Chicken Mushroom Soup with Macaroni

Ingredients:
minced chicken meat
1 medium size onion chopped up

10 chopped up button mushrooms

25g of unsalted butter

1 wedge of lemon (get the juice from the wedge)

50g plain flour

1 tablespoon of nestle cream

a bit of salt
a bit of pepper
chopped up broccoli
half of carrot chopped up

600ml water

sprinkles of Italian herbs
boiled macaroni

Methods:
(1) Sauteed the onions and carrots with butter till fragrant and soft.
(2) Add chopped up mushrooms and stir well. Add the lemon juice and stir quickly.
(3) Add the plain flour and whisk well, then add the minced chicken and water. Let it boiled.
(4) Add the Italian herbs and simmer for 25 minutes.
(5) Add salt and pepper to taste.
(6) Remove from fire and then add the nestle cream and whisk well.

(7) Serve on its own or with boiled macaroni.

Age:

30 months

Here is how the food look like:

Note:

Suitable for lunch or dinner.

Fried Macaroni

Ingredients:
minced chicken meat
chopped up garlic and onions

chopped up button mushrooms

1 tablespoon of olive oil

a bit of soya sauce
a bit of pepper
chopped up broccoli
chopped up carrots
some vegetarian mushroom ikan bilis (optional)
boiled macaroni

Methods:
(1) Sauteed the onions and garlic till fragrant.
(2) Add minced chicken and stir till slightly cook.
(3) Add the button mushroom, carrots and broccoli. Fry a little while.
(4) Add the boiled macaroni. Mix well.
(5) Add a little bit of soy sauce, pepper and vegetarian mushroom ikan bilis.
(6) Stir well till all mix up. Ready to serve.

Age:

30 months

Here is how the food look like:

Note:

Suitable for lunch or dinner.

Grilled Chicken Sandwich

Ingredients:
1 slice of chicken fillet

1 garlic

1 stalk of rosemary

1 tablespoon of olive oil

a bit of salt

2 slices of bread

1 slice of cheddar cheese

some salad leaves

a little bit of butter

1 tablespoon of lemon juice

Methods:
(1) Use mortar and pestle to crush the garlic, rosemary leaves, salt and olive oil.
(2) Marinate the chicken fillet with the crushed ingredients for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
(3) Prepare the bread by spreading butter on it and placing the salad leaves and then cheddar cheese on it. Set it aside.
(4) Place marinated chicken fillet into baking pan and bake for 25 minutes at 180 deg Celsius.
(5) Pour the lemon juice over the cooked chicken fillet.
(5) Slice the cooked chicken and place the sliced chicken into the bread and cover it with another slice of bread on top

Age:

26 months

Here how the food looks like:

Note:

Suitable for snack time, lunch or dinner.

Chocolate Wafer

Most children would love chocolates. My kids are crazy about them. Instead of giving those ready made in the supermarket, why not bake this wafer to satisfy their cravings. At least you know what is added in it and you can control the amount of sugar being added to it. It is crispy and it has wonderful chocolate taste. Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:
130 grams all purpose flour
50 grams unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
90 grams unsalted butterroom temperature
180 grams brown sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 large egg

Methods:
(1) In a bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
(2) In the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), cream the butter until smooth. Add the sugar and vanilla extract and beat on high speed for about one minute. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Beat in the egg white. Add the flour mixture and beat just until incorporated.
(3) Place the dough on your work surface and, using your hands, form the dough into a log shape that is about 9 inches (23 cm) long. Carefully wrap the dough in aluminum foil, parchment paper or wax paper and fold or twist the ends. Try not to flatten the log. Refrigerate for at least one hour or overnight.
(4) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) and place the oven rack in the center of the oven. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
(5) Using a sharp knife, slice into 1/4 inch thick wafers. Place on the baking sheet spacing about 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart. Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes or until the the cookies puff and the tops of the cookies have crackles (ripples). Remove from oven and let cookies cool on baking sheet for about 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Can be stored in an airtight container, at room temperature, for about 10 days.

Makes about 36 cookies.

Age:
24 months

Here how the food looks like:



Note:
Suitable for snack time.

