Cooking for mum and dad: Tuna sashimi with blanched spinach

Hey everybody.
Last night I cooked food for my parents. I was very satisfied with the results, so I am going to post the recipe here. I would not say it was traditional or typical japanese food, but remaining pure to the principles of japanese cousine, I achieved something very savory with few ingredients, a modern take on japanes food?

Tuna Sashimi
Spinach with sesame sauce
Rice
Spicy Mayo

Tuna sashimi: (1 steak pr. person)
Roll the sides of the steak in a bit of black pepper or alternatively in finely chopped parsley,
put the steaks on their sides on a oiled up frying pan, making sure that the two flat surfaces are untouched. Fry the steaks quickly (until appr. a cm from the edge to the middle has been fried.
set aside.

Spinach with sesame sauce:
Blanch 100g of fresh spinach pr. person on a dry frying pan and set aside.
make the dressing by mixing:
1 Tbsp sesame seeds
2 Tbsp mayo
1 Tbsp sesame oil
1 Tsp rice vinegar
1 Tbsp Mirin
1 Tsp soy sauce
turn the spinach with the dressing.

Spicy mayo:
mix equal parts
Shriracha
Mayo

Serve together with plain japanese rice ^_^
For a healthier version of the dish, ommit the spicy mayo and turn the spinach in miso instead.

It only takes 10 min. to prepare everything (except the rice which will need to soak for 30 min.)
so its easy, quick, healthier, and not extremely expensive. I hope you will enjoy this as much as we did.

Hugs,
Kira <3

From the abyss, the sky always looks bright.

Its a cruel and freezing morning here in Copenhagen, being outside is unbearable, especially if you tend to not wear winterjackets at all. Luckily, the breathtaking, almost arctic, skies take my mind away from the blistering cold. I get into the Mazda 6 with my mum, holding tight of a cup of proper breakfast tea. The steam rises from the glass and into the dark morning. I am off to work in the electronics company in which I am a trainee. The day will be spend taking a course in some software that my company have developed. I look forward to coming home again. I don't really feel fit for work, due to both illness and melancholy. See, I broke completely last night. A pure injection of "you're not really a girl" right in the center of my already brittle heart. I just laid there. curled up beneath a duvet, ruining my own makeup completely. In my parents basement. I live with them at the moment, you see?
It makes me happy that these days are far and few between. The ones where despair and fear of never quite passing engulfs me and I am left hopeless, helpless and alone. I struggle every day. It is not the fact that people do not notice - I just don't allow it to show. This morning, I feel empty and worn out. but I made a promise to myself, to never give up the fight. And to never let anyone bring me down. If you feel confused, afraid, alone, depressed, because of who you are... Never be anything less than yourself. As the skies brighten and prepare for sunset, my sadness is lifted away from me, giving me hope for the day. today also, I will accomplish something for myself. I will fight to get my voice right, I will exercise more and eat more healthy. I want to be proud when I go to spain this summer, proud of who I am. Proud of my body, Proud of my soul. So begins Kira's steep incline to achieve the best possible version of herself....

Hugs,
Kira.

Welcome one and all

To my dear reader,

Welcome to Kira under construction. A blog about my life as a transwoman in Denmark,
I will take you on a guided tour through my universe and my thoughts. Together, we will explore cooking, electronics, music, style, love, movies, and many other things. I encourage you to contact me, should you ever have any questions that you wish to be answered. I hope that you will come to enjoy being a spectator in my life and find salvation or enlightnment (or both) in witnessing my transition. I am currently working on a transition timeline which I will make publically available in june, 2014 (a year after I started on hormones).

I am 22, caring, introvert, creative, emotional and dreaming. My parents still live together and I have a big brother who is five years older than I am. I have many loving friends and a great extended family. I live in a flat on my own, it is not very big (47 squaremeters) but I love it to pieces. I live really close to the danish underground which means I often take trips into the heart of copenhagen. Here, I like to shop for tea, food, clothes and japanese pottery without having it planned in advance.
I am a great cook, and will of course share some of my favorite recipes with you ^_^

I play warhammer 40K, and command a swift army of Necrons, though they are currently only just awaking from the tombworld of Solemnace.

I look  forward to sharing all of my maniacal ranting with you.

Tons of hugs,
Kira <3