21/7/2015 Tuesday (2 yo)

Happy Tuesday~

Simple meals only for today..... My little one is 2 years old.... She likes pasta very much. Almost every meal time she will mention "bear bear mien mien" (bear shape pasta) and she did mentioned too last night and I told her mummy will cook it today. Well, as her wishes... ^.^

Breakfast : Raisin Rolled Oat with chiaseed

Lunch and dinner : Stir fry bear shape pasta with cucumber and minced meat + beetroot soup

Teatime: Baby cream puff (plain) and pomegranate juice

Rolled Oat with Raisin and chiaseed

p/s: for lo is below 10mo, please soak the rolled oat for 4 hours then drain away the soaked water prior cooking)

Ingredients:

rolled oats 3 tbsp (I soaked 1 hour only)

chiaseed 1/2 tsp

milk 5 tbsp

water 1/3 cup

raisin 1 tbsp (chopped finely)

honey 1 tsp

Steps:

1) cook all ingredients except raisin and honey fruits for 1-2 mins.

2) add in raisin and honey, mix well.

    can be served warm or cool in fridge.

Stir Fried Bear Shape Pasta

Ingredients :

Bear Shape Pasta or any types of pasta/noodle, cook as per instructions on the packaging (half cook is okay),  set aside 

2 cloves garlic (sliced)

1 japanese cucumber (cubed)

50g minced pork tenderloin (marinated in tomato puree for 30mins)

1 tsp Liquid Amino + 1 tbsp water

some grapeseed / Olive oil

dash of pepper powder

Steps:

1) heat pan and add in oil

2) sautéed garlic till fragrant 

3) add in the minced meat and cucumber, stir fry a while

4) add in Liquid amino+water and finally the half cooked pasta. 

5) stir fry for another 1 min and done with dash of pepper powder

Baby Cream Puffs (Today I baked half portion of the recipe)

Ingredients~ 

For the puffs:

110 fresh milk

60 g organic all purpose flour (sifted)

40 g unsalted butter

2 size A eggs, lightly beaten

1 tsp muscovado sugar or any sugar

For the custard:

180 ml fresh milk

1 tbsp muscovado sugar / any sugar

5g corn starch

15g plain flour

Steps:

1）Boil milk and butter in a saucepan. Once butter is melted, pour in the sifted flour and sugar, beat rapidly with a wooden spatula/spoon into a paste. Off fire once the paste is formed.

2) Let the paste cool for about 3 – 5 minutes in the saucepan. Then add in egg in 3 portions, stir the paste with a spoon and add in egg little at a time until well combined then add in egg again.

3) Continue stir rapidly the paste and eggs until the mixture is smooth and glossy.

4) Spoon the mixture in a piping bag or plastic bag (cut a hole at the edge), then squeeze mixture onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper, sprinkle some water on the puff surface. Bake in a preheated oven of 190’C for 15 – 20 mins or until golden brown and puffed up. (I baked about 22mins)

5) Turn off heat and leave the puffs in the oven for 10 minutes to gradually cool down before removing from the oven. 

 For Milky Custard:

1)  When the cream puffs are being baked in the oven, make the milky custard. Combine all the ingredients and mix till no lumps.

2)  Pour mixture into a saucepan. Cook on low heat, stirring constantly, for 10 - 15 minutes or until custard thickens, remove from heat and leave aside to cool.

To Assemble Cream Puff

1) Put the custard in a piping bag, Poke in the puff and squeeze in the custard.

2) Chill in the refrigerator for 2 – 3 hours before serving.

TIPS

**** It is extremely important not to open the oven door during baking as the outside air may cause the temperature inside the oven to drop drastically and cause the puffs to deflate.

21/5/2015 (Thur) Rice Crackers

Recently I couldn't wake up right after the alarm rang, still blurred and thought myself just wake up right after I off the alarm but once I look at the time.... 30 mins or more I lazy laid on the bed.....@@

I remembered last few weeks, there was a mummy asking whether any cookies recipe suitable for lo around 7mo, no teeth yet. So, I searched back my saved hard copy recipes and finally found 1 which is suitable for lo above 6 mo.

Breakfast : 5 min knead-less cheese bun  (baked yesterday, still soft today) & cherry tomatoes & Fresh milk

Lunch and dinner : Fried bear shape pasta with garlic and brown button mushroom

Teatime: Oil free, egg free, sugar free Rice Crackers & strawberry yogurt

5 mins knead-less cheese bun 

Recipe please refer to the link below,

Kneadless Bun Recipe

Oil free, egg free, sugar free Rice Crackers 

Ingredients :

20g rice flour (粘米粉)

40g fresh milk / full cream milk 

40g cooked mashed potato

10g baby milk powder / full cream milk powder 

Steps:

1) mix rice flour and milk together, stir till no lumps.

2) cook the mixture in a non stick pan by low heat and keep stirring until a soft dough is form. (May add some milk if found too dry, or any excess dry flour)

3) mix the rice dough with the mashed potato and milk powder (for older lo, may add 1 tsp icing sugar at this time for mild sweet), knead the mixture till well combined.  You may use potato starch to dust the dough to avoid sticky. 

4) dust the dough, place it into a plastic bag, use a roller pin to roll it flat (roughly size 15cm×15cm)

5) cut and open the plastic, dust some potato starch again on the surface, use knife or cookies cutter to cut out shape.  (Dust your knife or cookies cutter to avoid stickiness)

6) carefully and gently hold the cut out flat dough and put on baking tray (if oven bake) or non stick pan (if pan fry)

7) bake at preheated oven of 160'C for 20mins (for younger babies) or 25mins above till light golden brown (for older babies)

OR just pan fry in a non stick pan till both sides are lightly browned 

Texture: soft melting texture

Stir Fried Bear shape Pasta

Ingredients :

Bear shape pasta or any types of pasta, cook as per instructions on the packaging,  set aside 

3 cloves garlic (sliced)

2-3 brown button mushroom (sliced)

Some garlic powder 

Some dried parsley 

Olive oil

Some sea salt to taste

Steps:

1) heat pan and add in olive oil

2) sautéed garlic till fragrance 

3) add in the mushrooms and stir fry a while

4) add in sea salt, garlic powder, parsley  and finally the cooked pasta. 

5) stir fry for another 1 min and done