I steamed some #haddock #fish with loads of #ginger & #green onions & added some dried, fried onions to garnish. It's a nice dish to have with steamed rice, on a stormy Autumn day.

#seafood #DiabeticFriendly #AsianMastodon #AsianFood #ChineseFood #TraditionalFood #CulturalFood #homecooked #SouthEastAsianFood #SteamedFish #Food #cooking

Late lunch.
Baked #WildCoho #salmon with #CaulifowerRice with #quinoa added. Not shown, homemade garlic bread. The wild salmon is from our Indigenous friends in Komoks ❤️ The dill & cauliflower used were harvested from our backyard garden. The lemon used is from big Auntie's greenhouse.

#DiabeticFriendly & heart healthy meal for me & Mom.
I'm making my brother bacon wrapped chicken drumsticks in a bit. He requested it this week 😊

#Fish #BoycottFarmedSalmon #Seafood #food #cooking #homecooked #entree #FeedingMyFamily #CoastalLiving #LocalIngredients #LowCarbonFoodFootprints #WildSalmon #VancouverIsland

My #lunch today. Baked #salmon on #salad.
Both Mom & I can eat this easy meal.
Vegetables, except the carrots are from our gardens. Wild salmon was gifted by Indigenous friends.

#Food #Seafood #DiabeticFriendly #BalancedMeal #HealthyEats #SummerEats #fish

Fried up half of an #AsianCarp for part of Mom's #DiabeticFriendly & #HeartHealthy late lunch.
These are invasive species in BC - people are encouraged to catch them to help with removal from our waterways. You can eat them. They're tasty.

#Cooking #food #seafood #EatInvasiveFish #EatInvasiveSpecies #carp #Wsanec #AsianMastodon #FriedFish #fish

Don't toss/compost your homegrown #PepperLeaves. #Harvest them because they're food. They can be used as herbs substitute if you don't have basil or mints. They can be cooked & eaten. They're nutritious, so start eating your pepper leaves!

Mom had told me that in her matriarch village, our relations grew & harvested #peppers & #leaves for many generations. It's used in many different Asian cultures as both food & medicine.

Pepper leaves #HealthBenefits ⬇️

#Antioxidants -
Pepper leaves are rich in antioxidants, which help protect the body from damage caused by free radicals.

#AntiInflammatory -
Pepper leaves have anti-inflammatory properties that help reduce inflammation in the body.

#DigestiveHealth -
Pepper leaves can aid in digestion and reduce stomach upset.

#ImmunityBoost -
Pepper leaves contain vitamins and minerals that help boost the immune system

I used these harvested pepper leaves to fry up with garlic & eggs for my Mom 😊 It's #DiabeticFriendly 👍

#AsianMastodon #EatLeaves #SouthEastAsianFood #CulturalFood #TraditionalFood #FoliageAsFood #GrowItEatIt #GrowYourOwnFood #homegrown #AsianFood #HealthFood #Food

Well hello reality! Monday my life changed dramatically. I was diagnosed diabetic, started on meds, given a rough idea how to eat, prescribed the most basic supplies to monitor my blood sugar and set loose to figure it all out.

I am not a fan.

However, I need some new connections, I do better when I have support so...

#diabetes #type2diabetic #Diabetics #diabeticfriendly #balanceddiet #lowcarb #quiltlovinlisa

First #sunchoke flower has bloomed 🌻
Once the plants finish blooming & leaves have yellowed, I dig out several roots to cook & store for winter food 👩‍🌾😊

#DiabeticFriendly tuber 👍
Ways to cook & pickle it:
https://yummyaddiction.com/how-to-cook-sunchokes/

#WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #Gardeners #GardeningMastodon #Zone8 #YYJ #GrowItEatIt #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #EdiblePlants #PNW #botanical #Wsanec #FoodGarden #DisabledGardeners #GrowFood #EdibleGarden #GreenLiving #GrowVegetables #YouGrowGirl #FoodPlants #JerusalemArtichoke

Made my Mom a mediterranean #salad with lean #chicken for her lunch. She'll need the #food energy when my nephew comes to visit in a few minutes.

#HealthyFood #Lunch #homemade #DiabeticFriendly #FeedingMyFamily #FreshFood

Y'all. I just had the most yummy Lemon Burnt Basque. I've been really struggling with food burnout recently and this has just made my day. Everything is gluten free and that is so rare for me to find.

If you're in Melbourne, check out 'Regretless - Low Carb Pleasure' in Midcity. It's tucked away a bit but if you enter from Chinatown it's easy to find.

https://instagram.com/regretless_au?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

#GlutenFree #DiabeticFriendly #Melbourne