5/Nov/2015 Thu 香蘭千層蛋糕

I woke up as usual today. Able to mop the floor and prepared meals of the day for my 27mo lo.

Breakfast : Red bean Oatmeal, roasted almond and fresh milk

Lunch and dinner : Prawn Garlic Stew Rice

Teatime : Pandan Layer Cake and fresh orange juice

Red Bean Oatmeal

Ingredients:

2.5 tbsp organic rolled oat

25g pre-cooked red bean

1-2 tsp organic cane sugar

2 tbsp fresh milk

1 tsp coconut milk

1/2 cup water

Steps:

1) soak rolled oat for 4 hours for lo below 10mo. I soak for 30mins.

2) blend rolled oat with red bean and water till smooth

3) pour in a small pot with other ingredients and cook under small fire for 2-3 mins.

4) if too watery, cook for longer time. if too thick, add a little water / milk

Prawn Garlic stew rice

Ingredients:

4 tbsp mix grains rice (presoak)

2 cloves garlic

6 prawns

8 cherry tomatoes

1 bowl of broccoli florets

20g cheddar cheese

1.5 cup water/soup stock

dash of pepper

Steps:

1) soak mix grains rice overnight

2) slice garlic finely, cut broccoli florets into small size

3) heat pan with low fire, add in olive oil, sauteed garlic till fragrant

4) add in brown rice and stir fry for a while

5) add in prawns, tomatoes, broccoli, baby lady finger, stir fry for a while. (remove prawn and broccoli from the pan, set aside)

6) add in 1 cup of water/ soup stock and cover lid and shimmer for 10 mins

7) open lid, grate in half of the cheese and dash of pepper powder, add in some water/ soup if too dry and stir fry for a while

8) transfer the rice into 2 casseroles, place the broccoli and prawn pour the 1 tbsp of water/soup in each bowl 

9) grated the remaining cheese on the top, steam for 5-8 mins

香蘭千層蛋糕

蛋糕材料：

（ A）： 15毫升全脂牛奶/鮮奶/豆奶/嬰兒配方奶

                20毫升米糠油/橄欖油/玉米油/任何菜油

                2顆 蛋黃

                40g 低筋粉/蛋糕粉/普通麵粉/中筋麵粉

       

（B ） ： 2顆 蛋白

                 20克 有機蔗糖/白砂糖

                 1/2茶匙 檸檬汁/醋

蛋糕做法：

1 ）材料（A ）混合後，備用。

2 ）預熱烤箱160'C度。

3 ）材料（B ）打至濕性發泡後，再將打發的蛋白分兩次倒入（ 1 ）拌勻。

4）把麵糊舀入擠花袋/塑膠袋，底部剪個小洞，擠麵糊到不粘烤紙/布上/矽膠墊，輕輕地擠成6公分圓狀。 （大小請根據自己的蛋糕模/玻璃碗/布丁碗的尺寸,再減2-3公分) 擠好後，可以用手指稍微抹平凸/尖的表面。

5）把烤盤送進烤箱，烤20分鐘或表皮呈淺棕色。

6）把蛋糕移去鋼絲鐵架上待冷卻。

香蘭軟糕 / 咖椰材料

50ml 椰漿 

100ml 鮮奶 (大人版可用椰漿）

125ml 香蘭汁 = 2片香蘭葉+水，打成汁 

20g 印尼綠豆粉（白）/ 用玉米粉代替 

20g 細砂糖

3g 燕菜粉 

（以上的分量足夠2個9公分的小砂鍋。如果蛋糕模具更大，請酌量增加分量哦。）

香蘭軟糕做法

7. 把所有材料倒進一個小鍋，攪拌均勻。用打蛋器不停地攪拌在小火煮至濃稠，熄火即可。

8. 我使用2个花型砂鍋(內徑9 公分)，先倒入一層(7)，鋪上一片蛋糕，如此類推，直到完成為止，最上一層舖的一定要是香蘭軟糕，舖一張保鮮膜緊貼香蘭軟糕的表面。用一些小重的東西壓著，預防浮起來，待冷，放入冰箱冷藏2 - 4 小時後，即可脫模。

Pandan Layer Cake 

Cake Ingredients:

Egg Yolk Batter:

2 Egg Yolks

20ml Grapeseed Oil/any vege oil

15ml Fresh Milk/any milk

40g Cake Flour / all purpose flour

Meringue:

2 Egg Whites

20g castor sugar

few drops vinegar/lemon juice

Steps:

1) Preheat oven to 160'C.

