Miso did it!
Tonight, perhaps because it is cold and full of wet snow, J wanted some miso soup and a bowl of rice. In addition, the heart burn seems to be getting worse so she was craving something that was not acidic. I used a new kind of red barley miso paste, made by South River, and it was great. We usually use Miso Master from Whole Foods, but the South River kind had a richer, woodier flavor, in my opinion.
The second item that really made the taste perfect was a handful of Wakame seaweed flakes. They quickly puffed up into long rectangles of seaweed with a light taste and a tender texture.
In addition to the seaweed and the paste, I added mushrooms, just a few carrots (diced very fine), scallions, and two teaspoons of the taré sauce from the Momofuku book. (I have since found out that taré sauce is like saying shrimp scampi: sauce sauce or shrimp shrimp!)
With the rice neatly scooped into a ball and placed in a bowl, J reminded me that I had forgotten the toasted sesame seeds. Arghh! They would have been tasty and pretty.
Last bit of news: the doc says that J can have some wine now and again if she wants. Woohoo!
