Broccoli and Salmon Porridge | 西兰花和鲑鱼粥

The broccoli puree is from this dish.

For the salmon, I used to bake salmon which I found is easier if comparing to fry.

To process the salmon, apply 1 tablespoon saké to salmon, marinate for 5 minutes. Using paper towel to pad dry the salmon and apply pinch of salt. Bake in oven at 200°C for 10-15 minutes.

Broccoli sauteed Button Mushroom | 西兰花炒蘑菇

I come out this dish using the leftover button mushrooms from Braised Chicken with waxed meat and mushroom. Nothing special in term of the vege matching, but I would like to emphasized that I used Extra Virgin Camellia Seed Oil (榨茶花籽油) in this dish. The outcome is very satisfying and you w’t even know there is Camellia Seed Oil if I do not tell you in front.

Healthy and good taste …. No regret to try!

Ingredient:
1 medium size broccoli
5-8 button mushrooms
2 bulbs garlic
1 tbsp camellia seed oil

Directions:
1. Broccoli and mushroom cut in cubes.
2. garlic chopped.
3. Heat camellia seed oil and add in garlic. Saute until aromatic.
4. Pour in broccoli and keep frying, add some water if it's too dry.
5. Add in mushrooms and saute until cooked.
6. Add pinch of saute for taste, dip up.

Some extra info about Extra Virgin Camellia Seed Oil (I copied from here)

LOHAS Camellia Seed Oil is 100% organic oil of the highest grade, Unrefined, this extra virgin oil is extracted from the first cold press of camellia seeds. Many types of unrefined oil have low smoke points, thus they are unsuitable for sautéing, frying and deep-frying but unrefined camellia seed oil has one of the highest smoke points at 220 °C, making it highly suitable for all Asian cooking styles, including deep-frying.
• Has similar nutritive and culinary properties to olive oil, making it perfect for salads
• High quality cooking oil remains stable at high temperatures
• Rich source of Omega 3, 6 and 9 fatty acids and Vitamin E
• Naturally high content of polyphenols (antioxidants)
• Low in saturated fat; does not contain trans-fat
• Does not contain chemicals or additive

2 Years Old Toddler Recipe | 2 岁食谱肉丝西兰花粥

I am really running out of idea what to cook for the little small monster as she is now getting choosy on food. This is 1^st time I home cooked this kind of fine flake pork (肉丝) for my girl. Huh…..lucky she likes it. 

In this meal, I had added in 1 scoop if broccoli puree to balance up the nutrition and bring up a better taste.

Edible Amaranth | Chinese Spinach

I found some colorful vegetables are full of nutrition. I believe this Chinese Spinach also the same.  It’s has green leaves with red stripes. Wonderful vegetable because it is rich of protein, Vitamin A, B and C. It has double amount of iron that compare to the regular spinach has.

So, this type of chinese spinach always is my 1^st choice compare to the regular spinach. In fact, other than stir-fry it with garlic; prepare it in soup also another great cook. 

It’s will look not very presentable to mix it for my kid’s porridge, but the taste still good. Normally I used to mix with some anchovies’ powder to increase the liking.

Ingredients:
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp minced garlic
pinch of salt

Directions:
1. Preheat the wok and add in olive oil. Stir for few second until the garlic is aromatic.
2. Add the spinach and stir for 2-3 minutes. Add some water if it’s too dry.
3. Until the leave is almost wilted and add the salt for taste.
4. Dip up and blend to puree. Mix in 1 tablespoon into cooked porridge and serve.
5. Store the balance in ice tray.

Saute Broccoli with Carrots | 胡萝卜炒​​西兰花

Dear folks, yes I know. Long time I have not blogging since the Chinese new year passed. No other reason as just only 1…lazy. The God is fair; he gives everyone 24 hours every day, so am i. Thus, I cannot say I am busy; I dun have enough time to blog. Please recommend to me if you know any medicine to overcome lazy sickness. :p

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Okay, come to this menu for my kids. I like the color definitely.  Broccoli and carrot just the perfect match! It’s not only for kids, but also can be my dish as well. So, 1 cooks for whole family.

