Papaya and mango in milk kefir

Ingredients:
diced papaya
diced mango
homemade milk kefir (i used bright's raw cow's milk)


Step: Mix all ingredients and serve accordingly.

Paleo date walnut bread

Recipe (adapted from Elanaspantry)
1/2 cup almond meal
2 Tbsp organic coconut flour
1/2 tsp natural baking soda
3 medjool dates (pitted)
3 free-range eggs
1 Tbsp organic apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup walnuts (roughly chopped)

(1) Using a food processor, pulse eggs , apple cider vinegar and dates.

(2) Remove from processor, and mix in almond meal and coconut flour. Mix well using a spatula or large spoon.

(3) Add in walnuts and mix well.

(3) Bake at 170c for 30 minutes. Cool the bread for 1 hour before slicing.


Recipe adapted from: http://elanaspantry.com/recipes/paleo-date-walnut



I have done this two more times since then, and did some changes to see how it goes -

For the second tried, i actually mix walnut with cashew nut, and reduced the dates to two. I also fully hand mix without using food processor. The texture outcome was the same. The cashew nuts gave a milder taste compared with walnut and i think walnut gave a more tasty outcome too. Other than that, it is really a good to keep recipe.

This is the third tried, and i called it almond cake instead. In fact, it looks and tastes more like cake than bread to me from the beginning -

Recipe:

1/2 cup almond meal
2 Tbsp organic coconut flour
1/2 tsp natural baking soda
2 medjool dates (pitted and cut into small pieces)
3 free-range eggs (beaten)
1 Tbsp organic apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup walnuts (roughly chopped)
1/8 cup finely diced almond

some finely diced almond for topping

(1) In a bowl, mix eggs, apple cider vinegar and dates.

(2) Mix in almond meal and coconut flour. Mix well using a spatula or large spoon.

(3) Add in walnuts, diced almond and mix well. Top with some diced almond.

(3) Bake at 170c for 30 minutes. Cool the bread for 1 hour before slicing.

Verdict: I didnt toast the nuts and i think it would be nicer and more crunchy to have the nuts toasted before baking.

Baked eggplant with butter and garlic and butternut squash porridge

Recipe:

Eggplant with garlic and butter -
6 slices eggplant (about 1 cm thick)
4 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
1 Tbsp butter

(1) Mix garlic with butter and spread on top of eggplant slices.

(2) Lay on a parchment paper with baking tray and bake at 170c for 40 minutes or till the eggplant soft and lightly brown.

Butternut squash porridge -
1/2 cup pearl rice
1 cup chopped butternut squash
sufficient water
some nutritional yeast

(1) Put rice, water and butternut squash into rice cooker and set to 'congee' mode, or cook for 1.5 hours.

(2) Once done, add dash of nutritional yeast and serve with baked eggplants.

Black bean black chicken soup

Recipe:
Few chicken parts
2/3 cup organic black bean (soak overnight)
3 slices dried huai san (chinese yam)
3 slices yu zhu (soloman's seal)
5-6 red dates (pitted)
3 dried figs
2 dried longan

Put all ingredients into a double boiler pot and set to 2.5 hours cooking mode.

Brown rice cereal

Recipe (using Philips soy milk maker):
1/2 cup organic pearl brown rice (soak for 24 hours - with mixture of filtered water and some apple cider vinegar)
12 lotus seeds (remove the bitter part)
1/8 cup organic almond nuts (soak in filtered water for 24 hours)
1/8 cup organic white sesame seed and black sesame seed

(1) Put all ingredients in soy milk maker except sesame seed.

(2) Set to multi-grain mode and let it cooks for 20-30 minutes.

(3) Once done, serve with sesame seed mixture and some banana slices.

Verdict : This is a really delicious cereal and i like that using the soy milk maker actually enable me to soak all the ingredients prior to cooking it. Before having this gadget, we actually blend the rice / brown rice and use without soaking. It didnt help to eliminate phytic acid, after which we didnt cook cereal on our own anymore. With this gadget now, we can start doing our own cereal once again !

Tomato and cheese omelette

Recipe:
2 eggs (beaten)
1/2 tomato (diced)
2 slices of 2"x2" mozarella cheese
1 cube (1cmx1cmx1cm) shredded cheddar cheese
1 tsp cream cheese
1/8 cup finely diced yellow onion

(1) Heat up some butter on a frying pan. Saute onion till fragrant.

(2) Add in tomato and stir fry shortly. Add in eggs and let it pan fry shortly.

(3) Add in cheese and when one side is slightly hard enough to be able to flip, start to wrap the egg into omelette shape. Dish out before it overcooked.



I did it again not long after and we served with organic strawberry jam. My toddler had it with some apple slices.

The only different is that i added some chopped celery and it tasted awesome !



We had tried the recipe for our dinner, where we served along stir-fried onion chicken in fermented bean sauce -

The egg however put only a little bit of cheese and it was cooked longer just to suit the meal.

Baked lemon chicken

Recipe:

For the chicken marinade -
5 pieces of chicken parts
1 tsp white pepper
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 Tbsp organic corn flour
some lemon juice

(1) Mix white pepper and cayenne pepper with lemon juice.

(2) Coat the chicken parts with the mixture accordingly. Marinate for 1 hour.

(3) To fry the chicken, coat the chicken with corn flour and pan fry till the skin crispy and lightly brown - around 10 minutes.

(3) Remove from heat and set aside.


Baked Lemon Chicken -
Pan fried chicken, recipe as above
1 Tbsp tarragon leaves
1 whole yellow onion (sliced)
1 whole lemon (juiced)
1/2 lemon peel (cut into strips)

(1) Using a porcelain casserole, arrange onion and lemon peel. Put the pan fried chicken on top and toss in tarragon leaves.

(2) Drizzle with lemon juice and bake for 50 minutes at 170c or till the chicken fully cooked and brown.