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Ingredients:
1 big potato
1 slice of cheddar cheese
3 oz mixed vegetables
2 oz minced chicken
basil

Method:
Boil the potato and cut into cubes
Cook the chicken and mixed vegetables
Add in the cheese and basil to taste
Combine in the potato and coat it well

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Ingredients:
3 oz cooked rice
3 oz vegetable for soup (tried Emborg - has onion, leeks etc)
2 oz sole fish
1 slice cheddar cheese

Method:
Cook the fish with the vegetables
Add in the cheese till melted
Mix in the rice

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....transformed into yet another AIO dish (all in one, borrowed term from CD community)

I added black pepper to her dish. Definitely no salt into her dishes at home, but I'm venturing into herbs and spices

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Ingredients:
2 oz spanish mackerel / tenggiri fillet
1 oz red pepper
1 oz broccoli
2 oz carrot
1 tomato
2 cloves of garlic
olive oil

Method:
Saute the garlic
Cook the red pepper and tomato till soft
Add the carrot and broccoli
Lastly add the fish

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Ingredients:
3 cloves of garlic
3 oz mixed vegetables
4 oz rice - cooked
1 medium egg
olive oil
sesame oil

Method:
Sautee the garlic with a little olive oil
Cook the veg till soft
Add in the egg and scramble it
Mix in the rice
Add a dash of sesame oil

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Ingredients:
4 oz spaghetti - cooked al dente
2 oz peas
2 oz broccoli
2 oz groupper / ikan kerapu
basil

Method:
Cook the peas and broccoli till soft
Add in the fish
Add basil to taste
Toss in the spaghetti

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Ingredients:
4 oz spiral pasta - cooked al dente
3 oz mixed vegetables
1 oz red pepper - cubed
1 tomato
2 oz red snapper
basil

Method:
Cook the tomato and red pepper till soft
Add the mixed vegetables, once soft, add the fish
Flake the fish, then add in the pasta
Add basil to taste

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Red Pepper Ikan Kerapu

Ingredients:
1 oz red pepper - cubed
2 oz broccoli
1 tomato
3 oz ikan kerapu
Method:
Cook tomato and red pepper till soft
Add in the broccoli
Lastly add the fish

Different variety using ikan merah @ red snapper

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* she had rashes with fresh (cow's) milk upon contact with skin
**shudder** what would happen if she drank it?

Well, at least she can take cereal with fresh goat's milk. 

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Can't remember what I cooked, but the main thing was the steamed fish wasn't well received (versus grilled)

So I made it into omelette instead.

• 1 medium egg
  
• 2 oz french beans - steamed till soft
  
• 2 oz sole fish - steamed and flaked
  

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~ had stewed the beef prior, with cinnamon stick, cardamon and clove
~ thought Arianna should taste our qurban meat for a change
This was super fast dish:

• stewed beef
  
• quinoa noodles (we were having mee rebus that day - ran out of spaghetti)
  
• spinach (our dish of sayur air)
  

Remembered that she wanted to feed herself, so another dish was made:

• stewed beef
  
• spiral pasta
  
• tomato
  

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We are hoping she is outgrowing her CMPA (cow's milk protein allergy). We had success with cheese.

Last week, we went to The Gardens, found fresh goat's milk at Cold Storage. She was okay with it, so we bought another bottle at Cold Storage, One Utama.

No pics, but we gave her gelato today. She had a few scoops, and made faces. But otherwise she's okay, no diarrhoea, no vomiting.

We ate at Sakae today (where else?!). They ran out of green tea?! (we'll never visit OU outlet again, better service in The Curve, Bangsar Village!) She had 3 plates today: cucumber maki, tamago sushi, tofu sushi.

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Ingredients:
3 oz potato - cubed
2.5 oz red snapper
4 oz broccoli

Method:
Cook the cubed potato
Add in the broccoli
Add in the fish last (cooked too long, it'll turn rubbery)

~ LO was gassy with sweet potato/ yam, so I've excluded potato for a long time
~ We're okay with bread, pasta and rice. Potato is another common carbo (thinking about Ikea)

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Since she has turned one, we thought it's time to reintroduce stuff she was allegic to previously

so she had:

cheese scrambled egg

2/3 slice cheddar cheese
1 medium egg

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Ingredients:
2 oz french beans - sliced thinly
2 oz broccoli - small florets
1 medium egg - beaten

Method:
Cook the vegs till soft in a flat non stick pan
Push aside, put a little olive oil
Pour in the egg

~ mine crumbled when turned, too much veg, too little egg
~ inpromptu coz ran out of veggie dish for lunch that day
~ but she fell asleep when I was back carrying her in mei tai while cooking. Had it for afternoon snack instead

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Salmon Rice with Grilled Sole

Ingredients:
sole fish fillet
3 oz rice - sooked
3 oz broccoli
2 oz salmon
1 momotaro tomato

Method:

Grill or panfry the fish - ensuring fish is fully cooked
Cook salmon with tomato
Add in broccoli and cook till soft
Mix in rice
Serve warm with grilled fish

* uncooked fish is big no-no.. unlike mom who loves sashimi
* she hates the salmon rice. Mustn't get salmon from Village Grocer. Isetan has fresher/better smelling fish.

