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Infiltrate the Intensive Cooking Class and Beginners Course at Seishoku Cooking School!

2015Elementary 5 of the Spring Intensive Cooking ClassThe day ended successfully with great success!Crackle crackle!Soeda, a new secretariat member and a macrobiotic super beginner, will report on these hot days.   Coincidentally, it is the birthday of Sagen Ishizuka, the father of "food education" and the man who opened the way of food nutrition, the basis of macrobiotics.The beginner course started on the 6th of the month and lasted until the 3th of March. As with all intensive courses, 1 in the morningThe course continues for five days, with the teacher explaining and demonstrating cooking, lectures, and practical training. rice field. It seems that it is unique to the intensive course that there are many people who participate from foreign countries and even from far away.This time, we had people from Ireland, Malaysia, England, Hokkaido, Kochi, Chiba, Fukuoka, Tokushima, etc. 20There are two male members from the late teens to those in their 70s, and the members are quite diverse.   Brown rice is synonymous with macrobiotics.1 basic brown riceOn the day of the day, I cooked in a pressure cooker in the morning and in a clay pot in the afternoon.The finished brown rice is the fluffiest I have ever eaten!What is this chewy feeling! ?Even if you don't like brown rice, I think you'll enjoy it.It seems that even those who cook at home but can't do it well have got the hang of it. Basic miso soup.Surprisingly, this miso soup does not use dashi at all!Just by using a small amount of high-quality seasoning, you can bring out the soft and gentle sweetness of the vegetables.This was really eye-opening. And the lotus root ball and green vegetables dressed with Isobe.It's so simple to make and so delicious! Including rice and soup, side dishes and desserts, 1We will have 4-5 items per meal. All of them were very delicious. Professor Takako Miyamoto giving a lecture. Ms. Miki Okada who goes around each table and teaches carefully. Fumi Hayashi teaches us how to mix brown rice dumpling dough. Kyoko Nozaki teaches at a network school in Hong Kong. Finally, a snap with the students and teachers in the classroom! Hiroko Shimada, who was in charge of the afternoon class every day. In other words, he was like a homeroom teacher.He speaks very calmly, but he is like the earth, exuding kindness and strength.During the practical training, each group made various mistakes, but each time they gave me precise instructions with a smile, saying, "It's okay, it's okay." The principal taught us a lot of deep knowledge of Seishoku during lunch time.You are really young, and if I continue macrobiotics, I will be able to become like this. Speaking of young, all the teachers have beautiful skin.It's obvious, but after all food is making a body. ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Well, the last announcement from the questionnaire. First of all, the top 3 favorite menus that I learned this timeWill be announced!   第 3bit! ・Azuki kombu seaweed ・Fried Kuruma-fu (delicious and delicious with a wonderful texture) ・Brown rice doria   第 2bit! ・Pumpkin croquette (easy and filling, unexpected combination with plum sauce) ・Spaghetti tomato sauce (deep tomato sauce, refreshing acidity and delicious) ・Chikuzen-ni (Vegetables have a delicious sweetness and are very fluffy)   and glorious firstThe place!Jah! It was a walnut cookie! Eh, I learned so much about side dishes, rice, and cooking.What a walnut cookie! ? You might think so, but this cookie has an indescribably gentle and slightly sweet aroma.When I think about my weight, I often feel guilty when I eat sweets.But with this recipe, which only uses a small amount of high-quality sweetness, you can eat with confidence. And it's so easy and simple to make!Everyone's opinions were fragrant and delicious, crunchy, delicious with only these ingredients, and the subtle sweetness and walnuts of maple were exquisite. Finally, I would like to introduce the impressions of the students who took the beginner course.   ・Until now, I had been learning macrobiotics on my own, so I felt it was difficult to maintain a light flavor.   ・I want to do my best to practice macrobiotics for my son with atopic dermatitis.   ・I was surprised at how to cook with minimal amount of seasoning to maximize the flavor of vegetables.I'm glad I came to learn properly because it was so different from reading a recipe book and making it by myself.   ・It was nice to be able to spend time in a friendly family atmosphere.The distance between the teacher and the students is impressive.   ・Cooking with like-minded people is fun and fast 5days.   ・It is different from other cooking classes, and I found it attractive that there are many useful things for living and hints on how to live in addition to cooking.       ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ What I felt when I participated this time was a simple thing: "Everyone really likes to eat."And if you're going to go out of your way to eat it, it's just that you want it to be good for your body and mind, kind to the earth, and so that everyone can enjoy it with a smile.I thought that everyone was pouring extraordinary passion into it. Also, the ingredients, seasonings, and how to make it are simple, and the ingredients have a deep flavor, so it was a content that I can recommend to people who are not good at cooking like me.     It's been a long time, but it was a report!