The vegetable flowers blooming from the bento box and the bouquet being held out by Snoopy make us feel that spring is approaching. For the first time this year, rapeseed blossoms were given as an offering to Masaaki-sama, and Mami-okusama thought, “Right away, for Masaaki-sama!” and boiled them with salt to bring out the natural flavor of the ingredients. Masaaki-sama was apparently very pleased. Mami-okusama wanted to include the taste of spring into her children’s bento as well. She arranged the rapeseed blossoms to look like a bouquet 🌷 Snoopy is holding out the bouquet as if he is saying “I love you!” on behalf of Mami-okusama. If you look closely, the buds in the bouquet are actual rapeseed blossom buds. As always, hats off to Mami-okusama’s stylish presentation. The contrast between the fresh, youthful green of the rapeseed blossoms and the colors of the flower-shaped vegetables is so vivid. Our hearts are filled with excitement at the breath of spring! The simmered hijiki seaweed, which enhances the colors of the flowers while adding balance to the bento, is made with natural wild hijiki that was also an offering from a member. This is Mami-okusama’s love and devotion, as she cooked it as soon as it arrived for Masaaki-sama, who is known for his “seaweed LOVE.” ✨ The children who ate the bento were of course delighted by Snoopy’s cuteness, and commented that the simmered hijiki was especially delicious. This may be one of the specialty dishes of Mami-okusama who has shared many original recipes using seaweed. I can relate to the teacher who happened to pass by when the bento was opened and couldn’t help but say, "Ohhhh, Snoopy! So cute!" 🩷 However, the true value of Mami-okusama’s bento is not just in its cute appearance. I believe the most important thing we should learn from her bento is that they are composed of Japanese vegan dishes with rice serving as the backbone. 【Bento Menu】＊30 percent polished rice cooked in a clay pot (200g) 🍚The rice was shaped into Snoopy, and the remaining rice was layered at the bottom of the bento box. Snoopy’s face was made with nori, and homemade pickled plums matured for three years were placed on his cheeks.＊Simmered hijiki seaweedA simmered dish with hijiki seaweed, daikon radish, carrots, and Chinese cabbage. Freshly roasted sesame seeds were ground and sprinkled on top.＊BouquetSalt-boiled rapeseed blossoms were wrapped to look like a bouquet.＊Flower decorationSalt-boiled kabocha (Japanese pumpkin), carrots, and daikon radish were used. Mami-okusama’s super cute vegan bento, no. 15, filled with offerings from membersLikes, saves, and shares are most welcome✨ ---About Mami-okusama (Mami Okada)She was born in Aichi Prefecture and grew up in a farming household. She is also known as “Japan’s vegan beauty.” During her studies at University of Tsukuba, she became actively involved in volunteer activities such as refugee support. She was also repeatedly asked to participate in the “Miss Tsukuba” contest and was approached by many modeling agencies, but she declined all of these offers as she wanted to focus on refugee support activities. In recognition of her efforts in refugee support, she received the “University of Tsukuba President’s Award” in 2012. She holds a license to teach English to intermediate and high school students. After graduating from university, she began working for World Church of Messiah in 2013. In 2014, she married Masaaki Okada (Masaaki-sama), the great-grandson of the founder of World Church of Messiah, Mokichi Okada (Meishu-sama 1882-1955), and the representative and successor of Kyoshu-sama. Currently, while raising three children, she is single-mindedly walking the path of God, including working more energetically unlike anyone else on the Sacred Word of the founder, “In the world of Miroku, humanity will follow a vegan diet,” which was resurrected in our day by Masaaki-sama. She currently resides in Atami City.