29/8/2017 (TUE) Apple Raisin Scone

Good day dear all~

During our last visit to the GK Organic farm at Bangi, I bought a pack of Organic Mulukhiya Noodle. I was told by friend that this Mulukhiya vegetable (Molokhia) is very good for health. It helped her daughter in improving her digestion problem. This amazing vegetable is called as King of Vegetable.

Breakfast: Apple scone, multigrain cereal, Japanese cucumber and fresh milk.

Lunch: Organic Mulukhiya Noodle with baby spinach soup, steamed chicken drumstick and stir fry French beans

Teatime: Fig yogurt

Apple Scone

Ingredients

100g Cake flour or all purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp Aluminum free baking powder

1-2 tbsp fresh milk/soymilk

40g apple puree (i shred the apple with a grater)

30g cold unsalted butter (tiny cubed)

10g organic cane sugar

Steps:

1) sift flour and baking powder in a big bowl

2) add in the tiny cubed cold butter and rub by hand till bread crumbs condition

3) add in apple puree and raisin, mix with hand

4) gradually add in fresh milk little by little and gently mix and form a soft dough. Once dough is formed, may stop adding milk. (Remember not to over knead)

5) wrap by cling wrapping and put in the fridge to rest for 30 mins

6) preheat oven at 200'C

7) roll the dough flat about 5 mm thick, and fold into half. using cookie cutter to cut out any shape

8) bake at 200'c for 15 mins or till light golden brown

苹果司康

材料：

100克 蛋糕面粉或普通面粉

1 1/2茶匙无铝泡打粉

1-2汤匙 鲜奶/豆奶

40克 苹果泥（我用刨丝器把苹果刨碎）

30克 冷的无盐奶油（切小颗粒）

10克 有机蔗糖

做法：

1）把面粉和泡打粉过筛在一个大碗里拌匀。

2）加入冷的奶油粒，用手搓揉成类似面包糠的状态。

3）加入苹果泥和蔗糖，用手拌匀。

4）慢慢加入鲜奶，搓成一个软面团。一旦面团形成，可停止加牛奶。 （切记不要过度揉搓）

5）用保鲜膜包着面团，放在冰箱里休面30分钟。

6）用擀面棍按压成5mm的厚度，并折叠成半。用任何形状的饼干模具切割。重复按压，折半和切割至面团用完。排放在铺有不沾布（纸）的烤盘上。

7） 放入已经预热200°度的烤箱，烤大约15分钟或至上色。

 Spinach Soup

Ingredients:

100g lean pork / 1pc chicken tight

some goji berries

1 bowl of baby spinach

3-4 bowls water

Steps:

1) blanch spinach in boiling water for 1 min. put aside.

2) blanch chicken tight in boiling water for 3-5 mins. Put the tight in a small pot, add in water and shimmer for 30mins. If lean pork, can skip the blanching step.

3) add in goji berries and spinach, cook for 1 min.

4) off fire and done.

菠菜湯

材料：

100g瘦肉 / 1塊 雞上腿

枸杞 適量

1碗 菠菜苗

3-4 碗水

做法：

1 ）菠菜苗放入滾水，煮1分鐘後撈起備用。

2）雞上腿去水3-5分鐘。（如果是瘦肉则不需要去水）放入小鍋，加入水，小火燜煮30分鐘。

3）加入枸杞和菠菜苗，略煮1分鐘。

4）關火即可。

Steam chicken drumstick

Ingredients:

1 - 2 chicken drumstick (kee song chicken)

some wolf berries / goji berries

some cherry tomatoes

1 small piece of ginger

Steps:

1) slice the ginger 

2) add in goji berries and cherry tomatoes.

3) steam at medium high heat for 15mins

7/4/2016 Apple sweet Potato doughnut

Apple sweet potato Doughnut

Ingredients:

1/2 red apple

1/2 egg

30g cooked mashed sweet potato

Steps:

1) peel and slice apple into 5mm thickness, use a ring/star cutter to cut out the centre core. soak in salt water to prevent oxidation.

2) mix egg and sweet potato in a bowl.

3) dip apple slice into the sweet potato mixture, pan fry till both sides light golden brown 

蘋果蕃薯甜甜圈

材料：

1/2粒紅蘋果

1/2粒雞蛋

30克煮熟的蕃薯

做法：

1）把蘋果去皮，切片成5厘米的厚度，用環型/星型的饼干模切出核心。（在鹽水中浸泡，以防止氧化。）

2 ）在一個碗裡加入雞蛋液和蕃薯，攪拌均勻。

3 ）把蘋果片放入蕃薯醬裡，沾滿醬液，煎至兩面淺金黃色即可。

Tomato chicken cheese sauce 

(zero seasoning but taste great!)