For my little one, it’s well service with any protein food, either pork, chicken or fish! Yummy!

Ingredients:
1 medium broccoli
1 small size carrot
2 bulbs garlic
1 tbsp olive oil

Directions:
1. Soak broccoli in bowl of water with pinch of salt around 10 minutes.
2. Wash and rinse broccoli and cut in small size.
3. Cut carrot in small cubes.
4. Garlic chopped.
5. Heat olive oil and pour in garlic.
6. Add in broccoli and sauté for a minute, add some water and cover for simmer around 2 minutes.
7. Keep sautéing broccoli and add pinch of salt just for taste.
8. Add in carrot and sauté until cooked.
9. Dip up and let it cold down before blend (optional).

Mushroom sauté Peas | 香菇炒豆豆

Peas is very tasty for babies, in fact, it’s ready to feed when the baby is 6 months old. It’s sweet and can be accepted by most babies.

My 2 little angels like is so much and I am starting with just plain peas puree while they are still small. Time flies …..Iris already stepping in 17 months and she is starting want to act like adult especially her gor gor. She wanted to follow her gor gor while on the dinning time. She wanted to hold the spoon by herself and eat by own, however she’s still need times to practice for it and end up I have to do the cleaning work. Nevertheless, I d’t want to stop her learning path, she should given chance to explore and learn…..that’s how they growth, right?

Okay, come back to the peas. I wanted to cook something different for my kids to increase their appetite. This is the reason of this dish being created in my kitchen. The taste is not disappointing me. It’s sweet and fragrant with add on onion. Dun wait, try it out for your kid and I am sure they like it.

Ingredients:
1 Pack of peas
3 medium size dried mushrooms
half of onion
2 bulbs garlic
1 tbsp olive oil
pinch of rock salt

Directions:
1. Soak dried mushrooms, drain and squeeze a way the water. Cut in cubes and set a side.
2. Wash the peas with pinch of salt and rinse to clean. Cut in cubes and set a side.
3. Cut the onion in slice and chopped the garlic.
4. Heat the wok with olive oil and pour in chopped garlic and saute until fragrant.
5. Add in mushrooms and peas and continue saute. 
6. In between add a little bit of water to ensure it's not too dry.
7. When the peas is half cooked, add in onion and saute until all are cooked.
8. Season with pinch of salt.

I usually will make some food ice cube if the dish is not finished consume in 1 time. This way also saves a lot of my time as I dun cook dish for my kids every week. Yes, I am lazy mummy :p

Cauliflower with Bell Pepper | 甜椒炒椰菜花

I always cook dish for my kids when there are run out of vege's cube for them in freezer. During Chinese New Year as too busy visiting around; i suddenly come into idea to cook this dish as these are the only ingredient in my fridge. And surprising me .......delicious!

This is definitely a delicious dish for your little loves. Once mixed with porridge, you can smell the cauliflower and bell pepper fragrant.  

Cauliflower is low fat. Even it's low carbohydrates; but it's rich in fiber and vitamin c.
Same goes to bell pepper....also rich in vitamin c. If you can get red bell pepper; pls get is in priority as red bell pepper has twice the vitamin c content of green bell pepper.

Since during this CNY, i think my kids might need more vitamin C....hehe...

Ingredients:
1 medium size green/red bell pepper
½ of medium size cauliflower
2 bulbs garlic - chopped
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Directions:
1. Clean and cut bell pepper in small cubes and set aside.
2. Wash and rinse cauliflower and cut in bite-sized florets.
3. Heat the wok with olive oil and saute garlic until fragrant. Do not fry until it's turn brown.
4. Add in cauliflower and saute for 1-2 minutes. You may add some water if it's too dry.
5. Turn heat to medium can covered  with wok's cover.
6. Pour in bell pepper when the cauliflower is half way cooked.
7. Add pinch of sea salt just for taste.
8.Saute until it's cooked and dip up.
9. Blend it for puree and mix with porridge to serve.

