Curried Carrot Saladカレー味人参サラダ

Curried Carrot Salad

I just got back from my 2-week vacation in Japan.

It was great to see my family and friends after five years.

There are always a new discoveries every time I go back to Japan lately, and this time was not an exception.

I kind of remembered that people eat lots of vegetables in Japan.

So before going back to Japan this time I was assuming that it would be very easy to eat lots of vegetables.

But I was wrong!

Especially when you eat out, it’s very hard to get vegetables.

Japanese diet has changed. It’s no longer the diet that was respected as one of the most healthy ones in the world. And if you don’t pay close attention to what you’re eating, you can easily go on without having any vegetables for days!

I guess it’s the same in many developed countries.

If you want to eat the way you like, you’d better cook yourself.

So even though I really didn’t have much produce in my fridge today, I wanted to have lunch at home (traveling is fun, but I do miss cooking).

Voila, here is my soup and salad lunch today.

The curried carrot salad is dressed with dressing whose creaminess was achieved not by mayo but by tahini.

Curried Carrot Salad

3~5 carrots, julieneed
creamy curry dressing
– 2 tablespoons tahini
– 1 teaspoon soy sauce
– 1~2 teaspoon honey
– curry powder
– salt and pepper
chopped parsley

1. Make dressing. Combine all the ingredients.
2. Combine carrots and the dressing. Serve with chopped parsley.

カレー味人参サラダ

昨日日本から戻ってきました。

2週間の滞在でしたが、今回もとっても満足、充実した帰国となりました。

今回の帰国で気づいたこと。

日本でも、意識していないと野菜摂取は不足しがち、ということ。

特に外食だと、野菜って本当に少ししか取れず、日本にいたらどこで食べても野菜ががっつり食べられる、と勝手に思っていた私は、ちょっとショックなぐらいでした。

で、昨日アメリカのうちに帰ってきたものの、冷蔵庫は空っぽ状態。

で、唯一見つけた野菜、ごろごろっと転がっていた人参を使って、こんなサラダを作ってみました。

クリーミーさは、マヨネーズじゃなくって、ゴマペーストを使いました。

トレーやらナプキンやらは、日本で買ってきたものたち。

こういうキュートなものは、日本多くって楽しい買い物をしてきました。