Anybody cook Shojin Ryori?

[leftyladyfrommo]

It's the Zen diet Dogen took to Japan.

It's a no waste way to cook and it's one of the healthiest diets.

I want to learn.

[femmedem]

1. I used to cook macrobiotic in the 80s.

I hadn't heard of Shojin Ryori but reading up on it now, it seems to have been the inspiration for macrobiotic cooking.

It was healthy, simple, not too complicated once I bought a few seasonings like mirin and umeboshi plums. It was easy to learn, tasty, healthy, and for a few years I even had a side hustle cooking and delivering macrobiotic meals to a couple of people.

Good luck! I don't know how strict you want to be, but the only thing I didn't like about macrobiotic cooking was the lack of garlic and onions. From my five minutes of googling, it also sounds as if macrobiotic cooking might be the clumsy cousin of the more elegant Shojin Ryori cuisine,

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. I thought that, too. We used to have a really neat

little macrobiotic restaurant fairly close. I went there every weekend.

I need to get some supplies and make up a list. And a new crockpot , a hot plate and a toaster oven. I don't think the ingredients are very expensive. Mostly vegetables.

I am on a fixed income so I have to go slow. I need to read more and I guess there are some videos on YouTube .

It will be an adventure. I have already blown up 2 kitchens. I am not a cook.