3/3/2015 Tuesday : Meals of the Day

Good morning dear mummies ~

Simple meals for my 19mo lo....

I remembered one mummy asking if she can pan fry the hash brown instead of baking it in the oven. I tried pan fry this morning but it was not so easy as the texture is soft. I pan fried it very carefully and finally done. But I still prefer the baking version. Haha... easier and not oily.

Breakfast : baked eggplant with potato cheese topping and melon yogurt smoothie

Lunch and Dinner : star pasta v short spaghetti in mushroom sauce

Teatime: potato cheese pancake and orange juice

Baked eggplant with potato cheese topping

Ingredients 

1 organic eggplant

1/2 potato

1 tbsp grated cheddar cheese

10g unsalted butter

Some dried parsley

Steps:

1. Slice eggplant into 5mm thickness, soak in salt mild water and rinse dry

2. Steam potato then mash with butter and cheese, add in some dried parsley, mix well.

3. Spread the potato mixture on every slice of the eggplant.

4. Bake at preheated oven of 180'C for 25mins or light golden brown on topping.

Melon yogurt smoothie

2" thick slice of rock melon

1 tbsp natural yogurt

Blend till smooth.

Star pasta v short spaghetti in mushroom sauce 

Ingredients 

Any types of desired pasta, cook as per instructions 

Mushroom soup

Ingredients :

Cauliflower 1-2 florets

2 big size brown button mushroom

20g cheddar cheese

1/2 cup full cream milk

1/2 cup water

1 clove of garlic

Steps:

1) slice the garlic. Sauté the garlic the some olive oil

2) cut the mushrooms into smaller size

3) put the mushrooms, garlic,cauliflower, milk into a container and use a hand blender to blend them till smooth. (Use normal blender also okay)

4) pour the blended mixture into a sauce pan, add in water and cheese, dash some pepper powder. Cook till boiling and cheese melted.

5) off fire and done. Ready to serve warm by itself or serve with pasta or rice.

To cook with frozen mushroom soup

Fresh vegetables : red, yellow & orange pepper chilli( can use capsicum too) diced

Few stalks organic fresh grey mushroom

1/2 slice of ham (optional)

2-3 tbsp frozen garden pea

Steps:

1) heat pan with some grape seed oil, add in ham to stir fry till light golden brown

2) add in all other ingredients and stir fry for 1 min

3) pour in 6-7 oz mushroom soup and dash of pepper powder.

4) cook till boiling then add in the cooked pasta then mix well and off fire.

5) ready to serve warm

Potato cheese pancake (hash browns but pan fry version)

Hash Brown

Ingredients : 

50g cooked potato

2 tbsp rolled oat

10g grated cheddar cheese

Steps:

1) soak rolled oat with hot water for 20mins (if lo is below 10mo, soak at least 4 hours), drain away the water.

2) while soaking the oat, boil 1 medium size potato with skin on for 15mins

3) peel off potato skin and weight 50g quantity and cube it into roughly 5mm cube size

3) mix all 3 ingredients by a spoon gently.

4) scoop 1 tbsp of the mixture on the non stick baking sheet and shape by the spoon and damp fingers. (Yield 5 hash browns )

5) bake at preheated oven of 190'C for 20mins or light golden brown.

20/1/2016(Wed) 松子薯餅

I was not able to wake up at 4.30am during the alarm rang. I was lying on the bed and thinking what shall i cook this morning. My mind was blank and only decided after checking the ingredients available in the fridge. Initially was thinking to bake soft cake but since not sufficient time, I just baked this simple hash brown. The quantity of the recipe just yield 3 pieces only, enough for a little girl...haha... Please don't ask me which recipe that I follow as I just simply mix and match and luckily it is nicely baked.

Breakfast : pine nuts hash brown and fresh milk 

Lunch and dinner : Butter raisin rice, baked chicken drumstick and creamy sweet corn soup

Teatime : Bun biscuit rings and black sesame dessert

今早腦袋空白的我沒能在鬧鐘鈴響時醒來，趴在床上，還在憂悶該煮什麼給我2歲半的寶貝女兒。 5點半才走下樓並檢查冰箱有什麼材料再決定煮什麼。最初想烤迷你夾心蛋糕，但由於沒有足夠的時間，只好做了這個簡單的薯餅。食譜的分量僅僅做出3塊薯餅而已，足以讓一個小女孩吃啦...哈哈...

