Delicious Anticipation: The Joy of Eating
I enjoy thinking about food, cooking, eating, and even preparing and cleaning up, even though I'm not a great chef. I know basic food preparation, but I don’t mind challenging myself with new recipes as long as they’re not too complicated.
Typical Japanese meals consist of many small dishes, including a main dish and usually a soup. However, I prefer not to use too many small dishes because handling a lot of tableware can be a hassle.
Recently, I found a very simple and useful large plate that allows me to serve multiple foods at the same time. Since I started using it, I feel happier when eating. Today, I’d like to share some of my "One Plate Dishes."
One Plate Dishes
Plate 1
This plate includes ketchup rice with carrots, onions, and bacon, scallops with butter soy sauce, baked sweet potatoes with olive oil, dried chives, salt and pepper, cinnamon powder, and some vegetables.
I love sweet potatoes, and the scallops were super tasty!
Plate 2
Here, I have quinoa, pork with kimchi and bean sprouts, and some vegetables.
I like to eat quinoa sometimes instead of rice. It’s a superfood packed with calcium and potassium, which are great for preventing and healing anemia.
Plate 3
This dish contains lentils, curry with cheese, and turmeric rice.
My husband cooked this for us. It was very filling and delicious! I’m going to have the leftover curry with naan tonight.
Bonus: A Bowl of Comfort
This is tofu, carrot, and baby bok choy miso soup.
A Sweet Treat: Oh Henry!
This is my husband’s favorite Canadian candy bar from his childhood, called Oh Henry! When I first saw it, I immediately thought of the American novelist O. Henry. Out of curiosity, I checked the brand’s history and found that it is actually connected to his name!
Originally from the U.S., Oh Henry! is still manufactured and sold in Canada in a slightly different version. This candy bar contains peanuts, caramel, and fudge coated in chocolate. It's such a rich and satisfying treat!
Japanese 日本語
おいしい期待：食べるよろこび
食べ物のことを考えたり、料理したり、食べることは楽しいです。わたしはものすごい料理上手なわけではありませんが好きな方です。準備や片付けの時間は、そこまで苦ではありません。基本的な調理方法しか知りませんが、簡単で新しいレシピにチャレンジするのは、まあまあ好きな方です。
日本の家庭料理は、メインの他に小さな器のおかずがたくさんあって、汁物がついていることが多いです。たくさんのお皿を用意するのはなかなか大変なので、少ないお皿で完結するようにしています。
最近、シンプルで便利なお皿を見つけたので、いろいろなおかずを一つのお皿に盛り付けています。食べるのが楽しくなったような気がします。今回は「ワンプレート料理」の写真を紹介します。
ワンプレート料理
プレート１：
にんじん、玉ねぎ、ベーコンのケチャップライス、バターしょうゆ味のホタテ、オリーブオイル、乾燥チャイブ、塩こしょう、シナモンパウダーをミックスしてオーブンで焼いたさつまいも、そして野菜を盛り付けました。
このさつまいもとホタテはおいしかったです！
プレート２：
キヌア、もやしの豚キムチと野菜を盛り付けました。
ご飯ばかりではなく、たまにキヌアもいいです。キヌアはカルシウムとカリウムを含んだスーパーフードです。貧血の予防と改善に効果があるようです。
プレート３：
これはレンズ豆のチーズカレーとターメリックご飯です。
カレーは主人が作ってくれました。美味しくてお腹いっぱいになりました。残り物があるので、ナンといっしょに今夜食べようと思います。
甘いお菓子: オーヘンリー！Oh Henry!
これは主人が子供のころに好きだったカナダのお菓子、オーヘンリー！です。これを見た時、アメリカ人の作家のオーヘンリー氏に関連があるのかと思いました。調べてみると、やはり作家の名前にちなんでいるようです。
初めはアメリカのチョコレートバーが発祥だったようですが、カナダでは違うバージョンが販売されたらしいです。ピーナッツ、キャラメル、ファッジが入っていて、チョコレートでコーティングされています。ものすごくリッチな味わいです！
Thank you for reading!
お読みいただきありがとうございます。
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Omg, this, haha. That's why having a big plate at home is really helpful if you have a lot if side dishes in the table. And coz I'm always in charge doing the dishes, I hate it when there's more than two two side dishes, a cup for those sauces is not even included yet. Haha. But yeah, Japanese and Korean as I see it always has a lot of side dishes. They always use small cups and isn't it too hard to wash them?.
Anyways the foods here looks all delicious. I want that one, the miso soup. I'm craving for a soup rn coz it's cold in our place rn ✨😆
Yeah, exactly! In Japan, people always have many different types of small dishes for each meal. It can be troublesome to wash them sometimes. However, some people don’t use dishwashers and wash by hand after each meal. Moreover, in Japanese restaurants, workers have to wash many small dishes all the time!
This looks delicious!😋 Hope you had a nice time!
Thank you!! They were pretty good!