weekly menu

Kate's down with pneumonia. however, that does not stop me from goin creative with her menu =)

Every afternoon:
- tomato, potato,macaroni in bonito soup base
- lotus root, water chestnut, porkrib with rice
- spinach, sweetpotato, rice in bonito soup base
- marrow green, carrot, brocoli shreds with spagetti in Ragu tomato paste
- stired fried tomato, onion and califlower

Every night
- brocoli, red spinach, fish porridge
- Marrow green, pork rib, meatball soup with rice
- baby spinach, fish, garlic porridge
- carrot ginger soup
- Mashed potato

Milk shake

Gona try all these:
1. Apple, avocado, 2 spoon of milk powder or fresh milk
2. Apple, dragon fruit
3. Avocado, water chestnut

Kate dinner for the week

Monday: spinach, cauliflower with pork fillet, corn broth ( she's coughing. So avoiding fish for a few days)
Tue: beet root, potato, pork fillet and kway teow
Wed: steam salmon with cheese, cauliflower fried with tomato and onion, and rice
Thur: Huai San, corn, pork ribs and rice
Fri: pumpkin, sweet potato, onion soup with rice
Sat: spagetti, fish with tomato sauce
Sun: sushi?

Apple with dragon fruit juice helps with digedtive system?

As shared by a fruit stall auntie i met yesterday when I was getting applejuice for Kate
Auntie claimed that dragon fruit is an neutral fruit n can help improve digestive system ESP children with constipation. Gona remember this n add it into Kate menu

butternut with sweet potato puree

kate loves this!
Ingredient:
1 slice of butternut/pumpkin
1 sweet potato ( I chooses Australia ones)
1 slice of onion
Steam all for 20mins using Chicco steamer

"Recycle" the water that steams the food and add 2 spoon of her milk powder
Tada! Her lunch for the day =)

What does Kate's eat these days

As requested

 Her usual breakfast
1. Avocado, mixture of fruits (e.g apple and blueberry/peach- family) and milk or;
2. Oatmeal, milk with fruits.
(e.g apricot with peach/ strawberry, blue berry and kiwi/ apple and blue berry/ mango, kiwi and strawberry)
3. fruits puree

Her usual lunch meal
1. Rice, winter melon/white melon/marrow green/zucchini,edamame/tofu/green beans,carrot, fish and/or meat with stock*
2. Rice, pumpkin/sweet potato/tomato, fish and/or meat and edamame/tofu with stock*
3. Rice, green bean/any leafy vegetables, egg yolk, fish and/or meat, carrot with stock*

* Stock

On a weekly basis, we will make the stock and the ingredients are 2 corns with a bag of soft bones (Pork) and 1.5 litre of water

I would freeze it into 6 containers and use it for 6 days

Pumpkin with Pork

Kate has pumpkin at least once a week and the rest of it usually become one of our dishes for dinner.
Our usual way of cooking is to fry some garlic, add pumpkin slices then water. Stew it for 10 mins and tada.. It's done.

However... KT hates it! I could tell by the few slices he ate. Sometimes, he doesnt even touch it!

So, today, I went online and tested this recipe

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 slice thick bacon 
• 2 cups fresh, peeled and sliced (1/4-inch pieces) pumpkin
• 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and sliced
• 1/2 cup fresh chicken stock or canned chicken broth
• 1 pound pork butt or shoulder, cut into 1/8-inch strips
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

In a frying pan or wok, saute the bacon until it is transparent. Add the pumpkin slices and onions. Stir around in the rendered bacon fat. Add the broth. Cover and cook over medium heat until the pumpkin is tender, about 15 minutes. Remove the vegetables from the pan.

Reheat the pan and saute the pork until done, about 5 minutes. Add the vegetables to the pan and toss with the cumin, salt, and pepper. Cover for just a moment so that the flavors may develop.

Yield: 4 servings


Verdict: If you love bacon You should at least try once!
KT had two bowls of rice with this dish! Everyone of us loves it.