Megumi Muto
Helping Others!
Baked cranberries loaf with sourdough starter discards! About 50% of this loaf was discards and rests were flour, water and salt and eyeballing the consistency. It was sooo good that I decided to make another loaf with cranberries and fresh rosemary! I made sandwiches with this loaf and it was fantastic! π§‘π₯°
Banana bread, cinnamon buns & some loafs! Iβm thankful that I have AC so that I can continue to bake!
Update on foster kitties! πββ¬ πββ¬ Found out that black one is Bello and black & white one is Jake! Glad to clear their names up with my coordinator! They are settling in very nicely, snuggling pretty much everyday π₯°π§‘ so grateful that Iβm able to help them get ready to being adopted while they give me some love π
Iβm officially a foster mum to these two beautiful boys starting today! Black & white tuxedo long hair boy is Bello. The other guy is Jack (Black) πββ¬πββ¬ these are bonded 9 yr old boys and already exploring my place π Iβll be spending some time with them in the next little while to get them ready for the adoption! π§‘π₯°
It was such a nice day to be outside 𧑠so grateful that Iβm able to spend some downtime eating my favourite sushi, feeling the nice breeze (and hearing multiple lawnmowers hard at work π ) & the sun βοΈπ₯°π after finishing the sushi, I was like βthatβs it? Not enough!! πβ my tummy says βthat was perfect!β Canβt wait to play our first π game back tonight! (And yes my legs are bit sore from last nightβs practice π€£)
These homemade double cheese burger π & strawberry mint green tea kombucha were sooo good! A perfect summer food combo!
Salmon with homegrown herbs for dinner! Salmon berrries for a trail walk snack! ππ thank you Mother Nature ππ§‘
Watching beautiful sunset the other day π𧑠thank you Mother Nature ππ₯° it was a bit windy & chilly so had to run on the way back to keep myself warm π
1. Homemade beef katsu burger with homemade sourdough buns, homegrown sprouts, stir fry veggies, wasabi mayo, tonkatsu sauce.
2. Sourdough Cinnamon Buns for a birthday celebration at one of my friendsβ office π§‘
3. Experimenting a new flavour, black olives + marble cheese sourdough loaf. I felt something was missing, so continue to experiment, maybe adding a little more salt or fresh herbs like βoregano thyme mintβ herb (yes! 3 flavours in 1 plant!)
Happy Friday 𧑠what a beautiful day it is! After delivering the loaves, I treated myself with Fish & Chips from Go Fish and sat by the water to eat my food with this view π Iβm so grateful π§‘ππ§‘π It was great to catch up some sleep also, as I only had a few hrs of sleep last night... π€ have a wonderful weekend everyone! π§‘
Happy (belated) Motherβs Day to all mumβs out there! 𧑠Thank you for being awesome every day! I baked these cinnamon knots for you (and ate them for you! πππ JK!) π§‘π Hope to see you soon my mum! π§‘
Beautiful cherry blossom πΈ photos from a few weeks back! They made me think of Japan a lot! Lovely to see these beautiful cheerful pink blossoming πππ
It was so wonderful to look after my friendβs sisterβs cat over the weekend. Heβs such a seeet, cuddly boy π§‘π₯°
A few bread pictures update! Iβve been baking more sourdough these days and havenβt been keeping up with posting them here π these are some of my latest bread!
It was my first ride of the season on Monday and super fun sharing the time with my friend and his nephew! Getting up to Spankyβs Ladder as well as Secret Chute made my day for sure! And look at the blue bird!!! πππ So grateful to be able to enjoy this beautiful nature close to me and with friends! π§‘π
Walking along the shoreline on low tide day. Found a message from the Mother Nature, wishing us β€οΈπ₯°π itβs raining here in Vancouver and wishing you all wonderful beginning of the spring Saturday! π§‘π
Can't wait till next time I visit Hot Springs in Kusatsu in Japan! π€π§‘
This is exactly what I needed today after going though a tough time, losing my cat Mini-Mini, my love of 15 years suddenly yesterday. Mother Nature is always there to comfort you, heal you and energize you π§‘
Such a wonderful walk yesterday 𧑠so grateful to live so close to beautiful nature π²ππ§‘π and friends to share the moment with! π
Been pretty busy baking sourdough this week!
Starting the week with experimenting new flour that I got over the weekend and to see how the gluten develops (& proofing time).
Then, baking a loaf with ladoga whole wheat, this new flour and rye, as well as this new flour with oatmeal & nuts.
Following day, baked rye loaf & regular loaf.
