Tuesday Meal: Steamed Gourds and Vegan Meatballs in Mushrooms, Tomatoes Sauce. 🌱🍄🍅😋❤️☮️🌏

Hello everyone, hope you have a beautiful Tuesday and enjoy your wholesome vegan meals always!🤗

Today I made a simple mixed of veggies with vegan meatballs. 😋👍

Main ingredients:

1. Steamed sliced gourds with freshly grated gingers to preserve the freshness because they can get mushy really quickly.

2. Sauté vegan meatballs with sliced tomatoes and mushrooms with herbs seasoning, green onions, salt and peppers.

I am looking forward to enjoying my lunch today over a nice cup of tea in this cool weather. 😁

As always, be inspired, be joyful, take a picture and Enjoy it! 😋❤️

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator]

How beautifully presented Koko, that looks lovely. A nice hot cup of tea is definately welcome in this cold weather 😁

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

Awe thank you Debs very much, you are so kind!🤗🙏

I love sponge gourd very much and I hope you have them over there. They are so healthy as blood filter that people with jaundice are recommended to have them. A cup of hot tea is the best after a meal as it becomes my habit except for summer. 😁

Hope everything is going well with you this week!🤗

P.S.: My knob just came today Debs 🌱☺️💚

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[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

That is awesome - looks excellent quality as well 😊

I am not aware that we can get sponge gourd here - I will keep a look out though

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

Thank you Debs, I love it, feel a little more personal touch. 😇

I hope you are able to find them because not only they are healthy but tasty too. 😋👍

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

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[Kainan Guest]

Really beautiful presentation. And looks real satisfying. I bet you’re enjoying the cooler weather with your cuppa tea 👌

[Hidden in reply to Kainan]

Thank you Kainan very much! 🤗🙏

You know me I like to dazzle my plate with my food here and there always. 😁

Does your mom make gourds for you before? 😋

[Kainan Guest in reply to Hidden]

Don’t think I’ve had them before

[Hidden in reply to Kainan]

You know Dim Sum they steam with beef I think I saw before, very popular with Chinese dish. 😁

[Hidden]

Awe thank you Happyman4 very much! 🤗🙏

I was inspired by your food post before when you made gourd mixed with other veggies so I went and bought some. They are truest one of the most healthiest veggies you can have and you have in your garden. They can detox your bodies so well as blood filter.

I never knew they can turn into orange when they stay long on the trees, look very beautiful. 😊

Feeling relaxed and our bodies are calm is priceless, you are rejuvenated now. 😇👍

[Hidden]

I’m so glad children get their turns to be vaccinated now in Thailand. 😁👍The little one will enjoy her time with you and learn all the secret of gardening. 😇

If I’m not mistaken it’s called propagation coconut plant into soil. That looks so pretty you got great snapshot there. The size and the leaves length is just right. 😁👍

Now I’m intrigued what you would make and I will know when I wake up tomorrow. 😁

Enjoy your gardening hobby today as you feel good and productive with everything! 😇

[Hidden]

Oh yes Bonsai, very popular over there. It’s like one of the street vendors’ products every corner in the city. 😁👍 They are so pretty and you can manipulate the shape with angle of sun rays. Interesting to see how you shape them. 😇👍Chinese long yam is so delicious in soup and fry into cake I had before. Always good to see your dish come into life on a plate to share with us. 😋👍

Thank you for sharing with me. 😇🙏

It is time to get ready for bed over here. 😴

You have a wonderful rest of the day! 🤗

[HungryHufflepuff]

That looks really good as always. I haven't heard of sponge gourds but they sound like a wonder food 😊

[Hidden in reply to HungryHufflepuff]

Thank you very much HungryHufflepuff, you are so kind! 🤗🙏

There are two kinds of sponge gourds, both eatable: one is with rigid line skin (the one I cooked) and the other is smooth skin when left on tree for long enough is used to make loofa. 😁

Attached you’ll see the one I used to cook. (I took this pic for my mom to show her I got groceries already as she always wants to go shopping for me. 😂👍)

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[HungryHufflepuff in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for telling me about the gourds. The next time I see a loofa I’ll know where it’s come from 😊 Moms are wonderful aren't they, no matter how old we are they still want to make sure we’re eating well 🤗

[Hidden in reply to HungryHufflepuff]

My pleasure HungryHufflepuff. 😁 If I keep saying yes to my mom, I think I’ll loose my ability to take care of myself. 😂 It’s good that we have our moms around for sure. 🤗

[ZazenRiver345]

Beautiful dish👌. I'm not familiar with gourds but they look lovely on your plate😊. They are really healthy I've heard. I really like the mushroom and meatball with tomato sauce combination too😁👍. Have a good day🤗🙏.

[Hidden in reply to ZazenRiver345]

Awe thank you Zazen very much! 🤗🙏

I think they are only available at Asian market in the US, I am not so sure they have over there, maybe Wholefood market or Trader Joe’s has it. 🤔

Enjoy your dinner coming up and have a good rest of the evening! 😁👍