Feed The Mommy——日式照燒三文魚和蘑菇小白菜伴蕎麦

快速解决的午餐

再次让我脸皮厚厚的分享我“自创”的快速料理。

拌面酱料：

• 1汤匙麻油
• 1汤匙日本white dashi
• 1汤匙酱油

材料：

• Soba或任何你喜欢的面条吧
• 任何菇类，多种都可以
• 小白菜
• 三文鱼
• 奶油
• Teriyaki Sauce
• 白芝麻
• 青葱

做法：

1. 三文鱼先用teriyaki sauce稍微腌制以下 （我在巴杀买的三文鱼，都会请uncle帮我切片，煮起来方便）
2. 依照包装上的指示煮面条。在煮面条的最后一分钟下小白菜。
3. 热锅，蘑菇用奶油炒一炒。
4. 起锅，煎一煎三文鱼。
5. 煮好的面条和小白菜，和酱料一起捞一捞。
6. 铺上煎好的蘑菇和三文鱼，撒上青葱和白芝麻即可。
7. 找个光线好的地方，拍张照片。呵呵。

十五分钟搞定的午餐！

Feed The Mommy——Cheat Pizza or Wrap

When I cook for only myself, I like to cook as simple as possible, least effort required but still taste good.

I always turn to my mom (if I'm cooking Chinese food) and Pinterest if I need any inspiration. As I've taken too much pasta (and bacon!) in the previous weeks, last week I bought a packet of wrap, and there goes my life with cheat pizzas and wrap for lunch.

Cheat pizza is great, but I have no imagination and only made tuna pizza. That's absolutely boring. So I go to Pinterest and search for pizza toppings. And boy oh boy, I never regret!

Mushrooms, Cherry Tomato and Spinach on Sundried Tomato Pesto

Easiest of all

I've got this idea from here. I've always loved sundried tomato pesto but never have I thought of using it as the base of the cheat pizza.

I did not have basil, I used baby spinach to ensure I have my daily greens. I actually top baby spinach on the pizza after it's done baking but it wasn't show in the picture.

Instead of using just Parmesan, I used my premixed package of cheese, with cheddar, Parmesan and Mozzarella, used primarily for baking. I think this premix is the life saver for people like me who do not want to grate the cheese myself.

Smoked Salmon and Avocado Pizza

Colourful combi

A closer look

I've got this idea from here.

And again I made some changes on my own, based on whatever I have. I didn't have dill so I skipped it. I didn't mix the cream cheese with garlic, instead I just spread them separately in layers on top of my wrap. I used my premixed cheese, I didn't add onions because I was feeling lazy, I didn't have rocket leaves so again I used baby spinach.

Love every bite of this pizza! Will definitely do this again when there's any promotion on avocado!

Roasted Vege Wrap with Avocado

All the greens, made me feel so healthy :P

I've got this idea from here.

But if you noticed, the author of the page says avocado dip. Mine? It's just avocado. I was too lazy to whip up the dip and I like avocado, I'm confident that with just plain avocado it'll taste good too. And I'm right.

I didn't quite like cauliflower so I replaced with broccoli, I didn't have chili powder, garam masala etc, so I seasoned the chickpeas and broccoli with only pepper, salt and mixed herbs.

As you can see from the picture above, I made so much fillings, my wrap cannot be wrapper and I ended up eating it like a pizza 😅

Buy a packet of wrap (always buy garlic flavoured!) and give it a try! It's soo sooo soooooo convenient and you can still make yourself healthy meal.

Feed The Mommy——My Very Own Version of Carbonara

I like carbonara, but I haven't been eating for a long time due to my pregnancy. (The egg used in carbonara is not fully cooked) Actually, pregnancy is not the only reason, I can't feed my son half cooked eggs too, so I actually haven't been eating carbonara for a long time!

I used to cook carbonara using Jamie Oliver's recipe. I roughly remember how, but I wanted to be sure so I tried to search for it. But I can't find it! Dang! So instead, I browsed around a few other websites, and decided to just make up my own.

And you know what? I like my version, so much so I'd like to write it down for my future reference.

