Struggling With Poor Appetite

On this particular morning, hubby suggested going out to town for breakfast for a change. 

Sunrise at 7:43am.

Our weather is getting warmer with less rain.

I have nothing in particular that I wanted to eat. Just looking for something in clear soup just to fill my tummy.

I ordered flat rice noodle with bbq pork (char siew) in clear soup while hubby ordered curry noodle (dry version). I managed to finish the noodle as the amount was not big but the bbq pork was a bit hard.

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For lunch, I had a small bowl of plain rice porridge with some vegetables at the chap fan stall in my area.

After lunch, I had some freshly cut papaya. The taste of the sweet juicy papaya was so soothing to my taste buds and throat.

For dinner, I was looking forward to having some hot soup but that evening the soup was not to my liking. So we ordered the above dishes.

 I managed to finish a small portion of white rice with a little bit of the above dishes. Hubby had to finish the remaining. Thanks to hubby for his patience having to bear with my weird appetite. I felt like I am going through a period of morning sickness. This is worse than what I experienced when I was expecting my 2 kids.

10 birds on the line.

This was in front of my house. Which are birds and which are not?

Linking to Skywatch Friday & Saturday's Critters.

Look at the birds!

They don't worry about what to eat - they don't need to sow

or reap or store up food - for your heavenly Father feeds them.

And you are far more valuable to him than they are.

(Matthew 6:26, The Living Bible-TLB)

Lotus Root Soup For Dinner

 We woke up early but waited for it to be brighter before we go out for our morning walk.

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Sunrise at 7:10am.

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#4 - 7:20am.

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Initially, we wanted to have seafood porridge for lunch but it was closed. So my friend and I ended up having noodles for lunch at Tastefully Noodle House, Menglembu.

Shredded chicken noodle @ RM6.50 for my friend.

Pork noodle @ RM8.50 (without innards) for myself.

We both ordered monk fruit drink (loh hon koh).

Total cost of lunch was RM19.70.

My cranberry hibiscus has been infested with some kind of pest. I have trimmed off all the branches leaving behind about a foot of the plant. I hope it will grow back, if not, then it will be goodbye.

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It was raining the whole afternoon and evening yesterday.

I cooked lotus root soup with carrot, red dates, goji berries and chicken breast meat for dinner. I cooked just enough for 2 bowls of soup so that we won't have to drink leftover soup the next day. Just this soup and some steamed brown rice for the 2 of us.

It is better to eat soup with someone you love

than steak with someone you hate.

(Proverbs 15:17, The Living Bible-TLB)

Blanched Bitter Lettuce & Apple + Pear Soup For Dinner

After morning walk and breakfast, we walked home from the nearby coffee shop. The morning is bright and sunny. That morning, I need to go to the clinic to get my blood result. 

Sweet fragrant Gardenia from my garden.

Everything is good except for my cholesterol level. The doctor didn't prescribe any medication but advised me to watch my diet, avoid oily food and to exercise. I will have to go back in 4 months' time for another blood test.

It is time to harvest some of the bitter lettuce leaves for dinner. This is the 1st time I have planted bitter lettuce and I don't know whether the leaves will be too old and fibrous.

These were harvested from the 2 bitter lettuce plants. I washed the leaves under running tap water and the water just run off the leaves.

Blanched bitter lettuce for dinner. Drizzled with garlic oil and some soy sauce.

Apple and pear soup.

This is my first time boiling this soup. I don't have dried figs so I used honey dates and goji berries, 1 big red apple and 1 pear. For meat, I used chicken breast meat. Hubby was having cough so this soup is good for him. I like this soup too, very soothing for the stomach.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

It is good for workers to have an appetite;

an empty stomach drives them on.

(Proverbs 16:26, New Living Translation-NLT)

Lunch At Bao Bao Golden House Restaurant

This was a Tuesday and it was morning walk as usual.

Sunrise at 7:10am.

On the reverse side, facing Kledang Hill.

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Hubby and I had lunch with a friend who dropped by for a half day's visit. We decided to try a place which we haven't been to because I felt like having porridge. We have been here once before, that was before they changed ownership or the name of the restaurant.

We ordered the seafood porridge consisting of prawns, fish slices, clams and squids. This image is from the menu and we were expecting the porridge to be like this when it was served.

Surprise! The porridge was served and it was nothing like the image in the menu. But it was alright because the porridge was very tasty. Our friend insisted on ordering 2 side dishes.

#1 Asparagus with prawns.

Bitter gourd with pork ribs.

This yummy-licious lunch was a treat from our friend.

Ixora in my front garden.

For dinner, I cooked bak kut teh or herbal pork rib with pig stomach. The herbs came in a packet which I bought from our nearby Chinese herbal shop. For dinner, it was only bak kut teh and steamed brown rice. Kept back half portion for the next day meal.

