枸杞餅乾 Goji Berries Cookies 10102017(tue)

Last few day we measured our little princess as usual... she is now 107cm tall and 17.8kg in weight at the age of 4 years 2 months old. We measure her monthly since she was born. We are happy to see her grows well and happy everyday. Recently we only sent her to music class and art class weekly. Hopefully she enjoys the 2 classes that she is attending.

Breakfast today is just Goji Berries Cookies and fresh milk.

Lunch Bento is chicken curry, plain rice and okra.

Teatime shall be dried Apple snacks or fresh organic Apple... up to princess's choice. LOL

枸杞餅乾 

材料：

有機枸杞2湯匙（15克）

溫水2湯匙

特幼麵粉100克

無鋁蘇打粉1/4茶匙

無鹽奶油35克

有機蔗糖20克

做法：

1）枸杞+溫水泡軟，連同水一起打成汁。

2 ）奶油軟化後，加入糖打至松發。

3 ）加入枸杞汁，攪拌均勻。

4 ）篩入麵粉和蘇打粉，輕快搓勻成團（不可過度搓揉） 。

5 ）把麵團收入冰箱冷藏30分鐘鬆弛。

6 ）取出麵團，用擀面棍擀成0.4CM厚的麵餅，用饼干模切出形狀。

7 ）送進已經預熱的烤箱170度烤15-20分鐘或直到表面金黃色即可出爐。

大多數的小寶寶都愛看平板電腦/手機/電視，長期累積有可能造成寶寶很小就有視力問題。

幫寶寶補一補眼睛吧！枸杞是常常被譽為清肝明目的好食材哦。

枸杞的健康益處

- 預防糖尿病

- 控制膽固醇水平

- 自由基清除

- 心血管保護

- 保持身體健康

- 抗癌特性

- 保護腦細胞

- 防止肝損傷

- 皮膚護理

- 改善睡眠質量

- 提高精液和精子質量

- 視力改善

Goji Berries / Wolfberry Cookies

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons ( 15 grams ) Organic Wolfberry 

2 tablespoons warm water

100g superfine flour /cake flour/low protein flour

1/4 tsp Aluminum-free baking soda

35g unsalted butter

20g organic cane sugar

Steps:

1 ) Wolfberry + warm water soak till soft, blend till smooth.

2 ) beat butter and sugar until fluffy .

3 ) add in wolfberry juice, mix well.

4 ) Sift in flour and baking soda, knead briefly till dough is formed ( do not over knead ) .

5 ) keep dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to rest.

6 ) take out dough from refrigerator, roll dough into 0.4cm flat dough. use cookie cutter to ct out desired shapes.

7) bake at preheated of 170 ° C for 15-20 minutes or until the surface is golden brown

internet's search info:

Health Benefits of Goji Berry

- Prevents Diabetes

- Controls Cholesterol Levels

- Free Radical Scavenging

- Cardiovascular Protection

- Maintains Healthy Body

- Anti-cancer Properties

- Protects Brain Cells

- Prevents Liver Damage

- Skin Care

- Improves Sleep Quality

- Increases Semen & Sperm Quality

- Vision Improvement

Mix Vegetables Chicken Curry

Ingredients:

1 pc small potato

1/4 pc of carrot

2 cloves garlic (chop finely)

2 pcs chicken fillet

2-3 tbsp pure grape juice OR 1/2 tsp can sugar

pinch of sea salt

2 tsp organic curry powder

1/2 cup full cream milk

Adequate water ( i used 2 cups water)

Steps:

1) cut all ingredients into small bite size that lo can chew

2) sautee garlic with rice bran oil (or any good vege oil) till fragrant

3) add in chicken, carrot and potato to stir fry 1-2 mins

4) add in curry powder to stir fry till fragrant too

5) then pour in water to cover all ingredients and shimmer till potato is tender

6) add in milk, grape juice and salt.

7) cook till desired consistency then off fire. 

