Ikat Perut? Pilihan Menu Super Murah, Sedap Dan Berkhasiat

Sediakan payung sebelum hujan. Berjimatlah agar kita dapat bertahan dalam menangani kesan kejatuhan ekonomi dunia yang drastik akibat wabak Covid-19.

Ramai yang sudah dan bakal hilang punca pendapatan, terpaksa bercuti tanpa gaji, dipotong gaji dan mungkin hilang pekerjaan jika keadaan ekonomi dunia bertambah teruk.

Mulakan perancangan awal, amalkan sikap yang positif serta sentiasa bersyukur atas apa yang kita ada dan sentiasa belajar untuk mengadaptasi cara hidup kita bersesuaian dengan keadaan semasa.

Itulah yang kami lakukan untuk menyambung kehidupan setelah kami hilang punca pendapatan setelah arwah ayah meninggalkan kami hampir 2 tahun yang lalu.

Sila baca: Setahun Yang Amat Getir

Tepung lebih murah daripada biskut, beras lebih murah dan lebih berkhasiat daripada mee segera, begitu juga tahu telor sangat murah harganya. Kita mesti bijak memilih bahan makanan yang murah tetapi berkhasiat.

Kami suka sup campuran kacang kuda, dal, lobak merah dan kentang yang lazat serta senang untuk disediakan. Begitu juga dengan berbagai roti buatan ibu yang boleh dimakan bersama ulam organik tanaman kakak yang dijadikan salad. Semuanya murah dan berkhasiat.

Daun kaduk goreng tepung boleh menggantikan ikan atau ayam, daun murunggai yang amat tinggi khasiatnya boleh dijadikan berbagai hidangan manakala daun bawang juga boleh digunakan dalam berbagai masakan.

Kakak-kakak menanam beberapa tanaman yang boleh dimakan dan senang dijaga seperti daun kaduk, kangkung, murunggai atau kelor, daun bawang dan sebagainya yang membantu menjimatkan perbelanjaan kami. Adakalanya tumbuh pohon tomato, cili dan lain-lain tanaman daripada kompos kakak.

Walaupun ayam, ikan atau daging bukan lagi lauk harian kami sejak ketiadaan ayah, namun kami masih mampu menikmati makanan yang lazat dan berkhasiat. Kami tetap bahagia walaupun ada kalanya kami makan berlauk sayur sahaja atau hanya ditambah ikan kering, ikan bilis atau telur.

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  Kaduk goreng tepung.

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  Menu jimat. Nasi, tahu telur masam manis dan kaduk goreng tepung.

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  Masak lemak daun murunggai .

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  Daun murunggai yang baru dipetik.

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  Pohon padi pernah tumbuh di halaman rumah kani.

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  Buah tomato organik yang sangat manis.

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  Pohon kaduk senang membiak.

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  Pokok murunggai yang banyak membantu menjimatkan perbelanjaan kami.

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  Bendi tanaman kakak mula berbunga.

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  Bendi organik.

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  Bendi organik.

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  Bendi organik.

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  Pokok terung pipit dan bendi.

A Paddy Plant In Our Garden?

A lone paddy plant in our garden, July 23, 2018.

Yesterday evening, as my eldest sister, Aiman was gardening, she was shocked to discover that there was a plant that looks like a paddy plant in the middle of our brick pot.

Taking a closer look, my sister saw some ripening rice on the lone paddy plant which grew beside another large pot, surprisingly in a condition where it is not suitable for paddy plant to grow.

It seems as if the paddy plant had miraculously appeared out of nowhere, as we did not plant any rice and neither the dry soil nor the condition of the garden is suitable for a paddy plant to grow.

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A lone paddy plant in our garden, July 23, 2018.

Pohon padi pernah tumbuh di halaman rumah kani.

The ripening rice, July 23, 2018.

The rice harvested from our paddy plant, July 23, 2018.

My Sister’s Tomato Plants – Photos

A close up photo of one of the nice, red, ripe tomatoes ready to be plucked.

My sister has some tomato plants which grew from her compost.

She replanted them and they grew into beautiful plants, but my sister was not sure if they will bear fruit since tomato does not fruit easily over here.

My mother was very excited when they started to fruit and we waited excitedly to taste them.

They are ordinary tomatoes, but they taste so sweet, even sweeter than the cherry tomatoes that we have been buying here.

The tomatoes are very flavourful too.

There are so many fruits growing on the tomato plants now and here are some of the photos.

I snapped these photos using my Nokia Lumia 1020 phone.

