by : Reiko Bread, Soup/Stew

Happy St.Patrick’s Day! Vegan Green Irish Soda Bread & Vegan Irish Stew with Dumplings
聖パトリックデーを祝って、緑色のアイリッシュソーダブレッド＆ダンプリング入りアイリッシュシチュー

We don’t always make meals to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, but this year my friend suggested that we have a St. Patrick’s Day dinner together.

I was not so sure first because Irish food did not seem very vegan-modification friendly, but when I did a little research, I felt it was durable.

My friend actually sent me a link to this recipe.

https://www.landsandflavors.com/green-irish-soda-bread/

It turned out great!

The recipe calls for spinach, but I just used kale which I happened to have, and it worked just fine.

Look at the beautiful green color!

It was a big hit!

And this was my other contribution.

Vegan Irish stew.

I was so excited that my little secret ingredient, Miso, added wonderful richness and depth to the stew.

Everyone loved it.

You may ask where are the dumplings?

Unfortunately, this is the only picture with the dumpling.

I am planning to post a video of the stew simmered with dumplings on Instagram, so I hope you go check that out.

https://www.instagram.com/culinarytribune/

Can’t believe my friend talked me into wearing something green.

So, this was me with a summer dress over a turtleneck sweater…

The summer dress was the only piece of (right) green-colored clothing that I owned.

Are you celebrating St. Patrick’s Day today?

What are you cooking/eating???

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by : Reiko Bread

Chubby Bagels
ぷっくりベーグル

Bagels are always fun to make.

But I’ve been getting different results.

This time they turned out so well that I want to make a note here so that I will remember what to do the next time.

  1. Boil water but turn the heat down when you put the dough in.
  2. Don’t boil them too long. 30 seconds each side is fine.

I love how plump, shiny, and smooth they are.

I also liked that they got the beautiful brown color.

I made five bagels, two plain and three with “Everything but the bagel sesame seasoning blend”.

Everything bagels is my husband’s favorite.

Me feeling accomplished.

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by : Reiko Bread, Sandwiches, Tofu

Tofu Nugget Sandwich Lunch
豆腐ナゲットサンドイッチランチ&ちょこっと”大掃除”

This is the kind of lunch plate I like to eat.

Tasty sandwiches, salad, and soup.

There are a lot of veggies, and the whole plate is plant-based.

Homemade buns.

I loe them when they are just out of the oven.

They are so soft and smell good.

Homemade tofu nuggets.

This is a basic recipe for which I only wanted to use ingredients that are easy to come by and for which I don’t need to use a knife.

I used Ao-nori (seaweed flakes) to give them umami.

These are small sized ones.

They make a great snack.

These are the larger ones that I used for the sandwiches.

I love how these mini sandwiches looked.

Gochujang veggie soup.

Who is interested in this lunch plate?

This is the time when you deep-clean your house, called “O-soji” in Japan.

I’ve been keeping the house in a good shape, by cleaning a little every day, so I don’t feel like we need to do “O-soji”.

But today I cleaned the fridge inside and out, and I felt good.

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by : Reiko Bread, Sweets

The world’s easiest Bûche De Noël
世界一番簡単ブッシュドノエル

This Bûche De Noël (or Yule Log) is not made of cake but made of sandwich bread!

You need several (I used four) slices of white bread.

Take crust off.

Roll them flat with a rolling pin.

Spread your favorite jam (I used cherry jam) and roll them into a log.

Cover with plastic wrap and let it rest while you prepare Adzuki butter.

I just combined and mixed store-bought sweet Adzuki paste and vegan butter until it was creamy.

Spread it over the log.

Voila!

As you can imagine, it’s quite small.

It’s perfect for one or two (I ate the whole thing myself!).

It was absolutely delicious!

Since it’s so easy to make, it can be a make-your-own project for kids too.

If Adzuki is not your cup of tea, you can simply use chocolate whipped cream or any frosting.

Merry Christmas.

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by : Reiko Bread, Breakfast

Fruit Bread and Fruit Bread French Toast フルーツブレッド＆二日目はやっぱりこれ、フレンチトースト

One of my favorite cakes is fruit cake!

I don’t understand why fruit cake is so unpopular.

I love its denseness packed with yummy fruits and nuts, and I would eat a slice with a cup of tea every day if I could.