蔬菜雞肉咖哩

材料：

1個 小的馬鈴薯/土豆

1/4胡蘿蔔

2片 蒜米（剁碎）

2片 雞柳 （切丁）

2-3湯匙純葡萄汁或 1/2茶匙有機蔗糖

少許海鹽

2茶匙 有機咖哩粉

1/2杯 牛奶

清水適量（我用2杯水）

做法：

1）將所有材料切成小顆粒。

2）用米糠油（或任何好的菜油）把蒜米炒香。

3）加入雞肉，胡蘿蔔和馬鈴薯炒1-2分鐘。

4）加入咖哩粉拌炒至香。

5）然後倒入水將所有材料覆蓋，燜煮至馬鈴薯變軟。

6）加入牛奶，葡萄汁（或有機蔗糖）和鹽。

7）烹調至濃稠，然後熄火。

蘋果乾片

DRIED APPLE SLICE

Homemade Dried Apple Snack

Ingredient:

2 organic apples

1/4 tsp salt

2-3 bowls drinking water

Tools 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 70'C, on the fan for 8 - 12 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 100'C for 15-20'C, the texture of the dried apple is crunchy now.

If using oven only, 120'C for 2 hours.

自製蘋果乾小吃

材料：

2粒 有機蘋果

1/4茶匙 鹽

2-3碗 煮过的水

所需工具：食品脫水机和烤箱

做法：

1）把盐和水混合。

2）苹果洗净切成大约2mm的厚片。

3）把苹果片浸泡在鹽水幾秒鐘。

4）滴干鹽水，用廚房紙巾吸掉水分（如果沒有廚房紙巾可以跳過）。

5 ）均匀的把苹果摆在脱水機架上，不要重叠。

6）設定溫度70'C ，在風扇8 - 12小時（視水果的水分）

7）蘋果片乾燥後，还不是很脆的。

8）預熱烤箱100C度烘烤15-20分钟。

如果没有食品脱水机，可以直接使用烤箱。

做法：

1）把盐和水混合。

2）苹果洗净切成大约2mm的厚片。

3）把苹果片浸泡在鹽水幾秒鐘。

4）滴干鹽水，用廚房紙巾吸掉水分（如果沒有廚房紙巾可以跳過）。

5）把苹果均匀的摆在烤架上。

6）放入烤箱中层。

  7）启动对流风扇，120度，大约2个小时。

**苹果片烤制前用柠檬水泡一下或用淡盐水煮一下可以有效防止氧化变色

**烤好的苹果干要密封保存，尽快吃完，以防受潮后发霉变质。

25/5/2017 (thu) Curry baked chicken wings

Good day dear all mommies!

昨天媽咪休假，沒有做便當。 。呵呵。 。

自從有了孩子，自己所有的絨毛公仔都會變成孩子的。 （泣）因為孩子說是她的（指著媽咪的公仔說）。 。昨天，老公的也不例外。媽咪我送給老公的一個牛造型的公仔，也被小公主佔為己有。 （笑死我了）昨天還要求一個牛牛的便當。

I bought a pack of organic curry powder yesterday and this morning baked chicken wings with it... omg... so yummy and smell so good when it was out from the oven.

Bento for my gal

Sushi rice

Curry baked chicken wings

Boiled okra, broccoli and carrot

Organic Juliet Apple

Bega cheddar cheese slice

便當裡有今天用烤箱烤的咖哩雞翅膀（好香哦）,壽司米飯，水煮胡蘿蔔，青花椰菜和秋葵。再加些有機蘋果和車達起司片。

Curry baked chicken wings

Ingredient:

 2 pcs chicken chicken wings

1/2 tsp curry powder

pinch of sea salt

dash of pepper powder

1 tsp honey

Steps:

1) Marinate the drumstick with curry powder, salt and pepper for  30mins or more or overnight

2) Preheat oven to 190 degrees C.