Ingredients A: 

2 stripes Chicken Tenderloin 

16 pcs cherry tomatoes

1/2 red apple

1/4 cup water

Ingredients B:

some olive oil

1/2 onion (chopped finely)

15g bega cheddar cheese

1/2 cup water

some pepper and italian herbs

Steps:

1) Blend the ingredients A till smooth, set aside

2) Heat pan with olive oil, saute onion till golden brown then add in the blended ingredients A

3) pour in 1/2 cup water, boil then simmer for 2-3 mins.

4) add in cheese and cook till cheese melted..

5) add in some parsley and Italian herbs.

6) off fire and done.

P/S: As I do not use any bottled ketchup which is very nice in red colour, the original colour of the cherry tomatoes is just exactly like the one in my photo. Therefore, you can imagine how much colouring is used for commercial products...   

Lemongrass Water

Ingredients:

6pcs Organic Lemongrass

some natural rock sugar

1.5 litre water

Steps:

1) Cut lemongrass into 1.5 inches length, pour into boiling water.

2) Cook for 30mins, add in rock sugar then off fire.

11/1/2016 (Mon)

Good afternoon dear all mummies. .

I was a bit busy for the past few days as my mom was admitted to hospital due to dengue.

I went to visit her just during lunch hour and she can be discharged from hospital on Wednesday. Happy to know that.

Breakfast : Apple Rolled Oat, hard boiled egg and fresh milk

Lunch : Udon served with Chinese Yam chicken soup

Teatime : Fried arrowhead chips and honey lemon with apple slices

Apple Cinnamon Rolled Oat

Ingredients:

1/2 apple

1/4 cup fresh milk

20g rolled oat

dash of cinnamon powder

Steps:

1) blend apple, rolled oat and milk till smooth

2) pour in sauce pan 

3) cook under small fire till boiling 

4) ready to serve warm with dash of cinnamon powder

Udon with (淮山) Chinese Yam Chicken Soup

Ingredients :

Dried Japanese UDON noodle or any types of noodle, cook as per instructions on the packaging,  set aside. 

**My way of cooking to avoid mushy and soggy pasta and can last till dinner:~

1) I cook pasta as per instruction on packaging, 

2) drain away the hot water

3) soak pasta in a big bowl of ICE cold water for 30 seconds

4) drain away the cold water

5) add 1-2 tsp rice bran oil or olive oil to the pasta and mix well**

Chinese Yam Chicken Soup

Ingredients :

2 chicken tights (ayam kampung)

10" Yam (Huai San)

1 handful red dates (de-seeds)

2-3 litre water

Steps:

1) blanch the chicken tights in boiling water for 3-5 minutes

2) cut the chinese yam into small pieces and de-seed the red dates

3) Cook all ingredients in a big pot of water in high fire for 10 mins, then 2 hours in small fire.

Fried Arrowhead Chips

Ingredients:

Chinese Arrowhead

Oil for frying

Steps:

1) peel and slice the arrowhead into 1.5mm thickness

2) heat pan and add in adequate oil for frying

3) fried with medium low heat till light golden brown

4) place on kitchen towel paper to absorb excess oil

Honey Lemon Drink with apple slices

Ingredients:

1 slice lemon

2-3 tsp organic raw honey 

water

1/4 apple (cut into slices)

21/10/2015 Wednesday

Hi dear all mummies...  

Since yesterday I was away and not able to type out the recipes for the day and now only to update the same.

Breakfast : barley fu zuk dessert with quail eggs

Lunch: Mee sua with kunbu seaweed miso soup

Teatime : homemade dried apple snack and barley drink

Barley TofuSkin Dessert 

Ingredients:

2 pcs Tofu Skin (腐竹皮)

1/2 pack Barley

1/2 pack Dried winter melon strips （冬瓜糖）

10 pcs quail eggs

2-3 pcs white fungus (雪耳）

Steps:

1) boil 1/2 big pot of water

2) soak the white fungus for 15mins, cut away hard part

3) add in barley, winter melon strips, white fungus to the boiling water

4) wash and tear the tofu skin, put in when the water is boiling

5) cook the quail eggs in a separate pot for 3 mins, remove shell, set aside (add in the dessert 10mins before off fire)

6) Cook the dessert in medium heat for 15mins, then turn to small heat for 30mins)

