Preparing homemade baby's food for busy mom

Arfa is 9 month young. Alhamdulillah, selera makan dia sangat bagus. Mula-mula je dulu, agak liat nak makan sayur, tapi sekarang, asal sua, semua habis. 

Sejak makin ramai anak, ilmu parenting juga bertambah. Kadang-kadang timbul rasa kesal, apasal la aku tak belajar this and that masa anak sulung.. But past is past. Pandang depan yang penting. So with Arfa, (and Aidin of course) food diorang memang homemade. Arfa lagi untung sebab breakfast pun homemade, sebab mommy dah reti.

So weekly, I'll spend about an hour to prepare her meals for a week. (I can't afford to cook daily) Masak 3-4 jenis and masukkan dalam bekas kecik, freeze. My schedule would be, this week I'll cook lunch and dinner for Arfa for 2 weeks, and next week masak breakfast untuk Arfa fore 2 weeks. I find it easier and manageable. 

So what do I cook for her.. Typically, it would be fruity combo for breakfast, and savoury dish for lunch and dinner. 

Her typical breakfast would be:-

Rice cereal + milk + fruits (apples, bananas, strawberry, blueberry, kiwi, dates, raisins, melon). The fruits can either be one fruit alone or combo. Kalau nak bagi ada variety, choose 2 fruits that complement each other, say, banana and strawberry. Pastu masak according to this combo:-

1. rice cereal + banana

2. rice cereal + strawberry

3. rice cereal + banana+ strawberry

 Rice cereal + apple + milk

Rice + blueberry + milk

Rice cereal is damn easy to do. 

1. Beras yang kita dok guna hari2 tu, basuh bagi bersih + dry blend. (kalau tak nak blend pun takpe).

2. Masukkan beras + enough liquid dalam periuk. Masak macam masak bubur.

3. Once nasi dah masak/almost masak, masukkan fruits and stir well. Tengok agak-agak dah ok, transfer masuk food processor, add milk and mash till achieve desired consistency.

4. Masukkan dalam bekas kecik2 and freeze.

Kalau savoury dishes tuh, I buat macam nih:-

1. carbohydrate + protein + vegetable

 Arfa's 2 weeks lunch and dinner stock. Nampak jek kaler sama, tapi ada 3 different set of food.

1. Potato, pumpkin, sweet peas and salmon
2. Potato, pumpkin, sweet peas, carrot, chicken and chinese parsley
3. Rice, broccoli, carrot and salmon

So the carbo will come from either rice, potato or pasta (haven't tried pasta on Arfa yet). Protein will come from fish, chicken or meat, Vege tu biasanya i combo kan 2-3 veges. Labu, carrot, bayam, sweet peas, green beans, zucchini, asparagus, cauliflower (arfa kureng sket yang ni). Kalau rasa macam anak tu susah nak makan sayur yang agak pahit tu, campurla sayur yang manis2 ngan pahit at fiest, and gradually reduce in next meal. 

So far, Arfa aka Icha aka Fafa akak Bisha love her food. Bila tengok tiap kali suap habis sebekas, hilang rasa penat masak untuk dia. Will spend roughly an hour in the kitchen nak masak semua nih. Normally. I'll get the maid to chop things up and I'll do the cooking and processing and packing. Dia tinggal simpan saje dalam peti ais. When meal time come, just reheat dalam microwave, and if the food is thicken up a bit, just dillute sket dengan air masak. That's how I manage her meals.

Hope this entry will help new mommies! 

Among website yang boleh refer --> wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com

WW (kunun)

Miss Arfa at 9 months young.

Perfect post. Perfect shot.

Mind of Children

Si Afiq Hazman..
Mommy : Why you always like to put things in my handbag? It makes my handbag heavy.
Afiq : It's ok Mommy. It's only on Saturday and Sunday.

Mampu nak jawab balik?!

Mommy : You have to charge it now (Referring to the old school charger).
Afiq : I want to use powerbank Mommy.

Gadget savvy?

Si Adib Hazim..
Mommy : Adib, what do you want to be when you grow up?
Adib : I just want to be normal
Mommy : Hey, you must think of something! A policeman, or a doctor, a chef.......
Adib : I'll think about it when I'm 7 years old.

LOYARRRRR SUNGGUH!

and a story of my niece - Damia Azzahra, 2 y.o.

Atok : Mia, Wan (my mom) putih ke itam?
Mia : Putih.
Atok : Mia, Atok putih ke itam?
Mia : Itam. Tapi ensem.

Pandai bodekkkkk.

Gila Lama Tak Up Entry

Sekarang entry di blog adalah suam-suam kuku. Faktor malas berbicara menguasai minda dan deria rasa. Gitu. Raya dah lama habis, entry raya pun tak up. Macam simpan dalam kepala saje.

Bulan posa lepas, i turun 4 kg. (tetiba kan nak cakap). Ntah cemana boleh turun pun tak tau. Rasanya sebab tak snacking lepas bukak posa. Senang cakap, buka posa is the last meal before the next day sahur. Boleh jek pun tahan.