Spinach Black Sesame Pork Lean Porridge | 菠菜，黑芝麻猪瘦肉粥

This porridge is sweet and tasty with add on of wolf berries  Dear mummy …. I am strongly encouraging you to buy those good quality wolf berries.

Iris is growing up now….also getting naughty and naughty. Somehow I thought the brother will influence her to act naughty stuff, however it’s work the other way in my house  >_<

I know some mummy will try to give all nutrition food to their little in a meal, this will end up the meal w’t taste as good as it was. Imagine I serve you potato, broccoli, tomato and fish in 1 pot meal, do you think it’s will turn out tasty? For me, definitely not! Unless I cook it separate like make a ABC soup (potato and tomato), sauté broccoli and steam fish. Yeah, this is tasty for me.

Ingredients:
1 tbsp black sesame powder (homemade)
1½ inch of pork lean
1 tbsp of wolf berries
10 scoops of rice
Anchovies stock

Directions:
1. Cook porridge with anchovies stock (mummy should know this steps, so i d't write in details)
2. Bring water to boiled and put in pork lean for 1 min, rinse to clean.
3. Wash and rinse spinach, cut in 2 inch and set aside.
4. Soak wolf berries and rinse to clean.
5. Put in pork lean when the rice is starting to boiled.
6. Put in spinach and wolf berries when the porridge is almost done.
7. Take out the spinach, wolf berries and pork and bring to puree.
8. Return the puree into porridge and add in black sesame powder.
9. Stir evenly before serve.

Thus, each time I try to imagine and make combination for my kid’s porridge which can turn out tasty and match to liking. Try this out, my kids very welcome it especially little Iris.

Saute Chinese Spinach | 清炒苋菜

This is called Chinese Spinach or Amaranthus in English. They are a very good source of vitamins including vitamin A, K, B6, C, riboflavin, foliate and dietary minerals including calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper, and manganese.

Last time I used to squish the juice for my baby. But now they toddler; thus I cook this dish for them while also can serve for whole family too!

Ingredients:
A bundle of Chinese spinach
2 bulbs garlic – chopped
1 tbsp olive oil

Directions:
1. Heat the oil and sauté in garlic until fragrance.
2. Pour in spinach and keep on sauté.
3. Add in pinch of salt to taste when the spinach almost done.
4. Dip up and blend to puree serve with porridge.
5. Store the balance in ice tray.

Sauté Broccoli , Carrot sauté with Onion

清炒西兰花 ， 胡萝卜炒洋葱

When the kids are growing up day by day….i noticed they are desired for taster food rather than all the time “steam” food.

Here, I cooked 2 dishes for them just because I able to bought a very fresh and cheap broccoli and Australia’s carrots. I am very happy as my effort is never wasted from my kid’s respond.

Sauté Broccoli | 清炒西兰花

Ingredients:

1 medium broccoli

2 bulbs garlic - minced

2 tsp olive oil

2 tbsp chicken stock (optional)

Directions:

1.Wash and cut broccoli.

2.Heat olive oil and saute garlic until fragrance.

3.Add in broccoli and keep saute.

4. Add chicken stock when the broccoli is almost done.

5. Dip up and blend when it's cold.

Carrot sauté with Onion | 胡萝卜炒洋葱

Ingredients:

1 big carrot

1 medium onion

2 bulbs garlic - minced

2 tsp olive oil

Directions:

1. Cut the carrot in small cubes.

2. Cut the onion in slices.

3. Heat the olive oil and saute with garlic until fragrance.

4. Pour in carrot cubes.

5. Add in onions when the carrot is half cooked.

6. Saute until all just cooked and dip up.

7. Blend when it's cold.