20/7/2015 Monday meals (23 mo)

Happy returning to work with smooth traffic this morning~

After 4 days holidays and back to work again... no matter working days or holidays, mummy's cooking days in ON everyday... wake up 4am or 5am with or without alarm setting is daily routine for mummy.... Luckily the happy moments are always be with my family and loved ones.

Breakfast: Mini Burger with cheesy eggplant & fresh milk

Lunch and Dinner: 1 Pot Meat Rice

Teatime: Sweet Potato egg yolk sticks and Pear Barley Drinks

Mini Burger

(Using 5 mins kneadless soft milky bun recipe, for recipe please click)

Cheesy Eggplant

Ingredients:

1 small eggplant

1 egg yolk

some Bega cheddar cheese (cut into 1.5cm X 2cm slices)

Steps:

1) slice the eggplant into 6-7mm thickness

2) put some oil in the frying pan

3) pan fry the eggplant till both sides light golden brown

4) dip the eggplant slices into egg yolk and continue pan fry till both sides are cooked

5) place a slice of cheddar cheese on top of each eggplant 

6) off fire and close lid, remove when cheese is melted

Simple and Easy 1 Pot Meat Rice

Ingredients:

3 tbsp white rice / mix grains rice

65g pork tenderloin / chicken breast

1/3 cup orange juice / grape juice

3 pc dried mushroom (soak in hot water)

some broccoli

1 shallot

1 small pc ginger

1/2 tsp liquid amino / omit / light soy sauce

1 rice size sea salt

dash of pepper powder

Steps:

1) cut the meat into small tiny cubed size, then marinate it with orange juice for at least 30mins

2) chop shallot and ginger into fine pieces

3) cut mushroom and broccoli into small bite size

4) warm some olive oil in a frying pan over low heat. Sauteed shallot and ginger till fragrance, add in meat and stir fry for a while.

5) add in mushroom and broccoli, stir fry a while too.

6) Finally add in the rice (raw) and stir fry for 1 min, Add in salt, liquid amino and pepper powder, mix well and off fire.

7) Pour the rice mixture into mini rice cooker or ELB (electrical lunch box) and add in 3 tbsp water in to the rice, cook rice as usual or steam for 15mins.

Sweet Potato Sticks (flour-less, sugar-less)

Ingredients

1 Japanese sweet potato (cooked and mashed 65g)

35g cooked rice

1.5 egg yolk (25g)

10g unsalted butter

1 tbsp fresh milk

Steps

1) cook whole piece of sweet potato (with skin) till soft

2) remove skin and mash the sweet potato then weight out 65g

3) blend rice, sweet potato, milk and egg yolk till smooth, then add in the butter and mix well

4) put the mixture into a plastic bag

5) cut a hole at the edge and squeeze out desired patterns

6) bake at pre-heated oven of 150'C for 20-25 mins or light golden brown

Golden Pear Barley Drinks

Ingredients

3 cups chinese barley （生熟薏米）

1/2 golden pear (cubed)

1 honey date

8 pcs dried fig

3 cups hot water

Cook in slow cooker with auto mode for at least 2 hours. ready to serve warm