7) can be served hot or cold

Kunbu Miso soup

Ingredients:

1 pc 10cm x 15cm size Kunbu

1 pc 10cm x 10cm seaweed (nori sheet)

80g meat tenderloin

3-4 bowls water

some tofu/fried tofu

dash of pepper powder

1-2 tsp miso

Steps:

1) soak kunbu in water for 20-30mins, cut into smaller pieces

2) cut meat into slices / mince it

3) Boil water in a pot, add in meat and kunbu. Cook for 20mins

4) add in seaweed and cook for another 5 mins

5) add in dash of pepper powder and spring onion (optional)

Homemade Dried Apple Snack

Ingredient:

2 organic apples

1/4 tsp salt

2-3 bowls drinking water

Tool required: Food Dehydrator and oven

optional way to keep apples from browning:

 1 cup water + 2 tbsp honey, soak apple slices for a few minutes.

Steps:

1) add salt in the water, stir well

2) wash, peel skin (not to peel if using organic apple, remove core, slice into 2mm thickness

3) soak the cut apple in the salt water for few seconds

4) drain away the salt water and pat dry the apple with kitchen towel (can skip this if no kitchen towel)

5) lay all the apple slices on the rack, do not over lay them

6) set temperature 50-60'C, on the fan for 8 - 24 hours (depending on the moisture in the fruit)

7) after the apple slices are dried, the texture of the dried apple is chewy

8) bake at preheated oven of 90'C or 100'C for 10-15'C, the texture of the dried apple is crunchy now.

13/oct/2015 蘋果紅棗雞蛋茶

Happy Tuesday dear all... This morning I prepared so simple meals that I have sufficient time to have bonding time with my 26mo lo before departing to work.

Breakfast: Raisin Milky Oatmeal with chiaseed and honey, plain toast and fresh milk

Lunch and Dinner: Hainanese Chicken Rice and Carrot Juice

Teatime: Apple red dates egg dessert

Raisin Oatmeal

Ingredients:

2-3 tbsp organic rolled oat

120ml water

50ml fresh milk

1/2 tsp honey

dash of chiaseed （optional）

1 tbsp raisin

Steps:

1) soak rolled oat overnight, remove soaked water

2) pour rolled oat and water in a small pot, cook under small fire for 2 mins and keep stirring

3) add in fresh milk and continue stirring and cooking for 1 min then off fire

4) add in raisin, chiaseed and honey

5) ready to serve

葡萄乾燕麥粥

材料：

2-3湯匙  有機燕麥片(rolled oat)

120毫升 清水

50毫升 鮮奶

1/2茶匙 蜂蜜

適量 奇亞籽 （可以不放）

1湯匙 葡萄乾

步驟：

1 ）把燕麥浸泡過夜，隔去浸泡水。（浸泡是為了去除有礙營養吸收的植酸和磷酸鈣。）

2 ）把燕麥和水放入在一個小鍋裡，用小火煮2分鐘，並不斷攪拌。

3 ）加入鮮奶，繼續攪拌，煮1分鐘，然後熄火。

4 ）加入葡萄乾，奇亞籽和蜂蜜即可。

BABY Hainanese Chicken Rice 

Ingredients:

4 tbsp white rice

1 chicken drumstick

4 pcs fresh shitake mushroom/ dried mushroom

5g unsalted butter

2 shallots

4-5 slices ginger

1/2 tsp liquid amino or pinch of salt

dash of pepper powder

some green onion / vegetables

2 pcs pandan leaves

Steps:

1) soak white rice for 30mins - 1 hour

2) chop shallots finely

3) cut ginger into slices, dice the mushroom

4) heat pan with low fire, add in a little olive oil, sauteed shallot and ginger till fragrance

5) add in chicken and mushroom, stir fry till light golden brown

6) throw away the soaked water, pour the rice into the pan， follow by salt/liquid amino and pepper

7) add in butter and stir fry for few mins, off fire

8) transfer the rice and chicken into rice cooker, pour adequate water to cover rice, tie the pandan leaves and put on top of the rice

9) cook rice as usual in rice cooker or steam for 15-20mins.

