Family Breakfast (egg,overnight oat)

Prep Time : 5 min

Cook Time : 10 min

Yield : 2 adults

Freezer Friendly : No

Menu:

2 half-boiled eggs

2 mini containers honeydew cherry raisin overnight oat

2 cups of L.A. coffee

Half-boiled Egg Ingredients:

2 eggs at room temperature

Boiling water

Soy sauce and pepper

Steps:

1) Put water to boil in a pot.

2) Once water boiled, off fire, use a slotted spoon to put all eggs into the pot.

3) Close the lid, wait for 6 minutes.

4) Take out the egg and let it cool.

5) Crack open and serve with pepper and soy sauce (Optional)

Family Breakfast (bread,egg,overnight oat)

Prep Time : 5 min

Cook Time : 10 min

Yield : 2 adults

Freezer Friendly : No

Menu:

4 scrambled eggs

2 mini containers honeydew cherry raisin overnight oat

4pcs white bread

2 cups of 3-in-1 coffee

Scrambled Egg

Prep Time : 1 min
Cook Time : 10 min
Yield : 2 servings
Freezer-friendly : No

Ingredients:
4 eggs
2tbsp pure olive oil
Few dashes of Italian herba

Dash of pepper

Few drops of light soya sauce

Steps:

1) Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil on low heat.

2) Beat 2 eggs, add Italian herbs, pepper, soy sauce and stir until combined.

3) Pour half of the egg onto pan, pan fry for 30 seconds. 

4) Add remaining egg onto pan. Pan fry until no liquid is seen. 

5) Repeat Step 1-4 for remaining 2 eggs

Okara

Prep Time : -
Cook Time : 40 min
Yield : 1 cup+ Okara
Freezer-friendly : Yes 

Ingredients:
Leftover soy bean pulp from the following recipe
http://quickymama.blogspot.com/2015/04/homemade-soy-milk.html

Steps:

Steam leftover soy bean pulp for 40 min, let cool and freeze!

Handmade Choo-Choo Train

Time : 20 min

Ingredients:
3 empty boxes
Scissor
Nylon rope
Punch
Colour markers
Cellotape/staplers

Steps:
1) Open up all sides of the boxes. Cut and remove the front side of the boxes and lay it flat. This will leave you with left, right, top, bottom and back sides of the box, attached.
2) Lay it flat with the inner side of the boxes facing you. Use colour markers to draw choo choo train on the left, right, top and bottom sides of the boxes, imagine, we are going to tape the box inside out so that your drawings will be the body of the train.
3) Place 1 box with the opening facing down, and 2 boxes behind with the opening facing up (to fill in toys) .Connect all boxes by punching a hole in the top middle of the top & bottom sides of the box and secure with nylon rope.
4) Ask your kid to invite his toy friends for the first train ride!

Tamago Sushi

Prep Time : 15 min
Cook Time : 25 min
Yield : 2 adult servings
Freezer Friendly : No

Ingredients:
1cup Japanese short grain rice (I use Sumo Sushi Rice)
2cups water
1tbsp apple cider vinegar
3 eggs
1tbsp pure olive oil
Dash of pepper
Drops of liquid amino

Steps:
1) Rince rice once. Put rinsed rice and water into rice cooker, press 'Rice' function.
2) Beat eggs, add dash of pepper and liquid amino.
3) Heat olive oil under low heat,pour 1/4 mixture onto pan, wait for 30 seconds, fold the upper and lower edge of the egg to middle just like a tortilla wrap. 

4) Pour 1/4 mixture to empty space, touching the existing egg in the pan.

Wait for 30 seconds.

5) Repeat step 4 until mixture finish.

6) Wait until eggs are cooked through.

7) let cool and slice into tamago using sharp knife.

Original Recipe:

http://makemysushi.com/how-to-make-sushi/tamago.html

Family Breakfast (bread,bun,cake,egg,oat)

Prep Time : 10 minutes
Cook Time : 20 minutes

Yield : 2 adults

Freezer Friendly : No

We try our best to live a healthy lifestyle, that is why we decided to have breakfast at home. 

We do not banned outside food, as we, working adults are having outside food as lunch every day. We try to reduce the amount of outside food, that's all. Today, we have cocoa bun and fruit cakes as part of breakfast, we received them as a gift, just in time when my freezer is running out of bread!

Menu:

2 half-boiled eggs

1 slice toasted raisin wholemeal bread

2 cocoa bun (from bakery)

3 slices of fruit cakes (from bakery)

2 bowls raisins oat

2 cups of Nescafe 3-in-1

Half-boiled Egg Ingredients:

2 eggs at room temperature

Boiling water

Soy sauce and pepper

Steps:

1) Put water to boil in a pot.

2) Once water boiled, off fire, use a slotted spoon to put all eggs into the pot.

3) Close the lid, wait for 6 minutes.

4) Take out the egg and let it cool.

5) Crack open and serve with pepper and soy sauce (Optional)

Toasted Raisins Bread Ingredients:

1 slice raisin wholemeal bread 

Toasted Bread Steps:

1) Preheat oven 170 degrees.

