Last update...

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This is my last update for two weeks.  Why, you ask.  Well I'm going to JAPAN!  Hopefully when I return stateside I'll be updating you with all kinds of wonderfulness!  I hope to chow down on some okonomiyaki while there and even try actual Japanese (as in from Japan) sushi.  Both of the aforementioned dishes meat free of course.  I know I definitely will be enjoying a magnificent tempura dinner and also a traditional Japanese meal at a ryokan.  Of my little Japanese I know how to say vegetarian (saishokushugi) and ocha (green tea) and also mizu (water) since they don't give you water at most places.  I also have my handy dictionary to ask for more specific things like no mushrooms (kinoki) like I did when I was there last.  Would you believe that my veggie burger at Hard Rock came sans mushrooms after I said "iie kinoki."  One great thing about Japan is that every restaurant I've been to while there had neat little (well big enough to distinguish) pictures of every dish they served.  I also know that one of my favorite dishes is kitsune udon (fox noodles named because it's supposed to be the favorite dish of a fox not that there's fox meat in it).  Kitsune udon tastes the best in Japan.  At almost any convenience store you'll find onigiri (or rice balls).  It's rice wrapped in seaweed and filled with pickles or plums or other goodies.  I've saved labels from past trips so I can find my own onigiri since the labels have Japanese characters and that's it.  It doesn't matter which convenience store it comes from onigiri is always delicious.  My favorite thing to drink in Japan is Melon Cream Soda.  Dr. Pepper over there is also good and the cans have rad anime girls on them.  Aside from being the awesomest country in the entire world Japan has some of the nicest people.

I can babble on about Japan and how much I love it for hours but I need to accomplish some tasks before I leave.  So without further ado...

Tofu and Apple Curry with Golden Raisins




Quinoa and Potato Croquettes with Mango Salsa




Escarole with Apples




She's doing it again, making things differently on her show.  On the show the escarole wasn't cooked and she made a dressing for it consisting of tahini, lemon juice, rice syrup, ginger juice and olive oil so that's what I did.

Fear not!  The post Japan update will be filled with lots of pictures!