Plain Fried Egg

Ta da ... 5 years old also can make this. My children all time favourite!

Ingredient

Eggs, as many as you wish ... LOL
Salt to taste 
* You can omit salt if you do not want your child to have salt intake. But I think a little bit is no harm at all and the egg won't taste too dull with some salt.

Oil for frying (I used olive oil)

Method

1) Beat eggs and salt together thorougly.
2) Pour egg mixture into heated pan, then just pan fry it. Do not pour all in at one go. 

Honey Garlic Chicken

Whipped this up randomly on the fly because I don't know what to cook today. Not bad for a random dish ...

Think it would taste good too with some sliced ginger

Ingredient

300gm chicken breast, sliced or cubed
6 cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon shaoxing wine
1 teaspoon white vinegar (any type of vinegar, apple cider or rice)
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon corn flour
Oil for cooking

Method

1) Heat oil in pan. Fry garlic in low heat until slightly golden. Careful not to over fry as it will turn bitter.

2) Dish out the garlic and set aside. Leave some of the garlic infused oil in pan.

3) Add chicken into pan and stir-fry for 2 minutes.

4) Then add in water, honey, soy sauce, shaoxing wine, vinegar and sesame oil. Mix well in pan.

5) Let the sauce simmer for 2-3 minutes. Then add in corn flour and stir well to thicken the sauce.

6) Dish out and garnish with fried garlic. 

Mini Sausage Bun

又来啦 ... made with bread flour this time and texture is better than with plain flour. All finished by the kids during teatime. 

Can be done in about an hour, including the proofing time

My nth batch of sausage bun =)

Ingredient 

Makes 10 small buns

125gm bread flour (plain flour also can)
13gm cake flour
8gm instant dry yeast
8gm milk powder
20gm caster sugar
1/4 tsp salt
50ml warm water (microwave High for 10 seconds)
40ml warm milk (microwave High for 10 seconds)
20gm butter, softened at room temperature
Whisked egg & some milk, for egg wash

Method

1) In mixer bowl, combine water, milk, yeast and sugar and allow it to rest for 15 minutes. It will become frothy on top and watery below the froth.

2) Using dough hook, mix in the bread flour, cake flour, milk powder, and salt to the rested yeast mixture. Knead until ingredients are incorporated. About 3 minutes.

3) Add in butter, continue to knead until dough is soft and smooth. About 10 minutes. The dough will still be a little sticky.

4) Oil hands and divide dough equally to 10 balls. Flatten the dough ball and wrap the sausage.

5) Place the dough with wrapped sausage on baking pan. Let it rest for 10 minutes.

6) Glaze with egg wash.

7) Bake in preheated oven at 160 degree C for 15-20 minutes. I put a layer of aluminium foil between the oven and the top of the buns so that it doesn't burn too quickly before the bun is done baking. My oven always act up on me and it has very uneven temperature ... LOL

I find the fast method used too much yeast for my liking. So I have combined another recipe so that I could make a more buttery bun with the least time required.

Adapted from:

Butter Bun - Used the ingredients here

40min Bread Roll - Used the method here

Macaroni

When I am too lazy or too busy to cook, this will be served. Cook pasta in boiling water, add the pasta sauce and voila dinner is ready. Sometimes I would add some steamed sausages and french bean just to make it not so plain.

I don't really like it because the pasta sauce is store-bought. All store-bought would have some amount of preservative. But girls love this dish, even when it is just plain macaroni and the sauce. Guess all kids love "fast food" ... 

Sometimes I fold in shredded cheese just before I dish out to serve.

Ingredient

200g Elbow macaroni (or any amount you want to make on the day)

2 sausages, cut into small pieces

Some french beans, washed and also cut into small pieces

Store bought pasta sauce

1 tablespoon brown sugar

Method

1) Boil a pot of water till bubbling. Then add generous amount of salt into water.

2) Add in macaroni and cook according to the packet timing instruction. 

3) While macaroni is cooking, steam or stir-fry the cut sausages and french beans.

4) When macaroni is cooked, drained. Then add in sausages and french beans.

5) Add in pasta sauce & sugar. Sauce amount according to your liking. My kids like it slightly less sauce.

6) Dish out and serve.