Our baby can now walk by holding onto things. I thought that he was only able to walk a step or two, but now he can pretty much go anywhere as long as he can hold onto something. At first I was happy about it, but he is now everywhere! He can even climb up on the table by stepping on a pillow or something on the floor.
To stop him going everywhere, I gave him a new toy...I mean a spoon, and he loves it!
あまりにうろちょろするので（笑）新しいおもちゃ（スプーン）を渡したら、かなり気に入ったみたいです☆
I have been using the red yeast miso a lot in cooking. Yesterday, I cooked Bibinba.
最近また、お味噌がお味噌汁以外で大活躍です。昨日はビビンバ。
And today, I wrapped egg plant with miso paste in sliced pork. I think this was the best miso dish that I cooked so far! It was really good!!
今日はお茄子と大葉の豚肉巻き。お味噌を頂いてから、色々お料理に使ってみたけど、この豚肉巻きが一番美味しい！！！
I also made some Karintou with Okara. Karintou is a Japanese traditional snack which is sweet and deep fried. To make is healthy, I used Okara which is soy pulp, and also I baked them instead of deep frying them. Jeff tried them when he came home, and he really liked them :)
今日は、おからのかりんとうを作ってみました。バレンタインになにを作ろうかな〜と考えていたのだけど、最近コレステロールが高いから洋菓子は駄目ですよとお医者さんから言われた誰かさん。このかりんとう、おからやし、揚げないし、とってもヘルシー！今日は試しに作ってみたけど、ジェフが帰って来て試食して、おいし〜と言ってました。
A little gift for Jeff's school teachers.
ジェフの学校の先生にお裾分けです☆
I just remembered that Jeff was saying "I only want to eat salad from now on because I ate too much during New Year...", but we have been eating more than just salad. I have been enjoying finding and trying new recipes since I can't really go outside in this snow...but I guess it's time for us to start eating salad at least until we go back to the U.S. in March, so that Jeff can make his weight loss goal. BUT! we will do that starting after tomorrow because we are supposed to eat sushi roll tomorrow for Setsubun!
そういえば、お正月明けにジェフが、「舞鶴に戻ったら、毎日夜はサラダしか食べない。お正月に食べ過ぎた。」と言っていました。でも実行できてません...。最近雪ばっかりで外にも行けないから、レシピ探して作るのが楽しみのひとつになってたけど、そろそろダイエット食に戻らないと、目標体重には辿り着けないわ〜。アメリカに行くまでの後１ヶ月半、頑張ろうかな。あ、でも明日以降ね。明日は巻き寿司食べないと☆
