reasons to cook, reasons to eat

Hunger combined with inspiration can result in some delicious meals. There are many reasons to cook, but none so fun as picnic creations you end up eating under fairy lights in the park. In great company of course.

dried wakame
and shitake mushrooms become alive again when boiling water gets poured all over

these become reconstituted and slippery to the touch. you'll like it.

ginger and seaweed best friends forever.

buckwheat soba noodles. i forgot you were in my pantry!

the base for tasty asian dressing: toasted sesame oil, soya sauce, rice vinegar, honey. keep tasting, you'll know when it's perfect. i added tahini and sweet chili sauce to this for the soba noodles.

can you tell i love chopping? veggies got added to both the seaweed and the noodles to make separate salads.