2) Bake for 10 minutes.

Raisins Oat Ingredients:

4 tbsp Quaker Instant Oats

2 tbsp brown rice powder
4tbsp raisins

Hot water as needed

Raisins Oat Steps:

1) Divide oats, raisins and brown rice powder equally into 2 bowls.

2) Pour in hot water and mix well.

Original Recipe:

http://www.feasttotheworld.com/2013/09/singapore-half-boiled-eggs-100-pure-egg.html?m=1

Soft Raisin Butter White Bread

Prep Time : 15 minutes
Cook Time : 3 hours 19 minutes
Yield : 1 loaf of bread
Freezer Friendly : Yes

Ingredients:
1 cup fulll cream milk
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
350g bread flour
2tsp instant active dry yeast
3tbsp cold unsalted butter, chopped
4tbsp raisins

Steps:
1) Add all ingredients into breadpan in the order above except butter & raisins.
2) Insert and lock breadpan into breadmaker. Select Mode 1: basic bread, Weight:900g, Crust Intensity:Light, press Start.
3) After 2 minutes, add butter then raisins.
4) Cool on wire rack for 20 minutes before slicing the bread.
5) Serve warm or freeze in freezer bag for on-the-go breakfast.


Original Recipe:
Donlim Breadmaker Recipe 1 

Minced Pork Congee

Prep Time : 15 minutes

Cook Time : 1 hour 45 minutes

Yield : 2 servings

Freezer Friendly : No

Ingredients:

1oz minced pork 

1/3 carrot, diced

1 small potato

1tsp red lentils

1/2pc huai san (dried chinese yam)

1/4cup rice

Water

Pinch of salt

Steps:

1) Wash all ingredients.

2) Put all ingredients into rice cooker.

3) Press 'boil' function. After boil, cancel the function, press 'congee' function.

4) Add salt and serve.

Cherry Overnight Oat

Prep Time : 5 minutes

Chill Time : 8 hours

Yield : 1 serving

Freezer Friendly : No

Ingredients:
6oz plain yogurt
1/3 cup rolled oats
dried cherries
dried cranberries

Steps:
1) Layer yogurt & oat at bottom of container.

2) Then add cherries, cranberries
3) Layer yogurt & oat
4) Then add cherries, cranberries
5) Chill overnight

Honeydew Sweet Cherry Raisin Overnight Oat

Prep Time : Overnight
Cook Time : -
Yield : 2 mini servings
Freezer-friendly : No



Ingredients:
6oz Nestle plain Greek yogurt
2tbsp fresh milk
1/3cup rolled oats
1tsp chia seeds
1cup of honeydew
10 sweet cherries
3tbsp raisins

Steps:
1) Mix yogurt, milk, oats and chia seeds in a bowl.
2) Layer 1/4 yogurt mixture to drop into each mini container with lid.
3) Add 1/4 portion of honeydew and sweet cheeries into each container.
4) Add 1/4  yogurt mixture into each container.
5) Add 1/4 portion of honeydew and sweet cherries into each container.
6) Close lid, refrigerate overnight.
7) Top with raisins and serve cool.

Original Recipe:
http://iowagirleats.com/2013/01/15/make-ahead-fruit-yogurt-breakfast-parfaits/

Carrot Choy Sum Congee

Preparation Time : 15 minutes

Cooking Time : 1 hour 30 minutes

Yield : 3 servings for toddler

Freezer Friendly : No

I made the congee before I head off to work on weekend, so I did not get a chance to snap the photo of the congee.

Ingredients:
2 stalk of Chinese Flowering Cabbage (Choy Sum in Cantonese)
1 small carrot
2 oz pork tenderloin
1/2 cup of uncooked rice
4 cups of water
Pinch of salt

Steps:
1) Wash Choy Sum, carrot and pork. Cut into small pieces.
2) Wash rice and put into rice cooker.
3) Add water, Choy Sum, carrot and pork.
4) Press 'boiling' function.
5) When the mixture is boiling (about 15 minutes), stop the 'boiling' function and press 'congee' function. This should take 1 hour and 30 minutes.
6) When the congee is done, add a pinch of salt, stir with ladle and serve.

Homemade Soy Milk

Prep Time : 8 hours

Cook Time : 30 min

Yield : Around 700ml

Freezer-friendly: No

Ingredients:
1/2 cup of organic soy beans
5.5 cups of water
1/8 cup brown sugar

Steps:
1) Soak 1/2 cup of soy bean with 1 cups of water overnight (or at least 8 hours)
2) Discard soaked water, rinse soy beans.
3) Put half soy beans and 2 cups of water into blender, blend until smooth.
4) Pour the mixture into a strainer (I use the strainer for kopi/teh c, or you can use a cheesecloth) and squeeze the milk into a big pot.
5) Return the leftover soybean pulp into blender, add 1.5cups water, blend. Strain the milk.
6) Repeat Step 5 with 1 cup of water.
7) Add sugar, boil under high heat for 3 minutes.
8) Serve warm to toddler or chill for adults.