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An unripe tomato from one of the plants.

A close up photo of one of the nice, red, ripe tomatoes ready to be plucked.

A green unripe and a red ripe tomato nestled on the vine.

Buah tomato organik yang sangat manis.

Another close up photo of my sister’s tomato.

A very small tomato which has just develop from its yellow flower.

Black Tomato?

The uniquely coloured tomato has black skin and contains healthy antioxidants. (SWNS)

Black tomatoes are believed to have been developed at the Oregon State University, in America, forming part of their ‘Indigo Rose’ project.

The tomato has a jet black skin, and is among the first in the world to contain anthocyanins, an antioxidant thought to have a number of health benefits.

However, the tomatoes are red on the inside.

Ray says the colour is the result of a genetic mutation. (SWNS)

The tomatoes are ripe when their colour changes from a shiny blue-purple to an almost jet black, with the bottoms of the tomatoes turning red.

Yahoo News reported that the unusual colour stems from pigments in the skin which develop when exposed to sunlight.

Ray Brown, 66, who runs Plant World Seeds, is believed to be the first person to grow black tomato in Britain.

It started when a customer sent Mr. Brown a mystery package entitled ‘black tomato’.

Now Mr Brown has three black tomato plants, each has 20 tomatoes.

“They are edible, we’ve eaten lots, they have a nice taste and a really lovely flavour,” said Mr. Brown.

Photos: Florida Freeze Jan 2014

An overnight sprinkler left icicles on the shrubs at The Antique Market of San Jose, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Will Dickey)

Overnight sprinkler are usually used during freezing nights in Florida to protect the plants, fruits and trees from the extreme weather.

And a part of the results is stunning icicles like shinning, beautiful decorations hanging from the plants and trees.

Aren’t they beautiful? 

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Flowers are encrusted in ice at Trad’s Garden Center in sub-freezing weather Tuesday, January 7, 2014 in Jacksonville, Florida. The sprinkler system had been accidentally left on overnight, causing the icicles. (The Florida Times-Union, Will Dickey) Image credit to Jacksonville.com

Flowers are encrusted in ice at Trad’s Garden Center in sub-freezing weather Tuesday, January 7, 2014 in Jacksonville, Florida. The sprinkler system had been accidentally left on overnight, causing the icicles. (The Florida Times-Union, Will Dickey) Image credit to Jacksonville.com

Icicles cover a tree in Ocala as temperatures drop below freezing early Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. (PHOTO/Debbie Stewart, Viewer)

Michael Hill poses with rows of frost-covered crops at Southern Hill Farms’ Blueberry U-Pick in Clermont, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. (PHOTO/Michael Hill, Viewer)

Oranges encased in ice after an overnight frost at Bellamy Grove, Inverness in Florida. Photograph: Matthew Beck/AP

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In Photos: Chelsea Flower Show 2013

A Dahlia ‘Spectacular’ plant is seen during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

The Chelsea Flower Show 2013 started on May 21 in London and will end on May 25.

This year is the 100th anniversary of the Chelsea Flower Show.

There are lots of beautiful, colorful, big blooming flowers all around the place.

Some are arranged nicely to make large, colourful big circles.

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Protea South African flowering plants. Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian.

A ‘Hyacinthus Orientalis’ plant is seen during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

British artist Marc Quinn poses for a photograph with his sculpture of an orchid in the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) garden during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

The flower of a Chamaelobivia ‘Lincoln Rainbow’ cactus is seen during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

A lily hybrid ‘Sweet Desire’ plant is seen during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

An Allium ‘Pinball Wizard’ plant is seen during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

A women looks at a display of flowers during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

Visitors look at a display of flowers during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

A straw hat is seen in a rose garden during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

A Papaver commutatum ‘Ladybird’ plant is seen during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

A Dahlia Honka plant is seen during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

A visitor looks at a display of flowers during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

A Dahlia ‘Spectacular’ plant is seen during media day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

More beautiful flowers, which is what it’s all about. Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian.

Bright tulips form part of a colourful display. Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian.

Cascading flowers during media day. Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian.

Photos Of Beautiful Blooming Cherry Blossoms

 

Cherry blossoms are very, very beautiful and a park full of blooming cherry blossoms is a perfect picture of spring.

Here are more photos of the beautiful cherry blossoms that come to bloom this spring …

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Beautiful But Dangerous: Deadly Poisonous Garden Plants

Lots of people grow these beautiful plants in their gardens because they have beautiful and colourful flowers.

Some have nice smelling flowers too, like Lily-of-the-Valley and Oleander.

