root vegetables for winter

Breakfast soup today was

broccolli potage topped with cheese~

i am loving my morning potages!

banana pudding english muffin toast

again... very comforting on cold mornings@@

Dinner was full of vegetables again.

but especially full of root vegetables.

wok fried chicken and lotus root, radish miso soup, kinpira (burdock and carrots), green vegetables ohitashi (simply blanched leafy greens, drizzled with light shoyu)

wok fried chicken with lotus root

i got this recipe, again from my chicken recipe book by Kohtetsu.

1 piece chicken thigh fillet (250g)

1/2 a loarge onion (thickly sliced)

140g lotus root (thickly slices)

3 pieces of shiitkae mushrooms (roughly torn into pieces)

3tbs vinegar

2tbs shoyu

3/4 tbs mirin (sweet wine)

1/4 cup sake

1 clove garlic (grated)

ginger (grated)

Cut chicken into bite sized pieces, sprinkle with salt and black pepper, then coat with cornstarch.

Heat 1cm oil in a pan. Fry lotus root and chicken pieces till crispy on the outside, wipe off excess oil. Pour in 1tbs sesame oil, push aside chicken and lotus root, fry onions and shiitake, and add condiments plus 1 tbs water. Cover and simmer on low heat 5min. Add 1tsp cornstarch dissolved in some water. Quick stir and we are ready!

burdock and carrot strips kinpira

Root vegetables are supposed to help our bodies cope with the cold.

=) i dont mind having a whole lot! i love lotus roots!

It was warm today and i went for yoga class in the day. apart from my headache (most likely caused by my idiotic crave for coffee at starbucks), i enjoyed today pretty much! sunny days in winter are nice...