Love Heart Cutlet

My darling loves fried pork cutlet. He also loves sausage! So, I combined them together and made cute bite-size heart-shaped cutlets.

Don't you think they make your table happy?!

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Love Heart Cutlet

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 15min
Number of servings: 6 cutlets

Ingredients:
6 thinly sliced pork
6 sausage
salt and cracked black pepper
A
* flour
* beaten egg
* Panko (bread crumbs)
vegetable oil for frying
B
* 2 tbsp. ketchup
* 1 tsp. whole-grain mustard
* 1 tbsp. white wine vinegar
tomato wedges
cabbage strips
watercress if available

Directions:
1. Work with one slice of pork at a time. Place the slice of pork so that the length of it is running flat and vertically towards you. Sprinkle a bit of salt and cracked black pepper onto one side and place the sausage on the end of the pork close to you and start rolling diagonally to cover the sausage. Repeat with the remaining pork slices and sausage.

2. Cut the rolls diagonally, join the cut sides reversely, and join them with toothpicks to look like hearts.



3. Flour the rolls, dip in beaten egg, then roll in panko. Fry them in oil at 170C (340F) until cooked golden brown.



4. Remove the toothpicks. Mix B well. Serve cutlets with B, tomato wedges, cabbage strips, and watercress if available.




My original recipe in Japanese is here.
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After the rain last night, we had nice autumn breeze this morning.

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Younger is Smarter

It is raining today in Tokyo after a month!

I recently saw on TV that the younger siblings are smarter. Do you think it's true? Yeah... probably. Because I have two young sisters and they are obviously good at depending on mom and dad. Can't stand watching them sometimes, but honestly... In a bad expression, they are irresponsible, but I envy them in that way sometimes.

When I was small, I complained it to my mom, but she never understood what I meant, or maybe she did but there was no way to change that situation because that is their natural behavioral tendency.

Anyway, now I left home for more than 10 years. I work with elders. Also my darling is older than me. I just realized how my sisters feel and why they act like such... Yeah, less responsibility is the cause... I hate being such since my basic idea hasn't changed but I feel more relaxed in elders...

I hope I can learn to live smart, but that requires a lot of training. Ha-ha!!!

By the way, my darling is the eldest, too. I see his brother smarter than him. Same at any household!

Are you the oldest sibling?
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Microwave Cookies

Do you know that you can bake cookies in microwave?

Just mix and microwave! Easy enough for kids to bake ;)

Use your favorite sprinkles!!! I should have used more of pink ones. Ha-ha!!!

Video Recipe Available :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoLStf_-HgU



Cup measurement video is HERE!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvnAQcgAo9o



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Microwave Cookies

Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 15min
Number of servings: 20 cookies

Ingredients:
100g (3.5oz.) butter (softened)
50g (1.7oz.) sugar
1 egg
A
* 130g (4.5oz.) all-purpose flour
* 1/2 tsp. baking powder
B
* 25g (0.8oz.) chocolate chips
* 25g (0.8oz.) sprinkles of your choice

Directions:
1. Beat butter and sugar until creamy, add egg and mix well.
2. Sift A in 1. and mix well. Add B and mix well again.
3. Drop 5 cookies (at a time) by teaspoon in a ring onto waxed paper on microwave oven glass tray.
4. Microwave at 500w for 3min or 3 min + 30sec. Repeat the steps 3 & 4 to complete the rest.

