What Do Americans Think...

So, my friend ireneadler is a teacher in Japan, and she's coming back to the states for the summer. She offered to find out things for the students, and so they concocted a list of questions that they want to know the answers to - basically, they want to know what Americans think about a bunch of stuff. I thought some of you might get a kick out of this, so I figured I'd pass the questions on - answers as few or as many as ya feel like.

So...what do Aemricans think about...

1. About Uniqlo in USA. (Uniqlo is a super-popular cheap clothing store here, and they recently opened a store in New York. Guess I'll be visiting!)
2. Some Japanese words which many Americans know
3. Is there some Japanese Boom? (as in trends)
4. We are afraid few people know where Japan is in a map. Do they know the place of Japan?
5. What kinds of menu are there in MacDonald in US?
6. We Japanese do "Peace!" as a gesture when we take pictures. What do Americans do when taking pictures?
7. Do they know Japanese actors, actresses, musicians, and talents?
8. What do they think about Japan?
9. In restaurants where they serve Japanese dishes, is there any differences from Japanese restaurants in Japan?

( My Answers )

In other news, I'm making lasagna tonight - have all the ingredients now - and I'm very excited about it. :)

Eating Healthy: Turkey Lasagna

Lasagna is one of my favorite foods, but of course, when you eat it at a restaurant, you know you're getting lots of cheese, lots of unhealthy, sugary tomato sauce, and middling quality beef. It'll be very tasty...but very unhealthy. However, if there's one thing I've learned in all these years of attempting (with mixed success) to lose weight, it's that sooner or later, you're gonna want to eat the things you love. So, rather than wait until I hit a breaking point and then going out and eating the really-bad-for-me lasagna, I thought that for my second cooking experiment (having eaten the first cooking experiment for three nights, and eaten out but healthy last night) I would try making healthy lasagna. I tracked down a recipe that was already reduced calorie, and then I reduced it way more.
( Turkey Lasagna Recipe )

My turkey lasagna tastes like victory, and I'm already looking forward to eating it for dinner tomorrow, too. :) And thanks to those who offered me ideas for other sources of recipes and such - I intend to use all of them; I'm already using Sparkrecipes.com in order to help me compute calories and servings. :)