今日の朝ごはん (kyou no asa-gohan)

Today I made a quick bowl of nabe for breakfast.

It was really easy! I used these ingredients:

I chopped off the ends of the shiro-negi (leeks), cut up a couple of stalks of mizuna (the green leafy stuff) and the end of the hakusai (Chinese cabbage), boiled it in water with konbu dashi (soup stock made from seaweed), added a couple of tsukune (ground chicken meat balls) until the vegetables were soft. It took me about 15 minutes total (and about 2 minutes to eat it, jk.) to make and prepare it. I washed my dishes while it was "cooking," so it was super efficient.

Here's the end result (I only put a small portion in at a time to let it cool down faster):

I flavored it with Ponzu: a lemony soy sauce that is used a lot in Japanese cooking.

Great way to start the day!