Breakfast

Pumpkin — Sun, 12 May 2013 03:00:44 +0000

Tofu scramble with garden veggies

Fruits of the Garden

Pumpkin — Sun, 12 May 2013 02:58:54 +0000

Here’s what I picked this morning: Rosemary, chives, salad leaves, basil, lemongrass, parsley

Snake Fruit

Pumpkin — Sun, 12 May 2013 02:57:18 +0000

Watch out for splinters on Snake Fruit aka Salak. They are sweet and juicy, but a bit too much effort to open and the spikes make a mess. I bought them for germination purposes.

Fried Durian

Pumpkin — Wed, 08 May 2013 07:10:58 +0000

Two out of three times I bought Durian recently, was a miss. The first time, was packaged durian at Tin Hau’s fruit stand. It was completely overripe, bordering rotten. Toss. The next time I bought a whole durian, it was wonderful (see photo from an earlier post).

Today, I bought packaged durian again, and it was not ripe at all. Very disappointing. I nearly tossed it out, when I found an article about cooking unripe tofu. So I gave it a shot.

I sauteed durian in coconut milk and olive oil, with some spices including fresh jalapeno. The result, is something that tastes like buttery potatoes or pumpkin with a hint of sweet Durian. Not bad at all. At least I know that unripe Durian can be saved.

Garden Update

Pumpkin — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:49:10 +0000

I’ve been so enamored with the vines wrapping around the trellis, I didn’t notice these furry little beans until today. It’s a miracle!

This flower appeared overnight on the pepper plant.

The pumpkin plants all have flowers about to open…pumpkins come next.

Spicy Mung Bean Coconut Pasta

Pumpkin — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:54:59 +0000

This is the ultimate 5 minute 5 ingredient healthy meal that is gluten free & vegan.

Boil mung beans until tender (about 3 minutes) then saute for about two minutes with coconut milk, diced baby corn, spicy peppers, and 2 limes (squeeze the juice out and throw them in). Add salt/pepper. Done!

Collecting Basil Seeds

Pumpkin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:59:11 +0000

a lady from a local plant shop dropped off some organic soil at my place yesterday…and to my excitement, walked around my rooftop garden with Ooohs and Ahhs and gave me some gardening tips (mostly body language as she speaks Chinese). One of the tips was that the flowery part of the basil hold seeds. She showed me how to collect them…and now I have over 50 seeds from two branches of basil for re-planting. Nature’s gift.

Best Mangos I’ve Ever Had

Pumpkin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:08:25 +0000

While there are over 150 varieties of mangos in the world, in the US you can find about one or two varieties of mangos at a supermarket. In the last couple of weeks, I came across two mango varieties I’ve never never seen, in Hong Kong. The green mango and Thai Mango pictured below. The green mango is sweet & sour and has a perfumy taste that’s not comparable to anything else. The Thai mango is incredibly sweet and perfumey as well. I brought a bunch of thai mangos to a BBQ party and it was a huge hit.

and a few days later, these mangos were consumed..and these are their seeds. Can you tell which one is which?

Hellooo Lover

Pumpkin — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:44:58 +0000

Baked purple & yellow potato chips

Pumpkin — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:26:38 +0000

Purple potatoes are so beautiful. They also stain anything they come in contact with. I hand diced these puppies with a potato peeler then baked with vegetable oil, dill, fresh rosemary and salt for about 30 minutes until crunchy.