早餐：松子薯餅和鮮牛奶

午餐和晚餐：葡萄乾奶油飯，烤雞腿和奶油甜玉米羹

下午茶：麵包餅乾圈圈和黑芝麻糊

Pine Nuts Hash Brown (Oven baked)

Ingredients:

50g Mashed potato

10g Pine nuts

10g grated cheddar cheese

To Shape:

~ 4cm diameter ring cutter

~ 5g homemade bread crumbs

Steps:

1) peel, slice and steam potato for 20-25mins (or till soft), mash it by fork

2) mix mashed potato, pine nuts and cheese

3) divide into 3 portions (23g each), form ball shapes 

4) lay baking sheet on the baking tray

5) dip each potato ball into the bread crumbs, well coated

6) put the ball onto the ring cutter which placed on the baking sheet

7) press firmly and flatten the top surface, remove ring, continue with other potato balls (you may use any shape mould cutter)

8) bake at preheated oven of 160'C for 20-25mins or some light golden brown.

9) ready to serve warm~ yummy!

松子薯餅

材料：

50克 馬鈴薯泥（我用1個小的馬鈴薯）

10克 松子（有機店買的）

10克 切達乾乳酪

塑造型：

〜圓形通心鋼模（直徑4 cm）

〜5 克 自制面包糠

做法：

1）馬鈴薯去皮，切片和隔水蒸約20-25mins。

2）用叉子把馬鈴薯壓泥，不需要全部壓碎，並趁熱加入奶油。

3）在一個大碗裡，加入馬鈴薯泥，松子和切達乾乳酪（刨丝），混合均勻。

4）預熱烤箱至160'C, 烤盤鋪上不沾烤紙。

5）將薯泥分成3份（每份大約23克），每份塑成球狀。

6）把薯球丟進面包糠，滾滿后放進鋼模裡，用手/汤匙壓平表面再取出鋼模，重複做法至所有薯球被壓出模。

7）送進烤箱，烘烤大約20-25mins或至金黃色。

松子的營養價值：

（網上資料）

1、松子中富含不飽和脂肪酸，如亞油酸、亞麻油酸等，能降低血脂，預防心血管疾病;

2、松子中所含大量礦物質如鈣、鐵、磷、鉀等，能給機體組織提供豐富的營養成分，強壯筋骨，消除疲勞，對老年人保健有極大的益處;

3、松子中維生素E高達30%，有很好的軟化血管、延緩衰老的作用，是中老年人的理想保健食物，也是女士們潤膚美容的理想食物;

4、松仁富含脂肪油，能潤腸通便緩瀉而不傷正氣，對老人體虛便秘，小兒津虧便秘有一定的食療作用;

5、松子中的脂肪成分是油酸、亞油酸等不飽和脂肪酸，有很好的軟化血管的作用，是中老年人的理想保健食物;

6、松子中的磷和錳含量豐富，對大腦和神經有補益作用，是學生和腦力勞動者的健腦佳品，對老年癡呆也有很好的預防作用。

Butter Raisin Rice

Ingredients:

1 bowl cooked Brown Rice (adult bowl size)

5g unsalted butter

1 tbsp raisin

2 cloves garlic (crushed)

pinch of sea salt (for lo above 1yo)

Steps:

1) heat pan, add in butter and saute garlic till fragrant

2) add in brown rice and raisin stir fry for a while

3) add in sea salt and dash of pepper powder

4) off fire and done

Roasted drumstick

Ingredient:

1 chicken drumstick ( i use kampung chicken drumstick)

2 gloves garlic (crushed)

1/4 tsp liquid amino

dash of pepper powder

a little bit VCO 

some dried parsley

Steps:

1) Marinate the drumstick with all the ingredients 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

4) Bake for 20 minutes 

烤雞腿

材料：

1只雞腿（用叉子在肉上戳孔）

1/4 茶匙天然醬油（我用液體氨基）

胡椒粉 適量

一些 蒜泥

幾滴 初榨椰子油

做法：

1）把蒜泥和雞腿一起放入一個碟子裡，倒入醬油，胡椒粉和椰子油，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。

4）烘烤20分鐘。

Creamy Corn Soup

Ingredients:

100g sweet corn

70g cauliflower

dash of pepper powder

15g cream cheese

5g cheddar cheese

1 cup water

Steps:

1) Blend sweet corn and cauliflower with 1/2 cup of water

2) sieve the mixture through a strainer

3) cook the mixture in a pot with medium heat

4) add in water, cream cheese and cheddar cheese, cook till boiling and cheese melted

5) add in dash of pepper powder 

6) off fire and done

Black sesame dessert 

Ingredients

1/2 cup cooked rice

1 cup water

3 tbsp fresh milk

2 tbsp sesame powder

10-15g 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. If too watery can cook longer time.

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.

