Simplee Kiddy Meals: Salmon Millet Cake

Salmon Millet Cake

If you have young kids at home, probably you want to cook something that can catch their appetite. I have tried this recipe myself and my daughter loves it, even myself just fall in love with this Millet Cake. Millet is nutrition and I start feeding this to both my baby and toddler. I added millet into their daily dietary such as rice and porridge.

It could be a perfect snack for kids and dinner for us. I made the smaller bite size for kids and a bigger for us to be served at dinner.

Ingredients

• 1 Cup    Millet
• 100 gm  Salmon Fillet
• 1/2 Cup Grated Mozzarella Cheese
• 1/2 Cup Shredded Potato
• 2 Cups  Chicken Stock 
• 1 tsp     Olive Oil
• 1 tbsp   Minced Garlic
• some parsley and salt to taste

Methods

• Heat the saucepan, add in some cooking oil/olive oil and brown some minced garlic, add in the millet and stir fried for 5 minutes when you smell the nice aroma of the garlic and millet, add in Chicken Stock.
• Bring Millet and Chicken Stock to boil, keep stirring.
• Add in potato and cook for another 15 minutes, keep stirring.
• Add in cheese, stir till the cheese melted.
• Stir in Salmon Fillet that has been cut into small cubes, do not over cook the Salmon if not it will be dry and flaky. maximum of 2 mins.
• Add in Salt & Parsley to taste.
• Let the millet to cool down.
• When the millet is cooled, take an adequate amount and make it into a ball, flatten it between palms. Pat some flour on both side.
• Heat a frying with some Olive Oil, fried the millet cake.
• Enjoy them while warm.
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Oatmeal Raisin Strawberry Chips Cookies (scones)

Oatmeal Raisin Strawberry Chips Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup canola oil
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 cups rolled oats  (toasted)                       
• 1 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup strawberry flavored white chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2. In a large bowl, mix canola oil, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; stir into the sugar mixture. Mix in the oats and raisins last. Drop by rounded spoonfuls (size of a golf ball)  onto the prepared cookie sheet.
3. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Simplee Dinner Ideas : Pan Seared Dory for kids

Simplee Dinner Idea : Pan Seared Dory with White Sauce

Cooking Time : 10 minutes
Preparation Time : 15 minutes

When you ran out of time and also idea what to cook for dinner, perhaps you could try this. It's simple yet delicious, my kid and husband love it.

Ingredients:
Dory Fillet - 200gm (marinate with salt & parsley) coated with corn flour
Mixed Vegetables (corn, carrot & pea) - 1/4 cup
Mash Potato (pre cook potato, mashed)
Prego cabonara white sauce - 3 tbsp
Water - 1/4 cup

Method:
1) Marinate fish fillet with some salt, just a pinch and some dried parsley flakes on both sides. All over. Coated with corn flour, then put it in a pre heated pan and fry.

2) Fry for 5 minutes each side, depends on the thickness of your fillet. Approximately 5 minutes for 1.5cm thicj fillet.
3) When the fish is done, set aside.
4) Mix carbonara sauce with water and let it boil, put in mix vegetables. Keep stirring for 5 minutes.
5) Pour sauce over fish. Ready to be served.

Healthy Juices : Red Jewels

Watermelon is 92 percent water, but that other 8 percent is filled with good nutrition and amazing health benefits; so many benefits that we consider it a power food.

“When one has tasted watermelon, he knows what angels eat.” –Mark Twain

Blend all together! And you will love it, drink chilled..

Ingredients:-
Prune - 2
Watermelon cube - 1 cup
Cold water - 1 cup

Simplee Dinner Idea - kiddy Shepherd's Pie

 

Preparation Time : 30 minutes
Cooking Time : 20 minutes

I have a very picky eater at home, argh.. Just to make her finish her plate of rice probably is the toughest task for the day! Well I thought for a change, maybe no rice for tonight, and potato is equally good.

So I have decided to make Shepherd's Pie for Olivia's dinner. Simply and yummy..

Ingredients:
Potato 2 medium size
Ground pork 50g
Wochester sauce 1 tbsp
Tomato sauce 2 tbsp
Parsley 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Butter 1 small cube
Green peas & carrot 1/4 cup
Water - 1 cup
Corn Flour - 2 tsp

Method:
1. Marinate ground pork with Wochester Sauce & parsley.
2. Steam potato till cook for 20 minutes. Mash them with fork, add butter and mix well.
3. Cook ground pork, peas & carrots in a pan. Stri fried till pork is cook and peas and carrots turn soft. Add in corn flour, tomato sauce into water, mix well and stir in the ground pork mix.
4. Transfer them into a oven proof bowl (medium size). Top with mash potato.
5. Bake in high heat for 15 minutes or when potato turns yellowish/light brown.
6. Ready to be serve.

Dried Scallop, Meat ball, Salted eggs & Pumpkin Porridge

Simple Dinner Idea : Dried Scallop, Meat ball & Salted egg Porridge.

Preparation Time: 10min
Cooking Time: 35min

Simplee Kiddy Meals : Two ways millets for kids

Simplee Kiddy Meals

Preparation time: 10min
Cooking time: 40min

Ingredients:
3 tbsp Millet
2 cups water
2 slices cheese
1 crabstick (cut small)
2 tbsp shredded carrot
1 tsp anchovies powder (optional)
1 cup chopped spinach
Salt to taste

Method:
1) Put millet, carrot, crabstick and water in pot, bring to boil.
2) Cook with low for 15min till millet is soft.
3) When millet is soften, add spinach. Stir in. Add cheese, stir till cheese melted.
4) done! Ready to serve as porridge.

For millet cake:
1) Cool down remaining millet.
2) When cooled, make into small balls and flatten it then fry it.
3) Millet Cake Done!

Cream Butter Chicken

Simple Dinner Ideas - Cream Butter Chicken
Preparation Time: 1 hour (to marinate chicken for 1 hour, you may skipped this if you do not have time)
Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

200 gm Chicken Drumstick (debone and cut into cubes)
200g Evaporated Milk
10g Lurpak Butter (or you may use margerine)
1tsp Minced Garlic
1stalk Curry Leaf (remove stem)
1tsp Corn Flour (for starch, dilute with 2tbsp water)
Salt & pepper to taste

Method:
1. Marinate chicken with soya & pepper for 1 hour.
2. Heat a medium pan then add some canola oil. add in chicken cubes, fried chicken cubes till cooked, approximately 8 minutes. Set aside
3. Use the same pan/wok, turn to low fire, put in butter, garlic and curry leaves and fried till you smell the aroma of the curry leaves then add in the pre-cook chicken. Keep stirring.
4. Pour in the evaporated milk and stir.
5. Add in starch water and keep stirring. Lastly, add salt to taste.

Simplee Kiddy Meals : Potato Mushroom Soup

Mushroom and potato made a great combination, my kids love the starchiness of the potato and great aroma of the mushroom. Isn't a perfect lunch for both toddler and baby. As for my 14 months baby I make it slightly thick, as if puree and for Olivia, I add more water and make it like soup, so she could have it as appetizer and Oliver as his lunch meal.

Preparation time: 20min
Cooking time: 10min

Wagyu Rib Eye M7

Special appearance by Iven (my hubby) to cook his specialties Wagyu for dinner. Thank You! The steaks were lovely and delicious.