My kids love blueberries!

I drove my PIL and Tian to Singapore last Saturday because they wanted to buy New Year goodies. They bought a lot of things like dried scallop, dried oyster, salmon, cod fish, dried white bait fish, stuff for steamboat etc.

I found treasure in one of the shopping centres. Blueberries! I always plan to buy locally but they are not only expensive (RM9.90 for a punnet of 125g) but the berries look wrinkled and mouldy. I got the same amount and packaging in Singapore for SGD2.80 (converted to RM is around RM6.50 per punnet).

We bought 2 punnets of blueberries and 1 punnet of strawberries

I add those blueberries into my girls oatmeal with fruits (normally I will just add single fruit like apples, pears, bananas, raisins, dried blackcurrants etc) for their breakfast. They like their blueberry oatmeal a lot and they have been having this for a few mornings and they are not complaining yet. Even my elder girl who always likes chocolate milk to be added to her oatmeal manages to polish off her oatmeal without chocolate milk.

Oatmeal with apples and blueberries!

I cook oatmeal and add some fruits for my girls every morning so I have to be creative in varying the fruits so that they will not get sick of their oatmeal. I am glad that they have been having this for almost 6 months and they are still willing to finish their oatmeal without much coaxing.

Baby oats that I always buy in bulk for my daughters

I have something to admit. I do not like to eat oatmeal but I am introducing this to my daughters' meal due to benefits like soluble fibre (prevents constipation) and there is a claim that kids who have oats for breakfast will have better concentration than their peers who do not have any oats. No wonder I was always sleepy when I was in school. Haha!!

Stir Fried Cabbage & Tomatoes with Chicken & Silverfish Stock

I tried some variation in Tao's meal today. I add tomatoes after her first birthday as tomatoes cause some allergic reactions in babies. She likes this flavour and finishes her portion without much coaxing.

Ingredients:

For Stir-Fry:

1 big leave of cabbage, cut into small pieces

1/2 medium tomato, diced

1 tsp 100% organic virgin coconut oil

1/2 tsp Bragg Liquid Aminos

For stock:

1 x 2 inches chicken breast, sliced and blanched

1 tsp silver fish (can be replaced with anchovies)

Others:

1 tbsp millet

1 1/2 tbsp rice

Step 1.

Soak millet and rice in 1/2 bowl of water for 30 minutes and steam in a pot for 30 minutes.

Step 2.

Boil 1/2 cup of water in a pan, add chicken and silver fish. Simmer under low heat as you continue with Step 3.

Step 3.

Heat a non-stick pan and add coconut oil. Add garlic and fry until fragrant. Add cabbage and tomatoes and fry until cooked. Add liquid aminos.

Step 4.

Add fried cabbage and tomatoes into stock. Add steamed rice and mix well. When the stock has almost fully absorbed into rice and vegetables, scoop the portion needed for your toddler.

Stir Fried Zuchinni & Pumpkin with Salmon

Tao has come to a stage where she enjoys more textures in her food. On some days, I will stir fry vegetables for her. When I am frying her vegetables, I will stew some fish/ chicken meat/ pork or silver bait for some stock. I will then steam her rice (a mix of rice, millet and quinoa) or cook Organic Wholegrain Ramen/ Fine Vermicelli separately. I will scoop required amount of rice/ noodles/ vermicelli to mix with the veges and stock, heat up in a pot for a few minutes to ensure the food are tender enough for her.


This morning, I have prepared stir fry zuchinni with pumpkin with salmon stock to go with her rice.

Ingredients:
For Stir Fry:
1/4 zuchinni, diced - smaller pieces if your toddler is not able to chew yet
2 x 2 inches pumpkin, diced
1 tsp organic coconut oil
1 small clover of garlic, slivered
1/2 tsp liquid aminos, optional


Others:
1 x 2 inch salmon, sliced
1 1/2 tbsp rice (The scoop for Mamil formula milk powder equals to 1 tbsp)
3/4 tbsp millet
1/4 tbsp quinoa (I use lesser quinoa as it is coarser and Tao does not like too much of it)


Step 1.


Soak rice, millet & quinoa with 1/2 bowl of water for half an hour and steam in a pot until cooked (around 1/2 hour).


Step 2.


Boil 1/2 cup water, add salmon and simmer for 10 minutes. (Do not simmer if you intend to feed this salmon to your toddler as it will become tasteless)


Step 3.
Add coconut oil into non-stick pan (more oil required for normal pan) and fry garlic until fragrant. Add zuchinni and pumpkin into pan and fry for 7-10 minutes. Add liquid aminos and some water and simmer to desired consistency.


Step 4.
Add steamed rice and fried zuchinni & pumpkin into stock and stir. Keep the heat on until the stock has been fully absorbed into rice and vegetables. Now it is ready to be served.