Lunch Platter

 

Menu:

Stir-fry egg

Steamed carrot sticks

Macaroni with carrot-onion-potato-leek soup

Stir-fry egg

Prep Time : 1 min

Cook Time : 2 min

Yield : 1 serving

Freezer-friendly : No

Ingredients:
1 egg
1/2tbsp olive oil

Steps:
1) Heat oil in a wok on high heat.

2) Beat eggs with fork. Add into wok.
3) Stir-fry until all liquid turns into solid.
4) Off fire and serve.

Breakfast pack

Menu:

Cheese straws

Korean pear (Wash thoroughly before slicing off hte skin and cut into sticks)

Shredded chicken with salmon floss

Prep Time : 5 min

Cook Time : 20 min

Yield : 1 serving

Freezer-friendly : No

 

Ingredients:

2oz chicken breast meat

1 small carrot

Water 

2tbsp salmon floss

Steps:

1) Bring a small pot of water to boil.

2) Wash carrot & chicken breast, diced carrot. Add both carrot & chicken into the water and boil for 20 min.

3) Strain the chicken and let cool completely before shredding with hands. Add salmon floss and mix evenly.

Salmon floss recipe here :

http://quickymama.blogspot.com/2015/04/salmon-floss.html

 

Macaroni Ala-carte

Prep Time : -

Cook Time : 15 mins

Yield : 1 serving

Freezer-friendly: No

 I always did macaroni the Chinese style, with soups as my toddler would not accept mac & cheese type of mac. However, macaroni is soups will create a mess when dining outside, so sometimes I did this, macaroni ala-carte, just plain cooked macaroni served with hard-boiled eggs and steamed veges.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup macaroni

water

pinch of salt

Steps:

1) Bring a small pot of water to boil, add salt.

2) Pour in macaroni and cook for 15 min. I would want to make it a little less chewy for by toddler.

3) Strain and serve.

Mock Ebikko (Prawn Roe) Sushi

Prep Time :15 min

Cook Time : 20 min

Yield : 6 sushis

Freezer-friendly : No

My toddler loves prawn roe sushi for no reason! Being a picky eater, I could not believe it when she opened her mouth to try a whatever roe sushi (in black colour, I do not even know what roes was that). Subsequently, we try prawn roe sushi (in orange colour), the result is amazing, she can take 2 plates (a total of 4 sushis) in 15 minutes. This definitely has bought me a 15 min calm-dinner time and make that sushi restaurant a kids-approved one :)

My toddler initially was very excited when seeing this mock sushi but rejected it after the first bite mainly due to the taste was far different from the real one..lol..I guess the acceptance chance would be much higher if this was offered to toddler who has not been exposed to the real one...lol.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup sushi rice
1/2 cup of water
1tsp apple cider vinegar
1/3 Nori sheets
1/2 small carrots


Steps :
1) Rinse sushi rice once and add water in a bowl.
2) Wash carrot and diced, steam together with sushi rice for 20 mins. Let cool.
3) Add vinegar to sushi rice and mix evenly using a spoon.
4) Take a small amoun of sushi rice and mould into 1.5cm x 3cm x 2 cm sushi shape.
5) Cut nori sheets into 2cm wide, 10cm long and wrap around the sushi.
4) Strain steamed carrot through a strainer and collect the strained carrot (this mimics prawn roe) and put onto the sushi.

Cheese Straws

Prep Time: 20 min
Cook Time : 20 min
Yield :  25 sticks
Freezer-friendly : No

Ingredients:

1 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese

1/2 tbsp chopped dried rosemary

1tsp garlic powder

Pinch of salt

2-3 tbsp fresh milk

Steps:

1) Pre-heat oven at 180 degrees celcius.

2) Put everything into a breadpan and insert breadpan into breadmaker, select Dough Function No.6 (for Donlim BM) for 15 min. Add fresh milk 1tbsp at a time until dough is form in the breadpan.

3) On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into rectangle shape about 1/2 inch thick and cut using a knife 1/2 thick cheese sticks. 

4) Place cheese sticks on a baking tray with parchment paper, bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

5) Cool on a wire rack and store in airtight container.

