A long weekend with Shawn

Had some trouble getting Shawn to eat outside food. He did finish his food just that he refused to eat on his own especially on Saturday. The rest of the days were pretty breezy, I supposed he kinda got used to it. Indeed, this was his new experience of food over the weekend... :)

17Aug Saturday meal
Cornflakes with milk @ home
Doughnut
Fish soup at Republic food court
Chen Fu Ji

18Aug Sunday meal
Breakfast at hotel
Ashton's grilled fish with baked beans and mash potato
Jollibean soya bean milk
7th storey Charcoal steamboat

19Aug Monday meal
Breakfast at hotel
Outback's spaghetti with chicken fingers
Homecooked brown rice with green peas, wolfberries and steamed cod fish

This week's menu plan

Mon - White Radish soup / Steamed cod fish with wolfberries / Steamed Xiao Bai Chye
Tue - Corn soup / Steamed cod fish with wolfberries
Wed - Yong Tau Fu soup / Steamed cod fish / Baked beans / Steamed Xiao Bai Chye
Thrus - Winter melon soup / Steamed minced pork with Xiao Bai Chye
Fri - Wholemeal pasta soup with minced pork, Xiao Bai Chye and egg

Menu plan this week

Menu plan this week
Mon - Watercress with carrot soup / Steamed cod fish and green peas














Tue - Corn with carrot soup / Steamed cod fish and Chinese dried mushroom
Wed - Lotus root soup / Steamed cod fish / Fried broccolli with Chinese dried mushroom
Thrus - White radish soup / Steamed cod fish / Steamed broccolli
Fri - Wholepasta soup with minced meat + baby corn and Chinese dried mushroom

As for this week...

Boring Mon and Tues for Shawn but he ate so I shouldn't complain.
Mon - White rice porridge with chicken fillet and Chinese spinach and dried mushroom











Tues - Wholemeal pasta soup with chicken fillet and Chinese spinach / 3/4 of avocado











Wed - White rice / Cabbage+carrot+onion chicken soup / Steamed fish with white button mushroom / 1avocado















Thrus - White rice / Watercress soup / Steamed fish with white button mushroom with onions / Broccoli
Fri - White rice / Corn + carrot soup / Steamed egg with white button mushroom / Broccoli
Sat Breakfast - Oats with green peas; Lunch - Fish porridge with mushroom and spring onions

Ah Mi is cooking this week!

On Monday, I've got a toddler screaming down the alley for food while he was watching Sesame street video and then Animal Planet. I needed half an hour at least... Anyway, 40min was the deal!
Mon : Minced pork ball and bubbly egg soup, fried cabbage and greens, steamed cod fish
Tue : Minced pork, Xiao Bai Chye and wholegrain pasta soup (Meanwhile we had yummy stewed pork with carrots/potato, boiled Xiao Bai Chye)












Wed : We ate out at Istanbul downstairs... Shawn loved the pan tofu!
Thrus : Breakfast - Oats with a drop of Bovril; Lunch - Batang fish, mushroom, chinese spinach porridge; Dinner - Chicken soup, Steamed pork with egg and fried Chye Sim
Fri :

Fried Cabbage Chicken rice

I learnt this from Joanne. Yesterday I prepared sliced chicken thigh meat and lots of cabbage, 4 mushrooms and some carrots. Fried them in the wok, add some pepper and soy sauce. Later then I added the grains of rice into it. Then chuck the whole lot into the rice cooker and cook it as per normal. It came out nice!!! Shawn and YT loved it.

Mommie's cooking again!

My mum went back yesterday. Shawn had steamed cod fish with ginger and tomatoes, radish soup and fried Xiao Bai Chye for Shawn yesterday.