寶寶海南雞飯

材料：

4大匙白米

1只雞腿

4個新鮮香菇/幹的香菇

5克無鹽奶油

2-3粒小蔥頭

4-5片姜

1/2茶匙 少鹽醬油/液體氨基或少許鹽

胡椒粉少許

一些蔥花/蔬菜

2片班蘭葉/香蘭葉（沒有的話，可以不放）

步驟：

1 ）浸泡白米約30分鐘 - 1小時。

2 ）把蔥頭剁細。

3 ）把生薑切成片，把鮮菇切成顆粒。

4 ）把鍋加熱，倒入少許橄欖油，爆香蔥頭和姜。

5 ）加入雞肉和香菇翻炒至淺金黃色。

6 ）倒掉浸泡米的水，把白米放入油鍋裡然後加入鹽或少鹽醬油和胡椒粉。

7 ）加入奶油翻炒幾分鐘，熄火。

8 ）舀出米飯和雞肉，放入電飯鍋，倒入適量水蓋過白米。把班蘭葉紮好，放在米飯上面。

9 ）像往常一樣在電飯煲煮飯或放進蒸籠，大火蒸15-20分鐘即可。

Apple red dates egg tea

Ingredients:

1 apple

2 bowls water

10 pcs red dates (sulfur free)

1 egg

Steps:

1) cook 1 hard boiled egg

2) peel, remove core and cut the apple

3) remove seeds from the red dates

4) boil the water in a small pot, after boiling, add in apple and red dates, cook for 30mins

5) add in egg and off fire. serve after 30mins 

蘋果紅棗雞蛋茶

材料：

1個蘋果

2碗水

10顆紅棗（無硫磺）

1個雞蛋

步驟：

1）把雞蛋煮熟。

2）把蘋果剝皮，去核，切塊。

3）將紅棗去籽。

4）把水燒開後，加入蘋果和紅棗，煮30分鐘。

5）加入雞蛋，熄火燜30分鐘後即可。

22/2/2015 Breakfast & snack

February 22 

Good morning and happy CNY!

Apple Apricot yogurt

Apple yogurt Rings

For my 19mo lo breakfast and snack

Apple Apricot yogurt
Ingredients
3 dried apricot
2 tbsp natural yogurt

Blend till Smoot and serve cold


Apple yogurt rings
Ingredients

10g diced apple
1 egg yolk
5g sugar
15g plain yogurt
15-20g all purpose flour

Blend everything and pour into a plastic bag. Cut a hole at the edge and squeeze out rings.

Bake at preheated oven of 160'C for 10-15mins or light golden brown.

蘋果脆餅圈圈
（適合9個月以上的寶寶）
材料：
10克 蘋果切塊
1顆 蛋黃
5克 糖
15克 原味酸奶
15-20克 中筋麵粉

做法：
1）用攪拌機把所有材料打至幼滑。
2）然後倒入一個塑料袋中。
3）在塑料袋角處剪一個小洞。
4）在不粘烤紙/布上擠出圈圈。

5）在已經預熱的烤箱160'C，烤10-15分鐘或淺金黃色。

24/10/2014 SUGARLESS apple rice oat sticks

October 24, 2014 

Yeah! Its Friday today!!! Woke up 3++ am DL lo and changed her diaper. Could not sleep again as need to iron hubby's cloths. After finish ironing at 4:10am, i just started to think what shall i cook today. I cooked until 6.30am, lo was awake and cry for me. Luckily all the dishes are done and remaining the washing process and floor mopping. I quickly brought her up and DL her and make her sleep again. Finally I able to "escape" at 7am. Continue my cleaning parts and mop the floor. Thanks GOD the traffic for these few days are super smooth... depart from home at 7.35am & reach office at 8.15am...

Breakfast: simple easy baked egg plant

Lunch: Apple butternut noodle with homemade soup stock

Apple puree 50g

butternut puree 50g (pumpkin puree can be used too)

all purpose flour 80g (1/2 cup + 2 tbsp)

mix all together with a spoon.

put in plastic bag (i separate into 2 for lunch & dinner)

cut a hole at the edge and squeeze into boiling water and cook for 1 min.

drain away water and put some oil and mix well to avoid sticky together.

cook any soup base at your preference to serve together.

Teatime: SUGARLESS apple rice oat sticks

Ingrediants:

apple puree 60g

rolled oat 2 tbsp

rice cereal 2 tbsp

aluminum free baking powder 1/8 tsp

all purpose flour 1 tbsp

unsalted butter 10g

Steps:

1) pre-heat oven at 180'C.

2) mix everything well combine and put into a plastic bag.

3) cut a hole at the edge and squeeze out any shapes you like on a baking sheet.

4) bake for 15-20mins or until light golden brown.

Snacks: steam broccoli and sweet corn, apple sticks

The own made noodle not bad!! apple rice oat sticks yummy too even no added sugar