3-in-1 porridge

Why do I call it the 3-in-1 porridge!?! The lazy mummy's in action again. This is the porridge I will cook for Janice if I want her to have fruits, vegetables and protein all in a bowl. No need to give her fruits after meal :p. MALAS betul eh?

The soup I boiled was used to cook rice porridge for Janice. Of course I'll mash some carrots & apples from the soup pot to go along  with the porridge.

Purple Barney soup!

Haha! Don't worry folks.. Barney the purple dinosaur is still alive and kicking. I name this soup Barney because of its colour :p

A medley of beetroot, Japanese purple sweet potato and 1 cut of salmon & 1 clove of garlic (not in pic). The amount here is enough for lunch & dinner.

Boiled the beetroot with my free range chicken bones stock for 30 minutes. Next, purple sweet potato was added to the pot of soup. Boil until tender. When I was about to serve, I poached the salmon in the purple soup. Finally, blend the pot of soup into a smooth puree

Here you go, purple Barney soup. She licked the bowl clean that day and I'm ONE satisfied mommy!

A quicky meal: Pea & Potato mash

A lazy mummy like me will always think of short cuts :p...especially when we've to run errants or to do some SHOPPING during weekends. Today, hubby thought instead of going to 1Utama (as frequent as 2-3 times/month...*yawn*), we decided to head down town to The Gardens, Mid Valley.

To save more energy shopping time, I've done a very easy lunch for baby J today. It's mashed P&P.

Boil and mash 1 tiny little potato.

 Boil some sweet baby peas

Once the baby peas are cooked, I've blended the peas until smooth. Add into the mashed potato and mix them up. I did not add any water into the mash because my baby loves it thick & gooey. You may add abit of water or milk into the mixture depending on your baby's preference.

Scoop the mashed P&P into the vacuum food container and we're ready to go! Its fast, its healthier and wayyyyy cheaper than bottled baby food ; )

Mash potato with fish & Spinach

Baby is currently on 2 meals of solid a day. Her nursery will serve porridge for lunch while mummy prepares her dinner. Here's my recent experimental recipe I made and baby J loves it to bits.

 Wash baby spinach leaves. I usually soak fruits and vegetable with a few drops of vinegar.

Chop chop chop until super fine

Cube 1/4 of a russet potato and boil it in very little water until soft. While waiting for the potatoes to cook, I've steamed a piece of fish fillet in another stove. For this recipe, I've used a match box cut size of a Marbled Goby (soon hook). You may use Kurau or any other fish fillets.

Mash the potatoes and returned the mash into the sauce pan. Add in the chopped spinach and cook for a few a minute until the spinach is cook. Juice from the steam fish was added to the sauce pan.

Lastly, the steamed fish was mashed and added into the mash potatoes and spinach. 

Dinner's ready :)

Daddy can cook!

Baby J has started  solid 2 meals a day since 7.5mths of age. I've been rushing like a headless chicken on weekdays, leaving office at 6pm, picking my baby J from her nursery, rush home to give her dinner latest by 7:30pm!

To cut down on cooking time, I'll usually set the timer to boil the soup base in the slow cooker the night before. The next morning, I'll remove the meat from the soup and pour in the rice, reset the timer to start cooking in the late afternoon. By the time i arrive home, I'll just add in vegetables to the pot, give it a quick boil and "Abracadabra", dinner will be ready for baby J. Sounds easy isn't it? Its actually T-I-R-I-N-G!! It would be even more tedious if I wish to serve her fish or vegetables that I'm not able to add into the pot too early.

One fine evening, my dear hubby decided to take over the kitchen to cook fish porridge for baby J. Can you imagine... a man who can't differentiate between a Bombay onion and spring onion said he wanted to cook for his daughter leh!! He gave me a call to ask for the recipe. I gave him a simple step-by-step instruction and hope for the best :p. The minute baby J and I arrived home that evening, to my surprise..........this is what I found in the crock pot!!!

Woahhhhhhhhhh Pumpkin & Tread fin was cooked to perfection sitting on a bed of brown rice porridge!!!

That evening, dinner for baby J was served 30 minutes earlier because now DADDY CAN COOK!

Thank you dada! Yumssssssss

L'abeille said : Hey loukong!  When are you going to cook for me eh? :p