Peanut Jam, Instant Noodle & Stewed Fish Head With Noodle

There are some days when I prefer to have a simple breakfast, something like toast with peanut jam and black coffee. Hubby prefers toast with coconut jam (kaya). Not convenient to go to the market to buy coconut milk (santan) because of the lockdown, so for the time being no home made coconut jam.

The small bottle of peanut jam that I bought is almost finished. I remember I had some peanut chunks in the fridge. I had better use it to make peanut jam while it is still fresh.

The peanut chunk is enough to make the above 2 containers. One for my neighbour and one for me. This time I reduced the amount of olive oil and honey, so it is a bit thick.

This green and yellow Coleus is doing well and seems to be very happy with the weather.

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Lunch

Hubby was feeling hungry but lazy to go out to buy food. He ended up cooking a packet of Maggi Mee and added in 1 egg.

My neighbour came back from her weekly grocery shopping and blessed us with a comb of banana. Sometimes, these bananas have seeds.

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Dinner

My neighbour ordered stewed fish head for us.

Hubby doesn't know how to enjoy fish head, plus he is not a big fan of fish so I ended up having the whole fish head to myself.

I cooked dried noodle to go with the fish head.

Then I tossed the noodle with the gravy from the stewed fish.

Fish head stewed with chopped ginger, fermented beans (taucu) and chilies. Fortunately, it was not a big fish head, so I had no problem finishing the whole thing. So what did hubby had for dinner?

It was a Friday and he happily went to buy the above. The peanut sauce was packed separately. It consists of fish balls, fried dumplings, fried prawn fritters, pig skin, blanched water spinach, fish cake and tofu.

This was after the sauce has been poured over the ingredients. I don't know what it is called, but hubby and I referred to it as Pasar Malam Rojak, something similar to the Mamak Rojak.

If you are wise, live a life of steady goodness

so that only good deeds will pour forth.

And if you don't brag about them,

then you will be truly wise!

(James 3:13, The Living Bible-TLB)

Eating Raw Okra With Sambal Anchovies (Ikan Bilis)

I haven't been out for morning walk for more than a week. We have to wait for the EMCO to end on 4th June. By the 5th morning, we can safely resume our morning walk according to the latest nationwide MCO sop. Until then, I will enjoy the sunrises from the front of my house.

Sunrise at 7:15am

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Breakfast

Hubby went out on his motorcycle to buy breakfast.

Wat Tan Hor (Noodle with thick egg gravy).

Flat rice noodle (koay teow) stir fried with oil, dark and light soy sauce was placed separately from the thick egg gravy.

Wat Tan Hor with the thick egg gravy poured over the stir fried noodle.

Hubby's breakfast after I have taxed a few mouthfuls.

Hubby's breakfast and 2-in-1 black coffee for us.

I had peanut butter on toast for breakfast.

This cockscomb flower was too heavy for the plant. The small plant was leaning to one side due to the weight of the flower.

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Lunch

I didn't snap photo of hubby's lunch so I can't remember what he ate but the following photos show what I ate.

There was bread, sambal anchovies and freshly picked okras from my garden. Fresh raw okras are crunchy and nice to eat. 

So I decided that I want to try making sandwich with sambal anchovies and raw okra.

This was how I ate it.

Then I decided to try okra with sambal anchovies without the bread and found that it is nicer this way.

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Home cooked dinner.

Steamed a small sized grouper fish with chopped ginger and garlic. Once cooked, I poured a mixture of Chinese cooking wine, oyster and soy sauce over the fish before serving.

Steamed minced pork with preserved vegetable (tong choy).

Sambal dried prawn with home grown sweet potato leaves.

I almost burnt this dish because I was distracted by phone call.

It was edible but overcooked.

Thank God for His provision that we can enjoy this simple home cooked dinner.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

There before me lies the mighty ocean,

teeming with life of every kind, both great and small.

And look! See the ships!

And over there, the whale you made to play in the sea.

Every one of these depends on you to give them daily food.

You supply it, and they gather it.

You open wide your hand to feed them,

and they are satisfied with all your bountiful provision.

