Colourful Green Pea Curry and Fabulous Housewarming Gifts From Trudeau

The quality products sold at Trudeau make wonderful, memorable housewarming gifts we can give to our loved ones. Your family and friends who enjoy cooking and entertaining, will like using this professional lifetime warrantied salt mill and pepper mill that is made with German Beechwood. 

Beetroot plant and curry

Beetroot plants grown from a seed make beautiful border plants that are edible. It is easy to care for these and can also be planted on pots after frost.

The flowers grown beside are marigold.

to make the curry

1 1/2 cups beetroot cut

2 tbsp oil

2 tbsp onion

1/4 tsp mustard seeds optional

1/2 tsp chillie powder adjust to taste

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1/4 tsp garam masala or cumin seeds ground

1/2 tsp salt to taste

1 cup of beetroot leaves chopped can be tossed in with this

Cut the beetroot into matchsticks or small.

Heat oil add mustard seeds if using then sauté the onion and then add the beetroot with spices. Cook covered on low heat till it is soft. If adding beet leaves add halfway which is about 5 to 8 minutes into cooking.

Here is another recipe for beetroots. These beetroot sandwich that are perfect finger food for snacks and parties.

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Stir fried broccoli

2 tbsp oil

1/4 tsp mustard seeds

2 cups of broccoli diced

2 tbsp onion chopped

1 tbsp curry leaves optional

1 tbsp coconut grated

1/4 tsp turmeric

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp chillie powder or chillie flakes to taste

Mix the broccoli with all the ingredients, except oil and mustard seeds.

Heat oil and add mustard seeds. Then add the mixture and stir fry broccoli for a few minutes and turn off the heat. Keep it covered until it is served, it will cook on it's own steam.

For variation add 1 tsp maldive fish.

This recipe is from torviewtoronto. An adult's help is need to cook and to cut the ingredients. This is a healthy delicious way to have broccoli.

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How we used Okra for painting

Using the ends of vegetables before we discard them to make paintings is a simple and fun activity for young children. This is an easy techniques where children can explore doing different designs and art without an adult carving edible vegetables and wasting it.