2) Place a parchment paper or non-stick baking sheet on the baking tray.

3) In a mixing bowl, add in egg yolk, oil and milk, mix well then sieve in flour and mix till combined. Set aside.

4) Place the egg whites and vinegar/lemon juice into a clean bowl and whisk till bubbly then add in sugar by 2 portions. Continue whisking until stiff peaks form, approximately 2 minutes.

5) Transfer 1/3 of the egg whites to the egg yolk batter and mix well. Add the remaining egg whites and fold in gently. 

6) Pour batter into a piping bag (no need nozzle) or plastic bag, cut small hole at the edge and gently squeeze out batter onto the parchment paper with the size slightly smaller than your cake mould/pudding bowl/glass bowl 

7) Bake for 20mins or light golden brown on the surface.

8) Place the cake on the wire rack for cooling down.

Pandan Paste Ingredients:

50ml  coconut milk

100ml fresh milk （for adult can use coconut milk)

125ml pandan juice = blend 2 pandan leaves + water

20g white packaging Hoen Kwe flour（corn flour substitute)

20g castor sugar

3g agar-agar powder

Steps:

9) Put all ingredients in a small pot and mix well by a whisk, cook under small fire, non-stop stirring and cook until boiling and slightly thicken.

10) I use a 9cm flower casserole bowl, put one layer of (9), then place a piece of cake at the centre, repeat the process until you put the last layer of the kaya. Place a layer of cling wrap close to the surface. Use some weight to put on top of the cake to prevent the cake from "floating", leave to cool, once cool, transfer to the fridge, refrigerated for 2-4 hours before removing from mould.

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。

throwback 21/8/2014 (1 year old)

Thursday today and very soon weekend again.. I cook everyday for my 1 yo lo, some foods she likes very much and some foods she will reject. Kinda picky eater. She uses her tongue to taste the food first before she open her mouth widely. @@ Then i know how to make her eat for those foods she rejects. I let her feed by herself by using hand or spoon, at the mean time, i feed her with another spoon. Haha! Good trick!

Today's meal:

Breakfast ~ Apple cinnamon rolled oat

Puree 1 apple with 1/2 cup full cream milk

Add 1 tablespoon rolled oat to puree and cook under low heat for 2 mins.

sprinkle some cinnamon powder and chia seed. mix well and ready to serve.

Lunch~ Organic mee sua with beetroot soap base and chicken & fried egg

Boil meesua till tender. set aside.

Boil frozen beetroot soup with minced chicken.

Pan fry egg become scramble egg.

serve mee sua with soup and topping with scramble egg.

Teatime~ homemade oatmeal bun (baked yesterday and still soft today)

Recipe can be found at yesterday's post.

05/02/2015 Thursday － Almond Crisps

February 5 · Batu Caves

Good morning mummies! Yesterday met 2 mummies in this group and had a happy meet with them.. Both of them saying that "wow! You are very tall!" Hahaha! Yes I am... ^.^

Breakfast: Apple Cinnamon rolled oat and steam baby corns

Lunch & Dinner: Fried Rice and pork garlic soup

Teatime: Baby version Almond Crackers and orange juice

Apple Cinnamon rolled oat

Ingredients

2 tbsp rolled oat

1 small apple

1/3 cup fresh milk or full cream milk

1/4 cup water

Dash of cinnamon powder.

Steps:

1) cut the apple into smaller cube then blend with the milk till smooth

2) pour the apple puree, water, rolled oat in a small pot, cook under small fire for 2-3mins or the oat turn tender.

