Showing posts with label Natural Remedies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Natural Remedies. Show all posts

Thursday, 3 July 2014

Stir fried crocodile meat with black fungus

Little Si en's been down with croup for 2weeks, it's time to 补 her lungs.

Crocodile meat and black fungus has been well known to be good for the lungs, so this round instead of boiling crocodile meat soup. 
Presenting my new creation........ 

Ingredients: 
- one packet of crocodile flank meat about 250grams
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1knob of ginger sliced
- 2/3 stalks of spring onion- cut into  long strips. Separate the white and green parts
- 4 cloves of garlic, minced
- half a carrot, cut into strips 
- a handful of black fungus about 5-6, soak to soften and slice into strips 
- 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
- sesame oil 

Marinade for crocodile meat:
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp sugar
- a dash of white pepper
- 1 tablespoon of shao xing wine
- 1 tsp of light soya sauce
- 2 tsp of cornflour
- 1 tsp of light soya sauce

Method: 
1- mix the crocodile meat and baking soda. Leave for 15 mins to tenderize meat and rinse clean. Leave it to drip dry. 
2- mix the marinade together with the meat for another 15mins.
3- heat up the wok, add oil, and add the ginger, garlic and white part of the spring onion. Stir fry till aromatic.
4- add carrots and black fungus, stir fry till it's half cooked.
5- add the crocodile meat and continue to stir fry till the meat is cooked
6- add the remaining spring onion and season with oyster sauce.
7- drizzle sesame oil before dishing up.

Monday, 20 January 2014

Si En's Weaning Diary: Beetroot Puree

Beetroot! It's another vegetable that I've never eaten all of my life but discovered it during Si en's weaning journey.

I was so happy to stumble upon it as it would have made the rainbow diet so much easier. 
If you havent heard of it before, rainbow diet means choosing fruits and vegetables of every color in the rainbow.

Eating the full rainbow of foods regularly helps give your body the nutrients it needs. In addition to fiber, vitamins and minerals, naturally colored foods contain what are known as phytochemicals. These powerful nutrients are the disease-fighting substances that also give fruits and vegetables their array of colors.
Research has shown that eating a variety of these nutrients can work together to:
  • Strengthen your immune system
  • Lower your risk for certain cancers
  • Help ward off type 2 diabetes
  • Reduce high blood pressure
  • Prevent some eye diseases
  • Maintain urinary tract health
  • Maintain heart health
  • Improve memory
  • Help build strong bones and teeth
Another thing that I stumbled upon is that beetroot has high soluble fibre content, making it the most ideal natural laxative.  So if your child has constipation problems while adjusting to semi solid food or bad digestion days you'll know what natural remedies you could take.

How to cook:
- Skin the beetroot
- Dice into small cubes and steam for 15mins
- Remove the water and blend/mash it into puree.
- If you would like to freeze it, wait for it to cool down before spooning it into the ice cube trays to freeze.  Try to finish the frozen food by a week if possible.

Sidenote:  Please do not be alarmed to see your baby's poo red colour the next day though.