(Psalm 104:25-28, The Living Bible-TLB)

Spicy Mustard Green & Stewed Pork Leg (1st Day EMCO Perak)

This was Saturday, 1st day Ipoh started EMCO. So, no morning walk for the time being. 

Morning sky at 7:20am.

Morning sky at 7:23am.

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Breakfast.

We received 6 steamed buns from our neighbour the day before. I took out 2 buns (with kaya filling) to steam for breakfast.

We also had toast with kaya for hubby and peanut butter for me.

I bought the smallest bottle.

I prefer super chunk peanut butter to the smooth spread.

We had black coffee.

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Lunch

We had leftover spicy mustard green from the previous day's dinner.

Just nice for 2 bowls. We ate this for lunch.

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Dinner.

Our neighbour bought 2 portions of stewed pork leg and gave 1 portion to us. I heated up the stewed pork leg and added in the remaining sweet pea and fresh mushroom.

Together with the stewed pork leg, chopped garlic and cut chilies were packed together. Hubby added dark sauce to the garlic.

I prefer the cut chilies in soy sauce.

Blanched home grown okras and eggplants and topped with spicy chili dried prawns.

Dinner on a rainy evening.

In bygone days he permitted the nations to go their own ways,

but he never left himself without a witness;

there were always his reminders - the kind things he did such as

sending you rain and good crops and giving you food and gladness.

(Acts 14:16-17, The Living Bible-TLB)

Home Made Peanut Jam & Home Cooked Dinner

These days due to the hot weather we are staying home most of the time. We only go out whenever necessary. One thing we try not to miss is our early morning walk at the park. We walk 5 days and rest 2 days. 1 day to have breakfast with friends and 1 day for church.

 Morning sky at 7:10 am

 7:20 am

 This stunning fiery sky shot was taken about 5 mins after the above snapshot.

 7:30 am

 Back home outside my house, a pair of birds perched on the electric cable.

 This is the best I can get with my smartphone camera.

 Someone gave me a packet of salted peanuts. We found it too hard to munch on these peanuts. Instead I used the peanuts to make peanut jam which we can spread on bread.

 Vegetable soup for a hot day.

(pork rib, cabbage, carrot, and home grown spring onions)

 Home grown snake beans and egg plant cooked with roast pork.

 I can eat lots of vegetables with the soup without any rice.

This was our dinner without rice. All the carrot went to my bowl because hubby doesn't like carrot.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

Without wise leadership, a nation is in trouble;

but with good counselors there is safety.

(Proverbs 11:14, The Living Bible-TLB)

Thankful For A Blessed Day

First, I want to wish all my friends and readers:

HAPPY EASTER & A BLESSED WEEKEND!

I woke up just before the alarm clock went off. It was another warm day and we wanted to start our walk early.

 We were out of the house by 6:30 am.

This is the best moon image I can get with my smartphone camera.

 Fried rice vermicelli with pork and prawns for my breakfast.

Fried flat rice noodle with prawns and egg for hubby's breakfast.

My tall okra plant with the long okras.

Reminds me of "Jack and the giant bean stalk" story. 

Red okra plants bearing fruits.

 This morning's harvest from my garden.

 Accompanied a friend who wanted to eat the above for lunch.

Roast pork, bbq pork & stuffed intestine (siew cheong) & rice.

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I tried out a simple crunchy peanut jam recipe.

 This was the result. Good, but a bit too think.

Home made peanut jam to eat with bread.

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The weather is too warm, not in the mood for home cooking.

This was our dinner. 2 pieces of chapati (Indian bread) with spicy sambal and sardine curry, 10 sticks of satay (bbq chicken) and 1 glass of black coffee with ice.

Chicken satay with peanut sauce.

Vertical garden.

A friend sent me this image of a millipede from her garden.

Then, I sent this image to her of this millipede from my garden.

Whoever uses this stairway will have to get my approval.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

So use every piece of God's armor

to resist the enemy whenever he attacks,

and when it is all over, you will still be standing up.

But to do this, you will need the strong belt of truth and

the breastplate of God's approval.

(Ephesians 6:13-14, The Living Bible-TLB)