My original recipe in Japanese is here.
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Microwave Cookies (Metric Cup Measurement)

Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 15min
Number of servings: 24 cookies

Note:
1cup = 250ml or 250cc

Ingredients:
1/2cup = 125ml butter (softened) *100g (3.5oz.)
1/4cup = 62.5ml granulated sugar
1 egg
1cup = 250ml cake flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4cup = 62.5ml chocolate chips

Directions:
1. Beat butter and sugar until creamy, add egg and mix well.
2. Sift cake flour and baking powder in 1. and mix well. Add chocolate chips and mix well again.
3. Drop 4 cookie dough at a time by tablespoon onto parchment paper on microwavable plate or tray. *You don't want to burn your plate, so please line with the parchment paper.
4. Microwave at 500w for 3min (or less or more depending on the heat of your microwave). Repeat the steps 3 & 4 to complete the rest. *It is safe to test from 1 min to see how they come out. Microwave bakes the cookies from inside, so if they are baked golden brown, they are burned X(

*You can also bake them in an oven at 180C (350F) for 15 minutes.

レシピ（日本語）
http://cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2012/04/blog-post_28.html
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Midori-zushi

Again, after so long, we've been to Midori-zushi on Saturday!!! I just realized last time we went there was October 2009! Almost a year ago!!!

Since my favorite anago (conger eel) is in season, I ordered "anago no shirayaki" which means anago is grilled without sauce and the color is white (left bottom image). You enjoy it simply with lemon, yuzu kosho (yuzu pepper), or ume paste. Yummy!!!

Wow! We drank a lot this time! We finished a bottle of cold sake and half a bottle of white wine... which cost us total of 7,000 yen ($70)... Midori-zushi is very famous for delicious low price sushi but drinking too much doesn't save at all X( Anyway, I could use my sushi coupon (which I received as a prize), so we just paid few dollars in cash. Whew...

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My Accomplishments

Today I will list my accomplishments as usual.
Not that big ones, though...

On 8/16, my Healthy Tofu Rolled Pork Steak Salad (which I translated lately) won the Garlic Pepper Award at GABAN's contest. I used GABAN's soy sauce-based garlic pepper dressing!

On 8/22, my Fish Sausage Mixed Sandwich was introduced on Nissui's website. I wrote about their fish sausage before. Their Fish Sausage is made of minced white fish using no eggs. It contains 300ml of calcium / 85g. Great snack for kids!

On 8/20, my Colorful Meat Rice Bowl was introduced on Delcy's website. They have sold frozen vegetables for 30 years! They recently held a campaign and asked for recipes using their products that can help beat the summer heat! In my recipe, I added ginger and vinegar to give a refreshing after taste!

On 8/22, my Balsamic Tomato Ramen using Myojo's 中華三昧 (Chukazanmai-soy Sauce) was introduced on their recipe card! It is a very refreshing summer ramen using tomato and balsamic vinegar :D


On 8/23, my Cat Eating Fish won the Catharine Award. The contest was to submit recipe ideas related to the movie character: Cats and Dogs. I made a cat face using Dorayaki (a type of Japanese confection which consists of two small pancake-like patties made from castella wrapped around a filling of sweet red bean paste) and let him eat Taiyaki (a Japanese fish-shaped cake with red bean paste).

On 8/30, my Acerola Smoothie won the Acerola award. I added Acerola beverage into my everyday smoothie made with banana, yogurt soymilk and collagen powder! Acerola contains a lot of Vitamin C which is required for the synthesis of collagen.

Time flies... It is already September. My long-awaited wedding which we planned last year is coming soon in October!!!

Hope my darling and I can stay healthy ;)

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Prune And Banana Yogurt Cake

Muggy morning again... Today we broke a record of 24-day sweltering nights since 1876!!!

This is my favorite high-fiber cake using prune and banana ;) Prune prevents an iron deficiency. Yogurt is good for your intestines.

