Stir fry Udon and Baked Eggplant & Mushroom

Stir fried Udon with Vegetables 

Baked Eggplant & Mushroom

Ingredients

5~8 slices of Eggplant

3 Brown Mushroom (diced)

Homemade Tomato Paste

Cheddar cheese 

Method 

Place the eggplant and mushroom in an oven dish, cover it with tomato paste and top with cheddar cheese. Bake for 20 -25 min at 200 degrees. 

Serve and enjoy!

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Homemade Spinach & Cheese Pizza with Yoghurt Dough

 Our craving for the day.  Pizza! 

Yoghurt Dough

Ingredients 

1 cup self raising flour (I used bread flour & 1 tsp baking powder 

1 cup Greek yoghurt

Method 

Mix the flour and Greek yoghurt well in a mixing bowl.

Bring the dough onto a well floured board and knead for 5~8 min.

Roll out and cut into desired size.

Add pizza topping and bake for 10 min at 200 degrees 

Homemade Pumpkin & Tomato Sauce

Ingredients 

1 clove of garlic (chopped)

1 chunk of pumpkin 

4 tomatoes

10 cherry tomatoes

1 bay leave

Olive oil

Method

Deseed and remove the skin off the tomatoes if desire.

Fry the garlic and bay leave in olive oil till fragrant. Add in the pumpkin and tomatoes and simmer for 45min~ 1 hour. 

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Baked Cod in Lemon & Olive

Here's another incredibly simple and yummy cod dish for a quick dinner.

Baked Cod in Lemon & Olive

Ingredients

1 cod fillet

1 tsp olive oil

2 tsp lemon juice (fresh lemon)

1 clove of garlic (minced/chopped finely)

1 wedge of tomato (chopped finely)

Black pepper 

Dried Basil

Method

Pour the lemon juice and olive oil over the cod fillet, season with black pepper and basil and sprinkle the garlic & tomato onto the cod.

Bake for 20-25 min at 190 degrees. The baking time varies with the thickness of the cod.

Cream of Chicken Soup

I have made some vegetable stock in the afternoon and was contemplating what to cook for dinner and decided on a simple cream of chicken soup to go with rice.
This is no Campbell quality but it is salt free, sugar free and yummy enough for my LO.

I made this m.  ore soupy so that it is easier for my LO to drink. For a thicker consistency,  just increase the flour.

Cream of Chicken Soup 

Ingredients
1 bay leave 

1 cup of vegetable/chicken stock 

1/2 cup fresh milk 

2 tbsp plain flour (for thickening)

Method

Bring the vegetable stock , bay leave and half the milk to a low boil.

In another bowl,whisk the remaining milk and flour into a mixture. If you prefer a thicker consistency,  you can add 1-2 more tbsp of flour.

Pour the mixture into the saucepan and heat over low heat, stirring continuously.

Continue to simmer and stir until the mixture is smooth and thick.

Add in shredded chicken and vegetable as desired. I gave her the carrot from my earlier stock so there was no wastage of my veg.

Oh,and the mushroom was used our stir fried veg for the grown up.

Pumpkin & Spinach Frittata

Lunch is a really quick affair as I am working from home so a veggie frittata is the perfect solution for all !

I opted for the easy method of stove top cooking instead of baking which will give a nice brown cheese crust with a handful of cheese added before it goes into the oven .

Pumpkin & Spinach Frittata 

Ingredients

2  eggs

1 cup chopped spinach

1/2 cup chopped pumpkin

1 spring onion (chopped)

1 garlic

1/2 small onion

Handful of parsley (chopped)

1/4 cup grated cheddar

1/2 tbsp plain flour 

1 tbsp fresh milk

Method 

Lightly whisk the egg, cheddar, milk and flour in a bowl and set aside.

Stir fry the onion, garlic till fragrant, add in the pumpkin and cook till it softens slightly.

Add in the spring onion and spinach and mix well.

Add in the egg mixture, covering all the vegetable and cook at medium low temperature till the frittata is cooked.

Serve and enjoy!

