On a snowy day...

After days of rain, raindrops finally turned to snow this morning...


So it snowed and snowed all morning...
brrrrrrrgh was it freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezing!!!
As i waited for the snow to stop before i hopped to the supermart in my rainy day boots, i decided to bake a new batch of comfort muffins...

Chunky chocolate and almond muffins

Used less sugar and added some homemade fig jam into this batch, hmm... gives a nice wholemeal muffin kind of look to the muffins. the texture of the fruit bits was nice too!

Dinner tonight had to be oden.

Both of us being oden freaks just have to have this comfort hot pot once in awhile, and what better day to have this than on a snowy cold day.

This was last nights dinner...

Shoyu simmered red sea bream, garlic stir fried leek and prawn salad, shiso wrapped sweet miso (store bought), miso soup with nameko, and brown rice topped with grilled mentaiko .

Meanwhile, J bentos have been quite extravagant these 2 days...

Traditional Pork katsu, melting eggs cooked till the yolks are half runny and steeped in a soya sauce and sesame oil dressing for a few days), mini salad, and red wine and almond rice

Red miso raosted pork, leek salad and plain rice topped with sliced melting eggs