Hey there! 
I'm Rachel, a small-town girl from Oklahoma. I just came back to the U.S. after living in Japan for the past four years. I love all things food related, and am particularly interested in nutritional, whole-food cooking from scratch. Join me in my culinary adventures, my domestic doings, and the story of my life, one day at a time.
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I’ve always been a fan of veggie burgers since I discovered them.
I do love my hamburgers (homemade, not fast food burgers. Bleh), but sometimes I just want a veggie burger.
When I was a college student, one of the restaurants on campus had these really good veggie burgers and curly fries. *sigh* I [...]
Tofu.
This one word can arouse all sorts of feelings in different people. Delight, hunger, indifference, curiosity, and for some, disgust and revulsion.
I love tofu. I’ve been eating it ever since I was a kid (thanks Dad), so it’s nothing new to me.
Due to its very mild flavor, tofu is rarely ever eaten [...]
I made hamburgers for dinner last night, so I made sure there were extras to put into today’s lunch.
Today’s lunch: Hamburger with my homemade hamburger buns, edamame, and a persimmon
I’m actually posting this Tuesday afternoon here in Japan, but it’s still Monday in the U.S., so that counts, right? Ahaha…
Monday was a national holiday here in Japan, so Hisa and I went up to his parents’ place for the weekend. Sunday we climbed Mt. Nasu, which is about an hour drive from his [...]
Apologies for the week-long absence, but as post title says, I’ve been recovering from the cold from hell. Or perhaps I should call it “the cold that would never end”. Either way, last week was definitely not fun.
Since the 4th of July is obviously not a holiday in Japan, we were planning on celebrating [...]

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