Roti John

I made Roti John today... hahaha... for those who are interested here are the ingredients n steps.

Ingredients

100 grams minced beef / chicken / mutton
1/4 teaspoon meat curry powder
3 eggs (depending on how many u making)
1/2 onion (finely minced)
1/4 Teaspoon salt
Pepper for taste

1. Beat eggs
2. Mix beef, curry powder, onions, salt n pepper. Mix well
3. Coat bread generously with ingredients
4. Heat pan with oil n fry till slightly golden brown or when cooked

Hb says its Oishii ne!!!!

Off the Sarong

Yes, I've successfully weaned meia off the sarong, infact she hasn't been sleeping in it for sometime already, since she was 9mths, I've let her sleep on the bed on and off. Recently, I decided to take her off the sarong completely. Glad to say she sleeps longer on the bed than in the sarong... strange...

So the sarong is now in cold storage... I don't think I'll let no.2 sleep in the sarong, that is if I ever have no. 2...

Juz to share some eerie moments I had

Okie, this being the 7th month (The Ghost Festival), thought I share two pretty hair standing moments I experienced as a teen... hope no one is reading this blog at night... here goes... gosh writing this makes my hair stand....

Story 1

Nope, this did not happen during the 7th month, it happened in the month of November, after the birth of my cousin, (she's now 20) and I followed my grandma to my uncle's house to stay as she had to do confinement for my aunt. It was a Saturday night, and everyone including the baby was OUT... think supermarket shopping... I was only in Secondary 2 then, n had chosen to stay home with the TV instead. The house was basically spilt into three levels, the living being on the second floor n the kitchen on the third. When u are sitting on the floor watching the TV, u can have a good view of the kitchen by simply just turning ur head to the left. It was about 7-8pm and I remembered it was a pretty dark night. Suddenly, I felt a presence and I turned my head to the left. Mind you, the lights weren't on, the only light emitting was from the TV, but it was so clear!!! I saw a black figure sitting on the window sill!!!!!!!! it was eyeing me, and we sort of locked eyes for a good 2 seconds before the figure decided to fly off!!! (gosh my hair's standing now)... I nearly peed in my pants!!! I froze!!! I was rooted to the ground... too scared to even scream nor make a simple noise... after 5 mins, I finally mustered enough courage and I turned on ALL the lights in the house. I ran to the sofa n hugged the cushions tightly!!! Fortunately, my family members came back after 15 mins. I didn't breathe a word to anyone... didn't wanna scare them.

Story 2

This happened outside my uncle's house (same uncle, this time was the birth of my other cousin, whose 13 this yr). I was 18 then and I just had a night out with my gfs. I reached my destination n had to cross a small lane to get inside my uncle's place... from where I was standing, I could see a lady sitting on the stone slab just beside the condo's name... it was abt 11pm. I was thinking to myself why was there a lady seated outside so late... was she waiting for someone? maybe I'll go ask her, and if she needed help. The lady was in white. As I was approaching her, the hairs on my nape n my hands stood on ends!!! A little voice told me to juz ignore n walk past her. It was really cold n eerie!!! As I was about to turn into my uncle's place, I caught sight of the lady, she had no face!!!!! It was blurry, gosh, I was running as fast as my legs could carry me, rang the doorbell furiously!!! Grandma asked what happened, but I told her to only ask me the next morning.

Mama at 10 months 4 weeks

She's finally calling me!!!!!! Ooooo sounds heavenly, music to my ears.

What's in the Slow cooker today?

May sound weird to some, but it taste really good... Ready? Mango n pork porridge... wanted to use chicken initially, but I've forgotten to take the chicken thigh out from the freezer.

Mango n Pork Porridge

1/4 of Pakistann Mango (cubed) (very sweet n juicy)
4 slices of pork

dump all in n cook as usual.

Happy 11 Months Baby

Happy 11 Months little Meia!!! some pix to share... finally...

Pure Bliss

Was deciding this afternoon whether to bring Meia to Orchard as I needed to get a sandwich maker n a blender from Taka. Then again, the toy fair is on, a being a Friday, I think its gonna be crowded, so I decided to bring her to... Good old faithful Junction 8!!!

The food fair's still on, wanted to get some ice-cream, but there was a pretty long queue n I decided to go up for Haagen Dazs. So we went and I sat there sharing Summer Berries with Meia. It was pure bliss, the seat was pretty comfy, and I took Meia out from her pram n she sprawled out beside me... haha she thinks its her home... finished ice-cream n I fed her milk. It was nice, weather was hot n the aircon was welcoming!

After that we shopped abit n Meia was very good, she sat in her pram without making noise and I managed to shop peacefully. We were in J8 for a good 2.5hrs!!! Wow, good way to kill time.

Meia slept shortly after we got home....

What's in the slow cooker today?

Added red beans to Meia's porridge today, and glad to announce that my gal loves it!!! I'm really into fruity porridge haha... last week I added peaches n now its beans!!!

Today its Pork n apple red bean porridge.

