３月２６日（火曜日）２０２４
朝は雨の音で目が覚めるこの頃。よく雨が降ります。昨日の午後は少し明るくなったので止んだのかと思ったら霧雨で少し迷いましたが運動にもなるので思い切って買い出しに出かけました。雨様のパンツとジャケット、帽子、手袋、サングラスでほぼ完璧な格好でしたが、スプレーのように吹きつける霧雨は顔もメガネもびっしょり濡らしました。
さて、私がこの頃ハマっている食事。それはトーストの上にオリーブオイルを垂らし、その上にスライスしたアボガドを載せて、上から良質の塩をパラパラ。これが美味しい！Youtubeで誰かがやっているのを見て真似をしたわけです。もんぜん朝市でビーツが出ていたので、へえ〜っ？と思って買ってきて、葉っぱと根っこを別々に調理してみました。葉と茎はシナモンを効かせ、根っこはオリーブ油でよく炒めてニンニク、キビ糖、バルサミコで味付け。カリウム、鉄、葉酸など栄養的にはパッチリの食材です。
昔は口にすることはなかったこうした食材も、最近は国内で作られるほど日本の食生活も変わってきたのでしょう。
It has been raining since the morning every day. It became a little bright in the afternoon yesterday, and I thought the rain had stopped but actually it was drizzling. I had a little hesitation but I decided that I would go to the grocery store by bicycle. I wore my rain pants, jacket, hat, gloves and sunglasses which seemed perfect for going out, but I drenched my face and glasses.
Well, I am into toast with avocado for my breakfast. Put olive oil on the toast, then place avocado slices there, sprinkle fine salt on top. Ever since I saw someone do it on Youtube, it became one of my favorite styles of breakfast. I found beets at the local morning market. Beets are a very popular vegetable in the US and I can get them easily at the supermarket but it is rare to see them in my area. I bought them and cooked the leaves and roots separately. I sautéd the leaves and stems with cinnamon, cooked roots with onion, cane sugar and balsamic vinegar. Beet is an excellent nutritious vegetable which contains potassium, iron, folic acid, etc.
We have never eaten such avocado and beet when I was a child. I am really surprised at the change that those vegetables grow in Japan and we eat in a different way now. Japanese eating habits have been changing a lot since several decades ago.
