fall planting and cooking

9-19--25-2022

 

 DINNERS --- homemade tortillas | Mexican rice, re-fried black beans,  salsa and sunny side egg | corn | butternut squash and apple soup | Korean style beef ribs | Japaese style simmered pot of tofu, mushroom, shishito peppers and lotus root

 

 

 

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from one's own garden 

beauty berry

English hawthorn 

gardenia

• a few new trees settled in. more to come...
  

colorful display of berries and leaves

11-10-2020 Tue. 

BREAKFAST --- coffee | Belgium waffle with berries | mango 

AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea

DINNER --- steamed dumplings with lamb and vegetable filling 

• leaves from the garden. 

best colors of the autumn

11-09-2020 Mon. 

 DINNER ---   curry cauliflowers | baked Japanese sweet potato fries | parboiled dandelion greens | french green lentils  

• spectacular leaves in the garden,  the color show peaks this week.  

tree counting in US National Arboretum

11-07-2020 Sat. 

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | orange bread | fruit 

AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea 

DINNER --- mocktail | pan-fried pomfret | pan-fried plantain | sauteed fresh peas with bean curd 

US National Arboretum 

giant leaf magnolia 

Chinese camellia  planted in 1948 from a seed

Chinese persimmon 

• a brilliant day