- 2 eggs
- 2 cups bread crumbs
- 2 cups grated carrots
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup okonomiyaki sauce
- 1 tsp each, ground ginger, salt
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 lb lean ground pork
- 1 lb chicken
- 1/4 cup okonomiyaki sauce

Directions:

1. In large bowl, whisk eggs. Mix in bread crumbs, carrots, garlic, 1/4 cup sauce, ginger, salt, pepper, and onions. Mix in meat.

2. Pack into two loaf pans, molding top. Spread okonomiyaki sauce over top; roast in 400F oven for about one hour.


Adapted from: If you’re only going to make one kind of meatloaf, this is the one you should make
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Mina Asobu Day - Every month at church, people in the community are invited to come and play. This month, we made mochi together.

Preparations before the children came: The week before, we sorted out all the bad grain from a big bag of rice. The rice had to be boiled, then drained. Anko (red bean) paste was rolled into little balls for filling.

The rice has to go through a mortar and pestle process to become sticky. First, two people with mallets slowly walk around the mortar and push the rice. Then, the rice is pounded with the hammers.

The sticky mochi is covered in flour. Uniform pieces are torn from the main glob and rolled until round.

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The pictures are pretty self explanatory.
Notes: Sayuri invited me to her church for an udon making event.
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- ½ cup sugar
- 1½ teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 2 large eggs
- 1 15-oz. can pumpkin puree
- 1½ cups yoghurt
- 1 pie crust

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon, salt, ginger, and cloves. Mix well.

2. In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs with an electric mixer for about 3 minutes or until pale. Add pumpkin puree and spice mixture and mix well. Add yoghurt and mix until well combined.

3. Pour batter into pie crust. Bake pie at 425° F for 15 minutes, then lower temperature to 350°F and continue baking for 40 to 45 minutes, until pie is set in the center. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.

Notes: Made my own pie crust!


Adapted from: Mountain High's Pumpkin Yoghurt Pie
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- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoon milk
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups apples - peeled, cored, and coarsely chopped
- raisins

Directions:

1. In bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.

2. In large mixing bowl, place oil, milk, sugar, eggs, vanilla and apples. Stir into flour mixture. Stir the raisins in last.

3. Divided mixture between two greased 8-in. x 4-in. bread pans.

4. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40-45 minutes or until bread test done. Cool for 10 minutes on wire rack before removing from pan.

Notes: I ended up with 4 cups of apples. I really wanted to use it all. I cut the second two cups very small. Then I microwaved it and mashed it up and added it to the batter. I was able to put in twice the amount of apples (healthier?) and it didn't even taste different!


Adapted from: All Recipe's Apple Bread
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- 1 1/2 cup okonomiyaki flour
- 1 1/4 cup water
- 1 egg
- 1/4 of a cabbage


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- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoon milk
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups apples - peeled, cored, and coarsely chopped
- raisins

Directions:

1. In bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.

2. In large mixing bowl, place oil, milk, sugar, eggs, vanilla and apples. Stir into flour mixture. Stir the raisins in last.

3. Divided mixture between two greased 8-in. x 4-in. bread pans.

4. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40-45 minutes or until bread test done. Cool for 10 minutes on wire rack before removing from pan.

Notes: The bread tastes SO much better after a few days. The spices really sink in and the raisins get sweeter.

Adapted from: All Recipe's Apple Bread
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- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoon milk
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups apples - peeled, cored, and coarsely chopped

Directions:

1. In bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.

2. In large mixing bowl, place oil, milk, sugar, eggs, vanilla and apples. Stir into flour mixture.

3. Divided mixture between two greased 8-in. x 4-in. bread pans.

4. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40-45 minutes or until bread test done. Cool for 10 minutes on wire rack before removing from pan.

Adapted from: All Recipe's Apple Bread
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Notes: It looks like a big bow, but it's supposed to be H for Heidi!
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Notes: I mixed in some leftover chocolate batter. Along with artificial lighting, the pancake looks like cardboard. It tasted really good though!

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