Orange Coconut Tiramisu
This month’s Daring Bakers’ challenge was almost the challenge that wasn’t.  The February 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted....
28 Feb 10:58 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Hinamatsuri Flower Candy & Gift Tags
** This week we’re getting ready for Hinamatsuri (Japanese Girl’s Day, March 3rd) next week! Earlier this month I read a post on Serious....
27 Feb 5:27 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
FM’s Quick & Easy Chirashi Sushi
** This week we’re getting ready for Hinamatsuri (Japanese Girl’s Day, March 3rd) next week! Another traditional menu item eaten for Hi....
25 Feb 7:38 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Hamaguri Ushio-jiru (Clear Clam Soup) for Hinamatsuri
March 3rd (next week!), is Hinamatsuri in Japan, which literally translates to mean “Doll Festival,” but is often to referred to as Girl....
23 Feb 8:57 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Leftover Edamame Dip Sushi + Top Secret Julienne Trick
I love leftovers. Does that sound strange? Well maybe it is, but I have my reasons! To start with, some of my favorite dishes can be made ....
20 Feb 6:22 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Quick & Easy Edamame Dip
In my last post I mentioned that edamame comes in two forms: in their pods or already shelled. Shelled edamame are great additions to soup....
18 Feb 4:36 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Lazy Mama Edamame
Happy Mardi Gras (”Fat Tuesday”)!  After all of the stuff that has been coming out of my kitchen in the past couple of weeks (Churro W....
17 Feb 6:05 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Churro Wontons With Salted Butter Caramel Dipping Sauce For Your Valentine
I’m blaming this post on a number of people.  My friend Rachel to start with.  She invited a bunch of moms with little girls over to h....
12 Feb 6:50 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Miso Soup With Butternut Squash, Poached Eggs, & Spinach
A couple of weeks ago I extended a challenge to make your own miso soup from scratch and then tell me about it!  I maintain that miso soup....
10 Feb 6:10 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Pavlova With Nutella Mousse
February 5th is a very important day in the Fuji household.  No, it’s not anyone’s birthday or our anniversary–it’s World Nutella ....
6 Feb 12:12 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Super Bowl Chocolate Crunchie Munchies
Superbowl Sunday! I know some of you are in it for the football…me, not so much, I’m a college football kind of girl.  Mr. Fuji?  He ....
5 Feb 5:04 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Noriko’s Chirashi Sushi
I gain so much inspiration from so many people in my life.  Since the food community is all about sharing in the collective experience, I ....
4 Feb 2:33 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Egg Crêpes (Usuyaki Tamago) & Shredded Egg Crêpes (Kinshi Tamago)
I have to apologize now, but I’m going to be a bit of a tease today.  I’m going to teach you how to make usuyaki tamago (Japanese egg ....
3 Feb 3:15 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Patti’s Noodle Bowl For Two
I’m excited to welcome Patti of Worth The Whisk here as a guest blogger on LFM today! Patti is a talented to force to be reckoned with (j....
2 Feb 3:08 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nanaimo Bars: The Daring Bakers Go to Canada
Nanaimo (pronounced Nah-nye-Moh) is a city in British Columbia, Canada.  It is also the name of a Canadian dessert—a 3-layer confection,....
28 Jan 6:30 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
White Fish Miso Soup
Today being the last day of the Miso Soup series, I’d like to now broaden your “miso horizons” by giving you more options when it com....
23 Jan 7:38 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
How To Make Basic Tofu & Wakame Miso Soup
So now we’ve talked about miso soup and we’ve learned to make dashi.  As I said in my last post, making miso soup consists of 3 steps:....
22 Jan 7:59 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
How To Make Dashi (Basic Japanese Sea Stock)–No instant dashi granules included.
Making miso soup consists of 3 steps: 1) Making dashi. 2) Cooking the vegetables, fish, and other ingredients in the dashi. 3) Adding the ....
19 Jan 8:16 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tori Zosui—Japanese Rice & Chicken Porridge
I love recipes that use up little leftovers bits of previous meals.  Good examples that I’ve shared in the recent past are kalua pig tac....
19 Jan 8:06 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Brown Sugar Tea Cake . . . wanna piece?
You can find me guest posting over at bell’alimento (one of my all-time favorite blogs)!  I am sharing my recipe for Brown Sugar Tea Cake....
19 Jan 4:05 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Zakkoku Mai Onigiri—Japanese Mixed Grain Rice Balls
Inevitably when I make a pot of rice to go along with dinner we don’t eat it all.  More often than not, the rice that is left over isn’....
16 Jan 8:29 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Zakkoku Mai—Japanese Rice With Mixed Grains
A favorite discovery of mine while living in Japan was zakkoku mai—Japanese rice mixed with seeds and grains. Zakkoku mai is a great add....
15 Jan 5:30 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Simple Sandwich Bread
In his book Ratio, Michael Ruhlman writes, “Everyone should be able to make bread when they want to, but rarely do we because of the perce....
14 Jan 4:12 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Creamy Coconut Curry Wild Rice Soup, aka “Sunshine Soup”
A lone sweet potato sat on my counter looking forlorn and unloved.  It made me feel guilty every time I looked at it.  I needed to use it ....
8 Jan 7:37 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Warming Up With Cioccolata Calda
We are currently in Utah enjoying spending time with family.  It has been snowy and cold the whole time we’ve been here, which I guess is....
31 Dec 2:39 pm  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Chocolate Dipped Caramels (Caramels Part 2)
Milton Snavely Hershey, the founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company, once said, "Caramels are only a fad.  Chocolate is a permanent t....
24 Dec 1:57 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shoyu Tamago–Japanese Soy Sauce Eggs
Today you get double the love from me!  Head on over to Rasa Malaysia to read my guest post about one of Squirrel's favorite foods—sh....
23 Dec 2:40 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
German Pfeffernüsse (”Pepper Nuts”) Cookies
When I was growing up I always looked forward to Christmastime and to visiting my maternal grandmother who was German.  She would always ha....
18 Dec 3:24 am  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Soft Molasses Cookies + Molasses Whoopie Pies
Having children around during the holidays is a wonderful thing—it helps you remember that there is magic in the season.  It's wonde....
15 Dec 10:00 pm  from  la fuji mama   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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