Cabbage Soup!

I've read about it. It sounded disgusting. Revolting. Something farmers used to eat when there was no meat left, and they were damn near starving. Yucky.

BUT! I've just finished a bowl of home-made 'Cabbage Fat-Burning Soup' and its DELICIOUS!

I found the recipe online in my never-ending search for recipes. The fact that the words 'fat-burning' were in the title guaranteed it a look. Both my hubby and I are trying to lose weight, and since the recipe seemed fairly simple, I thought I'd give it a try. What did I have to lose?

Well, I love veggies, so I figured I would like it, as long as it didn't taste too bland. But with a tomato juice and beef broth base, could it be bland? Well, it tastes delicious. Just sayin'.

Picture to follow.

Cheers!

Okonomiyaki

This, my friends, was my first venture into Japanese food. And it was a success!

Okonomiyaki basically means 'whatever you want'. Its like a pancake, that you put, well, whatever you want in. Its 'base', if you will, is cabbage, sliced very thinly, to which you add a little flour, some eggs, chopped green onion and some water. You then mix it all together and then add your meat, if you want it.

We used shrimp (my favorite!) and bacon. But instead of chopping it up and mixing it in the batter, we pressed it into the top of the pancake after scooping the batter into the pan.

Its topped with some sort of...sweet brown sauce that I don't know the name of, and some Japanese mayonaise, then some ginger.

I was so surprised at the outcome of this! I mean, a cabbage based pancake? Really? YES! It was so delicious! I can't wait to learn some more Japanese recipes!