Braised Beancurd and French beans

You will need 1 small Bean curd and french beans (I used half a pack). Finely slice the french beans diagonally and the bean curd into about 1 cm cubes.

Deep fry the bean curd in oil until golden brown. Remove from wok and drain excess oil.

Add garlic to wok and fry till brown.

Add french beans and fry till 90% cooked. It should be translucent.

Add 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce, 1 teaspoon mushroom sauce, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, 2 teaspoon corn flour and water. Mix well.

Add water into the wok with french beans and pour sauce into wok.

When the sauce thickens add the fried bean curd and stir thoroughly.

Let everything simmer for a couple of minutes or until the bean curd has absorbed the sauce.

Ta Da! Scrumptious!

After a 2 week break from eating normal food Letitia is back with a vengeance. Sorry for not updating more often. I have been cooking the same thing everyday because will only eat pasta for the last 2 weeks.

Letitia's verdict: 10/10 (YUM!)

Mummy's verdict: It's good that she is finally back to normal. Easy to make but the kitchen gets really oily. But its really yummy.

Letitia's Fried Rice

Carrot shredded, french beans finely chopped and abalone mushroom. But you can use any vegetables you want.

Mince beef or another other meat.

Oil, Salt (depends on how salty you want it to be and how much fried rice you making) and garlic in the wok.

Add minced meat after garlic is brown.

Fry till meat is cooked.

Add vegetables and fry till vegetables are cooked.

Add cooked rice that is cooled. Or your Fried rice will be sticky and lumpy.

Stir thoroughly.

Done.


Letitia's verdict: 9/10

Mummy's verdict: She has not been eating so I am kind of desperate. She ate 90% of it. So that is enough to make me happy. ;-P

Baby Beef Stew

2 small potatoes diced.

1 carrot diced.

1/4 small Cabbage chopped.

1/2 a small broccoli chopped.

Mince beef.

Add stock to the pot, throw all the ingredients into the boiling stock. Except the broccoli. Boil till soft. Should take about 30 mins at low heat.

When everything is soft and mushy, throw in broccoli and simmer for another 5 to 10 minutes.

Done! Should not require much chewing to eat.....I served it with corn bread.

Letitia's verdict: 8.5/10 (she has been sick for the last 4 days will not eat anything but she ate this all of it.)

Mummy's verdict: Finally something that she will eat. She has been living on chicken wings, sausages and waffles for the last 4 days!!!!

Vegetable & Meat stock

Carrots, Corn, Leeks and Mushrooms.

Pork. Throw everything into large pot and boil for 3 hours.

Cool and pour into containers.

Freeze! Makes 6 feeds.

Fish Porridge

Boil frozen stock in a pot.

Slice ginger into thin strips.

1/2 a leek, slice finely diagonally.

Throw ginger and leek into stock with 1/2 cup of rice.

Cook at low heat till rice is 90% cooked.

Add sliced fish fillet and simmer till fish is cooked.

Add green leafy vegetables, stir and serve.

Fish porridge. Once the fish is cooked you can use the back of a spoon to break it up.

Letitia's verdict: 9/10 (she was licking the bowl)

Mummy's verdict: Must add the ginger and leek this is to counter balance the taste and smell of the fish unless your fish is really really fresh. Time taken 25 mins.

Spinach and Ikan Bilis

Chinese Combo Dinner. The next 2 recipes are for this meal. Spinach and Ikan Bilis and Pumpkin stew.

A small handful of dried ikan bilis. Soak in hot water for 10 mins.

Spinach. Chop and wash.

Oil and garlic, fry till golden brown.

Add drained ikan bilis and fry till oil is infused with ikan bilis.

Add spinach and fry till 80% cooked.

Add water and shimmer till soft, shouldn't take more than a couple of mintues. I usually don't feed her the ikan bilis as it is hard and has a bitter after taste.

Letitia's verdict: 7/10 ( she was so crazy about the pumpkin she kind of didn't want to eat the spinach.)

Mummy's verdict: Easy to make. Time taken 5 mins.

Pumpkin Stew (chinese style)

Small handful of dried shrimps. Soak in hot water for about 10 mins.

Pumpkin amount depends on how much you want to make.


Cut into bites size cubes.

Oil and garlic fry till brown.

Drain the shrimps and fry with garlic till you can smell the shrimpy fragrance.

Add pumpkin and stir fry till all the pumpkin is coated with oil.

It should look like this.

Add water and shimmer for about 20 mins or till soft.

You can add minced meat into the stew if you want. I added it later because I forgot! Should be fried with the garlic and shrimps.

Letitis's verdict: 10/10 (she loved it! she was begging for more)

Mummy's verdict: I love it too! I ate her left overs.