Reiko

Reiko

by : Reiko Sweets

V/GF Gateau Au Chocolat
　V/GFガトーショコラ

There are different types of cakes, but I tend to be attracted to the moist type.

This gateau au chocolat is super moist, almost like mousse, and delicious!

The cake looked great when just out of the oven.

It was hard to wait for it to cool down.

I actually decided to refrigerate it overnight.

I wanted to taste it badly, but I’m glad I waited.

The cake was served with whipped-slightly sweetened coconut cream.

The recipe – > https://www.instagram.com/nozomi__iii/ .

I loved it so much that I made it two weekends in a row.

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by : Reiko Breakfast, Sandwiches, Tempeh, Tofu

Breakfast Sandwich Plate
ごまごま朝食サンドプレートと別々のごはん

I wake up hungry most of the time.

I think it’s healthy, right?

On weekends I can’t get out of bed fast enough because I’m ready to eat (lol).

(During the week? It’s a different story.)

I like to buy my yogurt unsweetened and add sweetness myself so that I can adjust the sugar amount.

This ↑ is my current favorite combination, Forager plant-based yogurt and Trader Joe’s fig butter.

Fig butter (or jam) is too sweet for me to eat by itself, but it is great when eaten with yogurt.

This is fig “butter”, so it’s pretty thick.

Sandwich: homemade sesame “almost bagel”, homemade vegan

cheese, BBQ tempeh, turmeric tofu, mashed avocado.

The sandwich was served with yogurt with fig butter, wilted kale, and tomato slices.

My husband (from MN) and I (from Japan) usually eat the same thing at home, but once in a while I prepare two different dishes, one for him and one for me.

Today was that kind of day.

I wanted to make him a sandwich for breakfast, but I had craving for Somen noodles (Japanese thin noodles).

So this is what I made for myself, using similar ingredients.

My husband was happy with his meal, and I was happy with my meal.

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by : Reiko Asian Food, Root Vegetables, Sandwiches, Tempeh

Shiso Renkon Banh-Mi
紫蘇蓮根バインミーサンドイッチ

When I have a sandwich, I usually feel like I should have another dish like soup or salad to go with it to provide additional nutrition, but with Banh-Mi I don’t feel that way because it’s full of vegetables and passes as a complete meal.

I usually make bread myself for sandwich, but for banh-mi I go to a specific Asian grocery store that sells this called “French Bread.”

It’s crunchy outside but soft and super light inside, perfect for banh-mi

I also bought Renkon lotus root from the same store today to use for the sandwich.

This is one of my husband’s favorites.

For the “meat” part I used Renkon and tempeh steak.

Inside the bread you’ll find homemade vegan “pate”, cucumber slices, tempeh and Renkon steak, pickled radish and carrots, and Shiso leaves.

The flavors are a bit different from the traditional one because of the use of Shiso instead of cilantro.

We loved it though!

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by : Reiko Asian Food, Breakfast, Tofu, Vegan Meat

Breakfast Spring Rolls
ブレックファスト生春巻き

Spring rolls are fun to eat, but not fun to make!!

I’m pretty good at folding things (e.g., pot stickers), but not so good at rolling things.

It’s hard to roll things tight, which is my problem.

This time I was faced with extra challenge, and some of them did not even close.

I probably put too much stuff inside.

But because of that you can see what’s inside (you have to find something positive in everything, right?).

If I remember it correctly, inside were homemade seitan meat, turmeric tofu, carrots, cabbage, peppers, noodles, sprouts, and cilantro.

Served with three different sauces, peanut, sweet chili, and black bean.

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by : Reiko Breakfast

Cinnamon Cocoa Granola
シナモンココアグラノーラ

One of the great things about travel is finding a new food.

We spent a long weekend in Boston last weekend, and I fell in love with something unexpected!

Granola!!

Well, not just any granola, but it has to be crunchy and big pieces.

I was never a granola person, but when I tried Pitaya Smoothie Bowl which had crunchy cococa granola on top at a vegan organic cafe called Cocobeet, I absolutely loved it.

We liked the bowl so much that we went back to get the exact same thing the next day.

That surprised myself because I’m not really a smoothie person.

But quickly I realized it was not that I liked smoothie (don’t get me wrong, their pitaya smoothie was delicious!!), but rather I liked their homemade granola (large pieces, which is super important) that happened to served with the smoothie.

So the first thing I made once we got home was this granola.

I made sure that it has enough cocoa flavor just like the cafe’s, but I also added cinnamon to mine.

I was patient letting it completely cool because a lot of people said that’s very important to achieve crunchiness.

Once it was completely cool, I carefully broke it into large pieces.

This turned out great!!

It’s crunchy, has a great cocoa and cinnamon flavor, and perfectly sweet (not too sweet).

By the way I found something else in Boston.

I’m a sucker for a small bowls with a design inside, and these were so cute.

I haven’t done yet, but it will be a perfect granola-yogurt breakfast bowl.

The camera always automatically focuses on me, not the food…

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