Baked Fish in Rosemary, Garlic Butter & Leek

The Chinese New Year is a busy period of house visiting and dining out so I decided to make something more western style for LO's lunch today .

Baked Fish in Rosemary, Garlic Butter and Leek

Ingredients
1 fish filet ( I used frozen tilapia)
1 cup of fresh milk
2 cloves of garlic (chopped finely)
2 tsp unsalted butter
1/2 leek (chopped as desire)
11/2 tsp rosemary (or more if desire)
Some coriander
Dash of black pepper

Method
Soak the fish fillet in fresh milk for 2 hours .

Once done , shake the excess milk off the fish and coat the fish with unsalted butter , garlic, rosemary and black pepper .

Place on a foil and place the chopped leek and coriander on top of the fillet. Fold the foil into a parcel.

Bake for 20 min at 180 degrees.

A nice and succulent lunch is ready 

For a more savoury dish, you can top it with cheddar cheese too.

Baked Fish with Orange juice in Parchment

I have been wanting to try baking in parchment and I am glad I tried it today .

Another healthy, juicy and yummy dish for my jelly bean!

Baked Fish with Orange juice in Parchment

Ingredients
1 fish fillet ( i used frozen tilapia )
1 cup of fresh milk
4 slices of tomatoes
2 slices of firm beancurd
4 slices of onion
Handful of red capsicum
Handful of cilantro
Juice of 1/2 orange
Some orange zest
Rosemary
Black pepper
Olive oil
Parchment paper

Method
Marinate fillet in milk and pinch of rosemary for at least 15 min.

Place the fillet on the parchment paper and top it with the vegetables, drizzle some olive, add a dash of black pepper and more rosemary (if desire) . 

Drizzle the orange juice over the fillet, add in the orange zest and wrap up the parcel. 

Bake for 15 min at 180 degrees. I am using a turbo broiler so do adjust timing based on your own oven if needed .

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

Sticky Mushroom Rice with Threadfin Flakes

Inspired by the Lo Mai Gai i made earlier for the family, i wanted to give LO a similar sticky rice experience, besides, it is great for spoon training too !

So, i rummaged through my fridge and spotted the Chinese Mushroom and i thought, why not introduce this fragrant and chewy fungi to her ! That's it, decision is made and i got to my cooking. While my 2 babies (hubs is baby numero uno hahahha) snoozed away.

Sticky Mushroom Rice with Threadfin Flakes

Ingredient :

1 slice of threadfin

1 chinese mushroom (soaked and chopped finely)

Handful of spinach (rough opped)

1/2 cup homemade chicken stock

1/4 cup Japonica rice (using small measuring cup for grains)

Ginger

Method :

Poach theadfin with some ginger slices to remove the fishy smell.
Once cooked, remove and flake.

Rinse rice and mix with chicken stock, mushroom and spinach in a bowl and steam for 35 min or until the consistency you desire.
Assemble and serve.

Did she like it? You bet ! Check out the fish flake on her brow, how in the world did it manage to get there ? Hahaha ...love my baby !