Beans

This picture below is of white kidney beans and sugar boiled gently together. It is my husband's favourite and I bought it for him.

Nanaimo Bar Mix

Nanaimo bars were one of my good memories from Canada. I have kept a Nanaimo bar mix in my kitchen since I came back from Canada. I bought it long time ago but I haven't had a chance to make it. I'm scared to open the box but I don't to want to threw it away at the same time.

Kashiwamochi

May 5th is Children's Day. The picture below is of rice cakes wrapped in oak leaves, which is called kashiwamochi. I can buy it only around Children's Day every year. I enjoy having these sweets every year.

Fruit Jellies

About once or twice a year I want eat these small square fruit jellies. When you eat these jellies, you will notice that it's not gummy because the main ingredient is agar not gelatin. I guess it is not super popular but you can always find it in stores.
Today, I tried to make this type of jelly at home. I cooked lots of agar powder, mango puree and sugar. After it cooled down, I cut it with a cookie cutter. Even though the mango jelly was a little harder than my regular jelly, It still didn't taste like the jelly I wanted.
I tried to make it once again. I cooked lemon juice, lemon peel, sugar and much more agar powder than last time. It took a long time to dissolve all of the agar powder in a small amount of water. The texture was closer to the jelly but still not quite there. Andrew liked it though and ate them all.
I learned that this jelly is difficult to make at home. I am happy to continue trying to make the jelly until I am fully satisfied.

Chocolate Bonbon

I bought this chocolate for Andrew. The chocolate has Sake inside. I guess it is difficult to imagine the taste of sake with chocolate but they are really good together.