Original Recipe :

http://www.mybakingaddiction.com/cheese-straws/

Homemade Flour Tortillas

Prep Time : 25 min
Cook Time : 20 min
Yield : 8 tortillas
Freezer-friendly : Yes

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup warm water
1/6 cup of olive oil
Pinch of salt

Steps:
1) Place everything into a breadpan, insert breadpan into breadmaker, turn to Dough Function No.6 (for Donlim BM) for 15 min.
2) Rest the dough for 15 min.
3) Divide the dough into 8 equal portion. Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough into a tortilla shape.
4) Turn stove with wok on high heat, put 1 pc of tortilla, cook for 1 minute each side/until brown and bubbles are seen.
5) Let cool, then freeze in a freezer bag, each tortilla seperated with a pc of parchment paper.


Original Recipe:
http://thecafesucrefarine.com/2013/08/best-ever-homemade-flour-tortillas/

Family Breakfast (Porridge-Maggi goreng)

I know this is not healthy but I am craving for Maggi Goreng, so did this for breakfast today.

Menu:

Maggi Goreng

Plain porridge

Ah Fatt 3-1 coffee

Maggi Goreng Recipe:

Ingredients:

3 packs Maggi

1 pack Maggi curry seasoning

1tbsp olive oil

1tsp dark soy sauce

Steps:

1) Cook Maggi the normal way. Drain.

2) Heat some olive oil, pour in cooked Maggi noodle and stir fry for 30 seconds.

4) Add Maggi curry seasoning and dark soy sauce and stir fry until the colour is even. Serve.

Sandwich Corn Bread

Prep Time : 15min

Cook Time : 3 hours 15 min

Yield : 1 loaf

Freezer- friendly : Yes

Ingredients:

80ml water

350g bread flour

40g sugar

Pinch of salt

4g instant dried yeast

150g frozen corns kernel

50g unsalted butter

1) Blend corn with 2tbsp water.

2) Add blended corn and all ingredients into breadpan in the order listed above.

3) Select Basic Bread Function "Donlim BM Function No.1", crust intensity "light" and weight 700g.

4) Let cool completely on wire rack before slicing.

Original Recipe:

I love tasty healthy treats by Alan Kok

Simple Fritatta Bread

Prep Time : 10 min

Cook Time : 20 min

Yield : 6 fritattas

Freezer Friendly : No

Ingredients:

6 pcs of white bread

4 eggs

Italian herbs

Steps:

1) Pre-heat oven at 200 degrees celcius.

2) Flatten bread with a rolling pin.

3) Place flatten bread into muffin tray, press the bread to touch the muffin tray as close as possible with fingers.

4) Beat eggs, pour to fill the bread. Put Italian herbs onto the egg.

5) Pop into oven for 20min or until browned and egg is cooked.

Butter Pecan Cookies

The aroma of the cookies filled my house as if I have moved the Famous Amos cookies stall into my kitchen! Many likes for this :)

Ingredients:

3/4 cup pecans

1/2 cup butter or 113g

1/6 cup molasses sugar

1tsp vanila essence

1/8 tsp salt

1 cup all purpose flour

Steps:

1) Pre-heat oven to 175 degrees celcius.

2) Roast pecans for 6min or until fragrant. Let cool and chop the pecans.

3) Using an electrical mixer, on low speed, cream butter and sugar for 1 min. Add vanila essence, salt and all purpose flour until mixture combined.

4) Fold in chopped pecans into the dough.

5) Divide dough into 3 equal parts, then divide each part into 10 equal portions. 

6) Shape each portion into round shape, then flatten using the bottom of a glass or just use your palms to do it.

7) Place it on baking tray lined with parchment paper, bake for 25 min or until golden brown.

8) Cool on wire rack and store in air tight container.

Original Recipe:

http://www.marthastewart.com/342482/butter-pecan-cookies

Stuffed bread

Prep Time : 10 min

Cook Time : -

Yield : 1 serving

Freezer friendly : No

Ingredients:

2 pcs white bread

St. Dalfour wild blueberry jam

Pecans

Kelloggs plain cornflakes

Steps:

1) Spread jam onto a pc of bread, top with another pc of bread to make a sandwich.

2) Place a heart shape cookie cutter in the middle and press down firmly.

3) Remove the heart and cookie cutter. Fill the hole with pecans and cornflakes.

4) Serve with the heart shape bread as well.

Plain Porridge

Prep Time: 3 min

Cook Time : 1 hour

Yield : 1 serving

Freezer Friendly : No

Ingredients:

1/4 cup rice

2 cups water

Steps:

1) Wash rice.

2) Put rice and water into rice cooker, press "Porridge" function.

3) If you feel that the porridge is too watery to your liking, you can pop the porridge into a saucepan and have a quick heat on the stove until reach your desired consistency.