Fried Noodle For Breakfast, Home Cooked Lunch And Dinner.

The first meal of the day is breakfast. After our morning walk, we went to our regular fried noodle stall. We were asked if we want to try sambal fried short noodle (loh shu fun in Cantonese). This noodle is not always available and happened to be available that particular day.

So for a change, we ordered the fried sambal "loh shu fun".

Hubby and I shared this plate of noodle.

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I bought a pineapple but it turned out to be sour.

I used the pineapple for cooking my lunch and dinner.

I cooked minced meat balls with pineapple and sour plum sauce.

Hubby ate this with plain noodle.

Instead of rice, I want to eat ice vegetable with Kewpie roasted sesame dressing.

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I took out the last 2 Horse Mackerel (ikan cencaru) to thaw in the lower shelf of the fridge the night before. They will be properly thaw in time for the next day dinner.

Instead of stuffing the fishes, I pan fried them over low fire. I wanted to eat the fishes with sambal belacan paste.

I used another portion of pineapple to cook my home grown bitter gourd and some long beans with chopped garlic, dried prawns and salted black beans. We ate the above 2 dishes with some steamed rice for dinner.

Work hard and cheerfully at all you do,

just as though you were working for the Lord

and not merely for your masters,

remembering that it is the Lord Christ who is going to pay you,

giving you your full portion of all he owns.

He is the one you are working for.

And if you don't do your best for him,

he will pay you in a way that you won't like -

for he has no special favourites who can get away with shirking.

(Colossians 3:23-25, The Living Bible-TLB)

Roast Chicken Legs For Lunch & Stewed Pig's Leg For Dinner.

We reached the park early and there were not many people around. The place was peaceful, and we could feel the nice, cool breeze blowing.

 Morning sky at 7:15 am

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In order to clear the fridge, I was diligent in cooking lunch and dinner.

I roasted 2 chicken legs for lunch. 1 for hubby and 1 for me.

I used pounded ginger, garlic, black pepper, salt, honey, soy sauce to marinate the chicken legs for about 4 hours before roasting the legs in the oven.

 Chicken legs and some leftover dish for our lunch.

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For dinner, we had the following dishes.

 Stewed pig's leg with dried mushrooms, sea cucumber, and napa cabbage. I used the lower half of the pig's leg and kept the upper meaty parts to cook another dish for another day.

 Rinse the remaining crystal vegetables with diluted salt water. I love to eat this dipped in Kewpie roasted sesame dressing.

Home cooked dinner for 2 people

My fig plant is fruiting again.

Very soon, I will have to wrap the figs to protect them from the birds.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

But the godly shall flourish like palm trees

and grow tall as the cedars of Lebanon.

For they are transplanted into the Lord's own garden

and are under his personal care.

Even in old age they will still produce fruit and be vital and green.

This honors the Lord and exhibits his faithful care.

He is my shelter. There is nothing but goodness in him!

(Psalm 92:12-15, The Living Bible-TLB)

Crystal Vegetable, Stuffed Fish & Stir Fried Fresh Mushrooms For Lunch

After both my sons went back to work, I still have plenty of food stocked up in the fridge. That means the cook cannot take leave but have to continue to cook to clear the stock. Here is one of the home cooked lunches.

Fresh Crystal or Ice Vegetable

 I like to eat crystal vegetable with Kewpie roasted sesame dressing. 

 Plain stir fried fresh mushrooms with snow peas, ginger slices and garlic.

 Fried Stuffed Fish with spicy paste. I cut off too much of the tail, so not very presentable. I only know this fish as Ikan Cencaru (in Malay). My elder son brought back 10 fishes from his fishing trip when he came back for the Chinese New Year celebration.

 Leftover 3 pieces of steamed waxed duck (hubby love this).

 Steamed a little multi-grain rice for hubby.

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The photo (below) was taken at the National Museum.

 The Pangkor Treaty

The following photos were taken in my garden. 

 In one of my earlier posts, I shared about a pink hibiscus coming out from a yellow hibiscus plant. After the flower wilted and dropped off, I noticed another pink bud (above) from the same stem.

This is same plant as the pink hibiscus but all this time, it only has yellow hibiscus with multi layer petals.

 This is another yellow hibiscus but the petals are in single layer. You can see the leaves in this picture is different from the previous two photos.

Linking to Tuesday's Treasures, Image-in-ing & Happy Tuesday.

