Basic Macrobiotic Cooing Class
Macrobiotic Healing dishes
Week 1
1 brown rice ---Principal food in Macrobiotics
Not many people are a big fan of brown rice, even though they know that this is
much healthier than white rice.
But brown rice prepared and cooked in a proper way is completely different from
the one you have at restaurants or even health food store’s salad bar.
Learn how to cook this principal food of macrobiotic diet, and make it your daily
dish!
2 miso soup
Once again, miso soup at most Japanese restaurants is not properly prepared.
Miso soup is associated with Japanese people’s health and longevity.
It helps digestion thanks to millions of friendly bacteria.
Other health benefits includes preventing heart diseases, diabetes, and cancers
, just to name a few.
“One cup of miso soup a day keeps a doctor away!”
3 Pressed salad
Yes, raw salads are healthy and delicious.
But our human digestive system is not really designed to digest raw foods
efficiently.
A little sea salt and pressure makes the vegetables more digestible, yet the
freshness and crunchiness remain.
This dish also add a nice texture to the whole meal.
Week 2
4 Kimpira style root vegetable dishes
Gobo or burdock root, is a root vegetable whose root grows deep into the soil,
up to 6 feet. It is so strong that even if there is a rock on the way, it will penetrate
and keeps growing.
This powerful energy is said to give you strength, along with plenty of fibers,
minerals and vitamins.
Used as medicine in many Asian countries, this is such an energizing, immune-
boosting, and delicious dish with nice, crunchy texture.
*studies have shown that gobo stimulates the flow of bile by improving liver
function, which cleanses blood. Also shown that extract of gobo has antiviral
property(especially against HIV).
It may be cooked with hijiki seaweed to add more flavor as well as more minerals
(hijiki is considered “king of calcium”)
5 Nishime
Nishime style stewed vegetable dish is a simple, yet comforting dish.
Using less water, the flavor, especially the sweetness of each vegetables is
enhanced.
This dish is so calming yet strengthening that it’s a perfect dish when you are
feeling weak, or recovering from illnesses.
Week 3
6 Steamed or boiled salad
Quickly steamed or blanched vegetables are more digestible, so the body can
maximize the absorption of nutrients.
Crunchiness and freshness (and the bright color) of this dish adds a nice variety
to your everyday meal.
7 Adzuki bean and winter squash dish
Adzuki bean has been used to nurture one of the most important organs,
kidneys, in Asia for centuries.
Also nourishing for female reproductive system.
Slowly and gently cooked with sweet winter squash, this dish nourishes the whole
digestive system, especially pancreas.
In macrobiotics, this dish is also recommended to people with diabetes or
hypoglycemia.
The sweetness and comforting of this dish calms the crave for refined sugar, too.
* In Japan, this dish has been traditionally eaten on the full/new moon in
accordance with women's menstrual cycle.
Week 4
8 Bean and vegetable dish
Chick pea or lentils are high in protein and vitamins, yet among other beans,
they have less fat.
Cooked with variety of vegetables, these dishes satisfy your appetite.
9 Arame seaweed, onion and carrot dish
Sea vegetables are very high in minerals, especially calcium, more than dairy
foods.
Unlike milk, they don’t contain saturated fat or cholesterol, and do not deplete
minerals from bones, thus, does not cause acidic condition either.
Small amount of sea vegetables every day will supply plenty of minerals to your
body.
Week 5
10 Variety of Macrobiotic dishes and home remedy
Once you learn the basic macrobiotic dishes, you can arrange variety of dishes
based upon macrobiotic principle.
After all, variety is the key to eating healthy, and food is a cerebration of life!
You also learn some macrobiotic home remedies.
Week 1
1 brown rice ---Principal food in Macrobiotics
Not many people are a big fan of brown rice, even though they know that this is
much healthier than white rice.
But brown rice prepared and cooked in a proper way is completely different from
the one you have at restaurants or even health food store’s salad bar.
Learn how to cook this principal food of macrobiotic diet, and make it your daily
dish!
2 miso soup
Once again, miso soup at most Japanese restaurants is not properly prepared.
