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 Breakfast, Vegan Cheese

Sun-Dried Tomato Shiso Pancakes
甘じょっぱい、がたまらない！サンドライトマト紫蘇パンケーキ

I’m always attracted to dishes that are both sweet and savory.

I still had some fresh Shiso left, so I thought it would be fun to use it for pancakes.

What goes well with Shiso?

Tomatoes!

I added chopped fresh Shiso and sun-dried tomatoes to my vegan pancake batter.

The pancakes were ready.

You can simply enjoy them with butter and maple syrup.

Or…

Add things.

This time I placed homemade vegan cheese and fresh Shiso.

Then…

Here is my not-so-secret sauce.

A mixture of chopped sun-dried tomatoes and maple syrup.

Trust me.

This is SO GOOD.

Ta da!

Scrumptious!

I would put this on the menu if I opened a restaurant (lol).

Yes, it would be served just like that, with salad and Tofu croutons.

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by : Reiko Breakfast, Vegan Egg

Fun Idea! Hashbrown Egg Bake このアイデアいただき！ハッシュブラウンエッグキャセロール

I enjoy trying new food ideas.

Particularly for breakfast.

They make the routine a bit more exciting.

So, when I saw this idea, I had to try it!

https://www.instagram.com/p/ClMHYakp6DJ/

First, frozen store-bought hashbrowns.

You don’t have to thaw them.

They cook with the “eggs” just fine.

Some scallion and plant-based meat slices were added to the “egg”.

This was really good.

Field Roast is one of the vegan meat brands that we like.

Looks good, doesn’t it?

I used tofu and chickpea flour as the main ingredients for the egg.

It was delicious.

I will make it again for sure.

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by : Reiko Breakfast, Tofu

Plant-Based Turkey Egg & Cheese Crescent Rolls
全部植物性、ハム卵チーズクレセントロール

I got the idea from Ms. Diane.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci5GygtO9Jq/

It looked so good, and I had to create this plant-based!

This turkey deli-style slices are my favorite.

The ingredients are pretty good, and I love how they taste.

So I thought this would be perfect for this.

These are so easy and so fast to make!

I love how beautifully golden brown they turned out.

We enjoyed it for lunch, and we absolutely loved it!

I will definitely make it again.

This will be great for non-vegan guests too.

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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 Breakfast, Sandwiches, Vegan Egg

Bagel Breakfast Sandwich with Vegan “Unfried Fried Egg”
焼かないヴィーガン目玉焼き入り朝食サンドイッチ

It’s always fun to make a vegan egg.

It’s almost like an art project.

My mission is to create something that looks like the real thing AND tastes good.

It doesn’t have to taste like an egg, but I want it to taste good.

I was pretty happy with how this one turned out.

I used my homemade sesame bagel for this sandwich.

A good thing about making a sandwich at home is that you can add anything you want.

In this one you will find lettuce, vegan cheese, tomato slices, avocado, vegan unfried fried egg, and vegan mayo.

Air fryer potatoes.

Unsweetened vegan yogurt with homemade green plum jam and rhubarb jam.

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

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by : Reiko Breakfast, Vegan Cheese

Vegan Cream Cheese, Cranberries, Thyme, and Walnuts on TJ’s Pumpkin Bagel
ヴィーガンクリームチーズ、クランベリー、タイム、胡桃をTJのパンプキンベーグルにのせる

I haven’t bought bagels for a long time because I usually make bagels myself.

This was recommended by an SNS friend.

And since everyone is enjoying pumpkin-something now, I thought it would be fun to try it.

But the first thing’s first.

Cream cheese.

These are the ingredients I use.

I like the texture and the taste made of the mixture of tofu and cashew nuts.

It’s super creamy.

It’s soft when just made but it hardens when refrigerated.

The bagels have some nice pumpkin color.

They were a bit flat, though (maybe because they were tightly packed in the bag).

I like a thick layer of cream cheese on my bagel.

I don’t know about you, but I just had to keep going…

I just couldn’t wait until tomorrow morning, so I decided to do breakfast for lunch.

It’s hard to see, but there were pumpkin pie spice bits inside.

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by : Reiko Breakfast, Gluten Free

V/GF Cocoa Cardamom Banana Pancakes
ココアカルダモンバナナパンケーキ

I flavored my favorite super simple banana pancakes (bananas, rice flour, baking powder, salt) with cocoa and cardamom.

They turned out perfect!

(By the way, this pancake tower fell right after this shot.)

The pancakes were served with banana slices, cacao nibs, vegan butter, and maple syrup.

Lately we like to eat a salad for at least breakfast and dinner every day.

We usually start with mix leaves and then add whatever vegetables we have that week and sprinkle roasted sunflower seeds.

Today I added cucumber and fresh white mushrooms.

I love raw white mushrooms in my salad, but not my husband, who does like them cooked.

Are we doing this wrong?

Or is it simply a bad design?

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by : Reiko Bread, Breakfast

Green Plum Jam and Rhubarb Jam. Plus, his new toy
ルバーブジャム＆青梅ジャム、そして、ラベルメーカー

I made the jam a while ago and froze them.

I was glad that I remembered them!

I enjoyed the jam with my freshly baked bagels.

This is my husband’s new toy.

I wasn’t sure if that was a good purchase, but I quickly realized how cool this little gadget was.

You can design and print from your iPhone.

There are many fun pictures to choose from too.

He made these pretty labels for me.

These were both so good.

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