Carbonara and a cup of decaf

Ingredients:

1. Two slices of streaky bacon
2. Two cloves of garlic
3. A handful of baby spinach
4. An egg
5. Mixture of parmesan, cheddar, mozarella and feta cheese
6. A tablespoon of cooking cream
7. Pasta of your choice

Method:

1. Separate egg white and yolk.
2. Add the cheese mixture and cream into the egg white.
3. Dice the bacon and mince the garlic.
4. Cook the pasta as per instructed on the packet and fry the bacon.
5. As the oil from streaky bacon ooze out, add the garlic into the pan.
6. At the last minute of your pasta cooking, add the spinach (you do not want to overcook them, so one minute is just nice)
7. Drain the water from your pasta and spinach, keep some pasta water. 
8. Add the pasta and spinach into the pan, stir them well so the pasta would soak the delicious bacon oil.
9. Take the pan off the heat.
10. Slowly pour the egg white and cheese mixture in and stir them well. (If you think it's too thick, you can add a little pasta water you keep, I usually don't)
11. Serve the pasta in a plate, make a small hole in the middle and place the egg yolk.
12. Stir the pasta and egg yolk well before you eat, the heat from the pasta will cook the egg.

Tadaa~~~ 

I really like how creamy this pasta is. Besides, a plate of good carbonara and coffee for lunch, makes it feel like I'm having a luxury me time in a cafe! (Even though I'm just really rushing off to cook myself a meal when baby is sleeping!)

Feed The Mommy——猪肉番茄蛋花汤面

今早6点多钟，小瓜因为咳嗽而起身，之后就不愿意睡觉（是不是知道今天是老爸的生日呢？）屡劝不听之后，我没办法只好泡奶给他，任他在床上滚来滚去，然后把他抓去饭厅陪我吃早餐。

吃早餐得意的样子

起得早，人很快就累了。还没到中午小瓜就睡着了！我差点开香槟庆祝！赶紧洗澡、洗衣服、煮午餐。早餐没得自己一人吃，午餐趁他睡觉快快吃！

热腾腾的一碗面，很幸福的

由于再多两天就回家了，我这周托男人采购的材料是越简单越好。不想吃不完，不想浪费。今天就吃面条吧～（其实今明都吃面条！！！！）

材料（一人份）：

1. 鸡蛋一颗
2. 番茄半颗
3. 猪肉五六片（随你喜欢）
4. 青菜（我选小白菜）
5. 少许姜
6. 面条（我选兰州拉面，阳春面也应该很合适）
7. 少许盐
8. 薯粉半茶匙
9. 酱油
10. 鸡汤（optional)

做法：

1. 现将猪肉切片，然后用点酱油和薯粉腌制。可以的话就腌制半小时左右。
2. 这时可以先煮面条，依据包装上的指示煮，不过可以少煮一分钟。比如包装上说5分钟，那就煮4分钟好了。捞起过冷河，避免过熟。
3. 热锅，爆香姜片，然后猪肉下锅。翻炒大约7、8分熟，起锅备用。
4. 打入鸡蛋，翻炒至半分熟，起锅备用。
5. 加油热锅，把番茄用稍大的火炒。我本人喜欢炒烂一点点，这样容易入味。
6. 把猪肉和鸡蛋回锅，加鸡汤。如果没有鸡汤，滚水也可以。如用滚水，也可以用鸡精块调味。
7. 汤滚后，加入青菜。稍滚烫就可以。然后加入已煮好的面条一分钟。试一试汤的味道是否需要再调味。
8. 起锅，慢用～

很简单，很快，很好吃，有营养～

今晚，明晚，还是吃这道，才能把材料都给吃完～～～

Fourth Week into 5:2 Diet

I have to make some adjustments. 

And it's ok, life is about making adjustments to suit ourselves.

6-9 months after my pregnancy, I lost most of my baby weight, in fact, I was lighter than my pre-pregnancy self. I fit into most of my old clothes but not skinny jeans and super fitting dress. Fats are accumulating around my tummy and thighs specifically. With my almost non-existence exercise regime, I know weight is not the number I should be focusing on. Fats are much lighter than muscles. Weight just doesn't reflect how much muffin top I've accumulated.

After life got into a more normal routine, I go back to yoga once a week when I can. Some running here and there but not regular at all. Muscles still do not tone up but a bit better after a year. And I still do not fit in skinny jeans. I gave up.

However, home trips after home trips, Christmas party, New Year party, Chinese New Year, friends and family gathering etc., fats are building up. After my Taiwan trip, even the looser shorts and pants are getting tighter! 

RED ALERT!

This is the reason I jumped into the 5:2 diet ship with The Man.

Three weeks after the diet, I lost almost 1kg, and the tightness in shorts and pants are loosing up. That's great! But something not so great happened too.

I realized my skin looks dull. My face looks aged. 

O.M.G.

I have no idea whether it's related to this 5:2 diet, but for this period of time, this has been the only big change in my life. So I suspected it.

Therefore, on my fourth week, I make a little adjustments on my diet. I still try the intermittent fasting diet but no longer stick to 500 calories. I discard the idea of calories, just eat lesser than normal.

