Yume no Kawa

During Sayumi's time on Ikinari Ougon Densetsu, Sayumi had to save money on groceries.  She actually grew her own veggies and today we are going to use some veggies we can also grow ourselfs: Bean Sprouts.  Bean Sprouts might be the most easy veggies to grow ourselfs, yet you can get them in the store. Sayumeat Bean Sprout Rice Bowl Ingredients: Bean Sprouts Vegetable oil  Rice 49 gr Ground meat 160 gr rice  How to? 1. Take the leaves of the Bean Sprouts and clean them well. Putt them in the microwave for about 30 seconds. 2. Add salt and pepper to the Bean Sprouts and pour over some vegetable oil as a dressing. 3. Cook the ground meat with 1/4th of a onion (slice it) and ketchup 4. Putt the Meat mixture and the Bean Sprouts on a plate and add the cooked rice. 5. Your Sayumeat Bean Sprout Rice Bowl is done!

What will Sayumi cook for us today? Frugal Potato Gratin Ingredients: 2 potatoes 1/4 onion 100 ml Milk  How to? 1. Start with peeling your potatoes and onion.  2. Slice the onion in really thin slices and do the same with 1 3/4 of your potatoes.  3. Pour some oil in a pan and fry the onion and potato slices. 4. Once the oil has baked your ingredients, pour in about 100 ml of milk. 5. Season your dish with pepper and salt. 6. Grate your last piece of potato over the cooking dish. 7. Once the sauce thickens, you can pour it into a stone oven dish. 8. Add breadcrums and grated cheese over the dish and cut a star or heart out of a slice of cheese to give it the Sayumi touch. 9. Now heat the dish for a short period in the grill (check to see if the cheese is melted and the breadcrumbs look crispy). 10. Now your dish is ready to be served and can be eat out of the oven dish if you like!

Let's cook again with our Sayumi! Milk Risotto à la Sayumi Ingredients: Spring- onion 1 Carrot  1/2 Shallot 1/2 cup rice 2 cups of milk Mentsuyu Grated parmazan cheese How to? 1. Mince the spring- onion, shallot and carrot into small pieces and stirfry them in a pan with some oil. 2. Add the rice and cook it with the veggies for about 2 minutes. 3. Warm up a cup of milk and add to the mixture.  4. Let the mixture simmer until the liquide is almost gone and it looks like a smooth mixture. Add some more milk and some mentsuyu to flavour it. Let it simmer again until the rice looks tender.  5. Add some paramazan cheese and enjoy your dish!

To celebrate Sayumi's return, I wanted to do something special. I remembered Sayumi participating in a show called: Ikinari Ougon Densetsu.  In this show she did the 10,000 yen challenge: living on her own for a month with only 10,000 yen. Sayumi made some delicious looking meals during her time on the show and I kinda want to write them out on my blog, so you guys can cook her dishes! Michishige Sayumi's Love Love Burg Ingredients (for 1 serving): 1/2 Potato 1 Carrot 1 Onion 2 Eggs Breadcrums 35 gram Ground Meat Mentsuyu (Noodle soup base - can be bought at asian food stores) Ketchup Worcester Sauce Rice How to? 1. First start by peeling the potatoes and carrots. Then cut them into smaller pieces. 2. Peel the onions and mince them really small. Fry them brownish in a pan with butter or oil. 3. Break 2 eggs in a bowl and mix them well. Add the onion and add breadcrums to your liking. 4. Add the meat to the mixture. 5. Pour so...