Western Style Breakfast & 5 Treasures Rice Porridge For Dinner

This is 4th of June, last day of EMCO for Ipoh. We are eagerly looking forward to the 5th of June to resume our morning walk.

For a change, we had Western style breakfast.

1 fried egg, baked beans, 2 pieces of bread and a hot drink.

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5 Treasures Rice Porridge for dinner.

Ingredients used: Roast pork with bones, salted eggs, century eggs, chopped ginger and pickled lettuce.

Blanched home grown Brazilian Spinach, drizzled with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

Hubby and my neighbour said that this is the best porridge they have ever tasted.

This is one of the 3 pots of Purple Hearts in my garden.

I caught sight of this bee sucking nectar from the flower.

Even though I was holding my hand phone near, it didn't disturb the bee.

It was too busy concentrating on what it was doing.

After taking these snapshots, the bees was still busy at work on that flower.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

We are merely moving shadows,

and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.

We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it.

(Psalm 39:6, New Living Translation-NLT)

Herbal Duck Soup Noodle, Bak Kwa & Rice Porridge

This was one Sunday before the Lunar New Year. After finishing our morning walk, we took our car to buy take-away breakfast. We haven't been to this shop for a very long time probably because it is not on our regular route.

Sunrise at 7:40am

This is the shop: Restoran Sin Kooi Yuen.

The lady boss and her sister used to help her mother with the noodle shop in the Buntong wet market before she started her own shop here at shop #17, Jalan Raja Perempuan Mazwin, Taman Tinggi, Ipoh.

2 sets of wonton noodle - dry version.

We brought along our stainless steel tiffin carrier to takeaway the food.

We didn't want any wonton (dumplings) because we wanted herbal duck soup.

2 sets of wonton noodle with herbal duck soup and home made hot coffee.

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Later in the morning, I made a small portion of bbq dried pork (bak kwa) for home consumption. The minced pork was pre-marinated overnight in the fridge.

Before I made the bak kwa, I boiled tapioca sweet drink or tong sui.

When I gave the tapioca sweet drink to my friend and neighbour, my neighbour gave me a papaya in return. My neighbour has become my regular supplier of fresh papaya.

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Home cooked dinner on a warm evening.

The weather is hot so I decided to boil rice porridge with roast pork bones and peanuts.

Garnishing for the porridge: Ginger strips and chopped home grown spring onion.

Sauteed home grown long beans with garlic and salt.

Leftover food: Taro with mushroom and dried prawns.

We were able to finish everything, including the leftover food.

Commit everything you do to the Lord.

Trust him to help you do it, and he will.

(Psalm 37:5, The Living Bible-TLB)

Egg On Toast, Bread And Roast Pork Bone Porridge

Last Tuesday morning we didn't go out for morning walk. I went out early to sweep the porch area and also to water the plants.

Morning sky at 7:05am.

My fat, fat shadow.

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Home made breakfast.

My breakfast: Walnut sesame bread with butter & nutella spread and hot milo. Hubby's breakfast: Walnut sesame bread with 2 half boiled eggs and Nescafe.

 I tried to adjust the egg nicely on the 2 pieces of bread but instead I broke the egg yolks.

When I was younger, I liked thick nutella spread on the bread. Now I find the nutella too sweet for my liking, so I spread it sparingly on the bread.

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Home cooked dinner

I have some roast pork bones which I bought from Menglembu market and kept in the freezer. I took out a packet to cook roast pork bone, peanuts and rice porridge.

First, I soaked and then cooked to soften the peanuts in a pressure cooker. Then I added the pre-cooked and softened peanuts to the rice, roast pork bones and water in a pot. Once boiled, I lowered the flame and let it slow boiled till cooked.

Ginger strips and spring onions as garnishings.

My bowl of porridge with the garnishings, dashes of white pepper powder and some soy sauce. Hubby and I had 2 helpings of porridge. I boiled just enough of porridge, so there was no leftover.

Are there still some among you who hold that

"only believing" is enough? Believing in one God?

Well, remember that the demons believe this too -

so strongly that they tremble in terror!

Fool! When will you ever learn that "believing"

is useless without doing what God wants you to?

Faith that does not result in good deeds is not real faith.

(James 2:19-20, The Living Bible-TLB)