Yesterday was my fast day, and the menu goes like this:

Breakfast: Overnight oat with blueberries and walnuts, and a cup of black coffee

Lunch: Quinoa with Halloumi cheese, cherry tomatoes, baby spinach and mushroom

Dinner: Salad (Lettuce, cherry tomatoes, hard boiled egg with sesame sauce)

I've always wanted to try quinoa but never did until my friend told me she's been cooking it. So I asked her how she cooks it, and I too got into this "health buff".

Quinoa with halloumi cheese, cherry tomatoes, mushroom and baby spinach

This is easy to cook, and I'm totally in love with halloumi cheese! :P

Ingredients:

1. Quinoa
2. Cherry tomatoes, halved
3. Mushrooms, sliced
4. Baby spinach
5. Halloumi cheese, cubed
6. Garlic, minced
7. Salt and pepper 

Method:

1. Wash the quinoa under running tap water. Boil it for 15-20 minutes. Quinoa absorb a lot of water, so make sure you drain them well after cooking.
2. On the frying pan while quinoa is cooking, pan fry the halloumi until they're golden brown and set them aside.
3. Sauteed the mushrooms, until they're brown and no more liquid coming out, add garlic and cherry tomatoes. And followed by baby spinach for the last as they cook very fast, you do not want to over cook them. 
4. Drain your quinoa, and add them into the pan together with halloumi cheese.
5. Give them a bit of stir, add salt and pepper to taste.
6. Serve.

My target for 5:2 Diet is only until next week. After that, I'll be off for holiday with my family, that's when any diet is useless :P

Let's see how it goes from here. 

Feed The Mommy——Baked Egg and Caprese-Style Portobello Brekkie

Breakfast is my favourite time of the day, because I'll be awake but not my son! Haha! Don't get me wrong, I love my son, he's cute and cuddly. But mommies like alone time too!

I usually try my best to wake up earlier than the two of them to whip up a good breakfast for The Man and I. But sometimes the gravity in the bed is stronger than anywhere else (like today) and I have my breakfast alone after The Man left the house to work.

Baked egg, caprese-style portobello, kiwi and coffee 

Baked Egg

You can use any ingredients you like, but for me there are always the two same versions (because I'm too lazy). It's either mushrooms or spinach and cherry tomatoes.

For mushrooms, I usually use button mushrooms, cut them into thin slices and sauteed them with butter on pan. Once they're pretty and brown, lay them in the bake dish, season with pepper and salt if you like, some herbs too, cheese (I use a mix of cheddar and mozarella) and lay the egg on top of the mushroom.

Easy peasy.

For spinach and cherry tomatoes, wilt the spinach over hot water, and dry them. Half the cherry tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper, and add cheese (For this I use feta). Lay the egg on top of the spinach and cherry tomatoes.

Place the bake dish in a hot water bath. Bake them in the oven at 180 Degrees for 11-15 minutes depending how cooked you want the egg to be. I like it runny so I always bake it at 12 minutes.

Caprese Style Portobello

This is super simple. Remove the stem on the mushroom. Half the cherry tomatoes and season it with salt, pepper and basil. Coat the portobello with some cooking oil, lay cherry tomatoes in the mushrooms, add mozarella cheese.

Place them on top of aluminum foil as the liquid from portobello will dirty your pan if you don't. It's for easy cleaning afterwards.

Bake this at 180 Degrees until the cheese is brown and pretty. It's about 11-12 minutes.

I got this recipe from here.

I love my breakfast!

Bon Appetit!

Third Week of 5:2 Diet

I'm too lazy and busy to record every meal of my 5:2 diet.

This is what I had for today's breakfast and lunch. I'm probably eating oat again for dinner. I'm just too lazy to think.

Breakfast:

Rolled oat cooked in milk, with chia seeds, blueberries and walnuts 

Lunch:

Salad (Butterhead lettue, cherry tomatoes, egg) in Japanese sesame sauce, with additional white sesame toppings and a cup of black coffee

According to the app my friend recommended to me (Lifesum), the calories intake are estimated as below:

Breakfast: 122 calories

Lunch: 147 calories

But I believe what I had is somewhat higher than the estimation, so I think I've intake 300 for today. 

Feed The Mommy——Tuna Cakes with Lemon Dijon Sauce

Ever since I embarked in the 5:2 Diet journey, I hardly have to cook. Besides, my son is on a strike, instead of eating like a toddler, he went back to eat baby food like puree and cereal. It kind of makes my life easier really, I hardly do any cooking anymore. And groceries last me for a longer time!

Such a bliss!

Anyway, I still browse easy recipes every now and then. Recipes for one, recipes that is baby friendly (and edible for adults), recipes for lazy person, quick recipes etc. And my recent favourite is Mediterranean diet, they seem to be healthy and quick to prepare!

