Since my morning sickness (or rather, morning, afternoon AND evening sickness) is gone, i am able to paste all these pictures on this blog without running to the bathroom to gag.

So here it is, a compilation of food i put together for the family. This is for the future me to come back to read and think, ah, i was THAT amateur. *condescending smile*. Hahhaha no la. Probably more like, wow, i can’t believe i actually at one point know how to utilize the kitchen. Lolol. Either way, i am glad i did.

Meals for Family

Meal #1

Starting off with the best picture, in case you think it’s not worth your time and skip the whole blog post completely.

Menu:

*Banana and peanut butter pancake
*Oil sardin cabbage salad (followed a Japanese recipe but ended up really disastrous)
*Tomato and Mozarella in olive oil
*Dannaben

 

Meal #2

Oh i love my air-fried vegetable chips!!! This is pumpkin and lotus root. The thinner you slice it the crispier it would be! I would have loved to use a slicer but the week before i just sliced my thumb in half so i’d stick to the knife for a while now.

Recipe: Toss sliced vegetables in olive oil, air-fry and then sprinkle with herb and salt!

 

Meal #3

This was the one that comes with extra Cheesie blood seasoning. It’s sliced gobo (Japanese burdock) and lotus root. Made with love. And blood. And part of my finger.

 

Meal #4

Menu:

*Mentaiko Niku Udon with negi and seaweed
*Japanese tofu with shio konbu
*Tako wasabi

 

Meal #5

This one is a super cheat.

Menu:

*Natto (no cooking required)
*Cabbage salad (tossed in sesame oil, salt, sesame seed and shio konbu)
*Instant Miso Soup (just pour hot water)
*Chawanmushi. This one required quite a bit of work, which is why the rest has to cheat.

And it was the perfect Chawanmushi. The trick is to sieve the egg with a really, really fine sieve and your steamed egg will be smooth like tofu.

 

Meal #6

Ok more like snacks. Raspberry Greek Yogurt. With Manuka honey.

 

Meal #7

Rocket salad with shit dressing (not literally, just… you know, i am probably just a very bad dresser. Ok that didn’t sound right. Let me try again. Dressinger. You know what? Forget it.), bacon, sunny-side-up and anyhow-chili-con-carne.

 

Meal #8

Minestrone with Mac & Cheese.

 

Meal #9

*Kinmedai grilled fish with grilled ginko nuts
*Kani onion and edamame salad
*Clam & seaweed soup (instant)

 

Meal #10

*Miso eggplant and pork
*Tsukune (chicken nugget!) with sesame and shiso

 

Meal #11

*Udon soup with abura age
*Tsukimi Tsukune (See Moon Minced Chicken, literally.)

 

 

Papa’s Bento

Meal #12

* Hijiki tamagoyaki
*Steamed vegetables with sesame dressing
*Failed home made siew-yok

 

Meal #13

*Salmon hamburger steak
*Grilled vegetables
*Scramble egg

 

 

Meal #14

*Negi Tamagoyaki
*Prawn Croquette (frozen and air-fried)
* Shredded fried chicken drumstick (because no place to put liao lol)
*Sardin salad

 

Meal #15

* grilled chicken with vinegar carrot salad
* Hanjuku Tamago
*Spinach in sesame sauce

 

Meal #16

* Looks like spam but is actually fish steak!!
* Tamagoyaki
* Komatsuna and mushroom salad, and assorted frozen food i don’t even know what was what now.

 

Meal #17

Beef hamburger steak and baby daikon oroshi.

 

Meal #18

*Yakisoba
*Chicken ball (frozen food from Ajinomoto), Hanjuku tamago and grilled vegetables.

 

 

Breakfast

Recently the danna and i tried to eat better for breakfast cuz we usually will have a hectic day ahead. This is how our breakfast is like typically.

 

Meal #19

* Steamed tofu with shallot
*Salted egg bitter gourd
*Natto
* Chirimen jyako (dried fish that’s so great as a rice topping!)
* Chicken soup
*Shabu buta with beansprout and Sichuan dressing

Meal #20

* Niku tofu daikon pot (Beef tendon, tofu, daikon, enoki mushroom and negi simmered with pressure cooker. Can just cook it the night before for instant breakfast the next morning!)
* Natto
* Chirimen jyako with mentaiko
* Spinach with garlic and sakura ebi.

 

Meal #21

* Leftover niku tofu daikon
*Okinawa Hiyayako tofu with soy sauce and minced ginger
* Tororo (Gooey sticky slimy grated yamaimo for rice topping)
* Okinawa mochi tofu pudding with kinako and black sugar.

 

Meal #22

Pregnancy craving!!!

One day i was just almost dying of craving for Taiwanese Lu Rou Fan and i thought i’d make my own.

Boiled egg, fried shallot, minced meat (must be fatty like belly), and braise for 3-4 hours in slow cooker.

Omg i never knew Lu Rou Fan is THIS FATTENING until i made it myself. Almost everything single ingredient is suppose to make your exercise/diet die in vain. And it’s impossible to make a less fattening version. Because that won’t be Lu Rou Fan anymore. That’s just… Sad Fan.

But… it is probably worth it @.@

 

Meal #23

Home made gyoza. I didn’t know using the Japanese dumpling skin would make a heaven of difference.

 

Meal #24

Early Xmas party.

* Grilled chicken with herbs
*Potato salad Japanese style
* Grilled vegetables, weird deviled egg and BBQ corn
* Japanese ringo for dessert

JunJun’s version.

Finally a picture of the cook and her guest Chanwon.

 

Right from the Start

This is the book i’ve been referring to for some of my recent kitchen adventures. It’s written by my friend Daisy Ng, a certified Dr Sears Health Coach majoring in Children and Family Nutrition.

This is not just a recipe book, but also a guide on child nutrition from infant all the way to, well, your entire family.

I almost always cook separately for Junya, but now that he is 18 months old and has officially graduated from “rinyushoku” (baby food?) , i’m into cooking for the entire family which is also Junya-friendly!

I love how practical it is, nothing too fancy, you’ll probably have most of the stuff in your kitchen but you just didn’t know how to put them together before reading this book. All the health tips really really helped too.

It’s really comforting to know that Daisy is always someone i can turn to when it comes to healthy living. Today i just texted her and asked “how do you feed fever medicine to a toddler who is completely refusing it?”. And she always, always helps.

Herb & butter animal pasta for Junya and mama, just like the recipe and it turned out so good!

Get Daisy’s book from any major bookstores in Malaysia 🙂

 

That is all for today. Junya is waking up every 30 minutes due to discomfort (fever and diarrhea earlier today) and it took me hours to write this post. I’m going to lie down next to him and hug him to sleep now!

Night! <3

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