After morning walk and breakfast, we will walk home and we will pass by many houses and some lovely garden.
This is one garden which the owner takes great care.
She has a garden with all kinds of flowering plants in it.
The above was a fig from my garden. Actually it was a twin fig (2 figs joined in 1). It burst opened before it could ripen probably due to the access water from the frequent downpour. The inside of the fig was all exposed and even when ripen I will not dare eat it.
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For lunch, I cooked barley ginkgo and bean curd sheet sweet drink or tong sui.
I love this sweet drink because of the ginkgo nuts.
A friend gave us some yellow noodle and beansprouts. I was too lazy to fry the noodle so I just blanched both the noodle and beansprout and mixed them with the sambal dried prawns. I am not a fan of yellow noodle but I ate this because it tasted delicious with the sambal dried prawns.
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Dinner: Yellow noodle and home cooked Chinese wine chicken soup.
The noodle was too much for 2 of us, so I kept half for dinner.
For dinner, I cooked Chinese wine chicken soup. I still had 1 bottle of store bought wine, so I used it first. Next time, I will use my homemade wine.
Ingredients: lots of ginger strips, wood fungus cut into strips, free range chicken, Chinese rice wine, water, salt and sugar to taste. I used 1 bottle of wine and 1 bottle of water. This time I forgot to add in goji berries and red dates.
Even without the goji berries and red dates, this soup tasted delicious. This soup is great for cool rainy days. Don't worry, you won't get drunk from drinking this soup. It only helps to warm and nourish your body.
Your own soul is nourished when you are kind;
it is destroyed when you are cruel.
(Proverbs 11:17, The Living Bible-TLB)
Chinese wine chicken soup!! very nourishing!
ReplyDeleteWarm and nourishing for rainy days.
DeleteI adore that chicken soup with your homemade Chinese rice wine.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Angie.
DeleteThe garden looks as if it's really cared for, the people must love gardening.
ReplyDeleteThe soup looks interesting.
Take care.
Thank you, Margaret.
DeleteI love a beautiful garden, but never seem to work in my flowerbeds enough to keep them beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love beautiful garden but I am also not able to keep my garden beautiful like this one.
DeleteThe fig photo is really cool! Food looks delicious as always :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Martha.
DeleteThat fig really looks weird. I wouldn't eat also but I would the one on the other side. My father had a fig tree. Have a great day Nancy.
ReplyDeleteCruisin Paul
Thank you, Paul. I am your father's fig tree must be a big tree and bearing lots of figs. Have a great day too.
DeleteLa sopa de pollo se ve muy bien. Besos.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Teresa.
DeleteWalking around the neighborhood is a delightful thing to do. Catch up with neighbors and see what's in their gardens.
ReplyDeleteOh the food. You know how I love your food.
Have a fabulous day, Nancy. ♥
Thank you, Sandee. Have a beautiful weekend.
DeleteThat food look so yummy I can almost smell it.
ReplyDeleteThank you and have a great weekend.
Delete...we often have soup to warm us up on these cold winter days.
ReplyDeleteYes, and I am also thinking of hot spicy curries.
DeleteYour neighbor's garden looks nice. Good recipe for soup. I have some wine that I have not used yet.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gigi.
DeleteWine chicken dish is very tasty, I don't think it needs the extra sugar. Good that you didn't eat the exposed fig. It is risky to eat it since it is exposed. What did you do with it since it is exposed?
ReplyDeleteI have to cut and threw it away. It is not ripe and the birds won't eat it.
DeleteSo nice to have a walk around the local area and admire their gardens. It certainly looked loved and well cared for. Great looking soup.
ReplyDeleteThis garden makes heads turn. Very nice garden.
DeleteI've never seen a twin fig!
ReplyDeleteIts my first time too.
Deleteyes, beautiful house and garden....
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful day
Thank you, Tanza. Have a great weekend.
DeleteHot soup, oh joy!
ReplyDeleteGreat for cool, rainy day.
DeleteA pretty garden.
ReplyDeleteThank you, William.
Deletewahhh..you used up one bottle? Must be very concentrated... I think I will cook this next week.
ReplyDeleteNot very concentrated, just nice for 1 whole chicken. Made enough soup for 5 people.
DeleteThank you, RR.
ReplyDeleteWOW is all I have
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jo-Anne.
DeleteI like the tong sui because of the bean curd sheets
ReplyDeleteI like it too.
DeleteLove both components of your meal - those noodles and the Chinese wine chicken soup.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Stacy.
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