And I tried tuna cakes yesterday! And I love it so much I'm going to make more next week!

Tuna cakes in lettuce bed with lemon dijon sauce

I happened to see this recipe on Pinterest, and thought to myself, "This is simple enough for me!".

I do not measure everything accurately, I just made some estimation based on the recipe. And because it's my first trial, I made it with one can of tuna instead of two.

Things that I will like to change for my next trial:
1. Add more Dijon in the sauce
2. Crush in some garlic
3. I might want to add one egg for a can of tuna
4. Eat this with burger bun
5. Add a lot more chives! Chives is brilliant :P

If you are using tuna in olive oil, keep the oil aside after draining and use it for frying the tuna cakes.

Lemon Dijon sauce on tuna cake

The lemon Dijon sauce is the soul of this dish, so make sure you fine tune the taste of the sauce to your likings before serving.

Definitely a recipe to keep :)

I'm Fasting, Intermittently

Long time ago, when we still spent time in front of TV after dinner together (you got it, that's pre-baby time), we learned about intermittent fasting on BBC channel, from a doctor named Dr. Michael Mosley.

After that, The Man had tried this diet, and it helped him to lose a fair bit of weight. At that time I didn't bother to try. My food is more important!

After baby, we've all put this diet thing behind and never talked about it. Needless to say, we both gained some baby-weight. And recently, The Man wanted to go back to the diet again. There were also some sharing on Facebook, with menus for Asian diet.

This time, I went on board to the diet with The Man.

So what's 5:2 diet? If reading the lengthy article is not your thing, you can chose any two days of the week to go on fasting. But you don't have to go totally food-less, just lesser food. How little? Well, for men you are allowed 600 calories a day, while for women, it's 500 calories a day. That means, you're spreading calories of one meal from your normal day, and stretch it out for 24 hours. The rest of the five days, just eat normally. As simple as this.

This is my second week now. We chose Tuesday and Thursday as fast days, yes together because I'm preparing breakfast for the two of us everyday so having the same diet makes it easier for me.

On my first day, last Tuesday, I felt terrible. I kept thinking about food. Sometimes I thought of them when I felt hungry but most times, I was thinking about the sinfully delicious food for no reason. It's simply craving! But with some determination, I managed to survive. The next day, I ate normally.

And on the second day, Thursday, surprisingly the fasting went on pretty easily. No craving, no hunger! I think my body has got used to it. And after a weekend of eating and feasting, my second week of fasting still went on smoothly.

So come to think about it, we actually do not need so much food. We are simply craving!

So here, I just want to share what I eat on my fast day. These are my three meals yesterday.

Breakfast: Steamed sweet potato, baked egg with cherry tomatoes (I added a bit of mozzarella cheese for myself but not for The Man), a bit of grapes. And a cup of black coffee, without milk and sugar.

Breakfast 

Lunch: Cherry apple

Lunch

Dinner: A bowl of oat in milk, with some walnuts and raisins, and some steamed broccoli.

Dinner

In between, if I got really hungry, I munch a bit of walnuts. And also drink lots of water.

I am not super duper strict on sticking to 500 calories I think I ate about 500-600, closer to 600 I would say. But if you want to find out how much calories for each type of food you want to take, you can try this website. 

Some menu recommends boiled chicken breast for dinner. I think that's terrible, it makes me feel very sad to fast. I'd rather eat oat than boiled chicken breast seriously. If you want more Asian menu, you can try google 5：2轻断食.

To clarify things up, I'm not looking into losing a lot of weight (in case you're going to say anything :P), I'm just looking into losing some tummy fat from pregnancy. And hey, Dr Mosley said this helps in longevity!

Let see how long I will stay in this diet, with my typical 3 minutes enthu!

Feed The Mommy——整个番茄饭配牛油虾

最近比较烦。

烦什么呢？烦煮饭。儿子开始吃大人食物，而且越来越喜欢吃。从开始吃固体食物，他就对粥恨之入骨。刚开始是每喂一次就闹一次。我以为是口味不合适，煮了很多不同的口味，但没有一样行得通。所以，都是米糊、面包为主。后来还改吃意大利面。

后来，发现他会吃饭了，就偶尔给饭。白饭，淋汤，一点胡萝卜、一点豆腐、一点鱼、一点肉碎⋯⋯反正就看当天我煮的是什么。

听起来好像没有什么问题。

问题就在，以前他还在天天吃米糊的时候，我一周可能也只煮一两次的白饭。偶尔吃萨拉，偶尔吃三文治，偶尔吃面线，偶尔吃面，偶尔吃意大利面，偶尔吃麦片⋯⋯可以多懒就多懒。