Chicken Burger

Ingredients:
For Chicken Patty:
50 gram of minced chicken
1 teaspoon of chopped garlic
1 teaspoon of chopped onions
a dash of pepper and salt (optional)

Tomato sauce:
2 tablespoons of tomato paste
a dash of sugar (optional)
a dash of italian herbs
a dash of pepper

Other:
salad leaves chopped up
tomato chopped up
burger bread
fried egg (fry the egg before frying the burger patty)
olive oil
cheese slice

Methods:
Chicken Patty
(1) Mix the minced chicken with garlic, onions, pepper and salt well. Set aside.
(2) Make the minced chicken into burger patty.
(3) Heat up some of the olive oil in the pan and place the patty.
(4) Place the burger patty in the pan and cooked the chicken till cooked and set aside.

Tomato sauce:
(1) Once the patty is done, removed and set aside, on the same pan add the tomato paste and a little bit of water.
(2) Stir for a while and then add a dash of sugar and pepper. Mix well and set a side.

Assembling the burger:
(1) Cut the burger bread into two.
(2) Place the bottom part on the plate.
(3) Add the chopped up salad leaves.
(4) Then place the cheese on the leaves.
(5) Place the fried egg.
(6) Then place the chicken patty.
(7) Add the cooked tomato sauce on the chicken patty and diced tomotoes at the top.
(8) Finally placed the top part of the burger bread.

Age:
24 months

Here how the food looks like:

 

Note:

Suitable for lunch or dinner.

Chicken Pasta

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon of minced chicken
1 tablespoon of chopped garlic
1/2 tablespoon of chopped onions
1-2 tablespoon of tomato paste
1 button mushroom, chopped
2 tablespoon of broccoli, chopped
1 tablespoon of carrots, chopped
some water
sugar/salt/pepper to taste (optional)
a dash of italian herbs
3-4 tablespoons of boiled alphabet pasta set aside
1 tablespoon of olive oil
some grated cheese (optional)

Methods:
(1) Heat up oil and sauteed the garlic and onions till fragrant.
(2) Add the minced chicken and stir till cooked.
(3) Add the mushroom, carrots and broccoli and stir well.
(4) Add the tomato paste, mix well and add water.
(5) Let it boiled and then add salt/sugar/pepper to taste (optional).
(6) Add the cooked pasta and mix with the sauce well with pasta.
(7) Garnish with cheese with desired.

Age:
24 months

Here how the food looks like:

 

Note:

Suitable for lunch or dinner.

My boy turn 2 today!

This year instead of buying a cake for my boy, I decided to bake for him. I baked oreo cheesecake with racing track design on in. My boy pretty excited about. Here is how the cake look like:

Mini Apple Pie

This recipe is suitable for making one large apple pie or many mini apple pies. From this recipe I can make 1 large apple pie and about 5 mini apple pies.

Ingredients
6 apples (small size)
50g unsalted butter
4 tbs honey
1 pinch cinnamon

Shortcrust pastry
1 and ½ cups (225g) plain flour
2/3 cup (100g) self-raising flour
2/3 cup (150g) brown sugar
150g unsalted butter, softened
¼ cup (60ml) full-fat milk
2 egg yolks

Methods
For the pastry, process the flours, sugar and butter in a food processor, then mix in the milk and egg yolks. If dough is too wet, add a little more flour. On a lightly floured surface, bring dough together, then knead until smooth. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour.

Meanwhile, peel and core the apples, then cut into quarters. Melt the butter in a frypan over medium heat, and when it begins to froth and brown, add the apple and cook until brown and softened; about 5-10 minutes depending on the ripeness of the apples. Add the honey and cinnamon, reduce heat to medium-low and stir continuously for about 10-15 minutes or until the apples are golden and caramelized. Cool to room temperature.

Preheat oven to 180 degree celcius. Grease a 24cm loose-bottomed tart pan. Once pastry has rested, roll out on a lightly floured surface to 5 mm thick and line pan with pastry.

Place cooled apples into pastry shell. With any remaining pastry, use a crinkled pastry cutter to cut 1cm-wide strips to make a lattice to place over top. Bake 30-35 minutes.

Age:
23 months

Here how the pie look like:

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL!!!