Chocolate & Orange Muffin

Decided to make some Chocolate & Orange Muffins following Annabel Karmel's recipe for toddlers. The muffin turned out really soft and aromatic with the Orange zest.

Since my LO is still on a min sugar/salt diet, I only gave her a little and she loved it. Daddy and mummy had the rest. Hahaha 

Chocolate & Orange Muffin 

Ingredient (makes 6)

1/2 cup plain flour

1 tsp baking powder 

2 tbsp cocoa powder

1/2cup or 125g unsalted butter

1/2 cup caster sugar

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1 tsp grated orange zest

1/3 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Method 

Sift the flour, baking powder and cocoa.

Cream the butter and sugar. Add the eggs to the creamed mixture, a little at a time,together with a ttablespoon of the flour mixture.

Mix in the orange zest and the remaining flour and cocoa, then stir in the chocolate chip.

Pour the mixture into the muffin tray till 2/3 full.

Bake at 180 degrees for 20 min.

Fish Chowder

More fish dishes for LO and getting her to take in more milk. ☺

Fish Chowder 

1 white fish fillet (deboned and cut into chunks)

1 small onion 

1 clove of garlic 

1/2 carrot (diced finely)

1/2 potato (diced finely/ chunks) 

1-11/4cup fresh milk

1 tsp basil

1 tbsp plain flour 

Olive oil

Method 

Saute garlic, onion, potato and carrot for 5 min. Add in plain flour and coat it well.  Add in half the milk and bring to a boil then simmer at low heat for 20 min until potato softens.

Add in the fish , basil and remaining milk and simmer for another 10 minutes until fish is cooked.

Mash and serve.

If you want to speed up the cooking, You can choose to boil the potato first.

LO teasing mummy, hahahha

Fruity Chicken Curry

Fruity Chicken Curry

Ingredients 

120g chicken fillet 

100g pumpkin 

1/2 tomato

1 small carrot

3-4 grapes 

1 Apple (royal gala)

1 clove of garlic (diced)

1/2 small onion (diced)

2 slices of ginger 

1/2 tsp cumin powder

1/4 tsp turmeric powder 

2/3 cup of water 

Olive oil

Method 

Cut the chicken fillet into small pieces and marinate it with the crushed grapes for at least 30 min-1 hour.

Pan fry garlic,onion and ginger in olive oil until it turns fragrant. Add in the chicken, grapes , turmeric and cumin powder and mix well. 

Add in the chopped pumpkin, apples, carrots ,tomato, water and simmer for 20-30 min until carrot softens.

While simmering, you can mash the pumpkin and apples to incorporate it well into the sweet gravy.

Taste really yummy with rice. You can choose to add Greek yoghurt for a more creamy gravy.

Cheese Biscuit

This is another version of cheese biscuits with milk added and a hit with the kids too. 

Cheese Biscuits

Ingredients 

2/3 cup flour

1/3 cup cheddar cheese

25g unsalted butter

2 tbsp milk

Method

Rub in butter into the flour until it resembles bread crumbs. Stir in grated cheese and milk until mixture forms a dough.

Cut into desired shapes and bake at 180 degrees for 20-25 min .

Creamy Veggie Tofu Patties

I intended to make some creamy veggie patties but realised that I have run out of Greek yoghurt and since I refused to be defeated,  I ransacked my kitchen and found 2 happy ingredients cauliflower and oat!  Just perfect! 

Creamy Veggie Tofu Patties

Ingredients (makes 8)

1 egg

1 firm tofu

1 small onion

1 small chunk of carrot (steamed)

1 cup cauliflower (steamed)

1/2 cup oat

1/4 cup spinach 

1/4 cup cheddar cheese

Black pepper to taste 

Basil to taste 

Olive oil

Method

Stir fry all the vegetables, tofu and onion in olive oil till fragrant.

Put the above mixture into the blender,  add in the oat, cheese and seasoning and blend till it is well mixed.

Scoop into lightly greased muffin trays and bake for 20 min at 180 degrees or until brown.