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Tofu with Meat
Ingredients:

2 oz tofu
2 oz meat
2 oz broccoli
3 oz mixed vegetables
3 oz rice - cooked
1 clove of garlic
olive oil

Method:

Heat a little bit of oil and fry the garlic
Add the meat, tofu, veggies
Once all fully cooked, mix in the rice

~ of course had to be an easy meal, was late for work. Cooked at around 6.30 am, while eating breakfast

Tofu with Cod
Ingredients:
2 oz tofu
2.5 oz cod
2 oz broccoli
2 oz french beans
3 oz of rice - cooked

Method:
Cook the cod and tofu with just enough water
Steam the broccoli and french beans (or just cook it together with fish and tofu)
When everything is cooked, vegies are tender, just mix with the rice

~ it's so easy to just mix everything together, rather than serving it separately
~ why? coz PIL already has to quickly feed her during lunchtime. LO is too busy to waste much time at the dining table - so many places to go, so many things to touch and feel! Different when parents are home though.

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So she hates her meds, mommy hates them too... she gets moody if forced. She went for couple hours of nursing strike yesterday, all because she had to be nebulised. Dr. Eric heard no rhonchi, but prolonged expiratory sounds *sigh*.

Mom had asthma , with 1 parents with atopy condition: 40% chance
Dad has eczema - with both parents with different atopy, her chances are raised to 40-60%
If both parents have same atopy - 50-80% chances

Now, she has new sets of med:

• salbutamol syrup "Ventolin"
  
• salbutamol MDI (used with aerochamber)
  
• montelukast granules "Singulair"
  
• dexchlorpheniramine syrup "Polaramine"
  

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rice, mixed veggies, shallot, tomato, red snapper

rice, mixed veggies, garlic, chicken

rice, mixed veggies, cod

rice, french beans, tomato, tofu, red snapper

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I use 1 medium onion, diced. Sautee till fragrant.

Then add 1 tomato, diced.
Add water and cook till desired consistency.

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Tomato cod
Ingredients:
2 oz cod3 oz mixed vegetables
4 oz rice - cooked
1 tomato - diced
Method:
Cook tomato till soft
Then cook cod and mixed vegetablesMix in rice

~ I used local organic tomato, the skin was pretty chewy. I prefer momotaro tomatoes.

Spaghetti with minced chicken
Ingredients:
2 oz chicken - minced
3 oz broccoli
4 oz spaghetti
1 tomato
1 shallot
olive oil

Method:
Lightly fry shallot with olive oil
Add in minced chicken, tomato and broccoli
Once all cooked, mix in spaghetti

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I have pictures that need words (read: ingredient, method) before my memory fails.
I haven't posted coz LO has been sick, DH brought her to see a paediatrician (Dr. Yong Junina is fantastic with kids- considering LO has major stranger anxiety). Mommy had to work, thus it was baby, DH and FIL who went to see her. I hate my job, can't be home with my baby (sorry, I do feel this occasionally)


I hate meds (ironic since I prescribe it). Maybe coz the idea of stuffing LO with chemicals?! (Of course the FDA doesn't recommend cough/cold meds for under 2 years of age). Arianna is taking:

• paracetamol
  
• salbutamol
  
• acetylcysteine
  
• oxymetazoline nasal spray
  

I have no qualms of taking meds myself, but for LO? Probably that explains why I'm making homemade food... less chemicals the better.

We are using organic wash in place of the usual baby washing liquid. We just stopped sterilising her eating utensils (spoon, plate, bowls), so let's hope this wash wouldn't leave chemical residue.

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Savoury Meat with Rice
Ingredients:
1 clove of garlic - diced to very small pieces
2 oz meat - minced
3 oz mixed vegetables
4 oz rice - cooked
olive oil
Method:
Heat olive oil, and lightly fry garlic
Cook the meat with the garlic
Add in mixed vegetables, cook till veggies are soft
Mix in the rice

~ Not her favourite, either because of the meat, or the strong taste of garlic

Brinjal Rice
Ingredients:
3 oz red snapper (ikan merah)
3 oz mixed vegetables
2 oz brinjals - steamed
4 oz roce- cooked

Method:
Cook the fish with mixed vegetables
Once fish is cooked, crumble to small pieces
Add in brinjal
Mix in the rice

~ Steamed brinjals was from the table. It was her first try, she was okay with it
~ Don't think she noticed the brinjals in the rice... super soft by then

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Ingredients:
4 oz spaghetti
3 oz mixed vegetables
2 oz chicken- cooked and shredded
1 tomato- diced
1/2 shallot
olive oil

Method:
Lightly fry shallot till translucent
Cook chicken with tomato and mixed vegetables
Mix in spaghetti

* not a big hit... LO doesn't like chicken that much

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Ingredients:
1 oz frozen peas
3 oz broccoli
3 oz cod
4 oz rice- coooked
1/2 shallot

Method:
Cook cod with shallot along with broccoli and peas with just enough water to cover
Once cod is cooked, mash into small pieces
Mix in the rice
You can cook longer if you prefer a dry dish (LO loves gooey, wet consistency)

