frustratedearthmother
Sustainability Master
Everything looks beautiful and delicious!
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Phaedra's Journal - Eat, Play, Live
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baymule
Sustainability Master
You could write for a food magazine. Your meals are always pretty and attractive. Plus they look scrumptious!
tortoise
Wild Hare
I agree! Instagram? Write a cookbook? You have amazing talent and skill.
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Phaedra
Lovin' The Homestead
Thanks, I once liked to share a lot on FB groups and was also invited to write a cookbook. However, I changed my mind later. Those things can add "followers" or "likes," -- but the number of "followers" or "likes" won't increase the quality of my life. It's not worth investing my precious time in those activities.
I feel comfortable participating in TEG and have a similar feeling here.
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Phaedra
Lovin' The Homestead
Today's Dinner - we enjoyed the food very much.
Salmon egg roll / seaweed and broccoli / ginger pork / collection of homemade side dishes / rice
It's impossible for me to get a meal like this in Germany, so the best way is to make it on my own.
Saturday is the grocery day. The items I bought were mostly those with special offers of the week or a close best-before discount. For example, we got nice European bass, chicken thighs, and pork at an attractive price; plain yogurt, scallions, and raspberries at a 30%~50% discount.
The discounted Yogurt in the glass jars is my favorite - I love glass jars.
I am used to making the maximized use of all ingredients. Cats, dogs, chickens, quails, and humans (us) get the proper parts and portions under one budget.
When I prepare our food, I also prepare the ingredients for our cats and dogs.
This is their portion for about two days.
The main meal for cats today - they got plain yogurt and egg yolk (from our own hens) as supplements.
The main meal for dogs today, as they prefer cooked food recently...
I am running a mini family restaurant in a small town, and I'm in love with my current lifestyle.
Salmon egg roll / seaweed and broccoli / ginger pork / collection of homemade side dishes / rice
It's impossible for me to get a meal like this in Germany, so the best way is to make it on my own.
Saturday is the grocery day. The items I bought were mostly those with special offers of the week or a close best-before discount. For example, we got nice European bass, chicken thighs, and pork at an attractive price; plain yogurt, scallions, and raspberries at a 30%~50% discount.
The discounted Yogurt in the glass jars is my favorite - I love glass jars.
I am used to making the maximized use of all ingredients. Cats, dogs, chickens, quails, and humans (us) get the proper parts and portions under one budget.
When I prepare our food, I also prepare the ingredients for our cats and dogs.
This is their portion for about two days.
The main meal for cats today - they got plain yogurt and egg yolk (from our own hens) as supplements.
The main meal for dogs today, as they prefer cooked food recently...
I am running a mini family restaurant in a small town, and I'm in love with my current lifestyle.
baymule
Sustainability Master
Your happiness is evident and I can “see” the smile on your face. Nothing can replace contentment and happiness.
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Phaedra
Lovin' The Homestead
My new morning routine - the cats have their first meal (and then go to sleep) while I have my morning tea or coffee and read a bit.
Like hens, I used to give the cats a little food before they went to bed. They usually have their main meal in the late afternoon.
It's a quality time for both, cats and I.
After the morning tea time, the bread buns were also ready to be sent into the oven. This is the bread we share with our neighbors on both sides today - honey and walnuts. Instead of egg wash on the surface before baking, I added a thin layer of salted butter after baking - the overall flavor is amazingly balanced.
And, today is a seafood day - nothing fancy, but everything is tasty. Home food never costs a fortune, but it always guarantees satisfaction.
Homemade sweets also make me happy - Christmas cookies and chocolate pralines.
Like hens, I used to give the cats a little food before they went to bed. They usually have their main meal in the late afternoon.
It's a quality time for both, cats and I.
After the morning tea time, the bread buns were also ready to be sent into the oven. This is the bread we share with our neighbors on both sides today - honey and walnuts. Instead of egg wash on the surface before baking, I added a thin layer of salted butter after baking - the overall flavor is amazingly balanced.
And, today is a seafood day - nothing fancy, but everything is tasty. Home food never costs a fortune, but it always guarantees satisfaction.
Homemade sweets also make me happy - Christmas cookies and chocolate pralines.
baymule
Sustainability Master
What a nice morning routine. It looks peaceful.
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Phaedra
Lovin' The Homestead
Happy New Year!
DH had a 10-day holiday at the end of 2022, and we stayed at home most of the time cleaning, doing groceries, fixing, and enjoying the peaceful atmosphere.
The shops here usually offer a 50% discount for Christmas-related goods. I got two such wooden boxes for five Euros and transformed them (with sandpapers and oil) into practical but lovely utensil storage in our bedroom.
The edges were re-shaped with sandpapers, and the surfaces had an oil bath.
Love them!
I made some Shumai (a steamed Hong Kong cuisine) from scratch today, and it's far easier than I expected. Of course, they are flavorful and yummy.
The filling is made of shrimp, pork, egg, some sesame oil, and salt.
As the first meal of the new year, I'm satisfied.
I started cleaning up the garden and planning what to grow this year. Can't wait to create another 365-day adventure in different kinds of universes - gardening, reading, cooking, sewing, candle-making, etc.
DH had a 10-day holiday at the end of 2022, and we stayed at home most of the time cleaning, doing groceries, fixing, and enjoying the peaceful atmosphere.
The shops here usually offer a 50% discount for Christmas-related goods. I got two such wooden boxes for five Euros and transformed them (with sandpapers and oil) into practical but lovely utensil storage in our bedroom.
The edges were re-shaped with sandpapers, and the surfaces had an oil bath.
Love them!
I made some Shumai (a steamed Hong Kong cuisine) from scratch today, and it's far easier than I expected. Of course, they are flavorful and yummy.
The filling is made of shrimp, pork, egg, some sesame oil, and salt.
As the first meal of the new year, I'm satisfied.
I started cleaning up the garden and planning what to grow this year. Can't wait to create another 365-day adventure in different kinds of universes - gardening, reading, cooking, sewing, candle-making, etc.
frustratedearthmother
Sustainability Master
Love the boxes and the food looks delicious, as usual!
