Natural Products Expo West

Last Sunday, we went to the Natural Product Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center.

There were so many products to see.....

This is one of them that Eric stopped by to see, he seemed so interested in the beautiful wooden mill.

There were many books for sale about food. These are the ones I bought.

I think I'm going to be more careful about the foods we usually eat and I want to learn more about it through the books.

Basics Cooking Class with Sanae & Eric

We had a macrobiotic basic class at the end of last month, February.

These are the ingredients for miso soup. ( mountain potatoes, daikons, lotus roots, burdocks. carrots)

We show how to make goma-shio condiments for rice.

We started to sell them at seed, recently.
Sanae is giving the lecture about yin and yang
It was educational and fun!

Spring is on the way...

Last week we picked greens from roof-top garden at Studio mugen for our cooking class.

We picked Italian parsley, orange flowers, asparagus and dandelion leaves.

We cooked with these greens in our cooking. We made pressed salad with daikon, red raddish tops and carrots seasoned with lemon, apple juice and salt.

We also made whole wheat pasta salad with sauteed vegetables (red onions, yellow onions, snow peas leaves, lotus roots, carrots, seasoned with balsamic vinegar and salt).

Steamed rolled tofu with chestnuts cream sauce:

Creamy Japanese yam soup:

After cooking class we got puppy's therapy....

Jessica Porter with the puppies.....

Amazing Story About Kona

Eric and Sanae are known for having a house full of golden retrievers, but what many people don't know is that Sanae fosters golden retrievers with Golden Retriever Club of Greater Los Angeles and donates her pups to organizations like Paws'itive Teams and autistic foundations.

One of their special goldens, named Kona, has gone on to do amazing things for one young man named Patrick.



Patrick was paralyzed as a toddler and has lived most his life in a wheelchair. But, this doesn't stop him from living an exciting life and doing his favorite activities now with the help of Kona and friends.

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Pepole at Seed (1): Jose Sanchez

Hi, everyone! Today, I would like to introduce one of our assistant chefs, Jose Sanchez.

At the age of 23, Jose comes from one of the most well known cuisines. Especially here in Los Angeles. That’s right! Tacos, burritos, enchiladas, tamales, you name it. Coming from a Mexican background is truly a blessing in his eyes. Former employee of M café de Chaya, he became conscious of the toll his diet was taking on his body.

Then, he totally changed his lifestyle when he started working at Seed. He became a vegan-macrobiotic activist. Eating lots of vegetables and grains is his way of reaching out and voting for awareness towards global warming, sustainability and of course animal rights! No better way than to do it yourself.

Jose has become a huge fan of Yoga, outdoor running, and indoor cycling. He tries to squeeze in a work out at least 4-5 times a week. He participated in the L.A. marathon last month and is continuing his races every other week throughout the year. Follow him on Facebook.

Now, living a macrobiotic way of life, he is not only focusing on his physical health, but also concerning about an ecological lifestyle.

Plastic cups are not his thing. Jose enjoys collecting unused glass jars from jams, pickled foods and reusing them as his drinking container. You will see him walk around everywhere with one thinking it might be something strange. It’s only kukicha tea, so don’t be worried.

One of his many goals/dreams is to star in the revival of RENT on Broadway, of course whenever it is time for another run. He is taking acting classes at Santa Monica College now to help truly master his craft.

His message to us is this:

“Stay out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself with something new. Laugh at fear.”

We are apt to be “normal” as we are getting older, but he seems to be suggesting living a life with passion to feel alive.

I hope his dream will come true.

Nobu

Eric's Birthday (May 15th)

Hi, everyone!

On last Saturday, we celebrated Eric’s birthday at Seed.

Actually, his birthday was Friday, but he was out of town. Then, employees decided to come over at Seed the next day.

We started to show up around 2:30 pm, and finally Sanae came in with a big smile.

While Eric was working at kitchen, Bill (on the left in photo) took out a vegan cake, which he made for this day, from a refrigerator.

After lighting candles on that cake, we began to sing a happy birthday song. Then, Eric came toward us from the back kitchen and blew out those candles.

He seemed to be very delighted with everyone’s blessings. Customers at Seed also celebrated his birthday.

This was the first celebration of Eric’s birthday since Seed started. We also like to celebrate the first anniversary of Seed this year.

Anyway, happy birthday to you, Eric!

Nobu

New Menu at Seed

Hi, everyone!

Today, I would like to introduce our new menu at Seed.

We decided to have scones and muffins on weekends. We have two kinds of scones, which are flaxseeds & currants and blueberry, and two kinds of muffins, which are raspberry & chocolate chip and zucchini & cardamom.

I had some of them already. The tastes were very healthy and less sweet. They were sooooooo DELICIOUS.

Please stop by and try some of them. You will love it!

And also, we started a cold soba noodle salad from this month.

It comes with a yuzu-ginger flavor’s dressing. Toppings are cucumber, daikon sprout, shiitake, wakame, sprout, carrot & daikon, and scallion.

It is just perfect in this summer season. Don’t miss it!

Eat healthy foods and live a happy life.

Nobu