First of July 2015

First day of July and happy Wednesday dear all~

This morning I have some extra time to mop the floor before starting to cook for my 23mo lo. I am very happy that my gal is growing fast last month as we measured her and found that she grows 1.5cm in a month. She is now 88.5cm height and 12.2kg nett. ;P

Breakfast: Baked Pandan Soft Cakes, Cream cheese Meat Balls, Cucumber salad

Lunch & Dinner: Baby Spinach Pork Porridge with Goji Berries

Teatime: Cream Cheese Meat Sticks + Honey Lemon Drinks

Soft Pandan Cake

Ingredients :

Meringue

3 egg Whites

25g castor sugar

few drops vinegar / lemon juice

Yolk Batter

20g All purpose flour / cake flour
20g Corn flour3 egg yolks

25g Melted butter
50ml Fresh Pandan juice (can replace by milk / any juices)

Steps:

1) Grease a 6" round pan and lay baking paper on the base and the sides of the pan. (If you are using detachable cake pan, please wrap extra aluminum foil surround the base of the pan)

2) Preheat oven at 170'C.

3) In a clean bowl (no oil, no water), add in egg whites and vinegar. Use electric mixer to beat egg whites till bubbly then add in 1/2 of the sugar. Continue beating till foamy, add in the balance sugar until it turns to ribbon stage. (use the mixer to draw a "S" and it disappear very slowly)

4) In another bowl, mix well the egg York, butter, pandan juice and flours.

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

6) Add in the balance 2/3 of the egg whites and fold gently till well combined.

7) Pour the batter into the cake pan, gently tap few times on the table to remove excess big bubble from the batter.

8) Place the pan on the baking tray with full of hot water. (Avoid to open the oven halfway to fill water which will cause the cake sink) 

9) Bake at 165'C for 30mins or skewer comes out clean, off oven and leave a small gap between door for 10mins before removing cake from the oven. 

10) Cool down on wire rack. Cut and serve after completely cool down.

香蘭蛋糕
材料：

～蛋白糊
3顆       蛋清
25克     幼糖
幾滴     醋/檸檬汁

～蛋黃糊
20克     低筋麵粉
20克     玉米粉
3顆       蛋黃
25克     融化的無鹽奶油
50毫升 新鮮香蘭葉汁（可用牛奶/果汁替代）

做法：
1）烤箱預熱在170'C。
2）過篩的粉類放入一個盆中,加入50毫升香蘭葉汁/牛奶攪拌均勻
3）將3個蛋黃和融化的無鹽奶油加入混合均勻
4）蛋白先用打蛋器打出一些泡沫,然後加入檸檬汁及細砂糖(分2次加入)，打成尾端彎曲的蛋白霜(濕性發泡)
5）舀1/3份量的蛋白霜混入蛋黃麵糊中用橡皮括刀延著盆邊翻轉及劃圈圈的方式攪拌均勻
6）然後再將拌勻的麵糊倒入剩下的蛋白霜中混合均勻
7）倒入鋪好白報紙的烤模中,在桌上輕敲幾下讓麵糊均勻,若有氣泡用手指抹平整
8）將烤模放置到烤盤上,烤盤上倒入一杯沸水
   (一定要儘量倒滿,避免中途加水而開烤箱讓蛋糕消泡)
9）放進已經預熱至170度c的烤箱中烘烤10分鐘, 然後將烤溫調整到160度c再烘烤28-30分鐘
   (竹籤插入沒有沾粘即可)

Baby Spinach Pork Porridge

Ingredients:

3 tbsp mix grains

1 handful Goji Berries

1 bowl Organic Baby Spinach

3 bowls water

Steps:

1) soak mix grains overnight

2) cut baby spinach finely and clean the goji berries 

3) cook rice and water in low fire for 30mins

4) add in spinach and goji berries and cook for another 3 mins

5) Off fire and ready to serve warm

p/s: for my case, i keep the spinach and goji berries in a container. MIL will reheat the porridge by adding the spinach and goji berries during lunch hour.

Eggless cream cheese Meat Sticks

Ingredients:

60g cooked minced pork tenderloin

25g cream cheese

10g grated cheddar cheese

25g unsalted butter

25g self raising flour

10g cornflour

Steps:

1) pan fry the minced meat with little oil till cooked.

2) Blend the cooked minced meat for few seconds.

3) Mix all ingredients and knead until it forms a dough. 

4) Divide dough into 10 small balls and 8 medium balls

5a) Roll each medium balls into sticks and pan fry with low heat till light golden brown. Pan fry the small balls too.

OR

5b) Bake under preheated oven of 180 degree celcius for 15 - 20 minutes, over turn baking tray halfway baking.

17/6/2015 Wednesday ^.^

Hi dear all...Finally I am able continuing my blog writting today after busying in the office for the past 2 days. Yesterday I was told by MIL that my 22.5mo lo had a mouth ulcer on her upper lip. This is the first time she has mouth ulcer since born. So, today's meals are mainly cooked by steaming and no heaty types.

