Mommy had to cook for little Adri today cos helper had left. Why? Will answer that in my next entry.
The simple meal of fish + carrot + scallop + white rice porridge (instead of her usual brown rice porridge) took me reeeaaal long, something like an hour?! *Faint* The race with time and baby's rumbling tummy was no joke!
Firstly, I could not find my grinder! Spent some 15 mintues looking for that. Thought Helper was using it daily as i had instructed her to grind Baby's brown rice to bits daily. Didn't expect that to be chucked aside, right at one hidden corner of the cabinet. =(
Secondly, Mummy took rather long to prepare the fish. Adri had cod fish today cos her usual "ngoh" fish was sold out. It has been months since i last cooked for Adri as Help and Mum had always been the ones preparing my little darling's meals. I had to take great care in removing those tiny bones from the fillet...
Thirdly, unsuccessful grinding. Put the diced ingredients into the grinding but spotted chunky remnants after the process! It was then that i knew why the grinder was chucked aside. =/
Fourthly, the seemingly long boiling process. Cooked over stove. Took quite some minutes cos the chunky carrots remained hard.
Finally, The blending. Put everything into the blender and that helped to bring about the consistency i desire.
Thankfully, Adri loved the porridge. It turned out naturally sweet. That made all the turmoil worthwhile. =)
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2 comments:
hmm... I haven been grinding my ingredients u know? I will jz put rice, water and diced carrots into a small bowl with cover, then put into pot with water, 'steam' cook the thing for abt 45min, then open, add thinly sliced fish, cover, and boil for another 5min. keep it there for abt 10min, then put porridge into baby's bowl, mash up the fish n porridge, can serve alr...
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Think Adri's not quite ready to take food that is too thick/coarse in consistency. My MIL tried to just smash the porridge she cooked yesterday, she kinda coughed and "choked". Guess every baby's pace is different.
Also read that we may be forcing the little one's digestive system to work too hard if food is too coarse. If i am not wrong, mashed porridge is for 9 months and beyond but guess every kid is different. =)
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