My grandmother grew some of these beautiful plants in her garden too.

But do you know that they are very poisonous?

So please be careful of these poisonous plants because they can cause death.

Please click the photos to learn more about them.

Larkspur (Delphinium consolida). Part of the buttercup family of flowers. Deadly parts: The entire plant, though the young leaves and the mature seeds contain the highest concentration of toxic alkaloids. Toxic toll: These enticing blue growers are definitely just for looking—not eating. Immediately after ingestion, nausea, burning in the mouth, vomiting, and slowing of the heartbeat set in. Seek treatment right away, because six hours is all it takes for this flower to become lethal.Photo by Flickr user Alwyn Ladell

Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea). Deadly parts: The entire plant, especially the leaves of the upper stem, which are rich in digitalin, digitoxin, and digitonin—chemicals, that while used medicinally, are deadly in high doses.Toxic toll: The same thing that makes these lookers toxic to deer won’t sit well with your—or the family pet’s—digestive tract. Twenty minutes after a little nibbling, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea set in. Depending on the amount ingested, untreated poisoning leads to death by bradycardia (lowered heart rate) or ventricular fibrillation (a rapid, irregular rhythm in the lower heart chambers). Keep in mind, however, that children have died just from sucking on a part of the plant.Photo by Flickr user Kristian Thy

Poet’s Narcissus (Narcissus poeticus). Deadly parts: The entire plant, especially the bulbs, which are potent emetics, inducing vomiting.Toxic toll: If the scent of a narcissus bouquet in a closed room is strong enough to cause a headache, just imagine what eating an entire bulb might do. Think severe nausea, convulsions, fainting, paralysis and eventual death. Still want to plant them? Watch any open wounds you may have while tending to them—coming into contact with their bulb secretions has produced staggering, numbness, and heart paralysis.Photo by Flickr user AnneTanne

Purple Nightshade (Atropa belladonna). Deadly parts: The entire plant, particularly its berries, roots, and leaves.Toxic toll: Don’t mess with this one—pop a handful of berries in your mouth, and you’ll physically be unable to call for help. After you lose your voice, respiratory complications, intense digestive disruption, and violent convulsions begin, the combination of which has proven fatal.Photo by Flickr user peganum

Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla). Deadly parts: The entire plant, especially the flower buds.Toxic toll: Swallowing hydrangea is like popping a cyanide pill. The present poison, hydragin, is a cyanogenic glycoside, meaning it will cause shortness of breath, dizziness, fainting, and a rapid pulse, along with a drop in blood pressure that can cause convulsions and death.Photo by Flickr user Mauricio Mercadante

Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia). Deadly parts: Leaves, twigs, flowers, and pollen.Toxic toll: Mountain laurel parts are full of andromedotoxins, which go to town on your gastrointestinal tract. Watering of the mouth, eyes, and nose are common, as is shortness of breath and slow heartbeat. Kidney failure can occur, as well as convulsions, paralysis, coma, and death.Photo by Flickr user James Gaither

Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria majalis). Deadly parts: The entire plant, particularly the leaves.Toxic toll: Sure, they make for an attractive flower arrangement, but even the water you place cut lily-of-the-valley flowers in contains deadly traces of convallatoxin, which intensifies the heart’s contractions. Just a bite causes headaches, hot flashes, hallucinations, and irritability, not to mention red blotches on cold, clammy skin. The heart will also slow down, potentially leading to coma and death.Photo by Flickr user Stadtkatze

Rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum). Deadly parts: The entire plant. Toxic toll: Who knew both West Virginia and Washington’s state flower was a silent killer? Swallow any part of this plant, and you’re going to look as bad as you feel. While drooling from the mouth and teary-eyed, you’ll begin vomiting violently, just as your pulse slows down and low blood pressure sets in. Death can occur shortly after falling into a coma or during a violent seizure.Photo by Flickr user Ryan Somma

Mistletoe (Phoradendron flavescens). Deadly parts: All parts, especially the berries. Toxic toll: Munching on a couple of leaves, berries, or shoots—or drinking mistletoe-flavored tea—will cause abdominal pain and diarrhea. Cases where mistletoe ingestion were fatal involved gastroenteritis (an inflammation of the stomach and small intestine), followed by cardiovascular collapse. The berries are particularly potent when it comes to pets, so mind your cats and dogs around this plant.Photo by Andrew Dunn

Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima). Deadly parts: The milky sap found in the veins of the plant.Toxic toll: Despite its toxic reputation, poinsettias will never top the list of most poisonous plants, as there’s only been two documented cases of them causing human death. But you’ll want to teach kids not to touch or consume the plant, nonetheless. And as far as cats and dogs are concerned, keep poinsettia plants out of reach—unless you want to clean up after pet vomit and diarrhea. Take extra precautions if you have elderly, ill, or young pets.Photo by Flickr user Mauricio Mercadante

Oleander (Nerium oleander). Deadly parts: The entire plant, including its nectar and sap. Toxic toll: Think twice about growing one of these babies in your yard, especially if you have little ones: A single leaf contains enough toxins to be lethal to an infant or small child. Like other poisonous plans, ingesting it first affects the digestive system with vomiting and diarrhea, then poisoning progresses into life-threatening circulatory problems. If your heart’s still ticking after that trauma, oleander can also deal a fatal blow to your central nervous system, causing seizures, tremors, and coma that can lead to death.Photo by Flickr user Hovic

Water Hemlock/Spotted Parsley (Cicuta maculata). Deadly parts: The whole plant, especially the roots of early growth.Toxic toll: This wildflower has been dubbed “the most violently toxic plant that grows in North America” by the USDA. True to its killer reputation, water hemlock can strike you dead within 15 minutes of ingestion. The poison cicutoxin wastes no time in attacking the central nervous system, causing severe seizures and convulsions that turn deadly as a result of asphyxia and cardiovascular collapse.Photo by Flickr user Fritz Flohr Reynolds

Photos: Southern California’s Freezing Temperature Could Damage Fruits

An orange orchard in the Southern California.

The freezing temperature in Southern California can damage the fruits grown in the orchards such as oranges, avocados and strawberries.

Farmers use wind machine and spraying water to save the ripening fruits from frozen.

The icicles caused by the frozen water are very beautiful. (Please click here for photos of beautiful icicles on ripening strawberries and oranges during a cold snap in Florida in early January 2010.)

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Icicles develop along a brick wall and on bushes as water from the sprinkler system freezes at a home on the corner of Willow Street and Peach Avenue in Hesperia, Calif, on Monday, Jan. 14, 2012. The extreme chill in the West comes as the eastern U.S., from Atlanta to New York City, is seeing spring-like weather. Photo: The Victor Valley Daily Press, David Pardo Read more: http://www.ctpost.com/news/science/article/Bitter-cold-grips-West-citrus-and-lettuce-damaged-4191498.php#ixzz2Iwkw5eR0

Icicles are formed on an orange tree in an orange grove in Redlands, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. (AP / Jae C. Hong) Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/cold-snap-in-california-arizona-likely-to-drive-up-canadian-produce-prices-1.1124323#ixzz2Iy8GSlUV

Citrus growers across California worked frantically through the night to keep their fruit from freezing as temperatures in their orchards dropped. (Jan. 14)

This Jan. 12, 2013, photo shows frost on a tree with oranges in an orchard near Sanger, Calif., after a night of freezing temperatures. As an unusual cold spell gripped parts of the West for a fifth day, some California citrus growers reported damage to crops and an agriculture official said national prices on lettuce have started to rise because of lost produce in Arizona. LOCAL PRINT OUT (VISALIA TIMES-DELTA, REEDY EXPONENT, KINGBURG RECORDER, SELMA ENTERPRISE, HANFORD SENTINEL, PORTERVILLE RECORDER, MADERA TRIBUNE, THE BUSINESS JOURANL FRENSO); LOCAL TV OUT (KSEE24, KFSN30, KGE47, KMPH26) Photo: The Fresno Bee, Craig Kohlruss Read more: http://www.ctpost.com/news/science/article/Bitter-cold-grips-West-citrus-and-lettuce-damaged-4191498.php#ixzz2IwkeFhiZ

Rare Ten-Petaled Rafflesia

Iylia  Ainuddin (R) from the Perak State Park and  Siti Munirah Mat Yunoh(L) from FRIM showing the 10-petaled  Rafflesia at the Royal Belom, Gerik, June 25, 2012. – Utusan/Roy Azis Abd Aziz

Rafflesia is the biggest flower in the world.

Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering plants.

The flower usually has five petals.

Anyway, on Saturday June 23, 2012 a rare ten-petaled Rafflesia female flower was found at the Sungai Gadong, Taman Negeri Royal Belum, Gerik, West Malaysia.

The diameter of the flower is 46cm.

Last year a seven-petaled Rafflesia was found at the Taman Negeri Royal Belum, West Malaysia while a six-petaled Rafflesia was found in Sarawak, East Malaysia.