Smoked Salted Duck & Green Amaranth For Dinner

This was the first Thursday of March.

Took this photo before we started our morning walk at 7:08am.

Sunrise at 7:33am.

Sunrise at 7:36am.

Sunrise at 7:40am.

Home grown Green Amaranth growing in a small patch in front of our house.

I harvested the Green Amaranth and some left over Water Spinach (kangkong) found growing next to the Green Amaranth.

Will be using these greens for dinner.

I re-steamed the thawed frozen smoked salted duck (half a duck) and chopped it up for dinner.

Blanched Green Amaranth with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

This was our dinner for 2 persons.

The smoked salted duck was tasty but the texture a bit hard.

Linking to Friday Bliss, Skywatch Friday & Garden Affair.

We have not yet seen all of this take place,

but we do see Jesus - who for a while was a little

lower than the angels - crowned now by God

with glory and honor because he suffered death for us.

Yes, because of God's great kindness,

Jesus tasted death for everyone in all the world.

(Hebrews 2:7b-9, The Living Bible-TLB)

Smoked Duck & Yam Bean For Dinner

This was Tuesday, 8th day of Chinese New Year. It was raining the whole of Monday night until the wee hours of Tuesday morning.

Morning sky at 7:10am.

The rain has stopped and we had our morning walk. We walked a big round and ended up at one of the coffee shop for breakfast.

Fried rice vermicelli with prawns and egg.

This is the first time I ordered from this fried noodle stall.

Hubby ordered rolled chee cheong fun with yam bean filling. He added 2 pieces of fish cake. He found the fish cake too salty for his liking.

Morning sky at 8:16am.

We walked home after breakfast. The sky remained gloomy for the whole day.

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Dinner for 2 people.

I dug out the above package from the freezer. It was a smoked duck bone-in leg. I can't even remember where I bought it from.

I steamed the smoked duck and chopped it into pieces before serving.

Shredded yam bean cooked with garlic, dried shrimp, shredded carrot and garlic. Seasoning: salt, oyster sauce, light sauce.

This was our dinner with brown rice porridge.

Some smoked duck is very salty but not this one.

Will buy this again.

For a soul is far too precious to be ransomed by mere earthly wealth.

There is not enough of it in all the earth to buy eternal life

for just one soul, to keep it out of hell.

(Psalm 49:8-9, The Living Bible-TLB)

Smoked (Not Waxed) Duck, Sambal Long Beans & Noodle For Dinner

One of the joy we get from our early morning walk is getting to witness the beauty of sunrises.

Sunrise through the trees.

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I am glad that I have used up most of the frozen foodstuff from the freezer. In the midst of clearing, I found a piece of smoked (not waxed) duck which I thawed and steamed for dinner. Sorry for my mistake. I typed waxed instead of smoked duck.

Boneless smoked waxed duck given by a friend.

Home grown long beans cooked with dried prawns sambal.

Only 1 potato left in the fridge. I boiled the potato, peeled off the skin, cut into wedges and drizzled with roasted sesame dressing.

Noodle for hubby and boiled potato for me.

Simple dinner for 2 people.

Pink Mexican Petunia (Pink Showers).

They can self propagate by dispersing their seeds. They grow well and do not need much care. Once they are allowed to bloom in your garden, they will stay.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

So overflowing is his kindness toward us that he took away

all our sins through the blood of his Son, by whom we are saved;

and he has showered down upon us the richness of his grace - for

how well he understands us and knows what is best for us at all times.

(Ephesians 1:7-8, The Living Bible-TLB)

Smoked Duck, Fried Fish, Long Beans & Rice Porridge For Dinner

We woke up early on a Saturday morning but we waited till 6:20am before we set out for our early morning walk. 

The moon was still bright at 6:20am.

 The small light is the street light.

At that hour many people were still asleep.

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I have to be diligent in home cooking because I need to clear the frozen foodstuff from the freezer. So for dinner, I took out the piece of smoked duck and some pre-cooked fishes which we, the local called "suk yue". Both were given by 2 different friends.

