Chef Julia's Onigiri Demonstration from The Plant Based Japanese 2 Cookbook

🌱 Transforming your health is more fun with friends! Join Chef AJ’s Exclusive Plant-Based Community. Become part of the inner circle and start simplifying plant-based living - with easy recipes and expert health guidance. Find out more by visiting: https://community.chefaj.com/ Chef Julia’s Plant Based Japanese 2 ebook is a collection of recipes inspired by her Japanese mother. She’s taken her favorite homestyle recipes and transformed them into delicious plant based oil free creations. Her recipe today is a popular dish in Japan and has been eaten for 2,000 years. It’s easy to make onigiri from leftover rice for lunches and picnics. A popular onigiri place in Tokyo called Onigiri Bongo makes 50 types of fillings. People wait in line to eat there for 2-3 hours. Onigiri are simple to make at home. A couple of onigiri and a bowl of miso soup with tofu make a perfect meal. Onigiri (Rice Balls) Onigiri are rice balls. They can be filled with simple ingredients such as ume (salted pickled plums), cooked vegetables, chickpea tuna, simmered mushrooms, or just eaten plain without a filling. About Chef Julia Julia Dunaway became a professional chef after a 30-year career in the uniformed services, United States Air Force and United States Public Health Service where she served as a social work clinician and administrator, retiring with the rank of Captain, 0-6. She holds a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Utah. Before she retired in 2015 she attended the Culinary School of Fort Worth and graduated with honors. She wanted to have a second career as a chef. Initially she conducted events and dinners, but decided she enjoyed teaching cooking classes more. She specializes in whole food plant-based cooking and is passionate about helping others learn to cook healthy food and live life to the fullest. She embraced the plant-based lifestyle in 2017 and helped the city of Fort Worth, Texas become a blue zone by conducting plant-based cooking demonstrations around the city in 2017-2018. In 2020, during the pandemic, she cut out some vegan restaurant food and richer plant-based food and lost 30 pounds, lowered her cholesterol and blood pressure and started walking over 20 miles a week. She’s kept the weight off for almost four years and now has a walking group of four women who meet daily. She works out with a personal trainer and lifts weights twice a week. Chef Julia will celebrate turning 70 years old in June 2024 by walking the Camino de Santiago with friends from Portugal to Spain. Her favorite cuisine, Japanese food, is inspired by her Japanese mother. She has four children, four grandchildren, and three boxers. In addition to coaching individuals and helping thousands of people in her support group, she also conducts in person retreats in Azle, Texas. The eight-hour intensive cooking retreats immerse participants in the plant-based lifestyle. She has over 50 recorded cooking classes available for purchase on her website, several new classes listed on her website for 2024, and 225 videos on her YouTube channel YouTube:    • Plant-Based Cooking by Chef Julia Dunaway   For ebooks, access to all Zoom classes I’ve taught, upcoming classes and retreats and other content go to my website: http://chef-julia.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/juliadunawa... Facebook   / chefjuliadunaway   Chef Julia's Amazon Store Chef Julia classes CHEF JULIA IN PERSON RETREATS #chefjulia #wholefoodplantbased #oilfree #plantbasedjapanese ORDER MY NEW BOOK SWEET INDULGENCE!!! https://www.amazon.com/Chef-AJs-Sweet... or https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book... GET MY FREE INSTANT POT COOKBOOK: https://www.chefaj.com/instant-pot-do... MY LATEST BESTSELLING BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1570674086?... Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The content of this podcast is provided for informational or educational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for informed medical advice or care. You should not use this information to diagnose or treat any health issue without consulting your doctor. Always seek medical advice before making any lifestyle changes