I found daikon at my Tops. I was pretty psyched. I'm not entirely sure why, but it's such a large silly component of various anime, that I've always been intrigued. Also, it just looks slightly insane. It is HUGE, and it is white.

And is a radish. (Which is what it tastes like when raw.)

So, in light of this, I decided to make a mess of Japanese-ish food for dinner today:

- Heidi's Sushi Bowl. I used white rice, but it actually has enough flavor that it would make brown rice taste pretty good. The rice-fixin's were DELICIOUS in my book, and while I doubt I toasted my nori correctly, I'd thrown in a blend of nori, sesame seeds, and some other stuff that I picked up at the store awhile ago, so I think it balanced out. Great summer-food.

- Edamame Salad. This was also really light, and I forgot how yummy edamame is. (And it's such a pretty shade of insanely bright green!)

- Japanese Zucchini and Onions. A good generic heavy-soy stir fry thing. Really yummy.

- Cooked daikon, and Red and White Salad (aka daikon slaw), which I found by scrolling aways down here. The boiled daikon.. is really not very appealing. It's way better raw. The slaw is pretty yummy, not really anything too unusual, but a delicious little condiment.

- A large bottle of fairly cheap sake (because O'Malia's has been out of our favorite little bottle for a few weeks now).


Tom enjoyed the sake.

And the soy-soaked onions.

While I continued happily eating away at my mini-feast, he cooked himself a couple of hotdogs. siiiiiiiigh.

lmao. It was a little ridiculous, that I managed to not make a SINGLE dish that he liked. Even the rice! Apparently he's not big on citrus flavored foods, despite the fact that he munches on raw lemons. He was sure to tell me that, though he didn't LIKE any of it, he still really appreciated all the effort I went to etc.

He has now heated a smaller bottle filled with sake, and gone upstairs. I am left with enough food to basically feed myself for an entire week. Which is not totally a bad thing, I was low on lunch-food anyway. Still... I've got to find a way to combat his insanely strong dislikes. hmmmmm.


...though, this does come on the heels of an AWESOME victory yesterday. I cooked this:
Baked Ratatouille-Sausage Penne. Which sounds way more complicated than it is - it's a pasta bake with sausage and stuff. BUT. It contained one entire eggplant. I was a bit nervous about that. The sauce obviously coated everything (once I added a small can of tomato paste and 473902 spices - the recipe doesn't really make much sauce as-is, and Tom needs flavorful sauce), but...

When he came downstairs to eat some, I was almost beaten.
"So before I eat it all, what's in this?"
Brief panic, and feigned casualness: "Eh, basically what it looks like. Pasta, and sausage..."
He asked no more. He ate. A lot. He never asked! Never complained! I'm so psyched. That is an INSANELY healthy casserole, and so long as he never learns there was that much eggplant in it, I can make it again. XD (Also - he didn't say anything about the whole wheat pasta. I may be winning him over on that one.)

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