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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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Wow. What a crazy week it’s been! This was my second week of school, and the first week of my new part-time job, so between the two, I’ve been busy full-time this week! I think I’m sort of kinda getting back in the groove of waking up at 6:30 am each morning (getting used [...]
I heard somewhere recently that salmon patties are considered southern food. I have to admit, I had no idea! I grew up eating my mom’s salmon patties, and have always loved them, but never really thought about what region’s cuisine they originated from.
I guess it makes sense that they’re southern food. We always ate [...]
Now some of you might not like salmon, and as you read the title of this post, you may be thinking, “Salmon? Ew…” but before you run off to your non-salmon filled world, you should now that this is a recipe that even non-salmony (yes, I made that word up) people can enjoy. The words [...]
Have you ever had (or heard of) Japanese takikomi gohan?
The name basically means “mixed rice”, and it’s just that. The uncooked rice is seasoned, usually with some type of stock and soy sauce, and then vegetables, mushrooms, meat and/or fish are added, and it’s all cooked together. It’s a nice change from regular steamed [...]
Man, I’m beat.
For whatever reason, I’ve been super busy at home this morning. It’s like Monday morning comes, and suddenly I have a million things to do. I actually haven’t stopped moving and sat down until now, and it’s 1pm. Of course in 30 minutes I have to leave to go to karate. **must [...]

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