this photo is me and my lemon meringue pie from THE patisserie in Polensa in Majorca last October. oh! the pie was divine. THE best meringue pie I've ever eaten! i had 2 of them during my stay and i ate 2 cakes a day. it was that yummy! i was very happy.... since then, i, kind of , had kept roughly 2 cakes a day. Now, I've got toothache.... ha ha ha, i wonder why...! my last wisdom teeth has been decaying and gum's got infected. i just feel i can't have cakes anymore. i think that's why i now have toothache. they are my downfalls; cakes, decaf soya caramel mocchiatto, caramel short bread, brownies...etc. you name it. that's why all of my teeth apart from front ones got fillings in them. anyway, i felt this was the good opportunity for me to give up refined cane sugar all together. Marcus and Karen want to give it up too, that's nice. i don't have do it on my own! i haven't had a cake today. and y'day. i feel a little bit like....a hole in my life. bit like when i gave up all naughty things i used to do when i was in London... so, i now seriously been thinking about getting de-hydrater somehow. not sure how...I've been in tight budget again this month. but I'm going to sainsbury's tomorrow to get some ingredients to make raw energy bars and cakes(more like gooody gooooody rocky road)...i think that's the way to go for me. buuuuut, i Will eat cakes from my favo patisseries in Soho and Polensa. they are the best and I'm going to keep it special treat for me!!! o.k., my budget pasta this evening was similar to last one, diced tomato, sliced shallot, soya beans, soya wieners, and side dish of broccoli and asparagus with tamari and lemon juice. yes, I'm Japanese, I'm not going to give up my soy sauce(tamari). i love it. i can't imagine life without it. by the way, i got big bowl of tomatoes for £1 from market so as broccoli. 2bunches of asparagus for £2! bargain. unfortunately, they are not organic. Go 100% organic is the expensive business, so i do where i can and when i can. that's all i can do!
this is my dinner (mains) this eve.it doesn't look good because i sprinkled some sea weed. but tasted yummy and side dish is.....
i do sometimes add tahini to the soy and lemon dressing. in japan, we usually use sesame paste but different taste and flavour from western one. i suppose Japanese sesame paste contains sugar/honey to make it sweet, but very nice flavour. often sesame seeds are lightly toasted before make into paste. also, i feel sesame seeds we get here and over there are different kinds. Japanese ones are lot more plumpy looking and hard shells. light brown colour too. this sesame and soy dressing ( mixture of tamari, lemon/lime juice, tahini paste, and good sesame oil) is also good with tofu salad. tofu here haven't got lot of flavour, so they can take quite strong dressing. add chili is also the way to go! oh, by the way, i didn't really cook broccoli and asparagus. i eat as raw as i can. i very lightly branched the veg so that they looked pretty in colour. they should still be very very crunchy. By the way I've just found out about tooth decay, my favo book says; certain kinds of steptococcus bacteria that thrives on sugar colonize the mouth and create acids that eat away at tooth enamel and so cause decay. he also says; Pure sugar is not the only culprit in tooth decay; starchy foods like potato chips, because they are broken down into sugars by enzymes in saliva, can be just as harmful. thank god, i don't eat crisps anymore!!!
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