Tag: baby food

Shiitake Mushroom Stock Powder

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Shiitake mushrooms are rich and savoury in taste. It also boosts immunity and support heart health.

This is suitable for babies above 8 months old. Can be added to baby food during or after cooking. Sometimes I also use it to marinate meat!

It is even easier to make mushroom powder than ikan bilis as soaking is not necessary.

Ingredients:

1 packet of dried shiitake mushroom

Steps:

1. Wipe the mushroom with a damp kitchen towel.

2. Dry in oven for 1 hour at 120-150 deg celsius. (You can dry at lower heat at longer duration)

3. Grind the mushroom into fine powder or the consistency you want. (I used thermomix turbo mode 2 seconds x 5)

4. Store in dry airtight container in fridge or freezer. As there is no salt or preservatives, best to consume within 3 months in fridge.

Have fun!

Fish Stock for Porridge

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Baby A is losing fats as he started to be more active. Decided to make more nutritious food aka porridge (lazy mama!) for him instead of just vegetables and fruits purée.

Fish stock is the easiest to make as it does not require long hours of boiling unlike chicken stock.

Ingredients (for about 3 liters stock):

  • 1 medium carrot (peeled and chopped)
  • 1 medium onion (peeled and chopped)
  • 3 to 4 fresh parsley
  • 2 kg fish bones
  • 2-3 honey dates
  • Slices of ginger
Forgot about the ginger this time! Still turns out well.
Blanch the fish bones

Step 1: Blanch the fish bones (pour hot water over the bones, let it sit for 5-10 minutes and pour away the water).

Step 2: Bring a pot of water to boil. Add all the ingredients to the boiling water. Boil for about 45 minutes.

Step 3: Allow the stock to cool. Sieve the fish stock to remove any fine bones. Store the fish stock in tupperware containers.

Can see the rich fish oil. Once cooled, it became jelly-like.

Some recipes call for sauteing the fish bones before boiling to remove the fishy taste. I find there is little difference in the taste but lots of difference when it comes to time spent and washing the pots LOL. So I do not sauté the bones anymore.

I usually freeze using ice cube trays so that I can have defrost small portion for baby porridge. Can keep for 3 days in fridge and 3 months in freezer. However I can usually finish the stock in a week. Baby likes porridge made with fish stock as it is very fragrant! Mama is also very happy knowing that all the good collagen and nutrients are in the porridge even if I did not add any meat.

My lazy mama hack!