pixiepixel,
Seems like you already got the answer
. Anyway, my veg stock is just throw in onion (uncut), a few stalks of celery (roughly cut), carrots, corn and whatever leftover veg I have. Let it boil then simmer over low heat for 1-2hrs, cool and transfer to ice cube tray to freeze. I bought those super big ice cube trays from daiso (1 tray of 6 ice cubes) which is useful for freezing stock.
The shanghai la mian can be found in the pasta/mee suah section of supermarkets. It's dry goods so I just store it like pasta. It's a small packet which consists of 2 adult portions only. Quite tasty and easy to feed cos it's flat, looks like the thinner form of ban mian.
Re: Claypot rice
Babe, seems like you also got your answer but here's my recipe for 2 adults:-
1) Cook 1 cup rice
2) Pre-marinate 6-8 chicken wings/drumlets with oyster sauce, dark soya sauce, sesame oil and pepper.
3) Cut a few shiitake mushrooms into strips or use chinese sausage if you prefer.
4) Fry ginger in pan until fragrant, add chicken and finally mushrooms. Transfer into rice cooker when chicken is about 70-80 cooked. The tricky part is to get the timing right. The ingredients have to be transfered into the rice cooker when it's "steaming" ie. no visible water and rice is about to be cooked. So you gotta know how long your rice cooker takes to cook the rice
You can also place some washed and cut xiao bai cai on top of the ingredients and let the rice cooker do the rest.