Rosemary & Thyme Chicken in Pumpkin & Apple Sauce

Came home late from an outing and had to whip up a quick dinner for the hungry tot and to my dismay, I ran out of homemade tomato sauce so this is my quick fix ! No additional seasoning needed.

Rosemary & Thyme Chicken in Pumpkin Apple Sauce

Ingredients
2 chicken drumsticks
1 cup of pumpkin puree
1/2 cup of water
3 tbsp tomato puree
1 cherry apple (chopped)
1/8 tsp dried thyme
1/4 tsp dried rosemary
2 bay leaves
2 cloves of garlic (chopped)
Olive oil

Method
Stir fry the chopped garlic and bay leaves in olive oil till it is fragrant  , add in the chicken drumstick and let it cook for a while.

Add in pumpkin puree, tomato puree, apples,  water , thyme and rosemary and let it simmer at medium heat for 30 min or until the chicken is nice and tender.

Serve it with rice for a quick and sweet dinner.

You can choose to add some sea salt and black pepper but I omitted both as my little one has a slightly sweet tooth and pumpkin apple sauce is YUMMY!!☺

Simple Chicken Stew

Simple Chicken Apple Stew for the Family.

Ingredient
1 clove of garlic (chopped)
Some yellow onion (chopped)
5 slices of ginger
8 pcs of chicken
2 cherry apples
2 cups of water
1 carrot
1 potato (optional and I omitted it)
Salt
Pepper
Olive oil

Method
Stir fry some chopped garlic, onion and ginger till it is fragrant , add in chicken and let it cook for a while .

Add in apples, carrot , potatoes,  water and leave it to simmer on medium for at least 30 min for the chicken to soften and absorb the sweetness of the apples. Add salt and pepper to taste . 

Hearty Beef Stew

I love beef stew especially with lots of carrots and herbs so I decided to cook some for dinner to surprise my hubby and LO.

Hearty Beef Stew 

Ingredients (serves 4 adults & 1 hungry tot)
600g beef chunks or shin
1 big carrot
1/2 yellow onion
3 cloves garlic
3 slices of ginger
2 ripe tomatoes
1/2 red capsicum
1 potato
1 sprig Chinese parsley
2 small bay leaves
1l of water
2 tsp tomato paste
1/8 tsp Thyme
1/2 tsp Basil
Black Pepper
Olive oil

Method
Heat up the olive oil in a pot and add in garlic cloves and beef chunks. Brown the beef in medium heat till it is partially cooked and a nice brownish liquid appears.

Add in all the chopped vegetables, water , herbs (to your preference ) and simmer it for 2 hours. Add in the tomato paste to taste.

Check that beef is nice and tender and serve it warm. 

Beef & Vegetable Stew

Decided to finally let Lil Penelope have a go at beef. Since she is still toothless at 10.5 months , I settled on minced beef with lotsa soft vegetables simmered in a hearty pot of stew.

Ingredients

Minced Beef (100g) Potato (half) Carrot (chopped) Onion (small chunk) Garlic (half) Spinach (handful) Cherry Tomatoes (4 pcs) Tomato Paste (1 tsp) Water (half cup) Basil (pinch)

Method

Put everything (except basil and cheese) in a slow cooker and let it cook for 2 hours. Once it is well cooked, add in basil and cheese to taste and serve.



Beef & Vegetable Stew topped with Cheddar



Cheeky little one seems to enjoy it