On Friday, he had black bean soup, steamed cod fish with tomatoes and fried spinach

Grandma is cooking

Mon - Watercress soup / 1egg / Steamed cod fish with garlic and mushroom / Mai Bai
Tue - Winter melon soup / Steamed cod fish / Fried greenies

Grandma is cooking

Sun - Tofu soup with minced meat. Steamed cod fish and greenies
Mon - Winter melon soup. Steamed cod fish with garlic and greenies
Tue - Steamed cod fish with mushroom and Tau Kwa
Wed - Chinese mustard cabbage soup, steamed cod fish/mushroom and some steamed egg ; 1whole avocado
Thrus - Steamed cod fish, mushroom, Tofu and Tau Ewe Bak ; 1 whole avocado
Fri - Lunch : White grain/Barley porridge, Minced pork, Chinese Spinach and 1mushroom

Grandma is cooking - 26June

Lots of hearty blackbean soup, steamed pork and Xiao Bai Chye

Grandma is cooking - 25June

Shawn had mixed vegetables with a fried egg. Soup of the day was lotus root soup. As usual followed by bits of apple.

Grandma is cooking - 24June

Shawn had chinese mustard cabbage soup (Gai Choy) with steamed cod fish. Followed by 1/2 an apple

Grandma is cooking - 23June

Shawn had mixed vegetable dish (brocolli, green pepper, celery, mushroom) with steamed cod fish, plus a big bowl of ABC soup. Followed by 1/2 an apple

Grandma is cooking - 22June

Shawn had a hearty meal of white grain rice with Tau Yu Bak / 1 Egg and Chinese Spinach soup.
Then Apple time!

Meal plan 15-19June

Meals for this week:

Monday - White rice / Chicken soup / 1/2 fillet of cod fish / Fried egg with onions / Chye sim (Shawn just loves the stem of the vege. Kept pointing for the stem until he finished them)
Tuesday - White grain porridge with wolfberries and sweet peas / 1/2fillet of cod fish / Xiao Bai Chye / 1 apple / 3mini mantous at Jumbo
Wednesday - White grain porridge with pork and Xiao Bai Chye / 1apple
Thrusday - White rice / Potato & onion soup / 1 fried egg with 2tbspoon of baked beans / Xiao Bai Chye
Friday - Wholemeal pasta / Black bean soup / Steamed pork / sweet peas

Fish week!

Yes Fish again. We got him 2 thick fillets of cod.

Monday - 3tbspoon of white grain porridge with some wolfberries / Xiao Bai Chye / 1/2fillet of cod fish + bits of apples
Tuesday - 2tbspoon of brown rice / 2tbspoon of barley / Xiao Bai Chye / 1/2 fillet of cod fish / Cheese for dessert
Wednesday - White grain rice / 1/2fillet of cod fish / ABC soup
Thrusday - 4tbspoon of rolled oats / Carrots / Sweet peas / 1 Egg (I forgot to bring the fish down to thaw)
Friday - White grain rice / 1/2fillet of cod fish / Chicken soup

Meat week

It's been a long time since I wrote what Shawn has been eating. Lazy... and I hadn't been cooking dinners for us the adults for about 3wks now. This week is meat week for dinners at home

Mon - 1/4cup of wholegrain pasta + 1 big white button mushroom + minced pork + broccoli - all in a bowl
Tues - 4tbspn of white grain rice + 1tbspn of Barley / Minced pork, 1 big white button mushroom and Kai Lan soup
Wed - 5tbspoon of oats + 1 egg + 1 big white button mushroom and Kai Lan - all in a bowl
Thrus - 3tbspn of brown rice porridge / Stir fried minced beef, 1 big white button mushroom and broccoli











Fri - Ham and cheese omelette with corn from Swensens

Last week of April

27Apr Watercress soup / Cod fish + white grain rice , 1 kiwi
28Apr Corn soup / Steamed minced pork / Fried Chye Sim + white grain rice , 1/2 avocado
29Apr Black bean soup / Steamed cod fish / Xiao Bai chye + white grain rice , 1/2 avocado
30Apr Winter melon soup / Steamed cod fish / Fried Kai Lan + white grain rice , 1 kiwi

Fried Rice

Made him fried rice yesterday. With minced pork and peas. He loved it!

