Thursday Meals, 13 Sept 2018

Bento box prepared yesterday night for Alycia's 10 a.m. breakfast in school today (Friday):

Cold cha soba seasoned with sesame seed oil, organic soy sauce and toasted sesame seeds; organic cherry tomatoes; stir-fried traffic light colors bell peppers with brocolli and garlic. I thought that this would be too healthy and bland for Alycia but to my surprise, she came home today and told me that the noodles still tasted good when she ate them in school this morning.



Dinner kept for the Dancing Queen last night:


Mondays and Thursdays are dance rehearsal nights and she only gets to eat her dinner at 9:40 p.m.!
We had braised pork ribs with 'tau cheong' and kaffir lime leaves, blanched lady's fingers and sauteed brocolli with traffic light colors bell peppers.

I 💓 the glorious kaleidoscope of colours in this meal!  Colorful foods are good for you, naturally colored ones that is and  not artificially derived from.





Breakfast for Cass yesterday at 5:30 a.m. before school was vermicelli in prawn shells and anchovies soup with beef balls and mustard greens.

This is Cass' kind of breakfast now, something that's slightly salty or savoury. She's grossly sick of having buns, bread and pastries for breakfast or recess now. So I keep a very small portion of what we have for dinner for her breakfast the next day 😐

Just Another Day In The Life Of Health Freak Mommy

Cass eats a soft-boiled egg and downs a full glass of water in the mornings. She can't eat much at 5:30 a.m. and a soft-boiled egg is one of the easiest food for her to swallow down her throat. She doesn't fancy having toast, cake, biscuit or bun in the morning. Sometimes she eats a few spoonfuls of cereal with milk. Some mornings, she has a meat-filled pau or some boiled fish paste. She prefers savoury food. Before she leaves the house, I give her a cup of honey with propolis.




If Cass sleeps later than 10:30 p.m. the night before, she will be zombified the next day. Who wouldn't be? I would be too. I am already zombified with just 6 hours of sleep each day.



Bento lunch box for Cass on Thursday this week:




Japanese rice with Korean kimchi and sauteed organic long beans with shredded pork.

In a week's time, Cass will be sitting for her first term exam. This time, she seems to have left her mojo behind, somewhere. We are both looking for the lost mojo! I am breathing in and out trying not to loose my cool and it's not easy. I've lost it many times but I keep hearing my gynae's words echoing in my head on what stress can do to my body. Suddenly, I have an urge to pack my bag and take a flight to an island, come back in 2 weeks and see what happens to the household! I am sure life will go on even without me around.

Bento Lunch Boxes For Cass

These are the simple bento lunch boxes that I prepped for Cass last week and this week:

Braised boneless chicken thigh with onion + preserved black bean; sauteed mustard green; Japanese rice:



Pandan bun with herb cream cheese spread and avocado slices:


Braised pork ribs with yam; sauteed celery + baby brussels sprout;  Basmati rice:



Chicken stew with potato and carrot; sauteed baby lotus root with pork slices; Basmati rice. This is for today, which is her CoCo day in school: