Made #stirfried #chayote & #shrimp with garlic & green onions. We're having it with rice & some goji leaves soup. We grow goji, green onions & garlic in our backyard. My 4th Uncle grows chayote squashes year round - outdoors in Summer & greenhouse in Winter. Shrimp is from a fishing friend. No store needed for the ingredients used 🙂

#AsianMastodon #AsianFood #ChineseFood #CulturalFood #TraditionalFood #SouthEastAsianFood #homecooked #food #squash #seafood #HealthyEats #cooking #DiabeticFriendly #FeedingMyFamily #dinner

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