Tapi ya ampun...... Lepas raya, ntah selera makan datang dari mana aku pun tak tau. Sebulan raya, naik 3 kg. Elok-elok seluar jean semua dah nak terlondeh (cukup alasan untuk beli baru), tup-tup muat balik. Frust sungguh. Payahnya la nak disiplin soal makan ni kan? Sebab aku suka makan benda-benda yang menggemukkan e.g. KEK. kek is my staple food. :P

Sekarang ni tengah usaha nak control makan. Maka tetap makan, tapi reduce la benda-benda yang menggemukkan. Sure sales cake di bakery merudum lepas raya nih. :P Walaupun BMI skang dah cantik, aku suka ada buffer. hahahahaha. yo-yo jek la  kan?

sekadar buat syarat.. aku tepek jugak la sekeping gambar raya posa, walaupun dah nak masuk raya haji dah untuk tatapan kalian yang merindui tuan tanah. 

Gambar raya kat rumah mertua di Gong Badak, Terengganu. Theme raya tahun ni adalah hijau. Punya la payah nak amek gambar anak beranak. Ini la yang ada pun yang paling senonoh.

Kay korang. Bye!

Salam Aidilfitri

Dari tuan rumah yang tak berapa nak update blog sepanjang puasa ni..

Salam Aidilfitri untuk semua..
Mohon ampun dan maaf atas segala salah dan silap..
Semoga Allah menerima semua amalan kita, amin.

ps-stongan dan stokin jangan dilupa.

Ragam Anak Berpuasa (Part 2)

We (My husband and I) decided to start training Afiq and Adib to fast after 2nd week of Ramadhan. First week, diorang tak sihat, so tak pa.. Kasik chance..

We actually nak suruh diorang taste the hunger.. How does it feel when you're hungry, gitu. Didn't expect them to fast through out the day though, Dengan makan sahurnya teramatlah sikit, I can imagine how 'hungry' they could be..

Boy I was wrong. Ada satu hari tu, I purposely didn't wake them up for sahur, sebab they had late nights and have fasted for two days (though Adib surrender one of the days). I was expecting to see them munching and eating when I came home from work, but to my amaze Afiq was still fasting at 5.00 pm, and he truly enjoy fasting. Subhanallah. Anak kecik umur 6 tahun, badan kurus keding pun tahan puasa, apalah alasan yang muda belia, tough 6 packs bagai kantoi puasa di kedai makan kan?

So far, Afiq dah puasa 9 hari, while Adib dah puasa 5 hari. Good thing is, both didn't succumb to cries upon seeing Aidin munching down the food, or gulping down the drinks. The most they'll say is.. "I want to have THAT (whatever that they see Aidin was eating) for buka puasa". Alhamdulillah.

TAPIIIII.. bila dah nak dekat waktu buka puasa, memang Mommy & Daddy dia kena gear up tahan telinga diorang berzikir nak bukak puasa.

"How long more Mommy?"

"Mommy, I want to buka puasa now.. It's too long to wait" (when the waiting time is actually 10 minutes away)

Tu belum masuk keluar alasan.. "If Adib puasa, Adib tak makan, Adib tak minum, nanti Adib kurus.."

Boleh jugak time ni keluar fatwa baru.. "Mommy, I bukak puasa now, then I continue puasa again.."

tu cerita bukak puasa..

Sahur pulak, makan sambil tido. Duduk elok atas kerusi, pegang makanan, tapi mata pejam. Dalam pejam-pejam mata tu la dia makan. Tapi once dah hilang ngantuk, elok jek pun makan sahur macam makan dinner.

Sekarang both dah stop mintak duit everytime lepas bukak puasa.. tak tau la kalau-kalau hari ni ke esok teringat balik.. standby je la duit singgit dalam wallet.

Ramadhan is ending

Ramadhan is ending. 

Dulu-dulu zaman muda belia, memang seronok jek rasa nak dekat raya. Tapi bila dah tua bangka masuk 3 series ni, terasa sayu pulak Ramadhan dah nak habis. Apatah lagi mengenangkan bertemukah kita dengan Ramadhan akan datang. 

Ramadhan tahun nih, banyak memberi impact pada aku, khususnya pada 10 hari terakhir. Masakan tidak, bila boleh kata selang 2 hari aku terima berita kematian orang-orang yang aku kenal. Kebanyakan yang pergi tu sekitar usia aku. Kawan sekolah, kawan opis, husband member. Dan berita-berita inilah yang membuka mata dan minda saya betapa kita patut bersyukur kerana Allah telah berikan kita peluang untuk bernafas di muka bumi ini untuk mencari bekal di akhirat nanti. Insya Allah.

Doa aku, moga Allah memberi keampunan kepada diriku, keluarga dan muslimin muslimat. Berharap dan berdoa agar Ramadhan ini tidak berlalu tanpa keampunan dari Yang Maha Esa.

Sama-sama kita usahakan untuk istiqamah dalam ibadah, dan terus mencari malam Qadr, malam yang lebih baik dari 1000 bulan. Amin..