Friday, May 7, 2010

Christian enjoying lunch!

Hmmm ... deliciously yummy! See the super duper contented face :)
Well, as you know Christian is BIG on food. He takes his regular breakfast, lunch, tea break, dinner, supper (milk only lar) everyday!

This is one of the lunch menu:
1 pot 'Kau Tim Sai' ... in a way ...

Dish 1
Puree ... Corn + Cauliflower + Cabbage + bombay onion (good source of Vit C, especially with such H1N1 season)
Ingredients (for 2 servings):
a) 1 healthy looking Corn (Scrape out Corn kennel only)
b) 500 gm of Cauliflower
c) 500 gm of Cabbage
d) 1 huge Bombay Onion
e) 1-2 oz of white rice (i'm not big on rice though)

Pre-cooking:
+ Rinse white rice (i rinse it twice only since the whitey element of rice are suppose to be the source of minerals)
+ Simmer Corn, Cauliflower, Cabbage in a clean tub with a pinch of salt & water enough to cover the vegetables (to omit chemicals & stuff from vege) - for 3 mins only & not more (or else all minerals will be down into the water :P)
+ Cut & Dice items (a) - (d) in any size

Cooking:
+ Place ALL ingredients into the rice cooker + drinking water filled up to half the pot
+ 'Click' on to leave it to cook ... whilst you enjoy your time with your baby
* You may gauge for more water if your pot is bigger OR you prefer it more liquify
+
When cooked, place everything from rice cooker (except the rice) to food mixer (i prefer Molinex food mixer coz the regular blender gives a coarser texture)
*Blend ingredients - mode of texture ... personal preference and also baby's chewing ability
+ Store Puree (8oz) with cooked rice (1oz) into a 9oz milk bottle jar (store in Refrigerator - for dinner. Warm it in a food warmer prior dinner)

Dish 2
Soup
Soup is BIG in the family especially me being 'ngo hai Kong Fu Yen' / Cantonese :)
Any regular home made soup is fine. Mine is usually boiled with chicken breast only with no seasoning eg. salt (for adult you may have some salt separately though)

Dish 3
Steam Cod Fish + Shitake Mushroom + Spring onion
Ingredients (1 Serving - For fish, i advice to cook it fresh for each serving):

a) 1 small palm size Cod fish (debone & take away skin .. for my case Kiersten will eat it since she treats it as 'Jelly' due to the texture)
b) 1 small shitake mushroom (as flavoring)
c) 100 gm of spring onion (as flavoring)

Pre-Cooking:
+ Clean fish, Shitake mushroom (simmer in plain water for 5 mins) & Spring onion (rinse)

Cooking:
+ Place ALL ingredients into a corning ware
+ Add 3 Drops of Virging Olive Oil
+ Steam for 7mins in a Wok filled with water
+ Mash up the fish prior to serving
*check for fine bones constantly during feed. I usually avoid serving the mushroom to Christian incase of indigestion)

End Result
+ A super contented baby having his / her food :)
+ My result with Christian ... he finishes the 9 oz of Puree + Whole Fish + 3/4 bowl of soup :)

Ratings:
***** (5 star lor ... have to use asterix as substitute coz got no STAR symbol lar)

Have fun trying ... Well, ALL recipes are meant to be altered to personal preference ... so be adventures .. your baby will love the craziee texture & tatse of it. A sure definite of spicing up their taste bud. Will share more soon!
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2 comments:

Shortcake said...

This look interesting; thanks for sharing; will definitely try it out SOMEDAY :)

lynette cheng said...

hi Shortcake ... yup, yup, certainly a hearty meal with lots of lurve! Happy trying!