Udon

Mekabu gohan

Natto pizza

Okinawan soba with mozuku

Maguro no zuke don

Ikura shirasu donburi

梅おろしそば

めんたいとろろそば

New bento box

My friend gave me a really nice wooden bento box, so I packed it up for lunch with nishime, gobo kinpira, tsukemono, and temari sushi.  I can't wait until lunchtime!

Hinamatsuri sushi cake

I made a sushi cake for Hinamatsuri.  I started with gohan in three layers - with aonori, plain, and with imitation crab, to make three colors.  I topped it with cucumbers and flowers made from maguro and salmon.

乳団子

I made my friend's mom's chichidango recipe, and it was really good!!

The kanji for chichidango is 乳団子, and it seems to literally translate as boobs dumpling!  Seems so crude for a Girl's Day treat!  Plus, they don't really look like boobs.

乳団子

I was talking to my friend about chi chi dango, and today she brought some that she made fresh!!  She also gave me a copy of the recipe that her mom hand wrote for her, so it's very special.

It was SO good!!  Very soft and very tasty.  I think I will try using her mom's recipe for Hinamatsuri this weekend.