Linking to Skywatch Friday.

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 really working for.

(Colossians 3:23-24, The Living Bible-TLB)

Sweet Sour Pork Rib & Poached Chinese Pomfret

Even though we woke up a bit late, we still got ready for morning walk.

Sunrise at 7:30am.

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Lunch for 2 people.

Sweet sour pork rib.

2nd half portion of yam bean.

Instead of rice, we had thin yee mee noodle.

Pink Mexican petunias.

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Dinner for 2 people.

Poached Chinese pomfrets.

The day before, I steamed the 2 pomfrets and hubby complained of the fishy smell. This time, I poached the pomfrets just like how I poached the chicken. All the fishy smell went into the water and this time, there was no complain from hubby. He did request for extra spring onions and ginger strips. Lol! so much garnishing until the pomfrets couldn't be seen.

Leftover sweet sour pork ribs from lunch.

Leftover yam bean from lunch.

For dinner, we had steamed brown rice.

For the time being, I wouldn't need to buy any meat.

So I am not writing to you as to those who need to know the truth,

but I warn you as those who can discern the difference

between true and false.

(1 John 2:21, The Living Bible-TLB)

Dinner 2nd Day CNY 2023

On most days, I only have to cook dinner. Many eateries were closed on the 1st and 2nd day of Chinese New Year 2023 (Sunday & Monday). Those that were opened were fully booked. So since Sunday, I have been cooking both lunch and dinner.

Blanched Chinese baby kai lan, drizzled with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

Poached Bearded Chicken.

There is a vast difference between a steamed and a poached chicken in texture and taste. My whole family prefers poached than steamed chicken.

Pounded ginger mixed with a bit of salt and with some hot garlic oil poured over it. A great condiment to eat with the poached chicken. Preferably add in some chopped spring onions but I didn't have any. I thought I bought some but couldn't find any spring onions in the fridge.

2 Sundays before Chinese New Year, there was a sponsored buffet lunch at The Salvation Army Perak Home For The Aged in Jelapang. It was a combined celebration of Christmas 2022, New Year 2023 and Chinese New Year 2023.

An old fashioned house front in Penang. The house looks like nobody has been staying in it as you can see all the letters were not picked up.

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

Stay always within the boundaries where God's love can reach and

bless you. Wait patiently for the eternal life that our Lord Jesus Christ

in his mercy is going to give you.

(Jude 1:21, The Living Bible-TLB)

Reunion CNY Dinner 2023

I have been missing in action after my last post on the 18th January, 2023 and that is about 4 days. I had to do the last minute spring cleaning because the cleaner woman's daughters were sick and couldn't come. I had to do the last minute shopping plus getting ready some Chinese New Year snacks.

Here is wishing "Happy, Healthy & Prosperous Chinese New Year 2023" to everyone celebrating the Chinese New Year.

Crunchy home fried arrowhead chips or nyaku and imitation crab sticks on the left and toasted cashew nuts.

The above 2 types of Love Letters were bought. On the left is love letters with peanut butter and chopped almond filling.  On the right is love letters with chicken meat floss filling.

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The following were all gifts from friends.

Cashew nut cookies and pineapple tarts.

On the left is Almond Florentine and on the right is Seaweed Crisps.

On the top is Chocolate nut cookies, on the left is Chicken biscuits and on the right is Pistachio nuts.

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Simple home cooked Reunion Dinner.

Fried Prawns

Roast Duck ordered from a restaurant.

Yee Sang or CNY prosperity toss salad dish ordered from a nearby restaurant.

The vegetables were all hidden underneath the crunchy stuff.

Blanched Ipoh beansprouts with garlic oil, oyster and soy ssauce.

Left over salted vegetable + roasted pig leg soup from lunch.

Reunion dinner 2023.

We had left over roast duck for the next day.

Ushering in the CNY 2023 with this beautiful Adenium flower, a gift from a friend.

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Breakfast this morning, Monday 23rd January (2nd day CNY).

Most of the coffee shops in our area are closed for 2 days and only 2 shops are opened and they were overflowing with customers. In the end, we went to a Mamak shop for a relaxed breakfast to avoid the crowd.

I ordered tosai with plain water and hubby ordered roti canai with teh tarik (Forgot to snap photos) Elder son ordered the above roti canai sarang burung with kopi ais. Younger son still sleeping in his room.

Visit Perak mural for Monday Mural.

Linking to Monday Mural.

Stay on the path that the Lord your God has commanded you to follow.

Then you will live long and prosperous lives in the land

you are about to enter and occupy.

(Deuteronomy 5:33, New Living Translation-NLT)