现在，要想破头脑，什么比较容易煮（又好吃的），有没有鸡蛋的（孩子对蛋白敏感）⋯⋯逼的我最近煮饭比以前多，出门也吃中餐／日本餐。真的是，越来越麻烦！

想想，不如让他试试整个番茄饭，再另煲一锅汤就可以了。可是，我单单吃番茄很淡吧，不如试试弄点虾。

就这样，锵锵锵，我们的一餐就搞定了。

整个番茄饭，牛油虾，蒸椰花菜

材料（一人两餐份／两人一餐份）：

1. 一个番茄，切丁
2. 蒜头，剁碎
3. 牛油，少许
4. 盐，少许
5. 虾（你爱吃几只就几只嘛），剝壳去头，用一点点的盐腌制

做法：

1. 用牛油把蒜头和番茄爆香，然后加入饭锅和白饭一起煮
2. 用牛油把虾在平底锅稍微煎一下，切记不可煎得太久，煎老了不好吃。一边两分钟左右即可。
3. 白饭煮好了，用筷子把白饭、蒜头和番茄搅合。
4. 请慢用。

简单快捷的一餐

后来，我发现我忘了很重要的东西，炸蒜头！我妈妈给我一盒炸蒜头，我很爱用，太好用了，不管加进哪道菜都马上变香。

后来才加上的炸蒜头！

美中不足的是，要为虾剝壳，就是准备那里稍微多花点时间。

Feed The Mommy——Aglio Olio

Where did all the time go? One moment I am the struggling new mother who was trying to balance everything, and try to stop worrying; another moment now, I realized it's the end of November, and I have not blogged a single entry for more than a month!

A month, is exactly how long I have been with my mom. Two weeks for having her here in Singapore with us, so that I can help out The Man at the clinic when he needed help. Another two weeks for the baby to go back to hometown. It's not easy to set up a new clinic, but I'm glad he finally did what he always wanted.

The work to be done before the clinic opens was tremendous. I know nothing in dentistry, all I could help is to build a simple website for his clinic, and also a business page in Facebook. It didn't sound much, but for someone who knows nothing about coding and website, it almost killed me. I worked pass midnight for days in a row just to get one small item done. I watched tonnes and tonnes of Youtube tutorial (All Hail Youtube!), I got help from my Bestie and her husband! Thank goodness, I wouldn't have completed the page without them!

Now that things got settled a little more, it's time for me to start cooking, taking photos, trying to learn art all over again.

Butter garlic chicken aglio olio

Simple and delicious

I cook aglio olio a lot because it's simple and delicious, suits the lazy me. I like my food to be simple most of the time. So I always only add one ingredient for my aglio olio, chicken, mushrooms, bacon are the most common ingredients I add. (No more bacon for me after the terrible news for bacon lover!) Most importantly, A LOT OF HERBS AND SEASONING! Never get stingy with that!

With the new packet of deep fried garlic that my mom got me, and the truffle oil from Antwerp, my aglio olio got even better, at least to me.

Ingredients:

1. Garlic (as much as you like! The more the better!)
2. Chicken or mushrooms or shrimps (If you're cooking with chicken, marinate them with salt, pepper and herbs)
3. Pasta of your choice, I personally prefer spaghetti or angel hair
4. Salt
5. Pepper
6. Mixed herbs
7. Red peppercorn
8. Dried chili
9. Deep fried garlic
10. Truffle oil
11. Parmesan Cheese

Method:

1. Cook the pasta to al Dante 
2. While the pasta is cooking, pan fry the ingredients of your choice (with butter, no other than that if you want your aglio olio to taste good)
3. Toss in the chopped garlic when the meat/seafood/mushrooms are almost cooked
4. Add items 4-8 and toss them around
5. Add the cooked pasta, give them a good stir
6. Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese and deep fried garlic, mix them
7. Plate your pasta, sprinkle a teaspoon or two of truffle oil
8. Serve

It's so simple, it's ready in 15-20 minutes.

Now, time to go wash up before baby wakes up :)

Feed the Mommy——Creamy Tomyam Spaghetti

Both The Man and I had creamy tomyam spaghetti in different restaurants before, and we both kinda like it. Then one day, we were dining out at a food court, The Man ordered one and that very last one wasn't good at all.

So, I decided to try. But seriously, I've never cooked one before. I gathered what I needed to buy and went to the market, to the familiar stalls. I asked the uncle if he has tomyam ingredients, he pointed to me. And asked me how much I needed. Damn, I was totally clueless! I told him, I do not know. Uncle almost fainted. But he's being nice, he asked me how many people are eating and roughly gauge the amount for me. So nice of him!

