Spring break is almost over. Looking forward to seeing students and coworkers again. Not looking forward to state testing, though.

Pic is a new dish that Yoshiko made. As I understand it, it was partly inspired by both #JapaneseCooking and #FrenchCooking. Doesn't have a name yet. Almost vegan, but not quite. Delicious.

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#Spanish class went well last night. Only about 4 weeks of classes left in the term. Hard to believe.

Today is day 5 of spring break (from M-F job). We are going to hang out at a coffee shop for a while (and study Spanish) before having #yakiniku for dinner.

Unrelated, but picture of Yoshiko's #KimpiraGobo attached.

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Pic of the kare pan (curry bread) we made last weekend.

First time we made it. It turned out really well. Was delicious. Will make again.

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Great day yesterday. We got a lot done, and it still felt like a vacation day.

Didn't get the pasta or bread made, but we did make sanuki udon and curry pan.

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#AdultESL is between terms, so I have two weekends off! I love teaching the weekend classes, but I have a M-F job also. The 2 weeks off after 8 weeks of classes is a welcome break.

Wife took today off, so we're #baking / #cooking:

* bread
* pasta (new machine)
* udon
* scones

If there's any time left, I'll start prep for the next term. Always little tweaks to make to plans and materials, even after ~6 years of teaching the class.

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Yoshiko made some more side dishes, though, I would happily have this for dinner with some rice.

She wanted the pieces to be larger, so made the second batch.

Includes carrot, chicken, gobo, renkon, mushrooms, konnyaku, and the snap endo. Dashi is special, but you'd have to ask her what's in it.

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Bento for my lunch. Yoshiko is working on various recipes for new bento, so I get to take a lot of good stuff for lunch.

Includes kimpira gobo (carrot and gobo - burdock root, IIRC), spicy broccoli stems, grilled shishito, and kabocha (or another squash?).

Delicious and very healthy.

Unrelated, but is bento English enough now that it can be made plural? Bentos?

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Yoshiko's #MaBoDofu is incredible. Tofu, ground meat, some veggies, the spicy sauce.

For a while, mabo dofu was tied with lasagna for my favorite dish. Not any more. (Unless I can convince Yoshiko to spend a few months perfecting a lasagna dish?)

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We had #ChaWanMushi as part of our #Shogatsu feast. It was really good.

If you don't have time (or don't want to / can't steam on the stove), you can make this in the microwave.

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