Pizza

Ingredients

For Pizza Dough (can make about 3 medium size and 2 smaller size):
410 g plain flour
1/2 tablespoon of baker's yeast
1 teaspoon salt
250ml hot water

For the tomato paste (enough for 2 small pizza base):
2 tablespoons of minced chicken
1 tablespoon of chopped onions
1 tablespoon of chopped garlic
a little bit of sugar
soy sauce and pepper to taste
a little bit of italian herbs (those dried ones comes in a bottle)
1/3 can of tomato paste
1 tablespoon of olive oil
some water

For Pizza toppings (enough for 2 small pizza)

2 mushrooms (chopped up)

2 tablespoons of chopped up capsicum

2 tablespoons of broccoli

2 tablespoon of tomatoes (seed removed)
Pizza Plus cheese for toppings

Methods

Pizza dough:
(1) Mix all the dry ingredients before adding the hot water.

(2) Add the hot water and start mixing (you can use spoon first before using your hand)
(3) Work on the dough till it is smooth.

(4) Place the dough in a bowl and cover it with towel tissue and leave it there for 1 hr.
(5) After 1hr, the dough should rise and give it a punch and knead the dough again and place the dough back into the bowl, cover it and leave it for 1 hr.
(6) After one hour you can roll the dough using roller on lightly floured surface and set it aside.

Tomato paste:
(1) Heat up the oil and sauteed garlic and onions till fragrant.
(2) Add the minced chicken and stir well.
(3) Add the tomato paste and a little bit of water and stir till boiled.
(4) Add some italian herbs, sugar, soy sauce and pepper to taste.
(5) If the paste is too thick, add a little bit of water but not too much. The paste should not be watery.

Assembling the pizza:

(1) Add the tomato paste on the prepared dough.
(2) Add a little bit of cheese.
(3) Add the pizza topping ingredients and finish off with cheese.
(4) Baked around 20 - 30 minutes at 225 deg Celsius (timing and temperature may varies with different oven, so do peep on the pizza once in awhile to ensure that it is not over baked).

Age:

23 months

Here hows the food looks like (first pic is unbaked pizza, second pic is cooked pizza fresh from oven):

Notes:

Suitable for lunch or dinner. The pizza toppings can be changed, it is up to you. Suitable for vegetarian toddlers, just omit the chicken, garlic and onions.

Omelette with special fillings

Ingredients

For Omellete
1 egg (whisk)
a little bit of butter for frying the egg

For Filling

1 mushroom (chopped up)

2 tablespoons of minced chicken

1 tablespoon of chopped carrots

1 tablespoon of mixed frozen vegetables

1 tablespoon of chopped garlic
Soy sauce and pepper to taste (optional)
1/2 tablespoon of olive oil

Methods

(1) Fry the omelette as per normal.
(2) Heat the olive oil and sauteed the garlic till fragrant.

(3) Add the minced chicken and stir well.

(4) Add the rest of the ingredients and stir till chicken is cooked. Add soy sauce and pepper if using.

(5) Place the cooked filling on the omelette and roll the omellette and cut into half. Serve on its own or with rice.

Age:

23 months

Here hows the food looks like:

Notes:

Suitable for breakfast when eaten on its own or lunch/dinner if eaten with rice.

Mushroom Quiche

Ingredients

For Pastry
125g plain flour
50g unsalted butter
45ml of water

1/4 teaspoon of salt (optional)

For Mushroom

100g fresh button mushrooms (chopped up)

50ml fresh white milk

1 egg (whisk it)

1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon of chopped onions
Salt and pepper to taste (optional)
1/2 tablespoon of butter
Grated cheese

Methods

(1) Mix all the pastry ingredients together and place the dough on the bottom and side of the pie baking tray (the mini ones, so you will have a few of these) and set aside.
(2) Heat the butter and sauteed the onions and bay leaf till fragrant.

(3) Add in the mushrooms, and salt and pepper if using.
(4) Fill the cooked mushroom into the prepared pie tray, add a little of the whisk egg and some cheese. Do the same to the rest of the pie tray till finish.
(5) Bake at 180 deg celsius for about 25 to 35 minutes (timing depends on your oven)

Age:

23 months

Here hows the food looks like:

Notes:

Suitable for breakfast/snack time. Best serve when warm. Also suitable for vegetarian toddlers. Just omit the onions.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Once in a while you may wish to give your little one some sweet treats. It will definitely be great if your can make your own sweet treats for your little one. This is because, you will know how much sugar to add and also the ingredients you use is definitely fresher than the ready made cookies in the supermarket. So I would like to share this chocolate chip cookies that I made for my kids. They loves it so much. It is especially delicious when it is freshly baked and eaten with a cup of milk.