寶寶芝麻糊

材料:

白飯 1/2 杯

黑芝麻粉 2 湯匙

水1 杯 （可以用鮮奶或豆漿）

鮮奶 3 湯匙

天然紅冰糖10-15g

做法:

1. 把所有材料放在一起用攪拌機或果汁機打至幼滑

2. 倒入鍋子裡，以小火煮滾即可。一定要一邊煮一邊攪拌。

3. 如果喜歡稀，可以加點水；如果喜歡稠，可以煮久一點。

4. 用网滤过筛或再用攪拌機或果汁機打至更幼滑也可以。

5. 趁热饮用或冷饮也很棒。。

31/12/2015 (Thu) Honey Cheese grilled chicken

Happy New Year 2016 and good bye 2015 soon....

Hash Brown (Round)

Ingredients:

90g cooked potato

2 tbsp Instant rolled oat

15g grated cheddar cheese

Steps:

1) boil 1 medium size potato with skin on for 15mins or till tender (can be poked in by fork)

3) peel off potato skin and weight 90g quantity and cube it into roughly 5mm cube size (pic 1)

3) mix all 3 ingredients in a bowl. (pic 3)

4) scoop 1 tbsp of the mixture (pic 4) on the non stick baking sheet and shape by the spoon and damp fingers. (Yield 7-8 hash browns )

5) bake at preheated oven of 190'C for 20mins or light golden brown.

Honey Cheese grilled chicken/ BBQchicken

Ingredients:

1 clove garlic, chopped 

1/2 tbsp honey 

1 tsp lemon juice

1 chicken drumstick

10g cheddar cheese

Steps:

1) Marinate chicken drumstick in honey, garlic and lemon juice for 30 mins

2) shred cheese on the drumstick

3) bake at preheated oven of 170'C for 20-25 mins 

Fried Garlic

Golden Pear Barley Drinks 

Steamed Onion Juice 蒸洋蔥水

24/2/2015 Tuesday : Start working after CNY holidays

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Good morning dear all~
Resume working after 10 days off for CNY holidays but no off day for mummies in cooking for their little ones...

Baked some hash brown with 3 ingredients only but it is super yummy that myself like it too. It is egg less and flour less, and it is suitable for teeth-less lo too...
One of the ingredients used is rolled oat as my 19mo lo is refusing to eat rolled oat recently, so i hope she will like the hash brown and taking in the rolled oat invisibly...LOL...

Breakfast : mushroom soup with hash brown

Lunch & Dinner : Chicken floss porridge

Teatime: Honey lemon and steam mantao

Hash Brown
Ingredients : 
50g cooked potato
2 tbsp rolled oat
10g grated cheddar cheese 

Steps:
1) soak rolled oat with hot water for 20mins (if lo is below 10mo, soak at least 4 hours), drain away the water.
2) while soaking the oat, boil 1 medium size potato with skin on for 15mins
3) peel off potato skin and weight 50g quantity and cube it into roughly 5mm cube size
3) mix all 3 ingredients by a spoon gently.
4) scoop 1 tbsp of the mixture on the non stick baking sheet and shape by the spoon and damp fingers. (Yield 5 hash browns )
5) bake at preheated oven of 190'C for 20mins or light golden brown.

Mushroom soup
Ingredients :
Cauliflower 1-2 florets 
2 big size brown button mushroom 
20g cheddar cheese
1/2 cup full cream milk
1/2 cup water
1 clove of garlic

Steps:
1) slice the garlic. Sauté the garlic the some olive oil
2) cut the mushrooms into smaller size
3) put the mushrooms, garlic,cauliflower, milk into a container and use a hand blender to blend them till smooth. (Use normal blender also okay)
4) pour the blended mixture into a sauce pan, add in water and cheese, dash some pepper powder. Cook till boiling and cheese melted.
5) off fire and done. Ready to serve warm by itself or serve with pasta or rice.

Chicken floss Porridge
Ingredients
1/4 chicken breast
1" carrot
3 french bean
2 tbsp mix grains

1) boil 2 cups of water
2) add in the chicken meat and cook for 10mins
3) remove the chicken from the water, cool down a bit, tear it into floss
4) in a slow cooker, add in the cooked water(cooked chicken), carrot (diced), french beans (diced), chicken floss and the mix grains, cook for 1.5 - 2 hours

Dragon Fruit Mantao
Recipe:
Milk 160g
Dragon fruit juice 20g (can omit it and add 20g milk to make plain milky mantao)
Sugar 50g
Instant dry yeast 1 tsp
Aluminum free baking powder 1 tsp
Pao flour 330g
Unsalted butter 25g

I use bread maker to knead the dough by function no 8 of my tesco bm. Beat 20mins, off machine. Proof for 30mins, press out all air, divide dough into 16 portion, wrap in filling, proof for another 20mins, steam at med high fire for 10mins

Honey Lemon
1/4 tsp raw organic honey
100ml warm water
1-2 lemon essential oil (edible type) OR 1/2 tsp lemon juice