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Japanese Vegetable Cooking

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Do you enjoy Japanese home style cooking? Are you vegetarian or macrobiotic and looking for inspiration? This slim book is a treasure, packed with healthy and delicious recipes you won't encounter in the usual Japanese cookbooks. The health benefits of each vegetable or herb are featured at the top of the page and the recipes are very simple. WARNING: If you do not live in or near a large city with a Japanese grocery many ingredients will be difficult if not impossible to find. I wouldn't want anyone to buy this and be frustrated at the exotic ingredients. But if you are lucky enough to have a bit of yard or land to garden, most of the vegetables featured here are easily grown. I purchased seeds from the Kitizawa Seed Company. I grew their pumpkins and now they are ready to harvest. I can't wait to try the stuffed pumpkin recipe! Veggie Tip: Instead of ground beef, I use ground Boca or Quorn since I don't eat meat. Almost all of the recipes in this book are vegetable so don't hesitate to buy it on that score. Uwajimaya sells here at amazon and has items like mirin, seaweeds and dried mushrooms. So even if you live out in the country like me,it is still possible to try this fantastic cuisine. Best 1.50 I ever spent, and I am on the hunt for more books like this one. A shame it is out of print.