3) Place chicken drumstick on a plate then place on the baking tray and bake for 15-20 mins

4) remove from oven, brush some honey on the surface.

5) Bake for 1-2 minutes or till golden brown

咖哩烤雞翅膀

材料：

2只 雞翅膀

1/2茶匙 咖哩粉

胡椒粉 適量

海鹽 適量

1茶匙 蜂蜜

做法：

1）把雞翅膀放入一個碗裡，加入咖哩粉，海鹽，胡椒粉，抓勻，放入冰箱冷藏室醃約30分鐘或隔天再烤也可以

2 ）烤箱預熱至190 ℃。

3 ）然後把雞腿放在烤盤上，烘烤15-20分鐘。

4）把烤盤取出，在雞翅膀表面再塗一些蜂蜜。

5）繼續烘烤1-2分鐘至上色。

 Spinach Meat Soup

Ingredients:

100g pork tenderloin

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) Put the pork tenderloin into a small pot with added water, boil for 30mins.

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

4) off fire and done.

菠菜瘦肉湯

材料：

100克 瘦肉

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）加热小鍋，注入水，加入瘦肉，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。

27/4/2016 Almond Oat Cookies 燕麥杏仁餅乾

Almond Oat Cookies 燕麥杏仁餅乾

（Recipe from食谱源于 SEASHORE）

Ingredients材料：

40g salad oil / 沙拉油 40克

80g low gluten flour / 低筋面粉 80克

30g granulated sugar / 细砂糖 30克

1 egg yolk / 蛋黄 1粒

1/4 tsp salt / 盐 1/4茶匙

30g oat / 燕麦 30克

20g almond slices / 杏仁片 20克

Decoration 

Adequate white chocolate / 白巧克力 适量

Method

1.Sift flour, sugar and salt into a mixing bowl. Add oat and almond slices to mix well.

在一个大碗中，筛入面粉、糖、盐、燕麦和杏仁片， 搅拌至混合均匀。 

2.Pour in salad oil and mix well. 

加入沙拉油拌匀。

3.Add egg yolk and knead briefly till it forms a dough.

加入蛋黄，全部搓揉至均匀混合成面团。 

4.Roll out the dough. Rest in the fridge for 30 minutes. 

把面团擀成厚片，冷藏30分钟，让其松弛。

5.Remove the dough from the fridge and cut into 5x1.5cm strips. 

取出面团，切割成5x1.5公分长方形条状。

6.Line a pan with parchment paper. Arrange the cookies on top and pan-fry them over low heat for 8 minutes. Turn them over and continue to pan-fry for another 5 minutes. Remove and set aside to cool. 

在平底锅铺上不沾纸，放入饼干，以小火烤约8分钟，翻面继续烤约5分钟，取出放凉。

7.Finely chop white chocolate. 

白巧克力切碎。

8.Melt white chocolate over a water bath. 

隔水煮溶白巧克力。

9.Dip one end of the cookie into the melted chocolate.

把饼干一半的部分浸入巧克力浆。 

Tips：

1.Toast almond slices over low heat for about 5 minutes in advance. Set aside to cool.

杏仁片预先以小火干炒约5分钟，取出放凉。 

2.Alternatively, you can bake the cookies in a preheated oven at 170°C for about 12 minutes.

若是使用烤箱，预热后以170℃烤约12分钟。

Mix Vegetables Chicken Curry

1 small potato

1/4 pc of carrot

1 tbsp frozen garden pea

1 small eggplant

2 shallot (chop finely)

1 chunk chicken breast pork (marinated with grape juice for 30mins)

2-3 tbsp pure grape juice

2 rice size of sea salt

2 tsp organic curry powder

1/2 cup full cream milk

Adequate water ( i used 2 cups water)

Steps:

1) cut all ingredients into small bite size that lo can chew

2) sautee shallot with grapeseed oil (or any good vege oil) till fragrant

3) add in chicken, carrot, garden pea and potato to stir fry 1-2 mins

4) add in curry powder to stir fry till fragrant too

5) then pour in water to cover all ingredients and shimmer till potato is tender

6) add in milk, grape juice and salt.

