Category Archives: Food
Menu plan Monday & recipe link up 6/20…
Well I just wrote the entire post only to lose it all. That sucked. We are moving this Friday so this week the plan is to just make sure we eat something, anything, at each meal. We had take away … Continue reading
Menu planning…
I always know what I plan to cook a day or two before I cook it and I write a shopping list and pretty much stick to it when I go to the supermarket. I could be better about money … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking, Food, Housekeeping & budget
Risotto for tea…
I made risotto for dinner tonight for the first time in ages- in fact I don`t think I have made risotto in the last two years so it was a long time coming but when Achan mentioned that she had … Continue reading
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Hinamatsuri…
Photos from today- Hinamatsuri or Dolls Festival, March 3rd. Hinamatsuri, also known as Doll Festival or Girls Day, is celebrated on the third day of the third month every year. People with daughters often display elaborately designed dolls on red, … Continue reading
Tokyo fruits and other stuff…
Today was another day pretty much free for me. I decided that while i have been eating mikan(mandarins), grapes and plums occasionly for my fruit intake i needed a bit more…so i went to the supermaket to buy ingredients for … Continue reading
Peru restaurant run….
Last night Shumpei, James, Catherine and I ventured all the way out to Hachioji to go to a Peruvian restaurant! It was so good……i think i may have actually dreamt about the food last night, and will probably do so … Continue reading
I am just a twenty something Aussie girl living in Chiba, Japan with my Japanese husband trying to make sense of the crazy Japanese world we live in! We welcomed our first son in December 2009 (Noah) and a second son in January 2011, 2 months premature (Shion). I am working hard at raising them to be confident, bilingual, happy kids!