Miso soup is associated with Japanese people’s health and longevity.
It helps digestion thanks to millions of friendly bacteria.
Other health benefits includes preventing heart diseases, diabetes, and cancers
, just to name a few.
“One cup of miso soup a day keeps a doctor away!”
3 Pressed salad
Yes, raw salads are healthy and delicious.
But our human digestive system is not really designed to digest raw foods
efficiently.
A little sea salt and pressure makes the vegetables more digestible, yet the
freshness and crunchiness remain.
This dish also add a nice texture to the whole meal.
Week 2
4 Kimpira style root vegetable dishes
Gobo or burdock root, is a root vegetable whose root grows deep into the soil,
up to 6 feet. It is so strong that even if there is a rock on the way, it will penetrate
and keeps growing.
This powerful energy is said to give you strength, along with plenty of fibers,
minerals and vitamins.
Used as medicine in many Asian countries, this is such an energizing, immune-
boosting, and delicious dish with nice, crunchy texture.
*studies have shown that gobo stimulates the flow of bile by improving liver
function, which cleanses blood. Also shown that extract of gobo has antiviral
property(especially against HIV).
It may be cooked with hijiki seaweed to add more flavor as well as more minerals
(hijiki is considered “king of calcium”)
5 Nishime
Nishime style stewed vegetable dish is a simple, yet comforting dish.
Using less water, the flavor, especially the sweetness of each vegetables is
enhanced.
This dish is so calming yet strengthening that it’s a perfect dish when you are
feeling weak, or recovering from illnesses.
Week 3
6 Steamed or boiled salad
Quickly steamed or blanched vegetables are more digestible, so the body can
maximize the absorption of nutrients.
Crunchiness and freshness (and the bright color) of this dish adds a nice variety
to your everyday meal.
7 Adzuki bean and winter squash dish
Adzuki bean has been used to nurture one of the most important organs,
kidneys, in Asia for centuries.
Also nourishing for female reproductive system.
Slowly and gently cooked with sweet winter squash, this dish nourishes the whole
digestive system, especially pancreas.
In macrobiotics, this dish is also recommended to people with diabetes or
hypoglycemia.
The sweetness and comforting of this dish calms the crave for refined sugar, too.
* In Japan, this dish has been traditionally eaten on the full/new moon in
accordance with women's menstrual cycle.
Week 4
8 Bean and vegetable dish
Chick pea or lentils are high in protein and vitamins, yet among other beans,
they have less fat.
Cooked with variety of vegetables, these dishes satisfy your appetite.
9 Arame seaweed, onion and carrot dish
Sea vegetables are very high in minerals, especially calcium, more than dairy
foods.
Unlike milk, they don’t contain saturated fat or cholesterol, and do not deplete
minerals from bones, thus, does not cause acidic condition either.
Small amount of sea vegetables every day will supply plenty of minerals to your
body.
Week 5
10 Variety of Macrobiotic dishes and home remedy
Once you learn the basic macrobiotic dishes, you can arrange variety of dishes
based upon macrobiotic principle.
After all, variety is the key to eating healthy, and food is a cerebration of life!
You also learn some macrobiotic home remedies.
Basic Macrobiotic Cooking Class
5 week cycle
2 dishes / class (week)
Saturday at 3pm or weekday at 6pm (about 60 to 90min)
$20 /class / person (children $10)
*Private, semi-private lesson is also available
3 to 4 dishes / class (about 90min to 2hour)
* please ask for the fees
5 week cycle
2 dishes / class (week)
Saturday at 3pm or weekday at 6pm (about 60 to 90min)
$20 /class / person (children $10)
*Private, semi-private lesson is also available
3 to 4 dishes / class (about 90min to 2hour)
* please ask for the fees
Eating vegetables is not just salad or steamed broccoli.
There are so many ways to cook and enjoy them.
In Macrobiotics, each dish has its own healing property.
Learn standard, basis Macrobiotic dishes, and add to your daily eating!
There are so many ways to cook and enjoy them.
In Macrobiotics, each dish has its own healing property.
Learn standard, basis Macrobiotic dishes, and add to your daily eating!