Food that TnT like... and those they don't

We've not had a maid for more than 10 months now. Wasn't easy to adjust at the beginning after being served by maids since Toby was 7 months old.

Foodwise, we ate out during lunch, whether in school or at the various coffeeshops and dinner was tingkat. This arrangement was an immediate solution but I wasn't comfortable with it. When mum went on a holiday and then us, I terminated the dinner tingkat in December. And.... decided to start cooking with lots of help from friends over msn or SMS. Oh, the wonders of technology... thank you, God!

This is a list of what we tried... I'll try to add the links / references when/where possible. Incidentally, I'm doing this while a pizza is baking in the oven. Never thought I'd bake a pizza so, if I can, so can you :-) I also thank God that through this, TnT have more exposure to cooking and are willing to prepare their own meals... to some extent :-)

There are no pictures ... yet....

Have fun!

What TnT like
* Pizza (base from kid craft central and topping varies). Today's the time I've tried to bake a pizza. First one had too little tomato paste (Toby) and the broccoli was too big (Toby). This one has more tomato paste and the broccoli's much smaller. Added chicken for protein both times. I doubled the base recipe so it fits my rectangular pan of 11" x 9". It's a chewy crust which I didn't spread too thinly. Both times I baked for up to 10 mins before putting the toppings.
* Mixed black rice (recipe from Mrs Choy's Cantonese Cuisine but adapted according to whim). Mum cooked this for us when Sis and I were young. It's like a rice cooker version of the claypot rice. Kids have fun mixing the rice with the black sauce and adding the raw egg. I used Kwong Cheong Thye (don't know if this is Mum's...) dark soya sauce which gave a nicer colour, fragrance and taste as compared Tai Hua. This is a quick easy meal in that I can prepare the chicken days before and kids can cook it themselves.
* Salmon porridge (recipe ... can't remember from where, I'll update when I do) Cut salmon into small pieces (Toby likes to mash them up even when I cut them to really, really small pieces). Season with fish sauce, sesame oil and pepper. I use brown rice for this porridge after Elizabeth shared with me that brown rice porridge is more fragrant. Add the seasoned fish to the porridge and cook. Kids can also do this themselves.
* Roast pork
* Coke chicken
* Panang curry aka potato soup
* Teriyaki salmon rice
* Miso soup

What Toby doesn't like but Tiffy does
* Mushroom stew
* Teriyaki chicken rice

What Tiffy doesn't like but Toby does
* Salmon fish soup