I used abt 20 red beans to 1/2 cup porridge (M eats Japanese rice), half an apple n shoulder butt pork. Its pretty simple, just throw everything inside the slow cooker n cook for 3hrs.

Gals, u should give this a try, the beans make the porridge so fragrant.

Macaroni with mash potato n carrot in chicken broth

I made the above for meia's lunch. Here are the steps :

Ingredients for broth

1 chix drumstick
1/2 potato (cubed)
1/4 carrot (cubed)
1 small piece of corn
1-1.5 bowls of water (depending on how big ur slow cooker or pot is)

cook broth for 3hrs. Everything will be soft.

I cooked 1 cup of macaroni till soft. After the broth is ready, peel chix, mash potato n carrot, add broth, then add the macaroni.

Meia hates her bath time

Don't know when she started hating her bath time... she'll bawl everytime when I let her pee before bath, and when I put her in the tub. Just an hour ago, she was bawling BIG TIME!!! a good 15 mins worth of tears n mucus rolling down her face. She bawled n bawled till she wanted to puke... and when she's in the mood for bawling, there's no stopping her.

I was quite mad at her, but decided to let her cool down. I had initially wanted to walk out of the room n leave her there, but then upon seeing her sad face, I changed my mind... so what did I do? I carried her, yes, my heart melted... ok, I've always been a softie, and this is my baby, and her sad face n tears are really eating me.

Carried her n placed her on my bed, n she finally stopped all her wailing...

While having my dinner earlier, Meia crawled towards the kitchen n caught sight of me, n her face lighted up like a megawatt!!! My gal is special to me n she's my live size toy!!!

After seeing her smiling face, it made every difficult moment melt away.... awwwwwww

Stuff in my head after Meia's arrival

The first thing is 'What to cook tomorrow?' 'What ingredient complements certain food?' "How to get Meia to finish her food?' Like fellow blogger http://mumsgather.blogspot.com/ all I ever think about now is what to cook? I believe all SAHMs know what I'm going through.

Last nite after Meia slept, I was left staring at the ceiling, thinking of what to cook, even though I had the porky n pear thingy in mind already. Then when Meia woke up at 6am this morning for her milk, I was left staring at the ceiling again, thinking of what to cook for her tomorrow. I started to run thru what's in the freezer n the fridge... what to do with the shitake mushrooms n the corn.... hmmm I think I've an idea of what to cook for her tomorrow. But I muz get a blender first... no way am I using my mother in law's dirty blender...

What's in the slow cooker today?

Yes, fruit again, I love cooking with fruits. For meia's lunch today, I cooked pork n sugar pear. I'm glad to note that meia loves it. And after tasting it, I think the pears tasted nicer than the apples....

Shopping with Irene n Wei Fun

Wow we had such a fun day!!! It was Irene n Wei Fun's first maiden trip to orchard alone with their gals. I had previously taken Meia out solo on few trips already, but this was my first time taking her out in a pram, as I've always relied on my faithful MIM sarong sling (n today wasn't an exception too, yes she fussed n bawled).

Meia was pretty well behaved in the train, I had to bribe her with biscuits to keep her busy. Fortunately the ride from Bishan to Orchard wasn't a long one. As soon as we reached Ngee Ann City, I bought a strawberry sundae n shared it with Meia. Irene arrived shortly with Ashlyn n Wei Fun came shortly after.

We shopped round Takashimaya, n let the gals play with toys then proceeded to Paragon. We stopped by ELC (Early Learning Centre) and 3 of us threw our gals into the playmat n they had great fun playing with each other. Stopped by Fox, n both Irene n myself bought clothes for our gals. Later it was on to kiddy rides!!! (waiting for Irene to email me).

It was a fun filled day for all of us, n I believed the little ones had fun too!

Oh, it was also a balloony day for Meia, I asked for a balloon at breadtalk. Then a balloon at ELC... later while at J8 I took another 2 balloons at breadtalk!!!

My house is now filled with 5 Big balloons!!!

Gotta go, Meia is bawling big time!

Gals, we should do it again soon!

More Recipes

Keep checking my blog for more recipes... I might even start a new blog especially on this... so now its juz here...

Meia's Menu

As I've mentioned, I'm running out of ideas... what's cooking in the slow cooker now? Pork n apple porridge. I used half a washington red apple (cos they're known to be sweet) and 4 pieces of pork shoulder butt (this part of the piggy is very soft n fragrant too). After I"ve cut up the apple n the pork, I threw inside the slow cooker together with the rice.

Hope the fussy eater likes it. Yesterday she wolfed down her beef n carrot porridge much to my surprise n it was a pretty huge serving... well, I think she's hungry that's y, not because the porridge is yummy.

More pearlies coming

Yes!!! finally more pearlies are popping... her upper right has one lateral incisor n left a lateral incisor n a cuspid... no wonder she has been pooing more recently... so very soon, little Meia will have 7 teeth!!! Wow, I can't wait to change her menu. haha.

Macaroni n Cheese

Running out of ideas on what to feed m, so I gave her macaroni n cheese, m wolfed it down!!!