Hi, it’s Mari.
I’ve been thinking what to write here since my last English post.
Let me share what I cooked for my son today.
January 11 is the day of Kagamibiraki, which is the day to cut the New Year’s rice cake (鏡餅/Kagamimochi).
I wanted to do Kagamibiraki on that day, but I did’t have time.
My eldest son loves rice cake, and only he’s interested in Kagamibiraki and the rice cake in my family. He also loves zenzai (red bean soup), so I decided to make zenzai for him with these rice cakes.
It took two hours to prepare from dried red beans, but I was happy to make it last night.
Before my son had it, I had tried it. It was a little too sweet for me, but he enjoyed it and said it was good.
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The kagamimochi I bought last year had two round rice cakes inside. He had them for breakfast this morning.
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He also had it with four rectangular rice cakes after dinner.
I’m happy to see him enjoying what I cooked. I’m a bit worried that he takes too much sugar though.
He doesn’t like vegetables, especially green ones, and he eats a lot of bread with honey and rice cakes with sugar and soy source. Hopefully he realizes the balanced diet is important for his health soon.
I’ll write again soon.