This week in the blue belt life – posted an awesome hearty soup recipe from 500 Vegan Dishes by Deborah Gray, updated the vegetarian recipes page, and added the Mizuna Mind Opener recipe in English. Still working on a template for recipes that looks good on mobile and that I can plug recipes into relatively quickly. We eat well in the blue belt household and it is only right for me to share in that bounty. So fire these recipes up, let me know what you think, and have a productive week ahead!
Every weekend I visit the Ginza Farmers Market to stock up on the best produce in Tokyo and catch up with my friends at the market. Each visit is a ritual – in addition to getting outside and procuring fresh foods that will drive me toward greater health, I get to build community, interact with vendors, visitors and regular shoppers, and always learn something new, about the produce, the people, or a particular area of Japan. Selection at this market is generally much better than supermarkets, with hard-to-find items like kale, spaghetti squash, and butternut squash – to name a few I picked up today – available when in season.…