7) cook till desired consistency then off fire. ready to serve with rice.

6/Aug/2015 Thursday (2 yo)

Yesterday I was late to reach home for dinner and I requested my family to start dinner as usual without waiting me. When I reached home, they were just started dinner not long ago and hubby was feeding my 2yo lo with the stir fry noodle.  But then when I sit beside my gal and going to have my dinner and planed to continue feeding my gal but she told me, "自己吃" (meaning "I want to self feed"). Actually I let my gal self feed whenever we have meal time together. So, she has set "self feed when mummy is around" in her mind. ^.^ I never bother the way or style of my mother in law in taking care of my gal. I respect her own way. But when I take care my gal, I just use my own way too... So far we have no conflicts at all.

This morning I woke up a bit delay of 15mins after alarm rang. I had totally no ideas what foods shall I cook today. Well, just open the fridge and see what are the ingredients I have and prepared the followings without following any recipes by others...phew~ luckily there is something surprised me with my own recipe by mix and match....LOL.....(happy) 

Breakfast: Banana Pikelets(Pancake) and Fresh milk (hard boiled egg as back up food)

Lunch and Dinner: Mix grains rice served with Lotus root corn soup and Prawn Curry pumpkin sauce

Teatime: Baked Crispy Lotus Root and Yoplait Mango Yogurt 

Banana Pikelets (Pancake) (recipe by Yen Li)

Ingredients:

1 ripe Banana (about 45g)

80ml fresh milk

1 tbsp olive oil / rice bran oil / melted butter

1/3 cup cake flour (Can use self raising flour and omit baking powder)

1/2 tsp aluminium free baking powder

1 egg (about 1/3cup size)

1/2 tbsp sugar/honey

Steps:

1) blend everything except the flour and baking powder with hand blender for 5 seconds.

2) add in flour and baking powder, stir well.

3) heat pan with little olive oil and wipe off with kitchen towel.

4) place the pan onto a damp cloth or water to cool down, return to fire

5 ) Use 1 tablespoon measuring spoon to scoop a spoonful of batter into the pan , cover with the lid. About 20 to 30 seconds, a number of holes on the surface of the pancake shall form, open the lid and it is ready to overturn the pancake. 

6 ) cook for another 30 seconds and done.

7) repeat steps 4-6 until all batter is finished ( I make 4 rounds)

P/S:

1) The above recipe yield 16 small pikelets, using same volume of batter, pikelet size will be more evenly ~

2 ) Do not put too much oil , you can drop a few drops of oil on the pan then wipe evenly by a kitchen towel paper.

3 ) Always use the smallest fire to avoid burnt.

4 ) I am using 32cm pan which can cook 4 pikelets at the same time.

5 ) To make nice pikelets, the cool down process must not skip!!