But I don’t do that because that would make it difficult to stay at my ideal weight for sure.

Even having one fruit cake this time of the year is dangerous because my husband does not touch it (he is NOT a fan of fruit cake).

So, I decided to make the second best thing, fruit “bread”.

Well, it’s not “sweets” technically, and I can eat it as a “meal” instead of “dessert”, which makes me feel better (lol).

This turned out amazing!

I loved the light and soft crust, and all the fruits and nuts!

You toast it lightly and eat it with butter.

It’s heavenly!!

The second day I made French toast with it, and it was great too!

My husband even asked me to make some (he said he liked it, but quickly added “fruit bread is still not my favorite” ; ( ).

For the vegan French toast batter, I used her recipe -> https://www.noracooks.com/vegan-french-toast/ .

And for the fruit bread, I used her recipe -> https://merryboosters.com/easy-fruit-bread-recipe/ .

I just replaced butter with vegan butter.

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by : Reiko Bread, Gluten Free

V/GF Spiced Cocoa Boule
スパイスココア米粉カンパーニュ

Since I got the book that teaches you how to make this type of hard-crust bread with rice flour, I’ve been having so much fun.

Okay, this was only the second recipe I tried, but it turned out better than I expected just like the first one (below).

https://sideb.culinarytribune.com/2022/11/20/v-gf-boule

I still can’t believe gluten free bread like this can look and taste this good!

This spiced cocoa bread not only tasted good but also smelled amazing!

When I got it out of the oven, my husband thought I had just baked a chocolate cake because of the smell.

I had some extra rum-soaked dry fruits from the stollen (below), and I decided to add it to my homemade vegan cream cheese.

https://sideb.culinarytribune.com/2022/12/08/vegan-spiced-stollen

I spread the fruit cream cheese on a slice and drizzled maple syrup.

It was delicious!

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by : Reiko Bread, Sweets

Vegan Spiced Stollen
初めてシュトーレン作ったよ（食べたよ）、しっかりスパイスきかせてみたよ。ヴィーガン。

Stollen is a traditional German Christmas bread.

It doesn’t seem like a too popular thing here in the U.S., (at least in the region where I live, I don’t know many people who buy, make, or eat it or talk about it).

For some reason, it’s extremely popular in Japan, and I see it everywhere on social media this time of the year.

I’ve wanted to make one myself the past few years, but I didn’t have a chance to do so until this year.

My stollen is very well spiced and packed with black walnuts (from my brother-in-law’s yad) and rum soaked fruits.

This was so delicious!!

I told myself to eat one slice a day, but that plan did not work well.

Once I eat a slice, I can’t stop!

I loved enjoying this stollen with a cup of black tea (yes, it’s all gone now).

I used this recipe (in Japanese) as a base.

https://cookpad.com/recipe/2060005

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by : Reiko Bread, Breakfast, Gluten Free

V/GF Banana Kinako Buns and One Plate Breakfast
バナナきなこパン、朝食ワンプレート

You can really taste the banana and kinako (roasted soy bean powder).

If you like them, these are for you!

We enjoyed the buns with scrambled tofu, salad leaves, and persimmon.

I loved the taste, but they turned out a bit dry.

(It’s not a huge problem because they taste just fine with vegan butter!)

Next time I will adjust the amount of rice flour though.

By the way I smoothed the surface of a half, and I just dropped the dough for the other half.

That’s why they look a bit different.

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by : Reiko Bread, Gluten Free, Japanese Food, Salad, Soup/Stew, Uncategorized

V/GF Curried Cabbage Bread, with Japanese Oden Stew and Shungiku Apple Salad
ちゃちゃっとできちゃうカレーキャベツパン、そして、おでん、春菊りんごサラダでワンプレート

This bread is so easy and quick to make.

But it’s also so tasty!

That means I make it a lot.

This is the same bread as this one (below), with different fillings.

https://sideb.culinarytribune.com/2022/11/14/v-gf-tomato-onion-corn-basil-bread

This time I added curried cabbage, peas, and curried mayo.

It turned out great!

I put together a one-plate meal with the bread for lunch.

This is Japanese style stew called Oden.

The main base is Kombu stock and soy-sauce.

It’s an ultimate comfort food for me this time of the year.

This Shungiku apple salad was super refreshing.

I was happy that this plate turned out to be a not only tasty but healthy meal with lots of veggies!

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