Long ago God spoke in many different ways to our fathers

through the prophets, in visions, dreams, and even face to face,

telling them little by little about his plans.

But now in these days, he has spoken to us through his Son

to whom he has given everything and through whom

he made the world and everything there is.

(Hebrews 1:1-2, The Living Bible-TLB)

Having Friends Over For Lunch

On the last weekend of December, before we usher in the New Year, we had friends over for lunch. Once in a while it is nice to share our home cooked meals with friends and be blessed with encouraging fellowship. As usual, the day started with a morning walk at the park.

 Breaking of dawn

 Sunrise at the park

 Walking to stay fit and healthy

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After our walk, I picked up some items from the mini market. Then we had breakfast in our usual coffee shop. For lunch, I cooked plain Teochew rice porridge and the following dishes. The rest were contributed by our friends.

 I made the above "melt-in-the-mouth" char siew (bbq meat).

This time, I reduced the amount of sugar used.

 Fried egg omelette with preserved radish and home grown spring onions.

 We love deep fried crunchy anchovies with porridge.

 Another is this store bought crunchy preserved radish.

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The following 2 items were brought over by our friends.

 Arrow heads, leek, meat slices, etc, cooked by our friend.

 She also brought this packet of ice veggie bought from the wet market.

It is nice to have porridge during this dry and hot weather.

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After lunch, we went walking in one of the nearby shopping mall. Before we went home, the four of us shared the following items for an early dinner in Sun Yin Loong at Aeon Big, Falim.

 Chicken curry in bread.

Steamed sponge cake spread with kaya or coconut jam.

A gossip goes around spreading rumors,

while a trustworthy man tries to quiet them.

(Proverbs 11:13, The Living Bible-TLB)

Pot Bless Lunch And Dinner Gathering With Friends

Once in a while, it is good to have friends over to share our home cooked food. Nothing fussy or complicated, just simple everyday dishes. Featured in this post are 2 meals we shared with friends.

1st meal - dinner held in a friend's house.

The host cooked 2 dishes: bittergourd egg omelette and beans with minced pork. We contributed roast pork and yam bean dish. (I cooked a big pot of yam bean and I kept another portion for the next day's lunch).

2nd meal, lunch held in my house

A friend brought chicken curry, roti paratha, jackfruit and another friend brought sweet porridge (red bean and black glutinous tong sui). No photo of the sweet porridge or tong sui.

Delicious chicken curry with potatoes.

Pan fried crispy roti paratha or flat bread to eat with the chicken curry.Jackfruit 

I prepared vegetable salad with the ice vegetable from Cameron Highlands, cucumber from my garden, and lettuce. I used Kewpie roasted sesame dressing for the salad.

Yam bean with dried prawns, carrot, mushroom, cuttlefish, etc. All the ingredients cut into thin strips.

Glass lettuce for wrapping the yam bean.

I have a lot of sweet potatoes leaves in my garden. So I decided to stir fry a plate of sweet potato leaves with garlic and prawn sauce.

Lunch gathering of 6 people.

Simple meals taste more delicious when eaten in the company of good friends.

So then, my brothers and sisters,

when you gather to eat, you should all eat together.

(1 Corinthians 11:33, New International Version-NIV)

Smoked chicken And Home Grown Vegetables Cooked With Sambal Paste.

While the white bitter gourd and angled luffa plants are slowing down on their production, some of my eggplants and long beans are ready for harvest.

 White eggplants or brinjals.

 More white eggplants

One white eggplant on each side of the flower pot.

Can you see the purple eggplants in the above picture? 

 That morning, I harvested the above from my garden.

I made vegetables salad with baby cucumbers and ice vegetables bought from Jaya Grocer. I used Kewpie roasted sesame dressing for my salad.

 I used up the morning's harvest to cook spicy sambal assorted vegetables.

 I was in the mood to made smoked chicken and I used 3 chicken legs. 2 for hubby and 1 for me because I didn't cook any rice that evening.

And don't get to feeling superior to those pruned branches

down on the ground. If they don't persist in remaining deadwood,

they could very well get grafted back in. God can do that.

He can perform miracle grafts. Why, if he could graft you -

branches cut from a tree out in the wild - into an orchard tree,

he certainly isn't going to have any trouble grafting branches

back into the tree they grew from in the first place.

Just be glad you're in the tree, and hope for the best for the others.

(Romans 11:23-24, The Message-MSG)