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.

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.

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! 

ABC Soup

Prep Time : 15 minutes
Cook Time : 3 hours
Yield : 4-6 servings
Freezer Friendly : No

Ingredients:
2 corns
1 carrot
1 big onion
1 chicken carsass
handful of red dates
handful of goji berries

Steps:
1) Wash all ingredients. Put into rice cooker.
2) Press 'boil' function. After boil, cancel the function and press 'Soup' function, timer:3 hours.
3) Serve warm.

Chicken Stocks (2)

Prep Time : 15 minutes
Cook Time : 3 hours
Yield : 1 litre stock
Freezer Friendly : Yes

Ingredients:
3 carrots
1 big onion
2 chicken carsass
Water

Steps:
1) Wash all ingredients. Put into rice cooker.
2) Press 'boil' function. After boil, cancel the function and press 'Soup' function Timer : 3 hours.
3) Let cool, put into breast milk bag and freeze.

White Radish, Carrot and Corn Soup

Prep Time : 15 minutes
Cook Time : 3 hours
Yield : 4-6 servings
Freezer Friendly : No

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Ingredients:
1 chicken carsass
2 corns
2 carrots
1 white radish
Water

Steps:
1) Wash all ingredients, put them into rice cooker.
2) Press 'boil' function, after boil, press 'Soup' function, Timer : 3 hours.
3) Serve warm.

Chicken Rice Balls

Prep Time : 5 minutes
Cook Time : 45 minutes
Yield : 1 serving
Freezer Friendly : No

Ingredients
1/4cup rice
water
1/2 stalk carrot
2oz chicken breast
Sesame oil

Steps:
1) Put rice & 1/2cup water to steamer to steam it for 20 minutes.
2) Add chicken & carrot into a pot of water, boil for 10 minutes, turn heat to low, simmer for 30 minutes.
3) Drizzle some sesame oil, cut chicken into smaller pieces.
4) Mix rice and chicken and carrot, form into ball shape and serve.


Original Recipe:
http://17chipmunks.wordpress.com/2014/04/18/healthy-chicken-rice-for-my-15-5-mo/

Chinese Cabbage Soup

Prep Time : 5 minutes

Cook Time : 30 minutes

Yield : About 500ml soup

Freezer Friendly : No

Ingredients:

1/3 Chinese cabbage/Napa cabbage

1/2 carrot

1 tomato

1/3 tsp garlic powder

1/3 tsp ginger powder

1 tsp vegetarian mushroom seasoning powder

150ml chicken stock

Water

Steps:

1) Put cabbage horizontally on chopping board, cut from leafy side about 2cm wide each cut. Cut carrot and tomato into small pieces.

2) Bring chicken stock and 4 cups of water to boil.

3) Wash all veges. Put veges and seasonings into the water.

4) Turn heat to low, simmer with lid on for 25 minutes.

Rice Cooker Fried Rice

Preparation : 15 minutes

Cooking Time : 55 minutes

Yield : Serving for 1 adult and 1 toddler

Freezer Friendly : No

Ingredients:
1 clove garlic, minced
1 shallot, minced
1 tbsp grapeseed oil
1/2 cup white rice
1/2 carrot
2 oz chicken breast meat, minced
Water as needed

Steps:

1) Steamed cut carrots for 20 minutes
2) Turn Rice Cooker onto Boiling function.
3) Pour oil, garlic and shallot, stir fry until fragrant.
4) Add rice, stir fry a while. Add water.
5) Add chicken and carrot.
6) Switch to 'Rice' function.
7) Serve when the rice is done.

My girl does not like the rice cooker fried rice during lunch as we went for outing where weather is hot. I turn it into real fried rice as follows:

Ingredients:

1 tbsp grapeseed oil

Leftover rice cooker fried rice

1 egg

Steps:

1) Pour oil on non-stick pan. 

2) Under high heat, put the rice cooker fried rice onto the pan, stir fry a while, add egg, stir fry for about 1 minute.

3) Put into thermos for dinner outing.

My girl had her portion happily :)

Original Recipe:
http://www.food.com/recipe/rice-cooker-fried-rice-183349

Rice Cooker Fried Rice

Prep Time : 15 minutes

Cook Time : 45 minutes

Yield : Serving for 2 adult and 1 toddler

Freezer Friendly : No

Ingredients:

1 cup uncooked rice

1 carrot

5 florets of cauliflower

2 oz of lean pork

Liquid Amino as needed

Dash of pepper

1 tbsp grapeseed oil

Vegetarian natural seasoning powder

1 1/2 cup water

Pinch of salt and sugar ( for blanching)

Steps:

1) Wash rice, set aside. 

2) Wash lean pork, mince the pork. Marinate with liquid amino and dash of pepper.

3) Wash and cut carrot into small cubes.

4) Cut cauliflower into small florets, wash clean, blanch in hot water with pinch of salt and sugar for 1 minute. Use a slotted spoon to remove cauliflower into a bowl of clean water before off fire.

5) Steam under high heat carrot and cauliflower for 15 minutes. Roughly chop cauliflower into size almost equal to rice.

6) Set rice cooker to "boiling" function. Put oil and stir fry pork until you did not see pink colour about 3 minutes. Add carrot, cauliflower, rice, seasoning, stir fry for 2 minutes. 

7) Add water, cancel " boiling" function, press " rice" function.

Vegetable Stock

Preparation Time : 15 minutes

Cooking Time : 1 hour 35 minutes

Yield : About 1 ltr stock

Freezer Friendly : Yes

Ingredients:

2 medium carrots

2 stalks of Choy Sum

3 stalks of leeks

4 stalks of celery

1 big onion

1++ litre water

2 tbsp grapeseed oil

Steps:

1) Wash all ingredients and cut into pieces.

2) Heat oil in a pot. Add all vegetables and stir fry until fragrant for about 2 minutes.

3) Add water and boil.

4) Once boil, turn heat to low and simmer for 1 hour 30 minutes.

5) Add water as needed if water evaporates fast.

6) Let cool and store in breastmilk bag in freezer.

Chicken Stock

Preparation Time : 15 minutes

Cooking Time : 4 hours 15minutes

Yield : About 1 ltr stock

Freezer Friendly : Yes

Ingredients:

1 medium carrots

1 stalk of Choy Sum

1 stalk of leeks

1 stalk of celery

1 big onion

1++ litre water

3 chicken carsass

Steps:

1) Wash all ingredients and cut into pieces.

2) Put all ingredients into rice cooker, select boiling function.

3) Once boil, cancel boiling function, select soup function with 4 hours timer.

4) Sieve oil on surface using a oil siever.

5) Let cool and store in breastmilk bag in freezer.

Original Recipe:

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chicken-recipes/easy-chicken-stock/

Carrot Sticks

Preparation Time : 5 minutes

Cooking Time : 20 minutes

Yield : 1 servings for toddler

Freezer Friendly : No

Ingredient:

1/2 small carrot

Steps:  

1) Wash and cut carrot into sticks. Thickness can be adjusted based kn preference. To start, can consider 1cm x 1 cm x 6cm.

2) Steam under high heat for 20 minutes

Tips: Remember to test it yourself before give to your baby to ensure it is soft enough as all steamers/wok might be different. Over time, you will get hold of the right time for the softness.