香蕉Pikelets （煎餅） 

材料：

1條 熟香蕉（約45克）

80毫升 鮮牛奶

1湯匙 橄欖油/米糠油/酥油

1/3杯 低筋麵粉（可以用自發麵粉，並省略泡打粉）

1/2茶匙 無鋁泡打粉

1個 雞蛋

1/2湯匙 糖/蜂蜜

做法：

1) 用料理棒攪拌所有材料，除了麵粉和泡打粉。（打5秒）

2) 加入麵粉和泡打粉，攪拌均勻。

3) 加少许油在熱的平底鍋里，再用厨房纸巾擦匀。

4) 將平底鍋放在濕布上降溫，再放回炉上。（全程用小火）

5) 用１汤匙的量匙，分别挖一勺麵糊放入鍋中，蓋上蓋子。約20~30秒鐘左右可見到蛋餅表面出現若干小洞、打開蓋子并可以翻面了。（我家的锅一次可以煎４片）

6) 翻面之後也同樣煎半分鐘左右即可出鍋。

7) 重複步驟　4-６ ，直到麵糊全部用完。（我一共做4次）

～＊＊本人的小貼士＊＊～

1）以上食譜大約可以做1６個小小的鬆餅，每次勺同樣的分量，鬆餅的大小就會比較均勻啦~

2）油不要放多，可以滴幾滴油在鍋內之後，用紙巾擦勻。

3）一定要用最小火。火一大就容易煎焦。

4）我家平底鍋是３２ｃｍ的，可以一次煎四塊。

5）要煎美美的煎餅，讓平底鍋降溫的步驟就一定不可以省略哦。

Curry Prawn in Pumpkin sauce (No seasoning, recipe by Yen Li)

Ingredients:

2-5 prawns (i use 2 big prawns)

1/2 bowl mashed pumpkin puree

10g bega cheddar block cheese

2 cloves garlic (crushed or sliced)

1 tsp curry powder

1 potato

1 cup water

Steps:

1) peel and potato into 1cm cubes

2) peel, cut, steam and mash pumpkin (i used pre-cooked pumpkin puree stored in freezer)

3) heat pan, add oil, fry the potato cubes till cooked, set aside

4) remove excess oil if using much for frying the potato, add in crushed garlic, sauteed till fragrant then add in curry powder

5) add in prawn and stir fry for a while, remove prawn and set aside

6) add in the pumpkin puree and potato

7) add in water and cheese, shimmer for 2 mins, Off fire and done.

Baked Crispy Lotus Root

Ingredients:

1-2 " Lotus Root

pinch of sugar

some olive oil or rice bran oil

Steps:

1) peel and slice Lotus Root with peeler

2) use kitchen towel paper to dry the slices

3) lay the Lotus Root slices on parchment paper laid on baking tray

4) lightly brush oil on the lotus root slices and sprinkle sugar on top

5) bake at pre-heated oven of 120'C for 15mins

6) over turn and continue baking at 100'C for 15mins or till completely dry and brown.

29/5/2015 Happy Friday

Good Morning and Happy Friday ~ 

Yesterday bought a waffle maker from lazada and this morning was my 1st time making waffle. Still need improvement for better waffle next time...

I searched through internet and finally to try out the recipe shared by Easy Breakfast Recipes Easy Belgium Waffles. I did modify a bit the recipe by adding 1 tbsp rice flour to have a crunch texture and omitted the baking soda as I do not like to use it.

Breakfast : Belgium Waffles, golden pear & fresh milk

Lunch & Dinner : Plain rice with mix vegetables chicken curry

Teatime : Golden pear barley drink & steam pumpkin mantou

Easy Belgium Waffles

(Note this recipe will make about 2 -- 3 Belgian style waffles. For 4 -- 6 waffles you'll need to double the recipe.)

Ingredients:

1 cup Flour

1 tbsp rice flour

4 tsp Sugar
1/2 tsp Salt (I put 1/8 tsp only)
2 tspn Baking Powder
1/8 tspn Baking Soda (I omitted)
1 Egg Seperated
1 tblspn Canola Oil
2 tblspn Non-Salt Butter (Melted)
1 cup Water (I used fresh milk)

Directions:

1. Heat up your waffle iron while you gather your ingredients. I use a medium setting which gives me a nice lightly browned waffle.

2. In a medium bowl add your flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Stir together.

3. Add separated egg yolk and water to flour (dry ingredients). Mix it all together.

4. Add melted butter and canola oil. Mix together.

5. In a small bowl beat your egg white until fluffy or lighter. Add to your batter and mix together.

6. Add batter to your waffle iron and cook! Once the timer or cooked light comes on your done!

Mix Vegetables Chicken Curry
1 small potato
1/3 pc of carrot

3 tbsp frozen garden pea
2 shallot (chop finely)

