Eggplant Miso Soup

Ingredients
• 2 tb Miso
• 2 Scallions; chopped
• 1 qt Hot water
• 1/2 c Tofu; cubed
• 1 Carrot; chopped
• 1 c Eggplant; julienned

Directions
In boiling wash, add miso. Mash to dissolve. Add carrots, scallions, tofu and eggplant. Cook until veggies are tender.

Miso Soup
Ingredients
• 1/2 tofu
• 60 grams wakame
• 4 cups soup stock
• 60 grams miso paste.
Directions
Cut tofu into small cubes (1cm)and wakame into 2cm squares. Bring soup stock to a boil in a pot. Dissolve miso paste in the stock. Add tofu cubes and wakame.  Heatsoup to a slight boil. Remove from heat and pour into soup bowls.

Shabu - Shabu

Ingredients
• 1 lb very thinly sliced beef (sirloin), preferably grain-fed. Beer-fed Kobe beef is the best.
• 8 shiitake mushrooms
• 1/2 lb enoki mushrooms
• 1/2 lb shimeji mushrooms
• 1/2 lb shirataki
• 1 lb chinese cabbage
• 1/2 lb watercress, to substitute for spring chrysanthemum leaves
• 1 lb tofu, cut in 1 in. cubes, pressed and drained
• Any other ingredients you want to use

Dipping sauce:
In a small bowl, you should have soy sauce and lemon juice 2:1, as a dipping sauce.

Directions
Simply take one of the items, swish it around in the hot water for from a few seconds for beef to a few  minutes for vegetables. Serve with hot steamed rice.

Chicken Teriyaki Kabobs

Ingredients
• 1 1/2 lb Chicken breasts, skinned and -boned
• 1 bn Green onions, cut into 1" -lengths
• 1/2 c Soy sauce
• 2 tb Sugar
• 1 ts Oil
• 1 ts Minced fresh ginger root
• 1 Clove garlic, minced

Directions
Cut chicken into 1 1/2" square pieces. Thread each of eight 6" bamboo or metal skewers alternately with chicken and green onion pieces (spear onion slices through side, not lengthwise). Place skewers in shallow pan. Combine soy sauce, sugar, oil, ginger and garlic; pour over skewers and brush chicken thoroughly with sauce. Marinate 30 minutes. Reserving marinade, remove skewers and place on rack of broiler pan. Broil 3 minutes; turn over and brush with reserved marinade. Broil 3 minutes longer, or until chicken is tender.