Happy cake for women ;)



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Prune And Banana Yogurt Cake

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 45min
Number of servings: 20cm (8inch) pie dish

Ingredients:
100g (3.5oz.) prunes
1 banana
50g (1.7oz.) butter
5 tbsp. sugar (soft brown sugar)
2 eggs
150g (5.2oz.) plain yogurt (unsweetened)
100g (3.5oz.) flour
1 tsp. baking powder
butter
flour
powdered sugar

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees C (392 degrees F). Butter and flour a 20cm (8inch) pie dish.
2. Chop prunes into small bits. Thinly slice banana. Keep butter in room temperature.
3. In a large bowl, mix butter and sugar. Then add eggs and plain yogurt and mix until smooth.
4. Sift in flour and baking powder a small amount at a time, and mix well.
5. Pour half of the mixture in the dish, arrange prune bits and banana slices on the mixture, pour the remaining mixture over them.
6. Bake at 200 degrees C (392 degrees F) for 30 minutes, or until lightly browned. Lightly sprinkle with powdered sugar. (You can either eat at room temperature or refrigerate!)

My original recipe in Japanese is here.
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DOURTHE b Bordeaux Rouge 2006

I bought this wine at 10 bucks! It was produced by Mercian Corporation: Japanese wine and spirits producer and marketer, as well as pharmaceutical company. Just what I'd expected from Mercian, the wine was mellow and had a fruity aroma.

b Bordeaux means the wine is always well balanced as it is retained to seek the best flavor. The word "b" represents royal road of Bordeau.

However, since its bottle has a screw cap instead of a cork, I hesitated to get it but it was bingo!!! Thanks to my darling, he just asked me to try out :D

I can't believe it's already September. Actually, we changed seats at work X( Kind of uncomfortable till I get used to...

Hope to see you again tomorrow!!!

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WHYS

What are the "WHYS" in your life right now?

I found this question on Kym's post.
Yeah... I have many whys right now...

Why don't I have time to take a break?
Why do I gain weight easily?
Why my abs are weak (Why my abs can't be developed)?
Why do I have slow reflexes?
Why my darling does not prefer me to become a full-time homemaker?
Why can't I trust people sometimes?
Why what I think is right ends up no good...
Why don't I have a luck to succeed?
Why am I dissatisfied?
Why am I me? (Why can't I be anyone but ME?)

I hope I can get rid of my stresses by writing (shouting) out those!

Wowwwww... To answer my question for homemaker, this article is kind of convincing.
Maid vs. Homemaker

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Kérastase Resistance Concentré Vita-Ciment

Kérastase Paris is the professional luxury hair treatment institute.

On Saturday, I went to my usual hair salon to get the Kérastase's hair treatment for FREE. I won the coupon this summer and it was going to expire in the end of August, so I rushed to the salon!

Kérastase Resistance Concentré Vita-Ciment is an intensive reconstructive treatment for weak, damaged hair. It fortifies the hair fiber to add strength and resilience. This ceramic-based concentrated mixture of fortifying ingredients, with the micro-targeted action of the Vita-Ciment Complex, is sprayed and massaged into the hair, section by section using fingertips.

I never knew and experienced the hair massage technique, but it works pretty well and my hair become amazingly straight and shiny ;)

BTW, I use Kérastase Fluide Chroma Riche every day to my towel-dried hair. It provides detangling and styling ease and helps protect from external aggressions. Maximizes color’s radiance and shine. Hair fiber is left softer, more supple to the touch.

What good things do you do for your hair?!

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Asparagus Rolls with Healthy Kimchi Sauce

Do you know that Kimchi (김치) becomes rich and tasty if you mix it with a bit of plain yogurt?

I put this Kimchi sauce over my asparagus rolls, but simply the boiled sliced pork is absolutely okay!!!

Try it out ;)


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Asparagus Rolls with Healthy Kimchi Sauce

Difficulty: Super Easy
Time: 5min
Number of servings: 2

Ingredients:
50g (1.8oz.) Kimchi
1 tbsp. plain yogurt (unsweetened)
10 thinly sliced pork (for shabu-shabu)
5 asparagus

Directions:
1. Chop Kimchi and mix plain yogurt.
2. Wash asparagus, trim away the woody part, then peel away the tough skin near the bottom of spear, cut into half, add salt to boiling water, and cook asparagus for a minute.
3. Put asparagus on the pork and roll it up. Again, bring water to boil, cook asparagus rolls until pork is no longer pink.
4. Arrange asparagus rolls (3.) on serving plate and pour Kimchi sauce (1.) on top.

