Southern Clouds and Blessing

Schnitzel Jägersoße (hunter's sauce) recipe 猟師風シュニッツェルレシピ

On 26th. Feb I made nice German food for my German husband :D

Jan knew that schnitzel was waiting for him and only had salad on the flight.

If I had that small food (salad!) looking forward to big dinner in some hours, it'd make me way too much hungry and I actually couldn't eat much what I was waiting for.

What about? Too much hunger even loses appetite, as for me. ;)

先月26日、ドイツ人が喜ぶドイツ料理を夕飯に作りましたー :D

この日じょんは成田から帰ってくる日で、彼は夕飯にシュニッツェルが待ってるのを知ってたので機内ではサラダだけしか食べて来なかったそう。

そんなに楽しみにしてたなんて。。笑

私の場合、例えば夕飯に超大好物が食べられるとわかってても昼をサラダだけとかにはしません。笑

お腹空きすぎると逆に食べられなくなるんですが、みなさんはどうですか?

たまに空腹を通り越して気持ち悪くなったりとかも、昔はしてました。

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Happiness of these days :) 幸せな毎日 :)

It's gotten a little late to tell you, but on 10th Feb. I passed practical exam and got driver's license! Woo too!!

So..the next day I jumped into the car that Jan always uses to practice and Jan joined me to watch my drive.

The car from my driving school is a diesel and makes it easier to start up, for example, at a traffic signal.

But our car is a normal gasoline car which most people drive as well and is still a bit difficult for me to start because you need to get a feeling when you press crutch and gas at the same time with a right balance. The engine otherwise stalls, which happens to me sometime..

It's like horror when the engine stalls when you're still a fresh driver, are the first car of the line, and want to start up at the signal and it keeps going off.

AGHHH. I know I can get used to it soon but the feeling in a rush..

I need to drive some more where there's less traffic.

報告が遅くなりましたが、2月10日に実技試験合格して運転免許取りましたー!ひゃっほーい!

取得翌日に早速いつもじょんが運転してる車に乗って少し練習。

教習所の車はディーゼルなので信号待ちの後などの発進は楽なのですが、普通ガソリンの車はクラッチとガスのタイミングをうまく合わせないとすぐエンストしてしまうのでその加減が難しいー。

慣れの問題だからすぐなんとかなるんだろうけど。。

先頭で赤信号になってしまうとヒヤヒヤです。青になったのにエンストして後ろの車をイライラさせると余計焦る!

もう少し交通の少ないところで練習ですね。

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25th Birthday! 25歳の誕生日!

On 13th, I turned 25 years old.

I've lived a quarter of a century..lol I still remember when I first entered and came to work as a freshman, my coworkers were surprised how young I was as I was the youngest girl and said "new generation". lol

As it was again a celebration, we came to Roter Hahn. Although we don't come here as much as we'd like to because it's a three-star restaurant and hotel, there's always a nice ambience and you can enjoy good German dish.

Every time the waiter comes to the table, he calls us by name, that makes us feel even more special. :)

We came here also for 1st Wedding anniversary.

2月13日に25歳になりました。

もう四半世紀生きてしまった(笑)。。職場にいても平成生まれは珍しくなくなっちゃった感が増してる今日この頃ですね。社会人デビューしたときは自分が社内で一番年下で「キャー平成が来たー」なんて言われたのに。。笑

今回もお祝いということで来たレストランはRoter Hahn (読みはローターハーンで意味は赤い雄鶏(おんどり))。三ツ星ホテル・レストランなのでファミレス感覚で来れる場所ではありませんが、落ち着いてていい雰囲気です。いただける食事はドイツ料理。

ウェイターはわざわざテーブルに来る度名前で呼んでくれるので嬉しい気分になります笑(庶民丸出し。。いや、庶民です)

ここには去年結婚記念日にも来ました。

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Why I couldn't blog at all in January 一月ブログできなかった理由

I'm going to write down the reason I couldn't make any posts after Jan's birthday in January before I forget.

On 22nd, January, he flew back home from Japan and we enjoyed nice dinner. I gave him a herbal cold medicine as he's gotten a sore throat from the flight.

Next morning, though I told him that it could be worse if he'd go for shopping, he continued "I'm fine, we can go shopping" and we decided to go to a super market and finished some shopping.

Around 5pm, on the 23rd, he was sitting on the sofa and looked sickly dull.

He went straight to bed without having dinner.

That's why I told you.

In such an evening, it reminds me of the nightmare that I got after celebration of 1 year wedding anniversary in November 2013. lol

1月16日の運転免許の筆記試験合格後に複数記事を書く予定ができなかった理由を忘れないうちに残そうと思います。

1月22日にじょんが成田からドイツに帰ってきていつも通りの夕食を済ませたあと、喉が痛いなんて言うので風邪のひき始め用の改源を飲ませて就寝。

翌朝、私はじょんに「ちょっと良くなったからって動き回ってると悪化するよー」って言ったのに、元気になってしまったのでお昼過ぎから買い出しなどで動き回ることに。

同日(23日)夕方5時頃、ソファでだるそうにじょんが座っていて、「だるい。。眠い。。」って言い出して夕飯を食べずにベッドへ。

だから言ったのに。ねー。

こんな夜、去年の11月、結婚記念日を祝った直後に私が襲われた悪夢を思い出す。。笑

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Guacamole… I'm addicted グアカモーレにハマり中

I had an avocado, a half lemon, a small tomato, and a small onion in the fridge.

And I got a feeling that I am in need of making Guacamole. ..lol

I didn't have red onion and coriander on that day but it was nearly perfect.

With the guacamole, I made hamburgers for dinner. Jan was happy, and so was I :D

I used 100% ground beef, onion, and some spices for the patties. Ohh yum yum yum..

Since that day, I've gotten kind of addicted with making guacamole and made it again the next week.

先日、冷蔵庫にアボカド1個、レモン半分、小さいトマトと玉ねぎがあって、突然グアカモーレを作りたくなり初めて作りました。笑

紫玉ねぎとコリアンダーはなかったけどできあがりは満足。何より超簡単(混ぜるだけ)で美味しいから文句なし。

これを挟んでその日の夕飯にハンバーガー作りましたー! じょんはハッピーでございます。

パティはシンプルにスパイス、玉ねぎと牛挽きだけ。あーたまりません。。

その日以降グアカモーレ食べたい症候群で翌週も作りました。また今日か明日あたり作りそうな気がします。。笑

Recipe レシピ☟☟☟☟☟

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Sushi party 寿司パーティ!

On 26th. January I made a Sushi party with Jan's family. So we all were 5 total and I made all these Sushi for that day. :)

Yellow ones are thinly baked egg, like crepes. California rolls and egg rolls were my first time to make and they didn't turn out perfect but they added some colors to normal Nori ones nicely.

It all tasted great. It's always so nice and rewarding to see people saying delicious to your food that took so many hours to cook.

1月26日にじょんの家族を呼んで寿司パーティをしました。私を含めて5人だったので張り切って作ったらこの量に。笑
カリフォルニアロールと卵の細巻きは初めてであんまりきれいには仕上がらなかったけど、彩り鮮やかになってキレイ!
どれも美味しすぎたー!♡ 作るのに何時間かかっても、おいしいって言われるとまたやろうなんて思える。

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