1 chunk chicken breast pork (marinated with grape juice for 30mins)
2-3 tbsp pure grape juice
2 rice size of sea salt
2 tsp organic curry powder
1/2 cup full cream milk
Adequate water ( i used 2 cups water)

Steps:
1) cut all ingredients into small bite size that lo can chew
2) sautee shallot with grapeseed oil (or any good vege oil) till fragrant
3) add in chicken, carrot, garden pea and potato to stir fry 1-2 mins

4) add in curry powder to stir fry till fragrant too

5) then pour in water to cover all ingredients and shimmer till potato is tender
6) add in milk, grape juice and salt.
7) cook till desired consistency then off fire. ready to serve with rice.

Golden Pear Barley Drinks

Ingredients

1 cup POP Job's Tear （熟薏仁）

2 tbsp Job's Tear （生薏仁）

1 golden pear (diced)

1 honey date

3 cups hot water

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

22/4/2015 Wednesday Happy Hour

Black sesame seeds is one of the good source of calcium which is 5X more than cow milk which I heard from the radio one day. after googled, ~

" Black sesame for healthier skin and bones

Abundant in calcium and zinc, black sesame seeds can keep your bones strong and help you ward off osteoporosis. The seeds also provide the body with vitamin E, which is needed for healthy skin. These health benefits of the black sesame can keep you strong, and beautiful, even as you age."

Therefore, for healthy grow young toddlers, calcium is very important to keep them grow with healthy bone and teeth.

Breakfast: Black sesame dessert & steam baby corn and sweet corns

Lunch & Dinner : Mix Grains rice served with mix vegetable minced pork curry

Teatime : Potato Rings and Grapes yogurt drink

Black sesame dessert 
Ingredients
1/2 cup cooked rice
1 cup water
2 tbsp sesame powder
1 ~ 1.5 tsp Natural rock sugar

Steps:

1) blend water and cooked rice with blender
2) pour into a sauce pan, add in sesame powder, keep stirring while cooking under small fire. If too thick the mixture, add little bit water.
3) add in rock sugar and cook till melted.
4) blend the mixture again to have more smoothie texture. ( I try to sieve it with a coffee strainer and its work!!)
5) ready to serve warm.

Mix Vegetables Minced Pork Curry
Ingredients:

1 small potato
1/3 pc of carrot

1" zucchini
1 shallot (chop finely)

1/2 cup minced pork (marinated with grape juice for 30mins)
2-3 tbsp pure grape juice
2 rice size of sea salt
1-2 tsp organic curry powder
2 tbsp full cream milk
Adequate water ( i used 2 cups water)

Steps:
1) cut all ingredients into small bite size that lo can chew
2) sautee shallot with grapeseed oil (or any good vege oil) till fragrance
3) add in curry powder to stir fry till fragrance too
4) add in minced pork, carrot and potato to stir fry 1-2 mins
5) then pour in water to cover all ingredients and shimmer till potato is tender
6) add in milk, grape juice and salt.
7) cook till desired consistency then off fire. ready to serve with rice.

Potato Rings
Ingredients: 
50g cooked & mashed potato
2 tsp potato starch
2 tsp cake flour
1 egg yolk
1 tsp sugar

Steps:
1) mix all the ingredients till combined.
2) put into a plastic bag and cut a hole at the edge.
3) Squeeze out ring shape on the non stick baking sheet
4) bake at preheat oven at 165°C for 10-15 mins or the ring sides turn lightly golden brown.

P/s: once the rings are baked till completely dry and hard, light golden brown, it is very crunchy!!! if you press and touch the surface of the rings which are still soft, they will not crunchy

TIPS FOR BUSY MUMMIES

The above recipe can be kept in freezer one night before baking it in next morning. Just blend all the ingredients and put it in a plastic bag OR 2 bags (if your lo could not finish all in one time)...tight well the opening then keep them in the freezer. Next day morning just thaw it till room temperature, cut a hole at the edge, squeeze out sticks shape or rings shape and bake at usual.