casscl,
I'll PM u my address again. In case you didn't get it, my block is 528, just beside Greenridge shopping centre.
finger and feet painting
Can someone bring the non-toxic paint for our babies?
recipe
Which recipe you want me to share? The pasta recipe or the chicken butternuet squash recipe?
Baby shepard's pie
Its really simple.. it goes like this :
Ingredients:
1 med USA potato
1 portion minced beef or pork
1/8 med yellow onion (chopped finely)
1 small knob unsalted butter (I use Lurpak)
grated cheddar/parmesan cheese to taste (optional)
milk or water
Method:
Wash and skin the potato. Cook the potato until soft either by boiling it in water or cook on high in a microwave oven for about 1-2min (depending on your microwave power)in a bowl containing a small amount of water, covered.
Mash the potato, adding milk or water as you mash to achieve a nice, smooth consistency. If you want the mash potato soft and fluffy, add more milk/water. For a stifer consistency, add less milk/water. (Try not to add too much else the mash potato becomes watery and you will not be able to shape it)
In a mini saucepan, melt the butter under low/med heat. Sautee the onion until fragrant, soft and throughly cooked (it should look throughly transparent and babies don't like half cooked onions).
Stir in the minced beef/pork and sautee until the meat is just cooked (try not to overcook the beef or the texture will be hard and tough). Add in the mashed potato and mix throughly.
Add in the grated cheese. Remove from heat and stir to distribute the heat and melt the cheese.
When the cheese has melted, shape the mashed potato and meat mixture in baby's plate. You can use an ice-cream scoop to make nice round balls, or use your imagination and make some interesting figures. For me, how her food looks doesn't really bother her so I just make a little mountain with it to amuse myself. Maybe one of these days when she's older, I'll stick 2 florets of boiled broccoli at the sides for ears and 1 small stick of boiled baby carrot for mouth and draw a nice long smile on the potato to make a smiley clown for her.
For older kids, you can transfer the mashed potato and minced meat into a greased pyrex cup, shape the top into a nice round mount and bake in the oven at 160deg (moderate heat) for 10-15min, or until the top is alittle browned and crispy.