Finally, baked 2 sets of cinnamon knots & 3 plain loaves π§‘π§‘π§‘
I feel that my week is now complete π₯°π§‘π
There are many paths to take and we all reach to the ocean & the Mother Earth & the Universe is there for us π§‘π what we learn along the way is one of the most important thing and go with the flow π§‘
I was having too much fun with this NASA photo booth thing! πππ https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/participate/photo-booth/ The rover landed on Mars on my birthday!! 𧑠How exciting!π
Happy Valentines Day! My valentine is Mother Mature and is the best partner! π₯°π₯°π₯°π§‘ enjoying natureβs gift βοΈ this weekend! ππππ
Just looking back beautiful sunny last weekend walk at the Lighthouse ππ fresh crisp air, warm sun & good companies β€οΈ so blessed ππ
Manifestation at its best! I really wanted to grow my baking & serving more people. Also, I wanted to have a mixer to help relieve my overworked arm as I was kneading entirely by hand/arm (mostly right arm π). I was visualizing everyday what that would look like. Printing out the mixer model and being excited about it as if what I asked for my Christmas present to Santa π
And that higher happy energy/vibration attracted a good person by chance and introduced me to a new community of people β€οΈπ and just as I was introduced to this new community, my dream mixer showed up (local Costco finally restocked it as they were sold out since November!)! And I was able to deliver my bread & cinnamon knots/rolls for everyone this weekend π₯°π₯°π₯°
So, if you have something that you want to make it come true, imagine that they are on your way, create some visual presentation & excited about it & fill with the happiness β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈπ No what ifβs, just happy vibes β£οΈππ
Once a year, we eat uncut sushi roll, facing βluckyβ direction of the year (south south east this year) and no talking until finishing it. Usually Feb 3 is the day, and this year is special. After 124years, it is Feb 2 as usual Feb 3 is overlapping with the first day of spring in the lunisolar calendar. I made 2 rolls both with cucumbers, green onions, imitation crab, pre-made shrimp tempura, shiitake mushroom π they were delicious! πβ€οΈ im grateful for the Universe to provide me the abundance & keeping everyone safe & healthy β€οΈ
Nature walk to refuel my soul π₯°π once we were on the trail, the weather held up pretty good and trees were proving good shelter most of the way too! π Thank you Mother Nature πβ€οΈ
Mid-bake reveal never gets old! πExciting and nerve wrecking at the same time! π€£ so happy that it turned out great! πβ€οΈπ
Itβs been awhile since I made cinnamon knots! A request from my dear friend came in so I made these! β€οΈ so grateful to be able to have time to make these and continue to offer them to my dear friend ππ₯°π
Ever had a feeling that "I can't believe it's already Thursday (or whichever the days of the week/month/year) and I don't know where the time goes!" and "I feel like I haven't done much yet and it's already Thursday!"? I've personally had so many of those feelings in the past. Today, I felt the opposite (in a good way). "Oh wait, it's still Wednesday? And I feel like I've accomplished many things and still have a few more days before the weekend!" and "I can bake a few more loaves!" I love the business which allows me to manage my time better, bake more breads offering the fuel and smile to people β€οΈππ
She is my coach for the online business. She teaches & shares her knowledge, experiences, wisdom and unlimited support to me and all of us in the community. Iβm grateful for her gifts and being able to bake sourdough buns for her as a small token of my gratitude & her enjoying them is one of the best things that I can do with this business! β€οΈπ
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More baking! β€οΈ I noticed tonight that I was smiling while prepping the dough π it makes my soul sing when I think about people who will be enjoying them ππ₯°
Happy Sunday baking & nature walk π so grateful to be able to do what I love and share with friends! β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈπ₯°π
Is dis mine?
Someone π± wants a piece of this loaf! π sorry girl, youβd have to wait for your next turn, this is for my dear friend! π
Such a beautiful sunny day today! π enjoyed getting βοΈ on my face & be in the nature π thank you π Mother Nature πβ€οΈ
One of my favourite things at home is spending some time with my cat Mini-Mini. Her expression of love is this tale slapping my face thing π β€οΈπ
My βKakizomeβ (Japanese term for the first calligraphy written at the begging of a year, traditionally on January 2nd). These letters mean a gift from the higher self. I chose this because you are the gift β€οΈ and I am the gift β€οΈπ Also, the second character can be read as βmegumiβ which is my name (though my kanji character is different) π₯°
Remember, YOU ARE THE GIFT β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈπ
Our mind create everything. Create something fun, good, positive, happy for your soul β€οΈπ
Phew! Super busy day of baking! 6 loaves all went to several families today π₯° and I now have tons of bread snack made from discard multiple sourdough starter (unbleached flour, rye flour and rice flour) all to myself ππ hope everyone had a happy Friday! I sure did! β€οΈπ