Cold Noodles With Mushrooms

In the hot weather, it will be good to have a bowl of cold multi grain noodles with some vegetables.

Recipe

1-2 sliced mushroom

1-2 sliced Shiitake mushroom

1/6 sliced onions

1/3 teaspoon of olive oil

Soup:

1 cup of Seaweed cold soup stock

1/2 table spoon of soy sauce

1/3 teaspoon of Mirin

Garnish

1/2 teaspoon of chopped ginger

1/2 chopped scallion

1-2 cherry tomatoes

Lightly saute the all mushrooms and onions with olive oil.

Hiyayakko (Cold Tofu Salad) With Herbs

It is the best time of the Cold Tofu Salad (Hiyayakko) in this very hot weather. It is not only nutritious but gives you energy to fight with this very hot weather. You have pure soy protein, ginger for digestion, green onion, sesame seeds, Japanese basil to accelerate your appetite. You also can have vegetables along with this tofu dish.

recipe:

1/2 block of Tofu

1/2 tea spoon of graded ginger

1 - 2 table spoons of chopped scallion

1/3 tea spoon of roasted sesame

1/3 tea spoon of chopped green or purple Shiso (Japanese basil)

1/2 tea spoon of soy sauce (you may use ginger dressing instead)

Multi Grain Brown Rice with Three Kinds of Mushrooms & Sesame Spinach

A wholeness dish of the earth. Brown rice with multi grains mixed is cooked with various mushrooms and vegetables. Accompanied with Spinach sesame marinade.

Recipe for four people:

Rice dish;

1 3/4 brown rice 1/4 mixed wild multi grains

1/2 cup of chopped Shitake mushroom

1/3 cup of chopped Enoki mushroom

1/3 cup of chopped Shimeji mushroom

1/3 cup of chopped carrot. 1/3 table spoon of sliced ginger. One egg.

Seasoning; 2 table spoon of Soy sauce and 2 table spoon of sake wine.

Cook all grains and all other mushrooms, carrot, and seasoning in the pressure cooker with appropriate amount of water or Konbu (seaweed) soup stock (total liquid is around 2 3/4 cups or 3 cups).

Garnish with thin sliced egg crepe and chopped watercress(or scallion) if you prefer.

Spinach sesame marinade;

1 bunch of spinach

Seasonings;

2 - 2 1/2 tea spoons of soy sauce

1/2 - 1 tea spoon of Mirin (sweet rice wine)

2 tea spoons of graded roasted sesame (sesame paste can be used)

1/2 tea spoon of graded ginger

A pinch of red chili pepper or Shichimi pepper.

Steam or boil the spinach for a few minutes in a boiling water (do not over cook), drain the water, and cut them into 1 - 1.5 inch long. Then mix and marinade them with other ingredients (seasonings).

Avocado, Watercress Salad

Very simple but nutritious salad with various kinds of vegetables with the ginger salad dressing, which combined with the six tastes; sweet, bitter, astringent, pungent, sour and salty.

Easy to fix for your meal with other dishes specially for summer time. It is so refreshing.

Suggestion: A slice of multi-grain bread and a piece of natural cheese or a hard boiled egg can be accompanied as a good meal.

Recipe:

1/2 sliced avocado

2 ounce of cut watercress

1 ounce of cut cilantro

3-4 cherry tomatoes

3 ounces of cut romaine lettuce

1 ounce of sliced red, orange or yellow pepper (preferably)

Ginger Salad Dressing:

1 tea spoon of graded ginger

1/2 tea spoon of roasted & graded sesame seeds

1/2 -1 teaspoon of soy sauce

1/2-1 tea spoon of rice vinegar, or wine vinegar

1/3 tea spoon of lemon juice

1/3 - 1/2 tea spoon of olive oil

seasoning herbs; black pepper, thyme, rosemary, cumin seed(if you prefer)