The sugar I used is raw or brown sugar. I lessen the amount of sugar for the recipe because the sweetness can be compensate by the chocolate chips. The vanilla extract is the pure one not the imitation ones. Below is the recipe.

Ingredients
113 grams unsalted butter, room temperature
120 grams of brown sugar
1 large egg

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

150 grams all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

135 grams semisweet chocolate chips

Methods

(1) Preheat oven to 190 degrees C with rack in center of oven. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.

(2) In the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), cream the butter. Add sugar and beat until fluffy (about 2 minutes). Beat in egg, making sure to beat well. Add the vanilla and beat until incorporated.

(3) In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture and beat until incorporated, adding the chocolate chips about half way through mixing. If you find the dough very soft, cover and refrigerate until firm (about 30 minutes).

(4) Bake about 12 - 14 minutes, or until golden brown around the edges. Cool completely on wire rack.

Age:

23 months

Here hows the food looks like:

Notes:

You can half the chocolate chips and add raisins for the other half. The baking time depends on your oven. So the time I gave above is just a guide line. Best serve warm with milk during snack time.

Fried Rice

Ingredients:

(1) 1 tablespoon of minced chicken

(2) 1 egg

(3) 1 tablespoon of frozen mixed vegetables
(4) 3 tablespoons of cooked room temperature rice
(5) 1 tablespoon of chopped broccoli
(6) 1 tablespoon of chopped button mushrooms
(7) 1 tablespoon of chopped carrots

(8) sprinkle of pepper and soya sauce to taste

(9) 1 tablespoon of olive oil
(10) a little bit of water
(11) 1 tablespoon of chopped onion and garlic each

Procedures:

(1) Heat up the oil in the wok. Once hot add in onion and garlic. Fry till fragrant.
(2) Add in the minced chicken and stir well.
(3) Add the carrot, mixed vegetables and mushroom. And stir well and add some water and let it boil for awhile till the carrot soften abit.
(4) Once the water is almost dry up, add in the egg and scrambled it till the mixture is dry.

(5) Add the rice and broccoli and mix everything well and add add a little bit water if the rice is too dry.
(6) Lastly, sprinkle some pepper and few drops of soya sauce and mixed well.
(7) It can be serve with some sprinkle of seaweed.


My boy's reaction:

He loves his fried rice.

His age:

21 months

Here how the food looks like:

Notes:

This recipe is suitable for lunch or dinner.

Pan-Fried Chicken Cutlet

Ingredients:

Pan fried Chicken Cutlet:

(1) 2 to 3 pieces of small chicken fillet

(2) 1 egg

(3) bread crumbs

(4) sprinkle of pepper and salt

(5) oil

Procedures:
Pan-Fried Chicken Cutlet

(1) Cut the chicken fillet into thinner strips.
(2) Place in the egg (whisk the egg first) making sure every part of it touches the egg mixture.
(3) Mix the bread crumbs, pepper and salt evenly.
(4) Place the fillet that has been coated with egg in to the bread crumbs.
(5) Heat up the oil and pan fry the chicken till cook and golden brown.

Can be served with fried rice or mashed potatoes.

My boy's reaction:

He loves the food however he prefers to eat the cutlet with the fried rice.

His age:

20 months

Here how the food looks like:

Notes:

This recipe is suitable for lunch or dinner.

Pan-Fried Fish with Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients:

Pan fried Fish:

(1) Half of dory fish fillet

(2) 1/2 tablespoon of Italian spices

(3) Lemon juice (from half of a lemon)

(4) 1/2 teaspoon of pepper

(5) 1 tablespoon of butter for frying

Mashed Potatoes:

(1) Half of medium size potatoes

(2) 1 teaspoon of butter

(3) Sprinkle of pepper

(4) 2 tablespoon of cheddar cheese

(5) 1 tablespoon of fresh milk (add more if the mashed potatoes is too thick)

Procedures:
Pan-Fried Fish

(1) Place the fillet in a bowl.
(2) Add in pepper, Italian spices and lemon juice and mix well to marinate for about 10 minutes.
(3) Heat up the butter in a frying pan.
(4) Once hot, put in the fillet and pan fry till cooked. Occasionally flip the fillet so that it is evenly cooked.