~ great mid week recipe
~ was a hit!!! LO must've liked the fresh cod taste

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Ingredients:
2 oz chicken- shredded
3 oz mixed vegetables
4 oz rice- cooked

Method:
Simmer the chicken, keeping some of the liquid
Shred the chicken (to manageable size for your LO)
Cook the mixed vegetables together with the shredded chicken using the liquid
Add in the cooked rice
~ Another simple weekday recipe
~LO loved this! She couldn't pick out the chicken :)

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(LO finished the whole lot for breakfast, lunch and dinner! But I repeated on Saturday morning)

Ingredients:
3 oz rice-cooked
3 oz mixed vegetable
3 oz salmon

Method:
Cook salmon, with just enough water
Add in mixed vegetables
Once cooked, break salmon into small pieces
Mix the rice in, making sure all fluids are absorbed

~In cases where LO refuses protein, cooking this way makes sure the salmon are well hidden. Ever since she mastered pincer grasp, she uses it to pick food out of her mouth
~A great weekday recipe, she seems to love it!

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Ingredients:
1 oz meat- minced
1 oz corn
1 oz broccoli
3 oz pasta
2 tbsp mango puree
olive oil

Method:
Cook pasta till al dente
Heat a little oil and cook meat
Add in corn and broccoli
Once cooked, mix in pasta
Add 1-2 tbsp mango puree to taste

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So I'm up at 12.30am for her midnight feed, and my midnight pump. Back to old routine *sigh*
Here's what she had, dinner was at home actually.

Breakfast:
3 oz rice
1 oz snapper
4 oz watermelon
Lunch:
1 oz broccoli
1 oz chicken
2 oz rice

Tea:
5 oz ciku (seriously, she finished it all- bought at R&R)

Dinner:
1 slice of bread
cornflakes
corn
refused chicken/ broccoli

~Now that we're back home, she became a fussy eater again?
~Yay, managed to survive the trip mainly on homecooked food.
~There are still some recipes that I haven't blogged. Hope I won't forget it :)

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Arianna is only 11 months old, and totally on homemade food. I was thinking real hard on how to feed her. Here's what we brought:

• rice cooker (the super duper small one- made for Japanese market)
  
• toaster
  
• multigrain bread
  
• calrose rice
  
• spiral pasta-can be cooked in the rice cooker
  
• broccoli (cooked)
  
• chicken (cooked)
  
• snapper (cooked)
  
• spiral pasta (cooked)
  
• watermelon (diced)
  

She ate 1.5 slice of bread for tea time... not bad considering she only eats 1 slice for breakfast. And she only had 1 slice of chicken sandwich for lunch before the journey.
She ate heartily for dinner, for once! She had pasta, snapper, broccoli, watermelon, and Heinz apple/mango puree-as her dessert. This was stage 1 food that I never used, ever! Let's hope she doesn't develop any allergic reaction to it.

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Ingredients:
3 oz rice
3 tbsp tomato sauce
0.5 oz cucumber- diced
0.5 oz broccoli- into very small florets
1 oz salmon

Method:
Cook salmon, once pink- crumble into small pieces
Add in broccoli, cooked till soft
Add cucumber and tomato sauce
Mix in the rice

~simple recipes during the weekdays :)

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Ingredients:
4 oz spiral pasta (her current fav)- cooked al dente
1.5 oz salmon
1 oz green bean
quarter onion- sliced thinly
olive oil

Method:
Saute onion with olive oil
Cook salmon till pink, add in green beans and cook till soft
Toss in pasta



Spiral_salmon

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Ingredients:
3 oz cooked rice
2 cloves garlic
1/2 bulb onion
1 oz minced lamb
1 tbsp tomato sauce
1 oz mixed vegetables
olive oil

Method:
Lightly fry onion till translucent, add garlic and fry till fragrant
Add in minced lamb and mixed vegetables
Add in tomato sauce (I use homemade tomato sauce, full of onions and tomatoes rather than preservatives)
Mix in the rice

~I introduced garlic!
~this is really nasi goreng, baby style.
~Arianna has passed the test of 4 days of lamb, yay! No allergies
~I think she did pass out ungirlish wind, perhaps anti flatulence property of garlic?

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Ingredients:
6 oz spaghetti (cooked al dente)
2 oz minced lamb
0.5 oz broccoli
0.5 oz mixed vegetables
olive oil
1/4 of small onion

Method:
Lightly fry onion till translucent
Add minced lamb, broccoli and mixed vegetables
When vegetables are soft, toss in the spaghetti
Best eaten warm, as lamb tends to be oily

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Ingredients:
0.5 oz onion
2 oz salmon
1 oz broccoli
1 oz cucumber
Olive oil
4 slices of wholewheat bread

Method:
Lightly fry onion
Add salmon, cook till pink
Add broccoli, at the same time mash up salmon
Take off from heat once both are well cooked
After it has cooled, add diced cucumber for texture
Serves well with wholegrain bread, best as cold dish

Note:
Make sure fish are thoroughly cooked.
Raw vegetables may be introduced after 8 months

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