Healthy Puppy Yee Shang

Healthy bodies stem from nutritious food. Besides having less salt, oil and sugar, it's very important to load ourselves with lots of vegetables and fruits. However, due to the relatively hard texture even after being cooked, it's hard to make children take them let alone salad made of raw vegetables and fruits. 

That's why we decorated our healthy Yee Shang with the kids. They had so much fun making the dish and had a plate each. We are proud parents making them eat the rainbow! 1-0

Ingredients

1 carrot

A handful of Roman lettuce

1/5 radish, peeled and julienned

1/2 box cherry tomatoes halved

1 mango

A handful of purple cabbage

1 sliced of salmon

4 hard boiled eggs

Salt

Black sesame seeds

Pumpkin Seed Butter Honey Dressing

2 tbsp pumpkin seed butter

2 tbsp honey

2 tbsp sunflower oil

Kewpie Sesame Dressing

Basically just peel and julienne all veges.

Pan fry salmon and shred.

Slice the hard boiled eggs.

Make a green bed of lettuce.

Assemble the ingredients as shown in the picture.

Serve it with Pumpkin Seed Butter Honey Dressing and Kewpie Sesame Dressing! Read my previous post here about how to make nut butter.

Who says vegetables are boring?

Enjoy!

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Lazy Keto Chocolate Dates Nut Bread Recipe

I'm constantly experimenting baking with the least amount of sugar while still achieving great texture and the umami effect. It's definitely not easy but it's a great step to healthy eating. It is also to prove that healthy eating can be delicious. And diabetics do not have to stop eating dessert! This is a bread that I'm proud of- rich yet fluffy and airy. And I think I will try to double my yeast for my loaf from now on.

Ingredients

1 cup 4 tablespoons water

2 1/2 cups bread flour(320g)

1/2 cup wholemeal flour (62g)

1/4 cup coconut flour (32g)

44g cocoa powder

2 tablespoons brown sugar

2 1/2 tablespoon butter

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast

1/2 cup chopped dates or prunes

1/4 cup pumpkin seeds

Make sure dates or prunes are pitted and softened in water for at least 30mins.

In bread machine pan, place the first six ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer.

Select wholemeal bread setting. 

 

Choose light crust color and 500g loaf size. 

Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed and scrape down the sides).

Just before the final kneading (your machine may audibly signal this), add dates and pumpkin seeds.

Let the machine do the job!

Puppy Floss Bun

Who's a huge fan of floss just like me? I can eat them on its own. Or add them to rice porridge for extra oomph. Floss buns are also my favorites! They are very easy to make using Massimo Primo Bun Sandwich. Since my chicken floss is spicy, I made a Milo puppy bun for Bing instead.

Ingredients

2 tbsp Ready made chicken floss

1 tbsp Mayonnaise

2 tbsp Milo powder

1 tbsp condensed milk

2 Tao Kae Noi roasted seaweed strips

1 tsp Black Sesame seeds

2 Massimo Primo Bun Sandwich

4 honey stars

2 Koko Krunch

Brush 2/3 of  the top of the bun with mayonnaise. 

Only dress the buns you plan to consume on the day.

Mix floss and sesame seeds in a plate.

Gently press the bun (the side with the mayo sauce) into the floss mixture. 

Place 2 honey stars at the front as eyes. And a Koko Krunch as the tongue.

Place 2 rectangular strips of seaweed as the sides as ears.

Repeat the next bun using condensed milk and Milo powder.

Serve these cuties. Perfect for breakfast/teatime snacks with a pot of garden Honey + Butterfly Pea Flower Tea.

Baked Beans 2 Ways Recipe

Baked beans is something Mr husband grew to dislike. But I love the mushy beans in tomato sauce. So I wanted to transform them into a pan with more complex texture and flavours. I think I managed to convince him to like the dish. There are a few ways to serve this dish. Read on to find out!

Ingredients

6 pieces Figo chicken slices

2 chicken sausages cut into small pieces

100mls extra virgin olive oil

1 brown onion, sliced

4 cloves of garlic, crushed

2 tsp dried mixed Italian herbs

80mls red wine vinegar 

2 medium tomatoes diced

1 can 425g Yeo's baked beans in tomato sauce

Salt and pepper to taste

2 free range eggs, room temperature

50gms cream cheese, crumbled

2 bird's eye chilli to garnish

Serves 4

Cut chicken slices into small squares.

Caramelize garlic and onions. Set aside.

In a grill pan add chicken slices and sausage with a splash of oil. Fry over a medium heat until crisp. 