Mashed Potatoes

(1) Boiled/Steamed the potatoes till tender.

(2) Once tender, place in a bowl, add cheddar cheese and butter and mash together with the potatoes.

(3) Add in the fresh milk and pepper.

My boy's reaction:

He loves the food.

His age:

19 months

Here how the food looks like:

Notes:

This recipe is suitable for lunch or dinner.

Variations:

For more colourful mashed potatoes, you can also boiled the carrot together with the potaotes and mashed them together.

Banana Pancake

Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup fresh milk
1 tablespoon butter
1 medium egg
1 large banana (slightly mashed)
1 tablespoon of semisweet chocolate chips (optional)

Procedures:
(1) Mix the milk, butter and egg together.
(2) Add in the flour slowly and whisk in circles with a fork. Dont stir too vigorously or pancakes will turn out hard.
(3) Stir in banana and chocolate chips evenly.
(4) Heat up non-stick pan and scoop about 1 chinese spoon of the mixture to make one pancake.
(5) After seeing a few bubbles on pancakes, flip over but do not press the pancakes.
(6) After about one minute, remove pancakes from pan and serve.

My boy's reaction:
He loves the pancake.

His age:
19 months

Here how the food looks like:

Notes:

This recipe is suitable for breakfast or snack time.

Variations:

You can replace chocolate chips to raisins.

Chicken Stew

Ingredients:
1 chicken drumstick
1 medium size onions (chopped)
2 medium size potatoes (chopped into cubes)
2 medium size tomatoes (chopped into cubes)
1 stick of celery (chopped finely)
2 tablespoons of frozen vegetables
water
salt to taste (optional)
a sprinkle of pepper

Procedures:
(1) Boiled the drumstick in a pot ensure that the drumstick is just about immersed in the water. Let it boiled till the chicken is cooked. Removed any fats from the broth if any. Take out the boiled drumstick and set it aside to cool before shredding the meat.
(2) Then add in potatoes and onions into the chicken broth. Boiled till the potatoes are soft and tender. Take out about half cup of potatoes and mashed it up and place it back into the soup (this will help to thicken the soup)
(3) Add in the celery, tomatoes and shredded chicken meat into the stew and simmer for 45 minutes uncovered.
(4) Add salt (optional) and pepper to taste
(5) Stew can be eaten with bread or rice.

My boy's reaction:
He loves his stew.

His age:
18 months

Here how the food looks like:

Notes:
This recipe is suitable for lunch or dinner.

Stir- Fried Udon

The brand of udon I used is the one in the picture. I like this brand because of its soft texture:

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon of minced chicken
1 tablespoon of carrots
1 tablespoon of broccoli
1 tablespoon of garlic
1 tablespoon of button mushroom
1/2 packed of udon
200 ml of water
1 teaspoon of light soya sauce (optional)
a sprinkle of pepper
1 tablespoon of olive oil

Procedures:
(1) Heat the oil and fry garlic till fragrant.
(2) Then add in minced chicken and fry for 3 minutes.
(3) Add in the carrot, button mushroom and broccoli and mix well.
(4) Add in water and let it simmer till the carrot and broccoli soften.
(5) Add the udon, soya sauce and pepper and stir well.
(6) Once the udon is softer and no more water left, it is ready to be served.

My boy's reaction:
He loves his food.

His age:
17 months


Here how the food looks like:

Notes:
This recipe is suitable for lunch or dinner.

Day 4 of Blueberies

Schedule for Today:

Morning (8 am to 9 am): Breakfast
Noon (11 am to 12pm): Lunch, continue with breastmilk as and when needed
Early Afternoon (2pm to 3pm): Some fruit puree/snack & breastmilk as and when needed
Late Afternoon (5pm to 6pm): Dinner & breastmilk as and when needed
Night (after 6pm): Breastmilk


Allergy Reaction:
No allergy was observed


Texture of Food:
I cut the berries into half.


Amount of Food:
2 tablespoons of cut blueberries


Baby reaction:
He loves the blueberries except the sour ones.


Baby's Age:
17 months

Conclusion:
No allergy to blueberries