Then, I went home. And called my mom! Lol!

My mom said she had never cooked a tomyam spaghetti before, so she has no idea. She never eaten any too. But she gave me instructions to tomyam. So I just add coconut milk as I like to make it creamy.

Creamy chicken tomyam spaghetti

Ingredients:

• 2-3 kaffir lime leaves 
• 3-5 slices of galangal
• 3-5 stalks of lemongrass stalks
• 3 shallots
• 1 tomato
• Mushrooms, quantity of your liking
• 10 Prawns for the two of us or chicken fillet (the next day when I made the second attempt, I used chicken fillet instead of prawns)
• 5 tbsp of coconut milk for one serving (add one at a time, to gauge what's the creamy level that you like for your pasta)
• Store bought tomyam paste
• Chilli if you like extra hot
• Lime if you like it sour (as coconut milk will make it less sour)

Method:

1. Prepare kaffir lime leaves, galangal, lemongrass, shallots and tomato to boil in water for 10-15 minutes.
2. Then, add in the tomyam paste (amount based on instructions of the tomyam paste you buy), for me I added 3 tbsp. 
3. Add mushrooms and boil the soup for a good 10-15 minutes.
4. (I cooked the tomyam way ahead before I cooked the pasta so I actually stopped here before I continue. But in case you do these all at once, you can cook your spaghetti at the same time to al Dante.)
5. Scoop the tomyam to separate pan. Boil the tomyam, add prawns to cook for a few minutes. 
6. Add coconut milk one tbsp at a time to reach the correct creamy level that you like. Add chili if you like.
7. Stir in the spaghetti.
8. Dress with coriander.
9. Serve.
10. Cut a lime to serve alongside if you'd like it sour.

The first attempt was good but it's not creamy enough. We didn't even take photos, the whole dinner happened in a rush. It was good but not great.

I made more tomyam than I needed so I have one serving left for my lunch. I reattempt the dish and walaaaa~ It's finally creamy enough. But sadly, I forgot the coriander yet again. But it's good :)

Anyway, do not cook the tomyam with just the tomyam paste, it won't be fragrant enough.

I have lots of ingredients left in the fridge, my mom instructed me to keep them in freezer, they'll last. I vomitted last weekend, so, I guess no tomyam for this week. Stomach needs to rest.

Feed the Mommy——腊肠土豆懒人餐

很久都没有好好分享，甚至都没有打开自己的博客。

今天难得我的儿子睡觉了，而且我也不打算开工（是的，最近有工作哦，不过暂时不告诉你是什么），我们两就坐在客厅，喝酒吃零食，看新加坡大选新闻。

我没有很认真的在看，我就懒懒的赖在我的懒人椅，聊天啊，上网啊，玩游戏的。

八月游澳门，在家赖了两周，还是回来了。几乎每天开火，为的是省钱，也是因为带着孩子很难天天外吃。这里分享我上个月煮的懒人餐。（其实我每天吃的都是懒人餐！）

腊肠土豆饭

食材：

1. 米饭
2. 腊肠一条
3. 土豆一个（小土豆）
4. Green Peas
5. 蒜头
6. 酱油
7. 胡椒

做法：

1. 爆炒蒜头，然后下腊肠、土豆和gree peas炒一炒。
2. 加点酱油和胡椒在炒一下，然后把食材都混入米饭里面。
3. 如同往常一样用电饭煲煮米饭。
4. 煎个蛋（或是弄个蛋花汤）配饭，就没有那么单调。

真正在厨房忙的时间，不到半小时。就这样有饭吃，不是很好吗？:)

吃饱了又可以继续忙家务，忙宝宝，忙东忙西……

Feed the Mommy——Lentils Soup

Red lentils

I like to try cooking new stuffs when it specifically being introduced as quick and simple cooking! That's what a lazy person needs.

I've been eyeing on lentils for a while but never bought them until I read that red lentils cook pretty fast. FAST, okay I need that. So I make a mental note to get them during one of my groceries trip and hence the experiments started.

First, I try lentils soup.