Stir in onion and half of the garlic. Add a splash more oil. Add herbs. Fry until onions are brown. 

Add vinegar, tomatoes and baked beans. 

For a non alcoholic version, add 40ml white vinegar with 40ml grape juice instead.

Simmer to thicken for 6 minutes. Season.

Make small holes in the bean mixture using a mould. 

Gently crack in an egg, top with cream cheese.

Simmer until eggs are slightly set but still runny.

There are two ways to serve this delicious baked beans:

1. 

4  Massimo Primo Bread Rolls to dip in the sauce with or without  butter

2.

Pacific West Fish & Chips (2 Servings)

Air fry frozen fish& chips at 200C for 7 mins.

Remove chips.

Flip over and air fry the fish only for 4 mins until golden and crispy.

They are very appetizing indeed. Yums!

Healthy Air Fried Popiah with Kewpie Mayonnaise Dip Recipe

I have a thing for Popiah aka spring rolls. Popiah Sira and deep fried Popiah are My favorites. But deep frying and the sweet chilli sauce actually contains a lot of hidden calories and sugar. So we have made an air fried version which is equally crispy. Dipped in Kewpie mayonnaise which is so eggylicious. Kewpie Mayonnaise aka Japanese Mayonnaise is only made of egg yolks instead of whole eggs in conventional mayo. It doesn't contain artificial colouring, flavouring, high fructose corn syrup or preservatives. So it's much healthier but taste even better than many of its counterparts.

INGREDIENTS

1 small jicama (about 1 lb/450g)

1 large carrot

8 oz pork or chicken breasts (225g) + 1 tbsp soy sauce + ¼ tsp ground pepper + 1tbsp sesame oil+ 2tbsp corn starch+ 2tbsp dried shrimps

2 tbsp vegetable oil

1 onion (peeled and thinly sliced)

1 tsp salt

¼ tsp ground pepper

1 packet spring roll wrappers (25 pieces)

Kewpie Mayonnaise sauce for serving

Peel jicama and grate into fine strips using food processor. Do the same for carrots.

Next grind meat and dried shrimps using the food processor. 

Combine ground meat, soy sauce, sesame oil and  ground pepper in a bowl. Mix well.

In a wok or large pan, heat vegetable oil. Add seasoned ground pork. Cook for 3 minutes. Add onion. Cook for another 2 minutes.

Add grated jicama and carrots. Stir and mix.

Add salt and pepper and continue to cook for about 5 minutes. 

Place a sheet of spring roll wrapper on a clean work surface.

Place 2 tbsp of filling on the wrapper.

Fold the pointed end over the filling.

Then fold in both the right and left sides of the wrapper.

Moisten the remaining edges of the wrapper with a little water. Roll and seal.

Layer the air fryer pan with 2 tbsp of vegetable oil.

Drizzle 1 tbsp of oil on top of the popiah.

Air Fry at 200C for 8mins. Flip and air fry for 2 more mins until golden brown.

Serves warm with Kewpie Mayonnaise!

Salted egg yolk custard bun recipe

We are huge fans of salted eggs, especially custard lava buns. The crazily rich lava leaves a lasting aftertaste. They are actually quite easy to make. Salted eggs are just preserved duck eggs packed in salted charcoal paste. You would think that salted egg can be quite unhealthy. Interestingly, with the exclusion of the high salt content, salted eggs are actually more nutritionally dense than fresh duck eggs. This is the research paper looking at the nutritional value of salted eggs.

Instead of baking our own buns, we are going to use Massimo Primo Bun Sandwich for a quick fix!

Ingredients
6 salted egg yolks
50g caster sugar
50g custard powder
55g full cream milk powder
60g fresh milk
15g corn starch
110g butter, room temperature
6 Massimo Primo Bun Sandwich

For 6 buns

Wash the dirt off salted eggs. Until it reveals the white egg shells.

Crack the eggs. Strain the egg white and keep refrigerated for other uses.

Steam the egg yolks for 8-10 minutes or until cooked. Mash them up.

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter slightly and mix in the ingredients.

Freeze the mixture until solid for at least 4 hours.

They can still be cut lengthwise into 6 strips.

Place slices of the frozen custard in the middle of the buns.

Add enough water to a pot, about 1 inch in depth. Cover the pot and bring to boil.

If a flat lid is used to cover the steamer, wrap the lid in a kitchen towel to prevent condensed steam from dripping on the buns.

Cover and steam on medium-high heat for 2 to 3 minutes.

Enjoy while warm!

You can have them on their own as teatime or pair them with other dimsums.