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.

Baked Oat Crusted Cod

Came home pretty late tonight so had to whip up a quick meal for lil sunshine while I prepared our spicy and rather unhealthy dinner of dried chili kangkung, deep fried ikan kuning and sour & spicy pork. Hehehe

Since the oven is the only equipment available, I decide to bake an oat crusted cod which is really simple!

Baked Oat Crusted Cod

Ingredients  

1 cod fillet

1 tbsp oat flour/baby oats

1 tbsp cheddar cheese (grated)

1/8 tsp dried basil

Pinch of black pepper 

Oil

Method 

Mix the oat, cheese, basil and pepper in a bowl.

Place the fillet on a baking tray and spray a little oil over it. Coat it with the oat mixture.

Bake at 180 degrees for 15-20 min, depending on thickness of fillet.

My LO enjoyed it tremendously and finished everything in a jiffy!

Cod fish cake

Baby's dinner of Cod Fish Cakes with broccoli. The texture is soft and the yam made it more creamy. The black pepper was a new introduction and I am glad that she accepted it.

Cod Fish Cakes

Ingredient

1 Cod fish (steam and flaked)

1 tbsp baby oat

1 Potato (steam and mashed)

Small chunk of Carrot (steam and mashed)

Small chunk of Yam (steam and mashed)

1/2 small onion

1 clove of Garlic

Some Spring onion 

1/8 tsp Black pepper

Pinch of Oregano

Method 

Mix all the ingredients in a blender and form into patties.

Bake the patties for 20 min at 180 degrees Or until brown . You can choose to pan fry too.

For this cod fish cake,  I intended it to be more mushy so the amount of baby oat is only 1 tbsp, you can choose to add more for a firm texture.

Millet in Yoghurt with Pan Fried Cod

I happened to chance upon a recipe of millet in Yoghurt and thought what a great idea to introduce to LO since she has tried millet pilaf and porridge. Was contemplating if I should  bake the cod with veggies or pan frying when LO woke from her nap so pan fry it shall be! Much faster :)

Millet  in Yoghurt with Pan Fried Cod

Ingredients (Serves 1)

1 piece cod

3 tbsp millet (soaked for a few hours) 

1/2 cup water/ stock 

1 tbsp Greek yoghurt 

1-2 tsp grated cheddar 

Some lemon juice

Pepper (optional)

Basil (optional)

Olive oil

Method 

Cook the millet in water/stock until desired consistency. Remove from heat and mix in Greek yoghurt to form creamy mixture. You can choose to add in more of less yoghurt based on your baby's preference. Add in cheddar to taste. 

Pan fry cod in olive oil at medium heat till it is cook. Flake the cod and add some lemon juice and pepper to taste. Garnish with a pinch of basil for flavour.

Assemble the millet and cod and serve with steam vegetables for a healthy balanced meal.

My veggie loving baby went straight for the carrots and cauliflower before even touching the millet and cod. I can't complain as long as she eats her food.

Creamy Cod with Spinach in Greek Yoghurt

Had a real busy Sunday and needed to make a quick dinner for the hungry baby so here it is .

Creamy Cod with Spinach

Ingredients

1 slice of fresh cod

Some ginger for steaming the cod

1/3 cup of baby spinach (roughly chopped)

1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese (I use mild cheddar)

1/2 cup of water/homemade stock

Handful of cherry tomatoes (chopped)

1 clove of garlic 

1/2 shallot of onion

1/4 cup greek yoghurt

Method

Steam the cod with a few slices of ginger.

Stir fry onion and garlic with olive oil/vco/butter and add in the spinach followed by the water. Once the spinach starts to wilt, add in the tomatoes and cheddar and give it a good mix. Lower the heat and stir in the greek yoghurt and the sauce is done!

Remove the cooked cod,  assemble on a plate and pour the creamy spinach sauce over the cod and serve.

Lil sunshine enjoyed it so much and wanted more that I had to add some rice into the remaining sauce (after all the cod is gone) as a top up. 

Cod Fish Nuggets (with Pumpkin)

Another simple and quick snack for the LO who is still recovering from a bad cold.

Cod Fish Nuggets 

Ingredients (makes 5 pieces)
 100g cod (I used frozen cod)
70g mashed pumpkin (as desire)
A few pinches of cumin powder (optional)
 2 tbsp plain flour
2 tbsp baby oat

Method
Slice fish into nuggets or fingers . Do ensure that there is no bones. Mix the plain flour & baby oats in a bowl and set aside. Mix the pumpkin & cumin powder in a separate bowl.I wanted to introduce cumin to my LO and pumpkin (which is her all time favourite) seems like a good choice.

Cover the fish nuggets with pumpkin mash and roll it in the flour & baby oat mixture. Pan fry in olive oil/vco/butter until brown and crispy on both sides.

* For a stronger flavour, you can choose to add some grated parmesan cheese into the flour mixture.

Cod on Sweet Potato,Tofu & Peas Mash

Lil Sunshine feeling super reluctant to leave her pool after her dip.

Daddy bought some frozen pacific cod loin and since I do not intend to give her baked stuff today, I decided to make her a vegetable mash with cod.

 What Mummy sees ......

What Baby sees ..... hahahaha

Cod on Sweet Potato, Tofu & Peas Mash

Ingredients (serves 2)

1 sweet potato 

50g silken tofu

50g garden peas

1 piece of cod

Quarter cup of fresh milk

Ginger (optional)

Garlic (optional)

Method

Steam sweet potato , tofu and peas . Mash it and set aside . Poach cod in milk ,ginger and garlic for 15min. Remove the cooked cod and break into pieces. Mix cod with mash and rolled to balls. 

Basically this frozen cod has a firmer texture so I had to break it further for my LO. It is really quite bland on its own so the sweet mash really helps make it easier for baby to accept . In any case ,she finished everything that was shown in the picture above and is now in dreamland. Must be exhausted from the swim and carbo filled lunch.