Edibles Growing In My Garden

These days, I have not been out for foodie hunt so today, I will share about the edibles growing in my garden.

Bitter Lettuce.

I got the seeds from a friend.

From the first sowing of seeds, only 2 seedlings sprouted successfully.

I thought the success rate was low, so I sowed all the remaining seeds and these sprouted. These are now grown in the veggie patch in front of my house next to my neighbour's.

Corn plants in the front veggie patch.

I have 4 yam beans growing in black plastic bags in the front garden. Hope there is something for me to harvest in the near future.

Skinny cauliflower plants.

Green brinjals.

Chili plants are still fruiting.

Snake long beans seedlings newly transferred to these big pots.

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We found the following mural during our short trip to Penang in 2022.

Children flying kites.

This mural was painted on the side wall of a corner shop.

Linking to Monday Mural.

The rich man thinks of his wealth as an impregnable defense,

a high wall of safety. What a dreamer!

(Proverbs 18:11, The Living Bible-TLB)

Updates From My Garden January 2023

I have been busy cooking lunch and dinner for the family and for most of the meals I have forgotten to snap photos of the dishes that I have cooked. So, no food post for the time being. Instead, I will update on my garden plants.

Okra or ladies' fingers.

Currently, I have 2 okra plants growing in the same pot.

This long okra was harvested a day late and it was not good for food, hard and fibrous.

Green brinjals / eggplants /aubergines growing in my garden.

This must be harvested before the seeds harden.

Sometimes, it can grow quite long and still is tender.

I sowed a few yellow cucumber seeds and only one is successful.

Cranberry Hibiscus blooming away.

This patch of land which I used to plant green and purple amaranth has been infested with tiny snails and they will eat up all the young leaves. I will try to plant corn instead and see if the snails will attack the corn plants.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

Like sheep you wandered away from God,

but now you have returned to your Shepherd,

The Guardian of your souls who keeps you safe from all attacks.

(1 Peter 2:25, The Living Bible-TLB)

Home Grown Green + Purple Brinjals & Ladies Fingers

During the long rainy season, some of the edible plants that did well are the ladies' finger and the brinjals. Brinjals are also known as eggplants or aubergine.

Long green ladies' fingers.

Green brinjals.

Purple brinjal.

Purple brinjal.

Purple brinjals take slightly longer time to cook than the green brinjals.

On this particular morning, I harvested 2 long green ladies' fingers, 1 purple brinjal and 3 green brinjals.

I usually steamed the brinjals and the ladies fingers. Sometimes, I will add them to the curry dish. This time, I used the brinjals and ladies' fingers together with cabbage to cook with sambal belacan + dried shrimps.

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I saw the following photos when I was holidaying in Penang. I know the 2 portraits belong to 2 members of the Beatles group but I don't know their name. Can you help me with their names?

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

If you must choose, take a good name rather than great riches;

for to be held in loving esteem is better than silver and gold.

(Proverbs 22:1, The Living Bible-TLB)

Arrowroot + Lotus Root Soup & Steamed Brinjals

When we stepped out of our gate for morning walk, a lovely sunrise greeted us.

Sunrise at 7:07am.

Since I am already feeling very much better, I spent some time tidying up the garden.

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I haven't been cooking since my gastric problem started. Feeling energized, I decided to cook dinner yesterday evening.

Arrowroot (fan kok) + lotus root + carrot + red dates + goji berries + pork bones.

I had some home grown green brinjals and 1 purple brinjal in my fridge. Normally I will steamed the brinjals and later peel off the skin.                                    Compared to the purple brinjals, the skin of green brinjals is thin which makes it difficult for peeling. When cooked, I left the skin on the brinjals, slit them in half and drizzled them with oyster and soy sauce and garlic oil down the centre. The brinjals were soft and nice but the single purple brinjal took a longer time to soften. If you don't like to eat the skin, you can easily scrap off the soft flesh from the skin.

Linking to Skywatch Friday.

Since we, God's children, are human beings - made of flesh and

blood - he became flesh and blood too by being born in human form;

for only as a human being could he die and

in dying break the power of the devil who had the power of death.

(Hebrews 2:14, The Living Bible-TLB)

Some Of My Breakfast Food

I am running out of food photos to post because I have been eating more or else the same food that I have posted before.

Loh mai kai or steamed glutinous rice with chicken from the drink section in Restoran Yee Lock in Ipoh new town.

One of our favourite curry noodles from Kedai Kopi Ah Chow in Ipoh old town.

We also like the garlic bread from the drink section.

Due to my poor digestion or gastric problem, I have to go on a bland diet. No coffee, tea, spicy or sour food and no fried stuffs. I have to be a good girl and obey the doctor's instruction. Hopefully, I will recover soon because I am getting bored with the bland diet.

Algaonema Pink Lady from my garden.

Flower of the Aglaonema Pink Lady.

This is hubby's vertical garden project, growing lettuce.

I received some miniature purple brinjal or eggplant from a friend.

The green brinjal is from my garden.

Whenever I don't feel like going out to eat, I will think of frying rice with onions, dried shrimps and egg.

This is the City Hall in Penang.

From the internet: It was completed in 1903. This 2-storey building combines Edwardian Baroque and Palladian architectural styles. It has been listed as a national monument since 1982 under the Antiquities Act 1976. The building was last renovated between 2004 and 2005. Although the City Hall retains much of its original form, the original arcades or loggias on the ground floor have been enclosed with windows.

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

Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones.

Let me rejoice in the joy of your people;

let me praise you with those who are your heritage.

(Psalm 106:5, New Living Translation-NLT)

White Bitter Gourd Soup & Steamed Okra + Brinjal

We are still having lots of rain, hopefully no more floods or damaging thunderstorms.

Sunrise at 7:35am.

We usually have sunny morning and rain later in afternoon or night.

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Due to too much water, the bitter gourds were getting yellow tips so I had to harvest them earlier. The only way to consume them fast is either to make stuffed bitter gourd or use them to boil soup.

Since I had soup bones in the freezer, I decided to make bitter gourd soup which happens to be one of hubby's favourite soups.

We also had steamed long green okras and green brinjals (eggplants), topped with chili oil and soy sauce. This was our home cooked dinner for 2 people.

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Hubby likes the colourful Coleus. He has been collecting different types of Coleus from kind and generous aunties that we pass by on our morning walk. The following are the Coleus in our collection.

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These colourful leaves make up for their tiny flowers

Linking to Skywatch Friday & Friday Bliss.

The voice says, "Shout!"

"What shall I shout?" I asked.

"Shout that man is like the grass that dies aways,

and all his beauty fades like dying flowers.

The grass withers, the flowers fades beneath the breath of God.

And so it is with fragile man. The grass withers, the flowers fade,

but the word of our God shall stand forever."

(Isaiah 40:6-8, The Living Bible-TLB)