Showing posts with label zucchini. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zucchini. Show all posts

Sunday, August 10, 2025

Picture of the Day: Sweet Corn

Sweet and juicy corn is in season now from British Columbia


Summer means fresh strawberries, blueberries, cherries, plums...

And zucchinis, cucumbers, tomatoes and corn!

British Columbia produces 5.9 million kilograms of corn annually, and it's grown in the Okanagan Valley, the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.

We bought these and boiled them. So sweet and juicy!

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Picture of the Day: Feeding the Neighbourhood

Cucumber and zucchini from a neighbour


The other day I finished walking around Pacific Spirit Park and was on my way home on a street I don't usually walk on, and one of the homes has a vegetable patch in the front yard.

By the steps to the house is a cardboard box with a sign saying "Free veggies". Inside were four zucchinis!

Apparently with the warm weather we're having, many people with vegetable patches are harvesting their zucchinis.

I took the smallest one, which was already quite large and brought it home.

The next day I went back to the same street and inside were cucumbers! I took the smallest one when I got home I peeled the bumpy skin and sliced it up. It was so crisp and fresh!

Tonight I stir-fried the zucchinis with shallots, garlic, ginger and dried conpoy, and it was delicious!

I shall check for more veggies later!



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