Original Recipe:
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Homemade-Soy-Milk/?ALLSTEPS

Salmon Floss

Prep Time : 2 min
Cook Time :
Yield : 5tbsp salmon floss
Freezer-friendly : No




Ingredients:
1 small salmon slice
5-6 slices of ginger
1tbsp pure olive oil

Steps :
1) Place ginger at both bottom and top of salmon, steam under high heat for 20 minutes.
2) Discard ginger, shred cooked salmon meat into pieces.
3) Heat 1tbsp olive oil, stir fry salmon meat under low heat for 15 minutes. Off heat.
4) Let cool, lightly rub with hand to make floss.
5) Return to pan fry under low heat for another 15 minutes or until completely dried.
6) Let cool and store in air-tight container.

Original Recipe:
http://www.vietnamesefood.com.vn/vietnamese-recipes/vietnamese-fish-recipes/salmon-fish-floss-recipe-cha-bong-ca-hoi.html

Lunch Platter

Menu:

Steamed brocolli florets   (Just replace cauliflower with brocolli)

Raw wheat germ scrambled egg

Easy bread

Pumpkin crunchy rings

Carrot Onion Potato Leek Soup

Prep Time : 20 min

Cook Time : 3 hours 15 min

Yield : 2.8 ltrs soup

Freezer-friendly : No

Ingredients:

2 big carrots

2 stalks leek

1 big onion

2 small potatoes (yeah i mean it, the real one lol)

1 chicken carsass

5oz lean pork

10 red dates

1tbsp goji berries

3ltr water

Steps: 

1) Wash all ingredients. Remove skin of veges, chop into small pieces.

2) Throw all ingredients into a pot, boil on high heat. 

3) Once reach boiling state, turn fire to low and slow boil for 3 hours.

4) Let cool, discard ingredients, skim oil, pack into breast milk storage bag and throw into freezer! 

Boiled Chrysanthemum, Apple and Sweet Pear

Prep Time : 10 min

Cook Time : 2 hours

Yield : 1litre cooling drink

Freezer Friendly : No

Ingredients:

2 palm grasp dried chrysanthemum

1 red apple

1 sweet pear

1pc rock sugar (optional)

1 ltr water

Steps:

1) Wash all ingredients except rock sugar.

2) Remove skin and seed of apple and sweet pear, dice it.

3) Put all ingredients into rice cooker, press boiling function. Once boiled, press soup function 2 hours.

4) Serve warm.

Inspired by mummy Wei San Foong at Healthy Food for Baby FB.

Raw Wheat Germ Scrambled Egg

Prep Time : 1 min

Cook Time : 5 min

Yield : 1 toddler serving

Freezer Friendly : No

Ingredients:

1 egg

1tsp raw wheat germ

1tsp olive oil.

Steps:

1) Heat olive oil under low heat.

2) Crack egg, add raw wheat germ, beat with a fork.

3) Pour onto pan, pan fry until no liquid is seen. Serve.

Pumpkin Crunchy Rings

Prep Time : 20 min

Cook Time : 30 min

Yield : 1 medium bowl of rings

Freezer Friendly : No

This is the 2nd time in my life to pipe out a batter, it is difficult! Forgive me on the poor piping skills, was trying to make pretzel shape but only manage to pipe 2, lol...

Ingredients:

80g frozen pumpkin puree

80g potato starch

1tsp brown sugar

10g olive oil

Steps:

1) Heat pumpkin puree under high heat for 15 min. If you have fresh pumpkin, steam 100g for 20 min then blend it. 

2) Pre-heat oven at 160 degrees celcius.

3) Mix everything together while the puree still hot, stir with hand whisk.

4) Pour into pipe liner, pipe desired shape on baking tray lined with parchment paper.

5) Bake for 30 min. As the crunchiness will depends on how thick the ring is, I suggest go for 20min, checked by prickling with fork,  if not crunchy, then go for another 10 min.

Easy Bread Dough

Prep Time: 1 hour

Cook Time: 20 min

Yield:8 mini buns

Freezer Friendly : No

Ingredients:

1tbsp olive oil

1/2cup warm fresh milk

Pinch of salt

1/2tbsp brown sugar

1 1/2cup bread flour

1tsp instant yeast

Raisins (optional)

Steps:

1) Put all ingredients in the order above into breadpan and lock into breadmaker, press function no.6 (dough).

2) Divide the dough into 8 equal portion, roll into bun shape. Put onto baking pan lined with parchment paper, then in oven (off) to proof until double size. It took me 45min in this hot weather.

3) Bake at 180 degrees for 20min.

If you plan this as kid activities, the steps are as follow:

A) Mix all dry ingredients on rolling mat.

B) Make a well in centre, add oil and milk. Use a spoon to stir until combined. 

C) Hand knead for 10 min.

Follow by step 2&3 above.

You can also make it dairy-free by substituting warm fresh milk with warm water.

Original Recipe:

http://rainydaymum.co.uk/easy-bread-dough-cooking-with-kids