Chicken and Sweet Corn Soup

Last week I cooked chicken and sweet corn soup with pasta for Aston for his lunch.  Not to be boastful but it was so tasty! I would say I was about 90% closed to restaurant standard.  The only thing that was missing was the cornstarch to thicken the soup which I omit since my intention was to cook it for Aston.  I was so surprised how easy it was to make it.  Initially, I thought of just a simple chicken soup because Aston was down with flu and I used the sweet corn just to make it more "sweet".  I didn't expect it to taste so similar to those I had in chinese restaurants.

Anyway, below is my own version of Chicken and Sweet Corn Soup:

Ingredients:
2 pieces of skinless chicken breast cut into cubes
1/2 cup of frozen sweet corn
500ml water (estimate because I never measure)
1 Egg
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste ( No pepper for Aston)

Cooking Instructions:
Cooked in Slow Cooker
1. Put in slow cooker the chicken breast, sweet corn and water
2. Cooked for 4 hours under "Auto" function
3. Transfer to normal pot to continue cooking using stove

Cooked using Gas Stove
1. Bring the soup to a boil
2. Break the egg into a bowl (no whisking is required)
3. Pour the egg into the soup as slow as possible while stirring the soup.  This will create a "egg flower" effect in the soup.
4. Salt and pepper to taste
5. Serve while hot.

I put some shell pasta into the soup for Aston and he loved it.  Unfortunately, I did not manage to take any photos because it never came across my mind until I finished it.

 

Feeding Too Much Healthy Food?

As I mentioned in my previous post, doctor mentioned that I have to cut back on feeding Aston vitamin A because Aston is turning yellow.  Eeek! Immediately, my mind was like Oh Gosh... no more butternut pumpkin and sweet potato...what else is there to feed?

Immediately when I had the time I quickly did my research on what food that I should avoid and oh my practically my whole week's menu!  Below is a list of food that is high in Vitamin A that I usually feed Aston (not in any particular order)

1. Carrots
2. Spinach
3. Rockmelon
4. Papaya
5. Sweet potato
6. Butternut squash / pumpkin
7. Broccoli
8. Salmon

So now I have to re-think my weekly menu for Aston.  I really have no idea what to cook for him because he definitely do not fancy porridge anymore but food that has slightly more texture he doesn't like it either.  Ever since last week, I've been feeding him just rice/pasta/noodle with soup and occasionally add in steam vegie which I find the diet is not balance at all!        

The Sick Bug Is In The House........

Aston and I have been sick for a week now.  I started of by having sore throat follow by cough while Aston have flu and swollen tonsils.  I would say I am 98% recovered while Aston doesn't seem to make any improvement.  Well, also because I was on antibiotics and cough medicine while Aston was left to defend for himself.

When we went to the doctor's last week the moment the doctor look at Aston, he told me I have to cut down on feeding him Vitamin A.  Aston is a bit yellow.  He was showing me the nose and the cheeks but I just couldn't  see it.  Anyway, immediately I knew I've been feeding him too much yellow vegetables.  The butternut squash and the sweet potato.... There goes my staple vegetables for Aston!

The doctor also mentioned that Aston's throat is a bit sensitive just like his daddy.  At his age, his tonsils shouldn't be swollen.  Doctor advised no french fries ( No problem we have not introduce to him), no chocolate (Also not a problem because mummy is not a fan of chocolate) basically no fried food and when I mentioned Durian it was a big NO NO.  All this will have to wait till he is much older.  There goes yeh yeh's dream of feeding Aston durians at such young age.  Yeah....yeh yeh have this thinking that if he trains Aston early eating durian, he will love it when he is older and then Aston can accompany yeh yeh eat durian.  I obviously do not understand the logic behind this because no 1 durian is a fruit that either you like it or not.  I mean my whole family can indulge in durian but not my brother.  How do we explain that? No 2 yeh yeh is diabetic.  He himself mention that he cannot have durian.  Basically, he will only eat one seed in the morning.  That's all.  So I do not see the significant whether Aston MUST eat durian or not.

Aston's flu is viral so there's no point having antibiotics.  Doctor did prescribed flu medication and also fever medication for standby only.  Well, mummy couldn't take it any longer because it has been a week and Aston's flu doesn't seem to be going anywhere so today I decided to give him his flu medication.  Hopefully, recovery is on the way because looking at Aston couldn't breath properly especially when he wants to sleep just breaks my heart.

Surprise! Surprise!

