Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Nabe night!

Yesterday was nabe night! We had Ishikari nabe, a salmon nabe (clay pot dish) cooked in a miso broth. We had hakusai, carrots, scallions, daikon, and a bunch of mushrooms--enoki, shiitake, and shimeji. We also had corn. I got everything ready and when my husband got home we sat down at the kotatsu to have our meal.


My husband bought salmon head special for the nabe. The head is so delicious. Really--that's the tenderest meat. It was so, so, so delicious.
The fish head went in first and then we covered it with vegetables. As the vegetables cooked, we picked them out and ate them. When the fish head was finally done, we picked that out and ate it, too.
The neck of the salmon. It came with the head. It was also very yummy.
Again, the salmon covered with vegetables. You add the tiniest pat of butter to the nabe. It's very delicious, a wonderful flavor, and pretty good for you.
Fish head! Mmm.
You serve yourself from the nabe into your own little bowl and eat out of that.
Tonight was not nearly as delicious. wanted hamburgers. I made him hamburgers. I also made edamame (soy bean) soup--it's so thick, hearty and delicious it's a meal in itself. I had a giant salad--but I couldn't even finish that, the soup was so, so nice.
I also made okara--a stir-fry using the soybean grounds leftover after making soymilk. I added green beans, carrots, and corn. I also finally got around to making more ume-hakusai pickles, and I rounded it off with some green beans in a black sesame seed dressing and some simmered pumpkin. I made way too much food--we have a lot of leftovers. But we had a lot of vegetables we wanted to use!
The edamame soup, salad, multi-grain rice with beans, green beans, pumpkin, and okara. The edamame soup is so filling and so easy to make--I should make it for lunch more often. Like everyday.
A close-up of the okara, pumpkin, and green beans. The green beans and okara were new recipes, so I wanted a picture. I think they turned out quite well. The okara was also delicious--luckily we have some leftover so I'll have it tomorrow. Nice.

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