Vegetables From The Garden For FRUITS AND VEGGIES MONDAY

Hello dear vegans, here we are with a new edition of STEEMIT FRUITS AND VEGGIES MONDAY COMPETITION 🍒 🍌🍑🌿🍍🍓🍇 created by my dear friend Lena @lenasveganliving and hosted by my other dear friend Katie @plantstoplanks.

Today I'm going to show you the vegetables in our garden. Let's start with the onions as those are very important.

Each year we have at least three types of onions, yellow, white and red. This means at least two kg of cloves or sets. You may ask why? Well, let me tell you a secret. The more type you use when cooking, the better your dish will taste as each type had a different flavor and mixed together you get an amazing result.

This is the red one. I'm always buying the cloves from the same old man from the farmers market. I know what he's selling and the price is good, so I'm not changing suppliers.

This is the white one, a Dutch type that is not really good for raw consumption unless you like the strong flavor. However, it lasts longer and it's excellent for cooking.

Beans, we are having at least three types but at this stage you can't see anything except from the green leaves and the flower. Next week I'm going to show you some actual beans.

This is the other type, unfortunately I have no idea how these are called in English but those who have a garden, may recognize them.

This is the third type.

Sweet corn!!! I love sweet corn, can't wait to have some but it's still a long way till we get some.

There is a cute little pepper there, you just have to find it.

I don't know how many types of pepper we have this year but must be around five.

Basil, which is an important herb, it is needed for tomato juice. These seeds were planted directly outside and didn't do well.

This is the second attempt, looking good already. There's plenty of time, nothing is lost.

Do you recognize this cutie pie?

What about this cutie?

Yes, that's right cucumbers. These can already be eaten, so we don't have to buy cucumbers from the farmers market.

Yay, pickles!!! Who wants some pickles? I do!

Tomatoes are still green, can't wait to ripen.

All the hard work we put into this starting to pay off. It's nothing better than to go out in the garden, pick whatever you can find and start cooking. I often do that and it's fantastic. You choose the ingredients according to what you have and you know it's yours.

Last year we had some unexpected guests and I wasn't prepared to have them for lunch. There were still two hours till they arrived, so I did what I do best, improvise. I went out to the garden, picked a little bit of this, a little bit of that, and put together a vegetable soup. Got some potatoes and made a potato salad with eggs that I got from the neighbor lady. I also needed something for dessert, so I picked some pears that we had back then and made a sponge cake and the lunch was ready.

This is my entry to #fruitsandveggiesmonday. I hope next week I can show you more. Stay tuned.