Cheesy Tofu and Asparagus

RATING

PREPARATION TIME

5 mins

COOKING TIME

15 mins

AGE GROUP

8 – 10 months

INGREDIENTS

1 cup of medium silken tofu

½ tablespoon of olive oil

1 tablespoon of chopped spring onions (scallions or green onions)

Small pinch of turmeric

8 fresh asparagus spears, cooked

2 tablespoons of fresh parsley, finely chopped

½ cup of grated Cheddar cheese

METHOD

1. Wash the asparagus well, hold each spear with one hand at the root end and one halfway up the stalk, and bend the stalk – this will snap off the ‘woody’ part.

2. Chop the spears into small pieces and cook in a steamer over plenty of water, or boil them gently in a small saucepan with just enough water to cover, for about 10 minutes, until soft.

3. Squeeze the tofu piece by piece over the sink, to remove about half the liquid – then put the tofu aside in a small bowl.

4. Heat the olive oil gently in a medium-sized frying pan over medium/low heat then put in the spring onions and stir/fry for about 1 minute – do not allow to burn.

5. Add the tofu and sprinkle the turmeric over it, then cook – stirring constantly – until golden brown all over.

6. Mix in the cheese, asparagus and parsley and continue cooking gently until the cheese melts, then mash everything well with a fork. (For babies who are able to chew soft lumps).

7. For a smoother texture use a stick blender.

Viewed from the root end of the tree...

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Garlic from the yard. Easiest thing ever: in the fall, plant cloves of garlic (unpeeled, root end down) a few inches deep, mulch with straw, and pull them up in spring or let them grow until fall. I used good fresh garlic I got at the Super H Mart, the Korean superstore, and I'm now in the process of pickling them Korean-style. Oh: before I planted the garlic, I soaked the cloves for half an hour in water mixed with some shredded seaweed, but I doubt if that's necessary. I've also read that you can plant them in early spring and pull them up a few months later, so I'm going to try that now.

Iridaceae

Two sprouted corms of a glad hybrid. Note how the roots are coming from the root end and the stem is growing from the top, unlike Ferraria crispa. These corms were also in dark storage with no particular side up. Corm on the left is about 3/4 inch wide- both are blooming size...

I took the trunk of a small tree that fell and made it beautiful. By turning the dead tree into a bright sunflower give the tree life again. the flower looks like a burst of sun rays, Without the sun there can be no life. The stem of the flower is the dead tree which I made a homemade natural glue out of corn starch glued red leaves too, covering most of the base of the trunk. There is also a line of green clovers that goes up the trunk contrasting the red leaves, I jammed a couple of old fallen lemons into the root end of the dead tree to make it look like the center pollen of the flower. Taking the leftover stems from the clovers I fanned them out across the bottom of the trunk/stem to portray grass. the artwork sits on a slop where the pedestrians and cars can see it as they pass.

Korea Traditional Root-end Tile with a human-face design

Scavenger Challenge - 2. Make a photo of something upside-down (main part of the shot must be rightside-up).

a tree has fallen in the river leaving its root-ends bare to the world and making a great upside-down reflection in the clear water

I took the trunk of a small tree that fell and made it beautiful. By turning the dead tree into a bright sunflower give the tree life again. the flower looks like a burst of sun rays, Without the sun there can be no life. The stem of the flower is the dead tree which I made a homemade natural glue out of corn starch glued red leaves too, covering most of the base of the trunk. There is also a line of green clovers that goes up the trunk contrasting the red leaves, I jammed a couple of old fallen lemons into the root end of the dead tree to make it look like the center pollen of the flower. Taking the leftover stems from the clovers I fanned them out across the bottom of the trunk/stem to portray grass. the artwork sits on a slop where the pedestrians and cars can see it as they pass.

I took the trunk of a small tree that fell and made it beautiful. By turning the dead tree into a bright sunflower give the tree life again. the flower looks like a burst of sun rays, Without the sun there can be no life. The stem of the flower is the dead tree which I made a homemade natural glue out of corn starch glued red leaves too, covering most of the base of the trunk. There is also a line of green clovers that goes up the trunk contrasting the red leaves, I jammed a couple of old fallen lemons into the root end of the dead tree to make it look like the center pollen of the flower. Taking the leftover stems from the clovers I fanned them out across the bottom of the trunk/stem to portray grass. the artwork sits on a slop where the pedestrians and cars can see it as they pass.

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2) Quality: Grade A, Top Quality

3) Material: Indian Remy hair, Chinese virgin hair, Malaysian virgin hair, Mongolian virgin hair, European hair.

4) Available Length:6" - 36"

5) Weight: 4oz/pack

6) Any hair textures are available.

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Cymbopogon ciatrus.

Lemon grass is a long thick grass with leaves at the top and a solid portion several inches long at the root end.

Mangrove roots close up; notice the water level and the root ends!

The ripped root ends of the Bartram's Garden cucumbertree here lift into the air taller than a man.

This is the root end of a fallen tree in Pebble Beach. The colors here are enhanced a little - but ONLY a little - and otherwise untouched

Starting 1/2 inch from the root end , slit each leek lengthwise in half and then in quarters, leaving the root end uncut.

Chop off the root end.

I took the trunk of a small tree that fell and made it beautiful. By turning the dead tree into a bright sunflower give the tree life again. the flower looks like a burst of sun rays, Without the sun there can be no life. The stem of the flower is the dead tree which I made a homemade natural glue out of corn starch glued red leaves too, covering most of the base of the trunk. There is also a line of green clovers that goes up the trunk contrasting the red leaves, I jammed a couple of old fallen lemons into the root end of the dead tree to make it look like the center pollen of the flower. Taking the leftover stems from the clovers I fanned them out across the bottom of the trunk/stem to portray grass. the artwork sits on a slop where the pedestrians and cars can see it as they pass.

Kaelan and Jesse at the root end of a huge, petrified tree.

At lower left is our white Cattleya orchid "Aloha," one of the two orchids we got at Akatsuka Orchids in Hawaii in 2023. She has outgrown her original pot as you can see, but has three new pseudobulb growths and lots of root growth (see green tips at root ends). Earlier today I repotted our two newest orchids (top center). The first is a "Paph" orchid that Cheryl gave to me for my birthday. The second is a Miltassia that I won as a door prize at the monthly meeting of the Batavia Orchid Society. They were easy to repot, and didn't really require it yet, but I wanted them in larger pots to avoid drying out too much in-between watering.

For me, this is a plant experiment I submerged the root ends of the onions in a a shot glass of water.. I changed the water every few days and leave it in the light. I am amazed! The onions are growing.

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Approximately 80' tall pecan tree viewed from the root end...

SMASH! I mean, cut in half, leaving the root end to stabilize.

We planted the leftover root end of a green onion just about a week ago. It was a little smaller than the other ones in the pot. It was growing so fast we planted the others a few days later. It has been growing about 1/2"-1" a day, it's probably close to a foot tall now!

Did you know that if you plant the root end of a green onion (scallion), it will grow back into an onion? Sweet!

Another example of local architecture: in addition to the horizontal tiles, a single log (root end on this side) supports the entire length of the roof

Cut off the root end, and use as directed in your recipe.

Today I potted the Acer. I used a mixture of John Innes No.3 and Westlands Ericaceous potting mix. I added a couple of hand fulls of Vitax Acer Feed. I then fully watered in. Acers do not like direct sunlight. So always partial shade. Acers do not like dry root ends. So water it well throughout the summer. I put the pot on a trolly so I can move it around the garden as it is very heavy.

I finished off the top of the soil with polished riverbed pebbles.

The pearl onions. Cut the end off...NOT the root end.