Raising your own vegan food from your backyard or from the farm is perfect! Not to mention on the healthy benefits it could offer, planting your own crop in your backyard makes a big cut in your pocket. Price inflation is such a pain in the ass that you just couldn't figure out which ones to prioritize when it comes to budgeting.
Ceiling price in the market is unpredictable due to weather conditions or law of supply and demand. Well, if you have them right in your backyard, all you need to buy is salt and seasonings, right?
The Fruits of Labor
Here are my easy to prepare recipes which is every layman's favorite in our place though each region have their own preparation the traditional way.
In the visayan/Cebuano region, we like those veggies on the above photos. Actually, more veggies are added to it but this time, I cooked what's available in our backyard.
• We call this 'Binas-oy' or 'laswa'
Ingredients:
• Okra (lady's finger)
• squash
• Patani (Lima beans)
• Alugbati (Spinach)
• Bisol (yam)
• Garlic
• Lemon grass
• Salt
•In a wok, add 6 cups of water along with Patani and bisol. Let it boil over medium heat until tender.
• Add the sliced squash until half cooked.
• Add Okra and Spinach until half cooked then add ginger and lemon grass.
• Add salt to taste.
Each ingredient has their own unique taste that gives a delicious savory aroma which is very inviting to eat with rice being the staple food of most Asian countries.
•Utan Tinunuan (Veggie w/ coco milk)
- With the same ingredients you only need to malonggay (moringa) leaves and 2 cups of pure coconut milk!
Tinunuan Monggos w/Squash & Malonggay
Monggos or Mung Beans is cooked just like any other lentils. Once they're tender, add enough amount of water then add squash, ginger and lemon grass followed by string beans and spinach. Lastly, add 2 cups of coconut milk and salt to taste.
A documentation of my backyard gardening
Bisol (yam) takes months to grow before you can harvest it.
Digging for cassava and yam.
(Cassava)
I love to eat cooked cassava and yam for afternoon snacks with hot brewed coffee!
Even if you only grow 4 healthy stems of squash in your backyard is such a blessing. It could last for a year!
String beans. You can harvest string beans gradually too.
**Chayote (pear squash) is a sturdy vegetable fruit which could last for months after harvest. With only two chayote sprouts, I have harvested more than enough for our consumption!
I only harvest Lima beans that's enough for my cooking to keep it fresh. The matured ones can be left behind until it falls to the ground and grow to another new plant.
Kalamansi is a good source of vitamin C. You can make a juice or squeeze some for your veggies salad too.
That's my specially homegrown senorita banana. It's cute and yummy. Others buy it to treat health issues. For me, it's my form of sweets after a hearty meal!:)
I only break a branch of ripe chilis and hung it outside then let nature take care of the rest. You see, the early birds do the job. When the rain comes, I will know when they start to grow around my garden. It's better to let them grow where the birds dropped them because they're sure to grow faster.
There's a saying that "You reap what you sow" and this is it!
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