Monday, January 19, 2009

Ryan's Usual Menu

Oat Cereal

3 teaspoons of quick cook quaker oats
3 tablespoons of hot water
3 slices of banana


Fill a small bowl with hot water.  Leave it for about 1min to heat up the bowl.  Pour away the water.  Put the oats into the heated bowl.  Pour in 3 tablespoons of hot water and stir.  Add more hot water if necessary to thin the cereal.
Use a metal spoon to "mince" the cereal while it's cooking.
Stir in mashed banana just before serving.
Serve during breakfast for better "output" later in the day.


Corn Soup

10 corn seeds (plucked from fresh corn cob)
5 "gouqi"
1 red date (remove seed)
Half carrot (diced)
4 thin slices of "ba tou" (minced)
2 thin slices of "pao sheng"

Throw everything into a small claypot.  Pour in 2 bowls of water and bring to a boil.  Stirring constantly.
While boiling, use a pounder to get all e juice out of the ingredients.
Boil under low heat for about half an hour.
Switch off fire and cover pot until soup has cooled.
Pour soup into bowl over strainer, removing all ingredients.  Use back of a spoon to press the ingredients to ensure all juices are squeezed out.
Serve to baby during mealtimes.

Spinach Soup

About a bowl of leafy spinach (remove stems)
5 "gouqi"
1 bowl of water

Boil it in a small claypot.  Cover pot and boil under low heat for half hour.
Remove from heat.  Put leaves on a strainer and mash.  Try to mash till some spinach strains get into the soup.  Scrap the bottom of the strainer if the mash gets stuck.
Serve to baby during mealtimes.

10 comments:

  1. hey pet, y u serve spinach soup and not the spinach itself?

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  2. haha, i expected someone to ask me this qn le...
    cause ryan dun eat anything i serve on the spoon. porridge, veg, meat.. so i resort to cooking till the nutrients seep into the soup. then he'll gladly drink up all e soup.

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  3. har.. o.. oki.. no wonder.. haha.. i think he likes ur milk lah..

    he still bf??

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  4. did u try change spoon? haha.. mayb he dun like tat spoon..

    shawn oso zip his mouth when he first try on spoon.. but now he is ok le wo..

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  5. i tried combi / tommy tippee / muchkin.. same leh.

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  6. or is he distracted by something?? tv on??

    u give him tibit?? like baby star?? he not hungry ma??

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  7. he's hungry.. when he cry for milk, i feed him solids he also dun wan. not hungry, he also dun wan.
    but he's willing to take finger food. not porridge/cereal...

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  8. if u put the cereal on his finger?? or ur finger feed him?? he wan??

    i read somewhere.. one way to intro spoon is using finger.. i start with nestle cereal first.. at first he oso reject.. then i use his finger..dip a bit.. then let him suck.. when he know the food nice.. he slowly accept spoon le..

    now he take one rice bowl porridge each time for lunch n dinner le.. morning still take 5 table spoon cereal for breakfast.. in between he still drink milk..

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  9. u so lucky.. shawn eat so much..
    Ryan used to eat baby cereal from spoon everyday. but i think cereal abit too little nutrients for him le. So i upgraded him to porridge. But he hates it. Till now.
    So i resort to giving him pure ingredients. Then finger feed rice separately.
    Of course, oat cereal i'm giving via spoon. He eats happily. But i think max 5 spoonfuls only. Then he'll begin to reject le.

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