3) add in cinnamon powder and ready to serve warm

Baby Fried Rice

Ingredients :

2 tbsp mix grains or white rice (soak overnight)

1 slice lettuce 

1/8 green capsicum

1 brown button mushroom

1 shallot

1 egg

3 baby corns

3 tbsp cubed carrot 

dash of pepper

4-5 drops Liquid Amino

Steps:

1) steam rice for 20mins

2) cut all other ingredients into small tiny bite size

3) sautéed shallot with grape seed oil or any vege oil till fragrance

4) add in egg and cook scrumble egg

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

6) pour in 2 tbsp water and close lid, shimmer for 2 mins

7) add in dash of pepper and liquid Amino.

8) add in cooked rice and stir fry till well mix

9) off fire and ready to serve warm

Almond Crisps

Ingredients

2 egg white

40g cake flour

8g sugar (if adult can put 15g sugar)

10g unsalted butter (if use salted butter can omit salt)

1 rice size salt

some almond flakes

Steps: (very simple i just use 1 pair of chopsticks)

1) Beat egg white, sugar & salt till combined

2) sift in the cake flour

3) mix in the melted butter

4) put in fridge to rest for 30mins ( can skip if no time)

5) scoop with a teaspoon of batter on the non sticky baking sheet with space

6) use the back of the spoon to flatten the batter as thin as possible

7) place some almond flakes on the batter (do not over lap)

8) bake at preheated oven of 150'C for 15mins or golden brown

18/6/2014 10.5mo lo's meals

June 18, 2014 · Batu Caves · Edited

Meals for my 10.5mo lo

Breakfast: apple cinnamon oatmeal

Apple 1/2 pc, rolled oat 1-2 tbsp (pre soak 4 hours if lo <10mo), fresh milk 2 tbsp, water 1-2tbsp. Blend apple with milk, if lo no teeth, can blend oat together... after that, cook in low heat for 2mins by keep stirring till smooth and consistency that you want. add in little cinnamon powder for fragrance... Done!!

Lunch: steam rice with pork, sweet corn, apple, tofu and carrot

Tri-rice: Brown rice+Quinoa+millet 1 tbsp (pre soak overnight)

Meat, sweet corn, apple, tofu and carrot (or any other vege that your lo can eat)

Blend all ingredients together including the raw meat with 2 tbsp water.

Pour the mixture into the bowl with rice. Steam at high heat for 5-10mins then turn to low heat for 15mins.

Teatime: apricot yogurt and homemade choco bread with cheese

3 organic dried apricot (pre wash and soak in hot water overnight)

1-2 tbsp yogurt

Blend till smooth... if too sweet, may add more yogurt.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE:
COCOA POWDER SHALL NOT BE INTRODUCED TO LITTLE ONE BELOW 3 YEARS OLD

Chocolate Bread by breadmaker
Bread Machine Chocolate Loaf

Ingredients:
1 egg (lightly beaten) + water = 225ml
100ml fresh milk
1 ½ tsp salt (I used 1 tsp)
40g caster sugar
25g butter (soften)
450g bread flour (I used 400g bread flour & 50g plain flour)
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1 ½ tsp instant yeast
100g chocolate chips

Method:
Add the ingredients to the bread pan according to you bread machine instruction.

For my bread machine, first I add all liquid (egg, water and milk), follow by sugar and salt (at different corner), butter and flour/cocoa powder (I mixed together beforehand). Then make an indentation at the centre of the flour and add in instant yeast. Select “Sweet” program for 900g bread with “Light” crust.

Add chocolate chips only when signal is given by the bread machine.

Remove loaf from pan once done and leave to cool completely on wire rack before cutting. Keep in airtight container or sealed plastic bag.