Simplicity... yummy

I was watching David Rocco's Dolve Vita yesterday on channel16 (in between CSI advert). There's this super simple recipe that sounds yummy indeed.

Half some cherry tomatoes and toss them into olive oil with some garlic.
Lightly stir fry until the tomatoes begin to soften.
Add in boiled pasta and grated pepperoni cheese (heaps of them) and stir.
Top with some basil.
Ready to serve in minutes - add heaps of pepperoni cheese again and eat.

That reminds me of my aglia olio with cili padi.
One day... I'll cook the above for Shawn (minus cili padi)

Gai Choy Soup

Last night was a trial with tomatoes. My mum cooked Gai Choy soup (Chinese mustard cabbage), with tomatoes and pork ribs. He loved the soup a lot! Yummy - if it's not for Shawn, we would have put chilli in. Hahaa... He had it with steamed pork/egg.
http://www.threetastes.com/blog/blog_files/gaichoy_garlic.php

Chicken soup

Yesterday my mum boiled one kampung chicken, added celery and some ginger. Shawn asked for more more foupfoup. He had it with his regular steam cod fish and greenies. Yummy!

Early April Dinners

5Apr Dinner Cheesy pasta with Chye Sim
6Apr Dinner - White grain rice / corn soup / Kai Lan and steam cod fish
7Apr Dinner - White grain rice / White radish soup / Chye Sim / Steam cod fish / Rock Melon / Yoghurt
8Apr Dinner - White grain rice / Black bean soup / Spinach / Steam cod fish / Rock Melon
9Apr Dinner - White grain rice / Soy bean based soup + Tofu + glass noodles + Kai Lan / Steam cod fish

4th week of March

Monday Dinner : White rice / Lotus root + black bean soup / Steamed cod fish / Kai Lan
Tuesday Dinner : Pasta / Potato + Carrot + corn + pork soup
Wednesday Dinner : White rice / Black bean soup / Steamed cod fish / Chye Sim & 1/2Avocado
Thrusday Dinner : White rice / Lotus root soup / Steamed cod fish / 1/2 Avocado
Friday : White rice / Potato + Carrot + corn + pork soup / Steamed cod fish

Saturday : Breakfast at East Ocean
Lunch - M&S Apple & Raisins Oats porridge + Prata
Dinner - Pasta in Leftover soup from Friday + cod fish + 3/4 Avocado

3rd week of March

17Mar09 Breakfast - 90ml Gain IQ / 1/2 slice of wholemeal bread
Lunch - White rice / Lotus root soup / Steamed tofu with minced pork
Snack - 90ml Gain IQ / 1/2 slice of wholemeal bread
Dinner - White rice / Lotus root soup / Fish and mushroom
Supper - 200ml of Gain IQ

18Mar09 Breakfast - 3tbspoon of oats with raisins
Snack - 90ml Gain IQ
Lunch - White rice / Black bean soup / Egg plant
Snack - 90ml Gain IQ
Dinner - White rice / Black bean soup / Cod fish with mushroom / Mai Bai
Supper - 200ml of Gain IQ

19Mar09 Breakfast - One bowl of Cheerios with 200ml of Mamil Gold
Lunch - White rice / Watercress soup / Steam egg with pork / Spinach
Snack - 120ml Pediasure (Vanilla)
Dinner - White rice / Watercress soup / Cod fish with mushroom / Ti Huang Miao
Supper - 200ml of EBM

20Mar09 Dinner - White rice / Potato and corn soup /Fish / Greenies
Supper - 150ml of EBM

21Mar09 - Breakfast - Apple and cinnamon muffin
Snack - Latch on
Lunch - Didn't want to eat much
Snack - 80ml of Gain IQ
Dinner - ABC pasta with steamed pork/baby peas with Mozarella cheese and a little butter
Supper - 150ml of Gain IQ

22Mar09 - Breakfast - M&S Cranberry oats porridge
Lunch - White rice / steam egg / Kai Lan / 1prawn / some minced pork
Snack - 150ml of Gain IQ
Dinner - White rice / steamed fish / Chye Sim / white radish
Supper - 150ml of Gain IQ

HFMD menu

Shawn was diagnosed with HFMD today (8Mar09). Darn...

