Food

Been feeding John lots of porridge lately, especially fish porridge with vegetables. Occasionally, I cooked something different such as shou-mian (寿面 aka mee-shua), tofu and kuey tiaw in chicken soup and bread pudding with papaya. He is eating quite a lot of table food now, he eats whatever we eat as long as it is soft enough for him. The other day we had dinner with T's colleagues, I mixed and mashed together steamed fish, braised tofu and steamed pumpkin (南瓜盅), he loved it.

shou-mian: boil a few slices of chicken breast meat together with chopped vegetables, then add in shou-mian (break into small pieces), cook until the noodle is soft then add few drops of soy sauce and sesame oil if desired. Certain brands of shou-mian are quite salty, so taste it first before adding soy sauce. Sometimes I add chunky carrot for John to feed himself with hands.

Tofu and Kuey Tiaw in Soup: same methods as shou-mian, I added celery and some shredded konbu.

Bread Pudding: lightly beat an egg with some milk (formula + water), add some sugar and pinch of cinnamon powder. Place a slice of white bread in a gratin dish, fill in egg mixture and let it soak for about 5 minutes. Arrange papaya on the top and bake (may be steamed) for 10-15 minutes. John prefer banana version, sweeter I think... or he loves banana?

Tips: These few days I tried out an easy method in cooking porridge for single serving. The porridge turned out nicely, soft but not runny. This is how I cook it: When cooking rice for the whole family using rice cooker, place a small rice bowl in the middle of rice cooker and fill it with small amount of rice and double amount of water. Close the rice cooker's cover and cook it together with rice. When it is done, rest for 10 minutes then serve. By the way, I always soak rice for 10 minutes before cooking it.