Some Photos of my creation ;P

I enjoyed "decorating" the dinner bowl for my kids :)
It does make my girl happy everytime she sees something different....

Mushroom & Ham Roll

That nite, I realised that I still have quite a fair bit of leftover ham so I decided to try something different.......

I cut the ham into strips and rolled them over the mushroom and used toothpicks to hold the roll. The rolls were boiled in water for about 2 minutes, thereafter, the roll is placed in the oven and baked for about 3 mins.

I guess this dish is quite tasty since as my kid ate them all (I didn't even get to eat it!)

ABC Soup (4 Pax)

This is the most common soup that many will cook. It's a tasty soup and easy to prepare especially when it's cooked using a thermal pot.
Saves electricity too :)

Ingredients:

• 2 medium Carrots (diced)
• 2 medium potato (diced)
• 1 large or 2 medium onions (sliced)
• 300g of chicken or pork (I've added meatballs for my kids)
• 4 bowls of water

Steps:

• Boiled water using the inner pot of the thermal cooker
• Place all ingredients into the pot and boil it for 10 mins
• Tranfer the pot into the thermal cooker.
• The soup would be ready in 2 hours.

A typical Simple dinner for my kids

Mixed Vegetables

Ingredients:

• 1 stalk of Broccoli
• 1 medium sized Carrot
• 1 packet of Brown Beech Mushroom (button mushroom taste good too)
• 3 stalks of Celery

Seasoning:

• Vegetarian Oyster Sauce

Steps:

• Cut all ingredients
• Heat oil and place all ingredients (broccoli stems 1st followed by carrot and celery. Mushroom last as it gets soft very fast) in wok.
• Just stir fry the vege and add in seasoning.
• Cover wok for 2 mins and dish is ready to serve :)

Fig (with Nanbei Xing) Soup

Ingredients:

• 8 Fig or Wu Hua Guo (halves)
• 2 tablespoon of Nan Xing
• 3/4 tablespoon of Bei Xing
• 300g Lean Meat (cubed)
• 4 bowls of water

Steps:

• Boil water (using the inner pot of the Thermal cooker)
• Put ingredients into the boiling water
• Boil for 10 mins and transfer the pot to the Thermal cooker
• The soup would be ready in 2 hours
  

Note: Bei Xing is bitter in nature hence we don't add in as much as Nan Xing. This soup actually helps to strengthen the lungs. I would normally boil this once every 2 weeks for my kids :)

Braised Pig's Ear, Stomach & Beancurd

I decided to try something new when I saw a packet of braised pigs' ears (my girl's favourite) in the ntuc. The packet of pigs' ears does not comes with any sauce so I would have to prepare myself. I also bought a packet of pig's stomach and braised tofu.

Preparation time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

• 1 packet of braised pig's ear
• 1 packet of braised pig's stomach
• 1 packet of braised beancurd

Seasoning:

• 1 bowl of water
• 2 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
• 1 table spoon of vegetarian abalone sauce
• 1 teaspoon of sugar

Steps:

• Boil the boil.
• Add all seasoning into the boiling water and bring to boil.
• Add the all ingredients and let it simmer for 15 mins.
• Done :)

I would probably try braising the beancurd and eggs the next time using the thermal pot. If it's successful, I'll post it up here as a record :)

Beef & Vegetable Rice (for 4 pax)

Chicken can used to replace beef......

Preparation time: depends on your rice cooker

Ingredients:

• 300 g Minced Beef
• 2-3 stalks of Celery (chopped)
• 1 medium Carrot (chopped)
• 1 medium Onion (chopped)
• Half packet of Brown Beech Mushroom
• 2 cups of uncooked rice

Steps:

• Marinate minced beef with some light soy sauce, pepper and sesame oil (best is to marinate overnite)
• Place uncooked rice, all ingredients and 1.5 cup of water (same cup used for rice) in rice cooker and cook. (Note too much water will cause the rice to be soggy)
• That's it :)

Fishball Soup (for 4 pax)

This soup which is simple to cook if you don't have much ingredients in your fridge. See the face of my "happy customer" :)

Preparation time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

• 1 packet of Fishball
• 1 packet of soup Tofu (diced)
• 5 Fig (cut into halves)
• 1 piece of Honey Date (蜜枣)
• 3 bowls of water

Steps:

• Bring the water to boil
• Put in all the ingredients (put tofu last)
• Soup would be ready in 10 minutes :)

Salmon & Vegetable Rice (for 4 pax)

I saw this recipe in one of my recipe book (电锅百宝菜) and improvise it to make it a complete meal. My kids loved this as the rice becomes very sweet. The salt actually removes the "fishy" smell that my son hates.


(I had cooked the rice with some shredded carrots instead of celery)








Preparation time: Depends on your rice cooker

Ingredients:

• 1 Salmon fillet
• 2-3 stalks of Celery (chopped)
• 2 cups of uncooked Rice

Steps:

• Rub salmon with salt and leave it for 10 mins
• Wash the salt away and place salmon in rice cooker with uncooked rice, celery and water to cook.
• After the rice is cooked, just mix the salmon with the rice :)

Carrot Rice (for 4 pax)

I got this recipe from my colleague. The carrot makes the rice sweet and fluffy. My kids really love this. Nice colour too. (I forgot to take photo.....)

Ingredients:

• Shredded carrots
• Uncooked Rice

Steps:

• Add shredded carrots into the rice cooker with the rice and cook. Note that water for the rice should be slightly lesser than your usually amount.
• Done!

Baked drumlets

Ingredients:

• Chicken drumlets

Seasoning:

• Soy Sauce
• Vegetarian Abalone sauce
• Corn Flour
• Pepper

Steps:

• Marinate the drumplets with the seasonings. Amount of the seasoning depends on your taste buds and no. of drumlets :)
• Marinate overnight for best results.
• Oven bake it for 15 minutes. (In my case, I've used the pre-programmed function for cake baking in my microwave oven and baked for 15 minutes)

Pumpkin Rice (for 4 pax)

I liked this rice dish. I would usually added celery to the rice to make it a complete meal. A variety of taste within one dish!

(I've re-shot this dish - this time no celery as I have another vege dish cooked. Brown beech mushroom is used instead of shitake mushroom.)

Ingredients:

• 1 quarter of Pumpkin (cubed)
• 350g Chicken (diced)
• Sliced Shitake Mushroom or Halved Button Mushroom (amount depends on your liking)
• 2-3 stalks of Celery (choppped - Optional)
• Half bowl of Dried Shrimp
• 2 cups of uncooked Rice

Seasoning (optional)

• Light Soya Sauce

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in rice cooker and cook
• If you have a "stronger" tastebud, you may want to add some light soy sauce to the cooked rice.