My original recipe in Japanese is here.
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Believe it or not, we have sweltering (summer) night for 40 straight days!!! I have no other way than leaving AC on throughout the night...
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Healthy Tofu Rolled Pork Steak Salad

This is a healthy main dish salad recipe using TOFU!

As you might know, there are many different types of tofu. For this recipe, you need momen-dofu (cotton tofu), which is firm tofu comes in a plastic container in the refrigerator or produce section of most grocery stores. The skin of this form of tofu has the pattern of the muslin used to drain it. It is best used in stir fries, tofu bakes or any dish where you will want the tofu to retain its shape.

To finish up this recipe, you can use your own favorite dressing! I recommend a garlic flavored one because it gives steak-like rich taste. You want to make it filling since this dish is very healthy ;) I used GABAN's soy sauce-based garlic pepper dressing! Mmm! It was pretty savory! My recipe won a prize at their contest, too!

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Healthy Tofu Rolled Pork Steak Salad

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 15min
Number of servings: 2

Ingredients:
6 thin slices of spare rib pork (any portion of sliced pork is okay)
300g (0.6lb.) momen-dofu / firm tofu
salt and cracked black pepper
starch
cooking oil
2-3 tbsp. garlic flavored dressing of your choice
salad of your choice

Directions:
1. Wrap tofu in a paper towel and microwave for 2 minutes (500w) to remove moisture. Cut tofu into 6 rectangular pieces.


2. Work with one slice of pork at a time. Place the slice of pork so that the length of it is running flat and vertically towards you. Sprinkle a bit of salt and cracked black pepper onto one side and place the tofu (1.) on the end of the pork close to you and start rolling. Repeat with the remaining pork slices and tofu, then lightly coat them with starch.

3. Heat cooking oil in a frying pan, place the rolls seam side down, make sure to flip the rolls so that all sides are cooked equally crisp and brown.


4. Surround the rolls with salad of your choice, and then spoon garlic flavored dressing of your choice.




My original recipe in Japanese is here.
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ANIMENTINE - Bossa Du Anime

Do you know any Japanese Anime song?!

Lately my darling bought this refined bossa nova covers of the most popular Anime songs sung by Clémentine. It is a new style to enjoy Anime songs such as SAZAE SAN, DORAMEMON, CHIBIMARUKO CHAN, and etc... All the generations are represented in this album.

Born in Paris, Clémentine has always been surrounded by jazz thanks to her father who collected records. She started her career in 1988 at Sony France. Since then she has released many jazz, pop and bossa nova albums. Now she is the most popular French singer in Japan.

Like jazz, her songs are soothing that helps me relax. You can preview her songs HERE! Well... I hope my home suits my favorite music... I mean, it's pretty messy to relax!!!

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Taberu La-Yu

La-Yu or Ra-Yu (辣油) is chili-infused sesame oil (a type of chili oil) that we use in Japan as a cooking ingredient or as a condiment. It is usually made by heating a non-volatile oil with spices, let cool, add sesame oil, and store in sterile glass container for few days to mellow.

La-Yu is mostly used for gyoza sauce with soy sauce and vinegar to give a hint of hot taste. It can be used for soups and stir-fries, too!

Taberu La-Yu, which means "Edible La-Yu", is true to it's name EDIBLE! You can eat it as is because it is not as hot as regular La-Yu. Instead, Taberu La-Yu contains shredded or minced savory ingredients, such as leeks, garlic, ginger, and onions.

Now this Taberu La-Yu stormed Japan! In different packaging and ingredients, I see it at stores everywhere. I've tried this Taberu La-Yu lately and was great! Without doubt, it went well with white rice!!! Of course, you can use it as a relish!

Try it out if available :D

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