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) :