12/01/2015 Monday ^.^

January 12 · Batu Caves

Good Morning and blue blue day for my 17mo lo as she cried badly this morning during i left home to work... Poor baby~

Breakfast: rolled oat in grape juice
Lunch: chicken nuggets. Grapes, corn soup and sweet corn
Teatime: cheesy bites in flower shape & blueberry yogurt

Rolled oat in grape juice
Ingredients
6-7 pcs seedless black grapes
(blend, sieve away the skin, set aside)
2 tbsp organic rolled oat
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp raisin
dash of chia seed

1) cook rolled oat and chia seed in the water for 1 min.
2) add in grape juice and milk, cook for another 1min t
3) pour rolled oat in a bowl then top with some raisin.
4) ready to serve warm

Chicken Nuggets
Ingredients

65g minced chicken breast
55g mashed potato
1 tbsp spring onion (chopped finely)
5-10g grated carrot
10g grated cheddar cheese
1 brown button mushroom (chopped finely)
dash of pepper
1 tsp corn flour

mix all ingredients together. scoop 1 tbsp the mixture and form a ball shape then press lightly and pan fry in hot vegetable oil. (u may form it into finger shape too) pan fry till both sides golden brown.

Mini Cheesy Bites.
INGREDIENTS
70gm Plain Flour ( I used organic plain flour)
25 gm Cold Butter, cubed
2 Tsp muscovado sugar
50gm Grated Cheddar Cheese
1-2 Tbsp Cold Water/cold milk

Steps:
1. Rub together the flour, sugar and butter until it resembles a breadcrumb texture.
2. Add the grated cheese and a tbs of water at a time kneading by hand to form a nice dough ball. It shouldn’t be sticky. If sticky add a little more flour.
3. Place on to floured surface and roll out until it is about 2-3mm thick. Cut with mini cookie cutters or cut into squares.
4. Place onto a lined baking tray and bake in a 180 degree Celsius for 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden.

23/1/2015

January 23 · Batu Caves

Yeah!! Its Friday! My favorite day in the whole working week~

Good morning dear all mummies!
My alarm rings at 4am daily but these 2 days i off the alarm then fall to sleep again until 5.30am.. Phew~ Quick cooking done in 1.5hours~

Breakfast: Apple oatmeal milk

Lunch & Dinner: mee sua with ABC soup base + tofu and sawi and homemade meat floss

Teatime: Pandan Cheese Tamago Sticks

Apple oatmeal cheesy milk

Ingredients:
1/2 apple
100ml full cream milk (can use fresh milk)
1 tbsp rolled oat
1 tsp grated cheddar cheese

Steps:
1) blend apple, rolled oat and milk till smooth
2) pour in sauce pan and add in cheese
3) cook under small fire till boiling
4) ready to serve warm

Lunch & Dinner: mee sua with ABC soup base + tofu and sawi and homemade meat floss

***Tips in cooking mee sua

1) Cook the mee sua as per instruction in packaging
2) Rinse away the water
3) put the mee sua in a big bowl of ICE water, soak for 30 secs
4) Rinse away the ice water
5) pour 1-2 tsp of olive oil /grape seed oil /VCO and mix well the mee sua.
6) keep it the fridge.
7) before serve, just reheat the prepared soup base till boiling then add in the mee sua for few seconds, off fire, ready to serve.

The mee sua i cook SIAP SIAP everytime early in the morning, even dinner time i reheat to serve my lo, it is still nice to eat and no soggy problem...

This is just same as tamago balls but got the idea from a mummy yesterday in modifying it into cheese sticks.

Pandan Tamago Cheese Sticks
Ingredients: 
1 egg yolk
100g potato starch
20g castor sugar
10g milk powder (any milk powder also can...baby's fm/goat milk powder/adult full cream milk powder/etc)
20g grated cheddar cheese
1 tbsp Pandan Juice / MILK (for plain milky sticks)
(you just need to blend the pandan leaves with a little water, then sieve away the leaves, put the juice in the fridge overnight and next day throw the watery part on top and use the thick paste below)

Steps:
1) Mix egg yolk and sugar, using hand whisk beat till pale white.
2) Add in milk powder, pandan juice and Cheese, mix well with hand.
3) Add in potato starch by 3 times slowly until can form a soft dough, then can stop adding the flour. (Not sticky soft dough)
4) Pre-heat oven at 160°c.
5) Divide the dough into 20-25 portions. Roll the dough become a stick.
6) Place the sticks on tray then using a chopstick to poke the holes on each stick...and bake for 20 mins at 160°c OR until the base golden brown.