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 have a confession.
Stir-fries make me a little nervous.
Why you ask?
All that heat! You have to cook everything very quickly, and at a really really high temperature. The result?
Spitting oil,
excessive smoke,
smoke detector going off,
DOOM!
At least, that’s pretty much how it goes in my head.
In reality [...]
The weather has been so nice this week (high temp around 80° F), that Hisa and I decided to get out of the house and go somewhere yesterday. I’d been wanting to go to the zoo, so we decided to go there. It was the perfect day for it. It was warm and sunny [...]
Happy New Year!!
I’d like to say that I spent New Year’s Eve with my husband at a terribly fun and exciting New Year’s Eve party, but instead we were in a hotel room, and went to bed at around 10:45 pm. What can I say? I value my sleep more than watching an over-sized [...]
Hisa and I are moving out of our apartment in less than a month!
The final countdown has begun!
*cue music*
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It seems that the vicinity of my apartment complex has become the place to be if your a female cat in heat these days.
It started out a few days ago with just one yowling cat. Annoying, yes, but manageable. Then came another yowling cat. They just sit together outside of my complex and yowl [...]

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