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 Been trying out new recipes for Tyler, so doing a post here on it so that any interested mummies could try too!

 Macaroni Pasta

 

  

Ingredients

Del Monte Tomato Paste

Macaroni

Green Pepper

Minced Meat

Garlic

Oil

Water

Salt (Optional)

1. Cook macaroni in boiling water until soft, then cut into smaller pieces.

2. Cut garlic into little pieces for frying.

3. Cut green pepper into desired size and amount.

4. Scoop around 2 teaspoons of the tomato paste and add some water to it. If its not enough later on, then add more.

5. Add a little oil into the frying pan, size of a 20 cent coin.

6. Add garlic and fry till slightly brownish.

7. Add green pepper, fry a bit and add around 30mls of water. Cook the green pepper till soft. If water is not enough then add more.

8. Add minced meat and fry for 2 mins then add the macaroni.

9. Add the tomato paste. Do taste whether the sweetness is what you want, if not just add more tomato paste. Add a little pinch of salt if you like.

Olivia Says: Tyler loves this cause its so sweet! And easy to cook too.. For the minced meat, you can try adding a little hot water to the meat and stir around before you add it into the frying pan, so that it won't be too big piece for your child.

Bak Chor Mee

Ingredients

Yellow Noodles

Long Bean

Carrot

Minced Meat

Homemade Chicken Stock

1. Cook the yellow noodles for 5 mins in boiling water.

2. Bring the chicken stock to boil, and add long bean and carrot to cook till soft.

3. Add yellow noodles. (Without the previous water!)

 4. Add minced meat and boil for 3 min.

5. Add a little soy sauce, salt and pepper and you're done!

Olivia Says: A regular meal for Tyler cause its simple and nutritious!! Do remember to use a scissors to cut up the noodles after its done. Seasonings are optional, especially you have baby below 1 year!

Bee Hoon Soup

 

 Ingredients

Bee Hoon

Carrot

Asparagus

Minced meat

Vegetable Stock

The same way to prepare as above! Notice that the dishes usually are almost the same, just that I change the ingredients. Simple and good!

Macaroni Pasta with Fish

 

Same thing as the Macaroni Pasta but I changed it to Fish!!

Cheesy Spegatti (wrong spelling)

 

Ingredients

Spegatti

Asparagus

Fish

Homemade Cheese Sauce

1. Cook the spegatti and asparagus and steam the fish till cooked.

2. Remove the meat of the fish and check for any bones.

3. Cut the asparagus into desired size and amount.

4. A little method to check whether the spegatti is done, throw a little piece on the wall and if it sticks, its done!

5. Add spegatti, asparagus into frying pan.

6. Add cheese sauce.

7. Add fish and you're done!!

Olivia Says: Another simple to do dish that even I love to eat!

Wondering how to do the chicken stock, vegetables stock and cheese sauce?

Homemade Cheese Sauce

Ingredients

50-60g Grated Cheddar Cheese/Parmesan Cheese

300ml Fresh Whole Cow's Milk

2-3tbs Wholemeal Flour

30g Unsalted Butter

1. Melt the butter using low heat.

2. Add in the flour and stir the flour in the butter.

3. Add the milk bit by bit, stir the milk in until the the sauce is all smooth and well mixed together.

4. Continue to let it cook until the sauce starts to thicken and simmer, then remove from the heat and stir in the cheese.

It will be something like this...

 

Olivia Says: Great option for cooking pasta or just as a dip for cookies, fruits or bread! You can freeze the sauce in the freezer in a airtight container and heat it up when you need. Do note that once defroze cannot refreeze again, so pack in several small containers!!

See how Tyler loves this?

 

For Chicken Stock, its super easy!!

1. Get 1 Whole Chicken Bones.

2. Remove the fats from it as much as you can.

3. Cook it with enough water to cover the bones for 3 hrs.

For Vegetable Stock, its almost the same just that you need more ingredients. Add any vegetables that you desire and meat bones and leek. Boil for 2 hrs. 

For the stocks you can put them in little plastic bags, clear ones, and store them in the freezer, using them when you need.

Lastly, Macaroni Soup

 

Ingredients

Chicken Stock

Peas

Carrot

Chicken

Macaroni

1. Cook the macaroni till soft and cut into small pieces.

2. Bring the chicken stock to boil and add peas and carrot, cook till soft.

3. Cook the chicken, and peel it into small pieces once its done.

4. Add the macaroni into the chicken stock.

5. Add the chicken pieces into the stock.

6. Add soy sauce, salt and pepper if you like.

Side track a little,

Some cute pictures of Tyler attempting self-feeding..

 

 

 

And me, on my way to work!!

Been busy, so will update more soon ok? Forgive my english though, I'm not a professional cook!!! Don't ask me why no measurements, cause I'm not pro, I don't measure them when I cook, just trial and error, depend on your instinct la!  Just ask me if there's anything you don't understand ok?