Another week

Another series of uninspiring foods. I've been pouring over recipes to make, but its just so hard. 90% of recipes on the internet require either A) ingredients that I don't have ready access to, or B) an oven. This leave me wandering the grocery store trying to think of a new flavor to stirfry chicken (which andrea won't eat the vegetables) or a new way to flavor ground borf(beef pork combo that is the only ground meat you can buy). Frustration is an american cook in a japanese kitchen.

Thankfully snacks are plentiful here; blueberry pocky, salty vanilla toppo, and orange ramune candy. Fran has come out with bananna and matcha(green tea) "au lait" flavors this month. I won't be trying either because they both sound aweful. The store had imported cookies today. A variety of shortbreads and sugar cookies. I bought shortbread with belgium chocolate. I knew they were imported when its said "Vegetarian safe" on the side. Its nearly impossible to be a vegitarian in japan simply because there are no companies that make v-friendly foods.

I'll probably hover over the food sites for a few more hours today, unless I get work to do. Maybe I'll find something I can make, maybe it will even taste good!