Breakfast: Apple sweet potato balls + fruits + Pomegranate Juice

Lunch and Dinner: Baby Spinach Pork Porridge withGoji Berries 

Teatime: Steam Apple Cheese cake and Pear Barley drinks

Apple sweet potato balls (suitable for 6mo above)

(Vegan Japanese Dessert "Sweet potato with apple kinton" )

Oil Free, Sugar Free, Gluten Free & Non-Baked healthy snack

Ingredients:

1 japanese sweet potato

1/4 organic red apple

Steps:

1) cook the whole sweet potato with skin in boiling water for 15-20mins or till soft. or you can peel, slice and steam till soft.

2) cut and dice the apple into very tiny size (chop finely also can). Cook it under small fire with 1-2 tbsp water until tender.

3) mash the sweet potato while still hot. mix in the cooked apple.

4) divide into 6-8 equally portions then roll them into balls.

5) place each balls on a mini paper cup and ready to serve.

甜薯蘋果球

（適用於6mo以上，無油，無糖，無麩質和非烤健康零食）

材料：

1条日本番薯

1/4颗有機紅蘋果

做法：

1 ）把番薯连皮在沸水煮15-20分钟或至軟。（也可以剝皮，切片蒸軟）

2 ）把蘋果去皮切成小颗粒（切碎也可以） 。加入1-2汤匙水，用小火煮至软。

3 ）趁熱把番薯压成泥后拌入煮熟的蘋果。

4 ）把薯团分為6-8份，然後把它們揉成球状。

5 ）將每個薯球放进小紙杯即可。

Baby Spinach pork porridge with goji berries

Ingredients:

3 tbsp pre-soaked mix grains rice

50-60g pork tenderloin (sliced)

1 bowl of baby spinach (cut finely)

1 tbsp organic goji berries

dash of pepper powder

Steps:

1) cook pork with 3 bowls of water for 30mins

2) add in rice and cook for another 15 mins or till soft

3) add in goji berries, spinach and dash of pepper powder and cook for another 5 mins.

4) off fire and ready to serve warm.

p/s: in my case, as  I cook the porridge early in the morning, so i did not add in the spinach first. i keep the spinach in a covered container and place in the fridge, When my MIL reheat the porridge, she will add in the baby spinach and cook till boiling. 

Steam Apple Cream Cheese Cake

Ingredients:

1/2 organic red apple

30g cream cheese

25g icing sugar

1 tbsp milk 

1 tbsp olive oil

1 egg

45g organic self-raising flour

1/4 tsp baking powder

Steps:

1) roughly blend the apple with milk (pause blend for few seconds only) set aside.

2)  In a mixing bowl, Cream the cream cheese with sugar by using spatula to press; mix till well combined

3)  add in egg and beat till well combined. Then add in the apple and oil. stir well.

4)  Sieve in flour mixture (flour & baking powder) and fold gently

4)  scoop the batter into cupcake moulds and Steam at medium heat for 10-12 mins

蘋果奶油芝士蛋糕

材料：

1/2粒有機紅蘋果

30克奶油乳酪

25克糖粉

1湯匙牛奶

1湯匙橄欖油

1個雞蛋

45克有機自發麵粉

1/4茶匙泡打粉

做法：

1 ）用攪拌機把牛奶和蘋果打成泥。

2 ）在攪拌碗把奶油乳酪與糖用抹刀按壓拌勻。

3 ）加入雞蛋，攪拌均勻。然後加入在蘋果和油。攪勻。

4 ）篩入自發麵粉和泡打粉，輕柔地拌勻即可。

4 ）舀麵糊入蛋糕模具和用中火蒸10-12分鐘。

Golden Pear Barley Drinks

Ingredients

1/3 pack chinese barley

1/2 golden pear (diced finely)

1 honey date

3 cups hot water

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

2/6/2015 Tuesday

Happy Tuesday dear all...

I am out of idea what to cook as my 22mo lo doesn't like ordinary bread, oatmeal and pancake recently.

Since last time she liked the prawn so much, just made this simple cheesy baked prawn for her breakfast with her favourite cherry tomatoes.

Breakfast: Cheesy baked prawns, hard boiled egg, cherry tomatoes & fresh milk

Lunch & Dinner: Baby spinach porridge

Teatime: Cheesy Melts & Mango yogurt drink

Cheesy Baked Prawn

Ingredients:

4 medium prawn

some garlic powder

some unsalted butter

some cheese (cheddar or soft cheese)

some pepper powder

Steps:

1) remove prawn head and shell, slice the inner center into half but not totally cut.

2) preheat oven at 180'C

3) place the prawns on the baking tray 

4) put some butter on each prawn, then place the cheese on top of the butter.

5) sprinkle some pepper powder and garlic powder

6) bake for 10-15mins

Baby Spinach Porridge

Ingredients:

3-4 tbsp mix grains rice or white rice

30-40g minced pork

1/2 bowl of baby spinach

1 tbsp goji berry

1.5 cups water / soup stock

Steps:

1) put all ingredients except spinach and goji berry into slow cooker and cook for 1 hour

2) add in spinach and goji berry

3) off power after 15 mins

Cheesy Melts (baked on 31/5/2015)

Video of making (Youtube)

Please click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOUgUyDL1S0

Recipe please click~
http://haruko5350.blogspot.com/2015/05/cheesy-melts-3052015.html

Mango Yogurt Drink

Ingredients:

1/2 mango

1 tbsp plain yogurt

100ml drinking water

Blend till smooth and ready to serve cold