The Japanese Chef in Me {Michael Chang's Miso Soup}

MISO SOUP

 One Year Ago:
We love Miso soup.
David has asked me for years to try making it.
I asked one of my Facebook friends, Michael Chang of The Chef In Me, if he had a good recipe and he was quick to provide.

Two weeks Ago.
We love Miso Soup.
I comb back through Michael's page until I find his note to me with recipe.
I comb Amazon.com for all my ingredients. I order.
They arrive.
I cook.

WE LOVE THIS MISO SOUP.
That's it.
So good.

Try it.

What you need:
1 gallon water
a piece of konbu (dry seaweed)
1 cup of miso
1 TBSP Hon-dashi (Japanese fish soup stock)
1 TBSP mirin (sweet rice wine)
1 tsp of sake.
1/4 cup wakame (salted dry seaweed)
tofu cubes (I used whole pkg = 1 lb?)
2-3 scallions chopped, green and white parts



MISO SOUP

WHAT YOU DO:
In large stock pot add 1 gallon water and a piece of konbu and bring it to broil. Once boiling add 1 cup of miso, use a whisk to dissolve.  Then add Hon-dashi, mirin and sake. Remove the Konbu.  Add wakame, tofu cubes and scallions and simmer for at least 30 minutes for tofu to absorb the flavors.

I then refrigerated and put 2 servings in crock pot each morning on low to enjoy for lunch..... YUM!

Did I mention WE LOVE MISO SOUP?
Well, we do.
And I make awesome Miso..... Thanks Michael for teaching me how <3

p.s. be sure and check out Michael's Page on Facebook

Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Heat Nor Gloom of Night Stays Young Grasshopper from Delivering Her Featured 5!

What a week.... I bring you my Featured 5 from a hotel room in Springfield Massachsetts this week!

So even though no cooking by the Grasshopper Girl the rest of you kept it rolling....

for starters.... Nicole at Nicoleander Kitchen spent her Sunday stuffing little tofu cubes with some super yummy orzo stuffing.... I've never used tofu but this will be what I make as my maiden voyage.... so awesome.

Then Jenn @ Home Skillet came by with some seriously yummy looking Beef Yakitori.. the glaze looks and sounds pnenominal!

I don't know about you but ALL WEEK LONG I kept seeing S'mores, S'mores & more S'mores and interestingly enough I am Guest Posting over at Treats & Trinkets on Sunday about..... yup S'Mores! But this one grabbed me & I saved it for the Feature.... pretty sure I saw it on Foodbuzz Top 9 AFTER I chose it.... just sayin'  Anyhow, Kita at Pass the Sushi.... thanks for the lovely S'mores Bars. 

And while we are talking S'mores.... I also saw this yummilicious S'more Fudge....

I know, I know,

 I'm degenerating into my SWEETS again....

but sometimes that's just what you get! 

Thanks Big Fat Baker!  YUMMY :)

So, when David & I first were dating and then married we were on a quest for the BEST Tiramisu.  Everywhere we went if the offered it we ordered it.... don't know that other than getting a bit rounder we ever really dubbed a BEST.  But, it's a dessert near and dear to me forever.  When I saw Baker Street boasting Tiramisu BREAD. 

I was like.  Shut. UP! I'm so trying this....

One for good luck you say? 

Well, here I am innocently minding my own business

when in pops Kelly from over at Eat Yourself Skinny with.... freaking FUNFETTI DIP.

  I was momentarily speechless

{and that doesn't happen often}

and then she proceeds to say that it's not a diet buster. 

 Overcome that's what I am.

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