful of Hana-katsuo (large bonito flakes)

Directions:
1. Cut Kombu in half, then clean it with moistened towel. Soak in 800ml water for 30 minutes.
2. Heat the pot on medium, before it starts to boil, remove the Kombu, add Hana-katsuo, mix, stop the heat and wait until they soak completely.
3. Strain the Dashi soup with a strainer (with a clean cloth or a paper towel if you have). *Do not squeeze the bonito flakes too much since they can add bad smell.

For baby food, you can store it in the freezer for a week!

You can make homemade Furikake (rice seasoning) with leftover Dashi ingredients!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PMpqElONsg

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http://cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2015/06/blog-post_10.html
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How to Make Rice Porridge (Congee) - Video Recipe

Using cooked rice is a quick and easy way to make Rice Porridge (Congee)!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je1rwKDMpJk



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Rice Porridge (Congee)

Difficulty: Super Easy
Time: 20min
Number of servings: 1

Ingredients:
3 tbsp. cooked rice
150ml water

Directions:
1. Put cooked rice and water in a pot.
2. Bring to a boil then turn down to low and cook for 10 minutes. *if you want the rice water, skim the liquid.
3. Stop the heat, cover, then steam for 10 minutes. *you can grate the congee for baby food.

You can eat with Umeboshi (pickled plum), Shio-Kombu (salted kelp), salmon flakes, or any kind of rice seasoning of your choice!

レシピ（日本語）
http://cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2015/05/10-5.html
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Okuizome (100th Day Baby Celebration) お食い初め

Okuizome (the first meal) is one of the traditional celebration events for Japanese babies. It is a tradition that babies are made to pretend to eat their first meal on the 100th day to wish they will have enough food throughout their lives.

March 8th was my daughter's 100th day after birth :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ufrrTy0PA



Ozen (a set of small dishes) is served on this day:

((MENU))
鯛の塩焼き Tai: salt-grilled red sea bream
赤飯 Sekihan: red bean rice
はまぐりのお吸い物　common orient clam clear soup
煮物 simmered dish
香の物 pickled vegetables
紅白もち mochi in red and white (the lucky color combination)
歯固め石/梅干し stone/pickled plum (to ensure the growth of healthy strong teeth, also the head)

My mom bought the dishes for my daughter.
She bought them at 河善陶器 (Kawazentouki) at 錦市場 (Nishiki Market) in Kyoto.

--- after 2 years ---

On 2/25/2017, we did our son's Okuizome. 97 days after birth :) Time flies!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D0Wgr1TKjE



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