My little baby gave me two surprises today.  Remember how I was mentioning that Aston is super clingy recently, this morning as usual I was expecting the 'waaaaaahhhh!' the moment I want to walk downstairs to wash the bottles and what not.  It did started a little but again I reassured him and told him that I am just going downstairs to wash and bring some bread up for both of us to eat.  Then, he happily walk to his toys and started playing! I was like wow!

Then, right after his dinner and bath about 7.15pm he was a bit cranky.  Initially, I thought he wanted a hug so I hugged him but that was not sufficient.  Then........*denotes actions*

Mummy: What do you want Aston?
Aston: *Walk to his room*
Mummy: *Followed him into his room from behind*
Aston: * He turned back towards the door and tried to close the door which was latched to the wall*
Mummy: *Helped him to close the door*
Aston: *Saw mummy closed the door and walk to mummy's bed*
Aston: *Climbed up the bed and stand next to his own bed making noises*
Mummy:*Hands him his beanbag and pacifier*
Aston: *Put his pacifier in his mouth and hold on to his beanbag and lie down on the bed*
Mummy: *Lie down quietly beside Aston*

10minutes later.....
Aston:ZZZZzzzZZZzzZZ
Mummy: *Changed him into his pyjamas*
Mummy: *Carry him back into his cot and still couldn't believe Aston went to bed all by himself*

I'm so proud of my little baby! This is the first time that he went to bed all by himself.  Usually, we will go through a routine of giving him a nice rub with warm towel, change him to his pyjamas, milk then he will twist and turn in his crib before falling asleep and usually he will take at least 30minutes in his crib before falling asleep.

I still can't believe it!

A Romantic Night to Remember......

Last Friday, mummy got stood up by one of my girlfriends for dinner at the very last minute.  Yes! Let me reiterate it was one of my GIRLFRIENDS (you know who you are!) and it was VERY LAST MINUTE.  It was so LAST MINUTE till any minute later I received the call I would be out of the house! So, my GIRLFRIEND you OWE me a cup of hot Chai Latte and a slice of cake somewhere with COOL weather preferably.

Anyway, so since my dinner and gossip plans went out the window, I came crawling back to daddy to be my partner for the night.  I mean it is Friday night afterall and Aston was well taken care off by grandmama!  Well, to prove my love to daddy that he's not my standby partner, I made all the plans and I decided to try out one of the "Chef Creations by UOB".  We were contemplating either to have it in Daily Grind in Bangsar Village or Prego in Westin.  Mind you all the set menu is only RM168++ per COUPLE.  I must admit, I do like finest things in life and this include food so in my heart I was rooting for Prego.  I asked daddy does he prefer Burger or 450g of Angus Beef and I actually answered on behalf of daddy and said Angus Beef and straight away I called up to make reservations.  Luck was by my side, and we manage to get a reservation in Prego and to top it off we were expecting really bad traffic to town but surprise surprise we were there in 30minutes! Phew, otherwise the Angus beef is going to be a buffalo because daddy will be so mad.

So, we were all smiles all the way to town, dropped off the car at the valet and walked into Prego and I totally forgotten to take any photos from there on.  So, I can only describe what happen next unfortunately.

We were taken to our table with special "Chef Creations" menu on our table.  We ordered a bottle of stilled water and a loaf of bread was served with tomato salsa.  The bread was so good that the both of us could have just finish the whole loaf but we stopped half way.  We ordered our food and this is what we had:-

Barbequed Quail, Fig Vinegar, Grapes, Pecorino Pepato and Thyme

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Chargrilled Yellowfin Tuna, Borlotti Beans, Salsa Verde (Mummy)

450g Angus Grain-Fed T Bone Steak, Ortiz Anchovy Butter (Daddy)

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White Chocolate Panna Cotta, Coffee Caramel, Coffee Praline

Daddy loved the steak so much that he completely ignored the Ortiz Anchovy Butter because he said the butter overpower the beef.  The beef was really juicy and tender and it was cooked to perfection.  As for mummy, the fish was not too bad too with very tasty beans.  However, I must say the texture of the fish does resembles a little bit like chicken so it's really filling.  I couldn't finish my portion.  As for dessert, I loved the Panna Cotta but I couldn't finish it not because it's not good but I'm just too full and we wanted to have coffee to end the night.  Daddy said the coffee praline was really good too.  It leaves our mouth a nice coffee aroma hence we ended up having tea instead of coffee.  We ordered a pot of lychee rose tea to share. I remembered the last time I had lychee tea was when I was studying high school in Perth! Such sweet memory.  We thoroughly enjoyed the evening.

I complete my night by watching episodes after episodes of One Tree Hill Season 9.  Yeah...can never get enough of teen series.  Gossip girls are Next!