Mealplan ahead for this week.
7Mar09 Breakfast - one slice of wholemeal bread with butter
Lunch - Half a small piece of tamago, M&S apple, raisin cinnamon oats porridge
Dinner - 2tbspoon of white rice porridge cooked with minced chicken and wolfberries / some Kai Lan ; Steamed 3/4 Fuji apple with 2tbspoon of yoghurt / baby peas as finger food / half a cheese straw

8Mar09 Breakfast - 1/2 an egg omelette with mozarella cheese
Lunch - 1.5tbspoon of white rice porridge with barley/ steam minced chicken and broccolli / 1pc of white radish
Snack - One slice of rock melon
Dinner - Rice / cod fish + 1white button mushroom/ Kai lan / white radish soup
* barley water

9Mar09 Breakfast - 1.5tablespoon of oats with rock melon










Lunch - White rice / Bokchoy soup / broccolli
Dinner - Rice / cod fish / greens / Bokchoy soup / Rock melon










* green bean drink

10Mar09 Breakfast - Cheerios with yoghurt (ate very little)










Lunch - Rice / Lotus root & chicken soup / Steam egg
Dinner - Rice / cod fish / greens / Lotus root & chicken soup / Rock melon
* barley drink for the day

11Mar09 Breakfast - 1whole avocado
Lunch - Rice / Black bean soup / Steam bokchoy + green beans + onions
Snack - Rock melon
Dinner - Rice / cod fish / Potato, onion & carrot soup
* barley drink for the day

12Mar09 Breakfast - M&S Apple raisins cinnamon oats porridge
Lunch - ABC pasta / Pumpkin soup / Broccolli










Snack - Apple
Dinner - Rice / cod fish / Green beans
* barley drink for the day

13Mar09 Breakfast - 1slice of Gardenia raisin bread
Lunch - White rice / Steamed pork / Winter melon soup / 1/2 an avocado
Snack - Green bean soup
Dinner - White rice / Steamed pork / Winter melon soup / 1/2 an avocado

1st week of Mar09

Didn't do groceries shopping yet for this week. Poor Shawn has to eat whatever there is in the fridge
2Mar09 M&S cranberry oats porridge & yoghurt / baby peas and tofu
3Mar09 Waffle & yoghurt with pumpkin

==== Did my groceries shopping during lunch on 4Mar09====
4Mar09 White grain *soft rice / watercress soup / steam minced chicken & tofu - overestimated water level in the Tiger thermal jar
5Mar09 White grain rice / corn soup / steam egg & white button mushrom
6Mar09 White grain rice / Bok choy soup with tofu /steam minced chicken & white button mushroom
7Mar09 I dunno... we're having a date with Justin at the zoo, hope weather's good!
8Mar09 We'll figure out something after marketing... night time is yummy dinner in Bukit Batok

Toddler nutrition - readups!

I have slacked in reading up on toddler nutrition, meal plan etc. Just to share a few sites on what should and what nots on growing up bubs. I have been cooking mostly CINA style meals for Shawn. He has been eating well but one part of me worries that I am overfeeding him especially on the carbos. So far, he has not shown any allergy to new food introduced (even eatouts are fine so far.. touchwood). I am still trying to follow the 4-day rule and I am still abstaining him from strawberries and tomatoes.

http://www.wholesometoddlerfood.com/Toddlers.htm
http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/toddler/feeding_your_toddler.html
http://www.earthsbest.com/toddler_nutrition/articles/how_much.php
http://www.babycenter.com/0_age-by-age-guide-to-feeding-your-toddler_1736045.bc#1

Also, for those of you interested in picky eating habits, these sites have links to that topic. Good luck!

