Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Another post on porridge :) So far, I have blogged about the following porridges: 1) Chicken porridge (use homemade chicken stock and add unsalted Japanese dried seaweed strips as garnishing) 2) Threadfin and tofu brown rice porridge 3) Sweet corn,
Hannah should be eating lumpy foods now as 1) she has more teeth and 2) chewing helps (indirectly) in speech. Just the other day, I made cream of mushroom soup for our dinner and used some of the soup to
Ya, yet another porridge recipe! :D The reason for posting this recipe here is because I discovered a nice addition to the usual fish porridge ingredients. It is tofu. Besides the usual slice of ginger, the fishy odor is less
Hannah’s supply of pumpkin comes from Cold Storage’s organic fresh food section. This is a regular item on the shelf. It is of a Japanese variety and hence its sweetness is guaranteed. Pumpkin is one of the easiest veggy to
Sweet potato goes well with spinach and/or egg yolk. For babies who reject the taste of spinach, it can be masked in the presence of sweet potato. I usually prepare sweet potato puree with either peas + spinach or peas
I was eager to let Hannah try something Japanese as well. It was seaweed for starters. I bought nori seaweed (unsalted) as garnishing for her porridge. Nori seaweed, according to Wikipedia, is a good source of many nutrients. It contains
This is a quick and easy dish to prepare but requires skill to perfect it. After reading up a bit from various websites on the know-how, it took me 2 attempts to get it right. My first attempt resulted in
I’ve been making chicken stock for Hannah’s chicken porridge for a while now. The purpose of using chicken stock is to enhance the flavour of the porridge. Instead of using whole chicken ($$$), I use chicken bones (around $1++ per
Porridge is such comfort food. Of all the recipes I have for Hannah’s porridges, the chicken porridge has the best flavour. Ingredients (serves 1 chinese bowl) White rice (1 chinese spoon) Brown rice (1/2 chinese spoon) Chicken breast meat (1
After some trial and error with cooking solid food for Hannah at home, I have a small collection of recipes which worked (i.e. the dishes turned out to be delicious). They are so good that mommy steals a mouthful every
This healthy dish is really creamy. Hannah’s first experience with it was very positive. Be warned, your baby might get addicted as it is so smooth! Hee hee :P Here’s the recipe: Ingredients (serves 1 chinese bowl) Silken organic tofu
I wanted to called it Shepherd’s Pie but read somewhere on the Internet that the dish uses lamb. Makes sense. Since beef is used here, it should be called Cottage Pie. Oh well. Eh, this recipe is named thus as
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