The traditional beef stew uses flour to thicken the sauce of the stew but using D’Palate chicken powder will thicken the stew without adding additional carbs, but add on more protein into the sauce which is ideal for Keto diets too. Plus, no guilt eating without the carbs. I used to make this with minced meat, finely chopped the vegetables and omit the red wine when my children were still toddlers.
This is a sweet and savory chicken macaroni that requires so little effort. I made this during the last 10-minute before I had to run out of the house to pick the kids. The evaporated milk makes the soup so creamy and savory, the kids couldn't resist having the 2nd bowl. This dish can also be cooked in a thermal pot or on stove top. Add more water if you are cooking this dish on stove-top to prevent the soup from drying out.
Making the sauce from scratch means that I know what ingredients are doing into the dish and I can control the amount of salt being added into the children's food. I drizzle sauce over baby pasta and it’s good even when I have to bring it out for his meals. I just place the sauce and pasta in separate thermos flask and mix them together for his meals when we are outside.
ABC Soup are ingredients that most kitchens will stock up on, carrots, potatoes and onions. It's easy on the palette and Singaporean kids grew up on this soup. I've been cooking this soup for my kids since they were toddlers and until now. Remember to dice the vegetables into smaller pieces for younger kids so that it is easier for them to eat.
No frills dish that my kids love to bits. On days when I'm short of time, this is my go-to dish as it's easy to prepare and I don't even have to marinade the chicken before cooking. Skip the marinating part if you are pressed for time and just put all the ingredients(except the eggs) into a thermal pot and you can leave the house for errands. Perfect dish for working moms!
I cook this in the steamer tray in my rice cooker so that it cooks with the rice at the same time. It saves me the hassle of having to take out another pot to steam and wash. I remember fondly of the Chinese wax sausage as a nostalgia food that my grandfather used to cook for us a lot when we were kids as it can be kept in the freezer for months and defrosted really quickly.
Braised pork belly requires minimal ingredient and the sauce is so flavorful from using potatoes as a natural thickening agent instead of cornflour. This dish can also be cooked in a slow cooker and braised slowly as you go out for errands to return home to a warm pot of tasty pork belly.
Old cucumber soup is nourishing and very sweet after hours of simmering. The dried cuttlefish makes the soup flavorful enough to skip the salt for a more healthy soup for the family.
Petai AKA Bittter beans, is a small bean that contains big benefits. Simmering the petai for 10mins ensures that the petai is cooked but the taste do not get mixed into the dish. Even my kids love this dish though they do not eat the beans.
Sweet and savory curry dish that is always a big hit with the kids. Diced the vegetables according to age(finely diced for younger children, cut into sections for older children). My son is a picky eater and he would pick out the vegetables but I always diced the vegetables into smaller cubes that I can mash up before he can pick it out from his plate.