Lentil soup with toast

Ingredients (one pax serving):

1. 4 tbsp of red lentils
2. 1 small potato
3. 1/2 a carrot
4. 1 or 2 stalks of celery
5. 1/4 of yellow onions
6. Sage leave
7. Approximately 500ml of chicken stock
8. 1 tbsp of plain or Greek yogurt
9. Salt, pepper and olive oil to taste

Method:

1. Sautéed chopped onions and celery until they're soft.
2. Add sage leave, chopped potato and carrot and red lentils, lightly fry them.
3. Add chicken stock to boil, turn the heat to low and simmer the soup for 20-30minutes, or until the soup gets thicken and potatoes get soft.
4. Add salt and pepper to taste.
5. Serve with yogurt and sprinkle or extra virgin olive oil (truffle olive oil makes it better).
6. Serve alongside with a toast :)

I wasn't very adventurous with the yogurt in the beginning, I have my doubts but some websites recommend it. The first time I cooked the soup, I ate it without adding the yogurt till there was a quarter of serving left. Then I added the yogurt, turned out I really like it. Yay! Then the second time, I tried adding the truffle olive oil, it's adding the flavors, I like it!

Lentils and chickpea curry

I also tried cooking lentils and chickpea curry. I kinda throw everything together without really thinking through properly. No good recipe to share here, even thought it didn't suck but it wasn't the best. Maybe I'll try to make it better when I have time. But serving lentils curry with Japanese rice is kinda weird though.

Feed the Mommy——Salmon Miso Soup

I didn't use to cook a lot, only a couple of times a week.

When I stayed with my housemate years back, she always cooked so I always got to eat :) 

I always joked that I'd marry her if we're lesbians or if I were a guy. Haha! Well, obviously that didn't happen, but one simple dish that I've learned to from her, and always been cooking after we moved out, is this salmon miso soup. Well, we didn't really have a name for the dish, I just kinda name it anyway I like it.

It's simple because everything happen in one pot. And it's healthy and nutritious because you've got everything you need in one meal. 

I love everything that happens in one pot! Especially now that I have a rolling baby in the living room!

Salmon miso soup with rice topped with furikake

Ingredients:

1. Cabbage
2. Carrot
3. Enoki mushrooms (optional)
4. Tofu
5. Salmon
6. Smoked bonito flakes
7. Miso paste

Method:

1. First, prepare the stock. Add bonito flakes into the boiling water and simmer for 20-30 minutes. Cook your rice at the same time. If you do not have bonito flakes, you can also cook them in chicken stock.
2. Fish the bonito flakes out.
3. Add cabbage, carrot and miso paste. Simmer for 15-20 minutes.
4. Add salmon, cook for 10 minutes.
5. Add tofu and enoki mushrooms, cook for 5 minutes.
6. Sprinkle furikake on the rice.
7. Serve.

Simple and quick, and most important of all, healthy and nutritious! Good for a lazy day :)

Feed the Mommy——15 Minutes Creamy Bacon and Mushrooms Pasta

Staying at home and taking care of a baby doesn't mean you have to deprive yourself from good food. In fact, I really need food to make me happier! Happy mommy happy baby!

Pasta is one of the easier option for meal when I'm having the meal alone because you don't have to think of what dishes to go along. Besides, it's really quick.

Since baby recovered from his flu, he has become too happy to fall asleep. He got all excited, smiling and laughing when I lie down beside him to pat him. That makes the process more difficult than ever.

When he was finally asleep at 2.45pm, my stomach was already complaining!!! I need food inside real quick! I've only a few ingredients in the fridge so I decided to make a pasta.

Creamy bacon and mushrooms pasta (taken with iPhone)

Ingredients (for one):

1. Two strips of bacon
2. Two cloves of garlic
3. Three brown button mushrooms
4. Pasta of your choice
5. Cooking cream 
6. Chicken stock
7. White wine (optional)

Method:

1. Boil water and cook pasta in a pot.
2. While #1 is ongoing, cut mushrooms and mince garlic.
3. Heat the pan, before the pan got heated up, use a kitchen grade scissors to cut bacon into small pieces directly onto the pan.
4. Pan fry the bacon till it's golden brown, put in garlic and mushrooms, fry until the mushrooms are nicely brown and no more moistures are coming out from them.
5. Add white wine and reduce it (if you decided to add white wine)
6. Add chicken stock and cooking cream (I've finished my homemade chicken stock, so I added the cubes instead), salt and pepper to taste. If you like creamier and cheesier pasta, you can shred some Parmesan cheese into the mixture. Simmer the mixture till it's creamy and thick.
7. By now the pasta should be cooked. Drain the water and put them into the pan. 
8. Stir everything together.
9. Serve. Take a photo. 
10. Serve.

Everything in 15 minutes :)

My tummy is finally happy.

Feed the Mommy——Easiest Lunch——Open Faced Sandwich

Baby has been sick for a few days. It has been sleepless days and sleepless nights for both of us, super tiring.

For the first few days, The Man wasn't around during the day because it's weekdays and he has to work. I barely can get a 5 minute shower, and totally no proper meal. I had Oreos for lunch. It was terrible. But at least I have Oreos at home :P

Over the weekend, we took turns to care for him, and he's feeling better now, but still under the weather.