I warmed up the smoked duck by steaming and slice it into slices.

I deep fried the "suk yue" and served with cut lime. I will squeeze the lime juice over the fishes before we start dinner.

Steamed home grown long beans and served with sambal dried prawns.

The above dishes are best eaten with plain rice porridge.

Red bougainvillea with white stigma from my garden.

We were at a hardware shop and I noticed this old wooden stool. It has been reinforced with addition pieces of wood. This gave me an idea to save one of my shaky wooden stool which I used for gardening purposes.

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

 To win the contest you must deny yourselves many things

that would keep you from doing your best.

An athlete goes to all this trouble

just to win a blue ribbon or a silver cup,

but we do it for a heavenly reward that never disappears.

So I run straight to the goal with purpose in every step.

I fight to win. I'm not just shadow-boxing or playing around.

(1 Corinthians 9:25-26, The Living Bible-TLB)

Smoked Duck, Salad, Long Bean & Rice Porridge

Early in the morning, while we were getting ready to go out for our morning walk, I received a voice message from our friend. It was to inform us that she had bought breakfast for us and wanted us to collect it on our way home because we were not allowed to dine-in.

We shared the 3 small pieces of roti canai. It was a filling breakfast after drinking our home made hot milo and Nescafe drink.

After breakfast, I went out to the garden to water my plants and harvested the above cucumber.

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LUNCH

For lunch, I steamed a small portion of the boneless smoked duck and cooked noodle for hubby. The liquid from the steamed smoked duck was used for mixing the noodle. I didn't want any noodle so I ate the potato, long bean and cucumber salad dressed with roasted sesame dressing.

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DINNER

I steamed the last portion of the boneless smoked duck for dinner.

I sauteed some home grown long beans with garlic and salt.

We had plain rice porridge with steamed smoked duck and sauteed long beans.

After washing up, I took the garbage out and took these snapshot of the evening sky at 7:18pm.

The sun has set behind the Kledang Hills.

This hibiscus plant is near where I placed my garbage. Can you see the burnt edges of the petals? I don't know what happened.

The other flower from the same plant was spared and its petals were not affected.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

Since he did not spare even his own Son for us

but gave him up for us all,

won't he also surely give us everything else?

(Romans 8:32, The Living Bible-TLB)

Chinese New Year Gifts From Family And Friends

Two days ago, I received a text message from a family member informing me to expect a parcel which will be delivered to my house. 

Sure enough, I received the parcel. Inside the parcel, I found four different packs of bird's nest products.

Each pack contains 6 bottles.

This morning, I received another parcel with the above items. This is also from a family member.

There are 5 different packs in the gift box.

Yesterday morning, I received 4 curry puffs and a box of chocolate brownie from Friend A.

Frozen boneless waxed smoked duck from Friend A.

The above 3 items also from Friend A.

Homemade honeycomb cake from my neighbour.

Chinese sausages, mushrooms and 1 can of abalone from neighbour.

Nuts and 2 cans of abalone from Friend B. 

I bought 1 container of love letters (on the left) and fried arrowhead chips (nyaku) about 2 kg (on the right).

My homemade Bak Kwa from 1 kg of minced pork.

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Today is Chinese New Year Eve or the Lunar New Year Eve and family members are supposed to gather for the reunion dinner this evening. Due to the lockdown, many will not be able to join their family for the reunion dinner.

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Chinese New Year eve lunch for hubby and I.

I bought Chinese rojak.

My sister dropped by to deliver the above roast chicken from Baker's Cottage.

Black pepper roast chicken. We ate the wings and the legs and left the breast meat for making salad.

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For dinner, I won't be cooking because waiting for dinner to be delivered to our house.

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The following photos are for joining Friday memes.

Breaking of dawn - 7:09am

7:16am

7:17am

7:18am

To all my blogger friends and readers who are celebrating the Lunar New Year, wishing you

" HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR "

Linking to Friday Bliss, Skywatch Friday & Garden Affair.

They (We) celebrate your abundant goodness and

joyfully sing of your righteousness.

(Psalm 145:7, New International Version-NIV)