Dinner...Day TWO/THREE

Dinner!

Brown rice with shoyu and toasted sesame seeds,

Tuna Salad Sandwich (kinda...the vegan version), and

Cabbage, Radish and Cucumber Pressed Salad.

And...as you can see the smell must have been enticing as to get my little labrador jumping up cheekily for a bite ;-)

Firstly, I am a little confused as to why Ms. Silverstone has decided to call one of the dishes a "Tuna Salad Sandwich." I understand that it has capers and pickles and other 'seafood-y' accomplishments, but there is no bread, no tuna, no anything that resembles tuna... Anyway, just a small observation. It has tempeh instead, which S it turns out, is a BIG fan of!

One dish I did miss tonight was the Carrot and Burdock Kinpira (page 272), which apparently is a BIG feature in macrobiotic cooking due to the medicinal properties of burdock. However, a major drama proved to be trying to find this burdock root, fresh, ANYWHERE in Melbourne. So if any Melbournians are reading this and have any idea where to locate burdock, please post a comment because I'd love to know where to pick up this trusty little gem.

And, in closing, I highly recommend the pressed cabbage salad. Whilst my photos make it look a little mushy and odd-looking, it really tastes great...and the combination of the ume-vinegared onions with the cabbage, cucumbers and apples, made it pretty special.

3 days down and 4 more days to go.

So far so good. S is in full detox mode...a little lethargic, a little gassy, but overall he says he's feeling "lighter" and finding that he doesn't want to drink as much water as he used to when he was eating dairy and meat...