To me, cooking is all about momentum. Once I stopped for a while, it's really hard to gear up again to cook. I guess most of everything we do, is all about momentum.

Being lazy today, staying at home doesn't mean I don't get Monday blues. I decided to just make an open faced sandwich, simple and quick. I didn't even have to turn on the stove. Just oven.

Bacon asparagus and asparagus cheese sandwich

Bake the bacon in oven for 5 minutes at 180deg Celsius. Remove them from oven. Lay the bread, asparagus on top, bacon and cheese on top of them. This is so that the oil from bacon will flavour the asparagus and bread, you do not need any extra seasoning. Put them into the oven again for 10-12minutes.

Tadaa~

It's so easy, I could still pat baby to sleep while my lunch is cooking.

Had an apple after the meal. And a cup of coffee.

I think I have enough energy to go through the day now :)

(Loads of posts to catch up, especially those from the trip, just too busy!)

Feed the Mommy——面线汤

清清淡淡的面线汤

煮一碗清清淡淡的面线汤，和煮一碗方便面一样容易。关键就在于提前准备的鸡汤。

上周末在市场买了两块钱的鸡骨，准备滚汤。两块钱，总共有六块鸡骨。我把两块用来滚一锅玉米胡萝卜汤，够两个人吃晚餐。另外四块，加了胡萝卜和土豆，还有日本料理的柴鱼片，小火滚了大约两个小时。等汤冷却以后，把汤上面的一层油捞起，把汤里面的渣块过滤，然后依照一大碗的分量分别收纳。

如果打算收很多天，那就冰冻，要不就不需要。我打算在隔天就煮，所以没有冷冻。

这样煮一大锅的鸡汤，我总共用了四次。煮了一次苋菜，两次面线汤（如上图），最后剩下一点点的汤，我用来煮粥。

买点肉碎，做肉圆，加小白菜和鸡蛋，加入面线或者面条，就是一餐。

简单，快速，清淡，有营养，可以减肥 :)

Feed the Mommy——药材鸡面线汤 Herbal Chicken with Mee Sua

药材鸡面线汤

这也是不费功夫的一餐。真的，超级快速有效，有营养。

材料：

1. 超市买的药材鸡汤一包
2. 鸡腿
3. 小白菜
4. 面线

做法：

1. 把鸡腿洗净，和药材鸡汤的材料一起煮（依据包装上面的指示）。我本身懒惰看火，所以用slow cooker。
2. 把面线和小白菜烫过，再过冷水。
3. 把面线、菜、鸡腿和鸡汤倒进碗里，就是一餐！太容易了！

我煮一大锅，三人份。午餐我自己一分，晚餐我和男人各一份。晚上男人回来照顾孩子。我炒一碟青菜，煮一锅饭，一人一碗药材汤。搞定！

这么容易，别再给自己不煮饭找借口。

Feed the Mommy——肉丁土豆饭

肉丁土豆饭

在家照顾孩子，一天三餐的要诀就是快又方便。当然，不是吃方便面。方便面不可以天天吃，我们家里已经好久好久都没有方便面。（怀孕的时候有天突然想吃方便面，男人控制得很紧，后来偷偷和朋友在香港茶餐厅吃了，呵呵！）

网上总是有很多食谱，天天打开面书，都有很多人在分享食谱。最有用的，就是这种我妈妈称为“一锅熟”的，全部东西丢进饭锅，半小时后吃饭，方便且有营养。

材料：

1. 五花肉，切成丁
2. 半个土豆，切丁
3. 2－3瓣蒜头，剁碎
4. 一汤匙酱青
5. 少许胡椒
6. 米饭

（材料要用多少，因人而异，喜欢吃多少就用多少）

做法：

1. 切丁的五花肉用酱青和胡椒腌制，至少20分钟。
2. 热锅，爆炒蒜头（用麻油效果更好），再加入五花肉，然后再加土豆，爆炒几分钟。
3. 把米倒入锅，一起翻炒一分钟。把所有材料倒入饭锅。
4. 加水。如果平时煮饭的米和水比例是一对一，煮一锅熟的水要多一格。

就这样，半小时候就是香喷喷的一餐。想加入蔬菜，可以在煮饭的最后五分钟，在饭锅上蒸一碟小菜。

我都是趁孩子早上还没醒就把所有食材切好，放进冰箱。中午才下锅。

以前很坚持一餐一餐煮，后来发现真的太难了。过了傍晚，儿子偶尔有点怪脾气，一定要有人陪伴。因此，现在都是一次煮两餐，晚餐弄热就可享用。