4th week of Feb

23Feb09 2.5 tbspn of Brown rice / steamed cod fish / veg










24Feb09 2tbspn of white rice / Pork, egg, spinach soup
25Feb09 Inventory zero, most likely cheesy pasta
26Feb09 Barley, Steam pork, spinach medley
27Feb09 White grain porridge / Steam pork, spinach

3rd week of Feb

16Feb09 2.5tbspn of white grain porridge, cod fish and green peas
17Feb09 ABC Pasta with cheese and baby peas
18Feb09 White grain rice with wolfberries, pork soup & steamed brocolli
19Feb09 Brown rice with lentils, steamed cod sigh & brocolli
20Feb09 Dinner with Pau Ying at Asian Tea House - Shawn had Lots of tofu with rice
21Feb09 Breakfast - 1/2 a Cranberry muffin; Lunch - Fish Porridge ; Dinner - White grain rice, corn, cod fish and spinach
22Feb09 Breakfast - 3/4 an Apple Cinnamon muffin, Lunch - Milk & some roti prata; Dinner - Pork porridge & baby peas

2nd week of Feb

9Feb09 White grain porridge + Cod fish (skipped the veg as he had diarrhoea due to the antibiotics that he was taking for the cough)

10Feb09 1/4cup uncooked of ABC pasta + Mild cheddar block cheese melt + 2 handfuls of baby peas ; Steamed a quarter of cod fish

11Feb09 3tbspoon of oats + cod fish + bok choy

12Feb09 2.5tbspoon of brown rice + minced pork + Green peas

13Feb09 Hot pot at Paramount

7-8Feb09 Weekend menu

7Feb09
Breakfast : 3tbspoon of uncooked oats + one mini box of raisin
Lunch : Shredded chicken drumstick meat, potato and carrot soup + 1/2 bowl of sticky Japanese rice drizzled with seaweed and sesame seed
Dinner : Shredded chicken drumstick & thigh meat, potato and carrot soup + 3tbspoon of cooked rice

8Feb09
Breakfast : Milk
Lunch : Chicken/Mushroom tart
Dinner : Minced pork porridge and Bok Choy

Post CNY diet

I got a Tiger magic cooker. Works wonders. I tried twice and it didn't fail me. Yay!
This is Shawn's post CNY diet for this week

3Feb09 White grain porridge with minced beef and kailan (Magic cooker)
4Feb09 ABC pasta with ABC soup and one chicken drumstick (Magic cooker)
5Feb09 Oats with minced pork and green peas










6Feb09 White grain rice with steamed cod and kailan

6Jan09 Butterry Sauteed ABC Pasta with Egg plant ++

What's required:
2 1/2handful of ABC pasta (boiled 10min)
About 1/2inch of egg plant (sliced then steamed 5min)
A teeny bit of butter
Grated Australian mild cheese
...and a good 20minutes for prep and cooking

After melting the butter, add on everything to sautee for a few short minutes
Add mild cheese to get the mozarella melt effect.

I know, I know... this is weird combination. But I tasted it and it's good! :)
And Shawn ate up everything. And I did another funny thing, I added steamed cod fish as topping to the sauteed main course (1/2 way thru his meal)!!!

5Jan09 White rice with oats?!

Carbo :
1.5tbspn of white rice grains
1tbspn of oats

Dishes :
Steamed eggplant
Steamed cod fish

Shawn ate almost everything!
* Photo to be uploaded tomorrow

Vegetarian dinner

As usual by the end of the week, I ran out of meat/fish. So made do with whatever we have in the fridge. Steamed brocolli, carrots and green peas with brown rice porridge

Not so creamy Cream of Brocolli

I tried making cream of brocolli by following the Super Baby Food book recipe (less 1cup of formula milk required and substituted with water). It was not creamy at all. Anyway I thought it tasted sweet after I added the FM and butter. And since it turned out to be watery, I decided to add these :
- 3handful of ABC pasta
- Chopped raw carrots for toppings
- Baby biscotti

This was the outcome (picture perfect meal + a very sleepy and oh-so-full toddler) :