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Easy Pupu : had to try this after seeing this photo, it was easy, different, and delicious
 

Nira (chive) sauce : easy and delicious to put on tofu and other types of proteins

Reconnect : reconnected with Mom’s Bread & Butter Pickles

Frito Pie : 1st time making frito pie, delicious! Fritos are not commonly found in Japan, so had to bring some back from Hawaii to try this.

S'mores : 1st time for BFF to eat s'mores! glad she now knows what she had been missing

Monkey Chews Kitchen : a tiny French restaurant in our area was a nice way to celebrate our anniversary

Karuizawa : 1st time to this area, we now know it is cooler here than in Tokyo

Furry Get Together : 1st time meeting these 3, it was a nice get together

Atami : 1st time to this area, beautiful beaches and sunrises

Shimoda : 1st time to this area, delicious fish and sights

I started this round up back in 2008 as part of a meme, nowadays, I use it as a nice way to look back on the year.

We didn't try too many new recipes this year, so I included 1st time experiences to make this year’s 10 photos

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Deconstructed Onigiri Bongo recreated one of the most popular combos at Onigiri Bongo and it was our first time marinating egg yolks.

Corn Karaage tried recreating the corn karaage we had an izakaya, the corn has to be really fresh and the cob not too thick to be able to cut through the cob

Umeshu Pickles tried this after seeing this on a tv show, even though this was delicious using umeshu to make the pickles was kind of a waste of alcohol

Banana Juice an Osaka favorite, easy and delicious

Yakishisomaki finally tried making this, easy and good way to use up shiso

Making marinated feta 1st time trying to make this and it was a nice substitute for the marinated feta that I usually use for watermelon salad

Fukujinzuke tartar sauce this recipe reminded me of the tartar sauce I usually make

Fukujinzuke tsumire 1st time adding pickles to tsumire, the pickles stayed crunchy

Caldeirada 1st time making this, it was actually at the end of 2022, but relatively easy and delicious.

A year later  One of the highlights of 2023 was the umeshu we started in 2022.

We started 10 photos as a meme in 2008, I now use it to look back on the adventures in my kitchen.

Did you have a favorite recipe from our blog this year?!

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Salad Chicken...also known as poached chicken, is an easy way to make a tasty lean protein.

Ume spareribs...tasted like hoisin sauce ribs.

Sweet sour spareribs was similar to something my Grandma used to make

Everything parmesan crusted potatoes was easy and tasty.

Banh Xeo...so fun to say

Shakshuka...easy to make and also fun to say

1st time ordering from T-farm their blood oranges were delicious

1st time ordering from Hinata Nouen, it was fun to try different varieties of figs.

1st time ordering from Meister Toganeya, their linguica is similar to the portuguese sausage I grew up with.

1st time making umeshu...6 months to go until we get to taste this.

I started posting 10 photos back in 2008 as a meme, nowadays it is a nice way to look back at the adventures in my kitchen over the year.

Did you have a favorite kitchen adventure that I didn't write about here?  Please tell me about it in the comments.

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Been posting about 10 photos since 2008, which started off as a meme but these days I do it to look back at some of my "firsts" in the kitchen.

1. Spice Cereal was more like "clumps" rather than "granola" but super tasty and easy.

2. Kaki Namasu a different way to make namasu

3. Hishidaya's Shumai even though I couldn't figure out how to form these, they were tasty!

4. Pepper Rice  a fun dish to make

5. Blood Orange Upside Down Muffins so pretty and tasty too.

6. Oxymoron's Caponata Style Curry ratatouille meets curry…delicious warm or cold.

7. Araiimo at first we peeled these but found an easier to peel them by roasting them first.

8. Shishito easy to cook and tasty.

9. Kouka no Shizuku super red plum...delicious.

10. Pizzutello Bianco it was the first time for us to order these directly from a farm. 

Bummer they had seeds though, we look forward to seedless grapes next year.

How was your year in the kitchen?

We look forward to trying new things in our kitchen next year.

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10 photos started back in 2008 as a meme and now is my way to look back at some of the "firsts" in my kitchen...

Nitsuke, I was amazed at how easy and tasty cooking fish this way was.

It was our first time cooking with garlic scapes, it reminded me of garlicky green beans.

Ajillo was super easy to make in the fish grill.

Using the tsukemono jiru (pickle sauce) and turning it into dressing was a nice way to use everything up.

Hakusai and kaki amazu-ae was a refreshing pickle/salad.

Hiyajiru, a cold miso soup, perfect for the heat of summer.

"Sarameshi" is a show that offers a look into the bento and lives of people in Japan.

This musubi using mikan peels was different and delicious.

Daigaku imo was a nice way to save a "dry" yakiimo (roasted sweet potato).

Kinugasa donburi is a delicious (and easy) Kyoto favorite using green onion, aburaage, dashi and egg.

Saba goma was a dish we saw on our favorite show "Kodoku no Gurume", we tried this using kanpachi (amberjack) and madai  (sea bream) since we rarely see saba (mackerel) in the stores.

I think most of us spent a LOT of time in our kitchens this year, I hope you had a delicious year in your kitchen despite the pandemic.