What's Cooking Today?

That's a question I ask myself every morning when I wake up. I find that I am running out of meal ideas these days. It does not help that nowadays we wake up late, so I don't have much time to prepare a more 'elaborate' meal for lunch like soup and a dish, like what I used to do. After our morning homeschool, I am only left with about an hour to prepare lunch, so its usually a one-dish meal like fried rice or spaghetti, or simply porridge and I will add on a fried egg or baked beans.

Just the other day, I totally ran out of ideas and was also too lazy to cook, so I prepared some egg mayo sandwich for my girl. Though it is still a healthy meal, I still can't help feeling guilty for not cooking a "proper" meal. I guess its my mentality that only a cooked meal equates a healthy meal. Guess I should change my mindset.

I think I should sit down, write down a list of menus, and come up with a menu plan. It will not only solve my headache of what to cook, but also helps in my marketing and grocery shopping. Anyone with ideas of easy-to-prepare one-dish meals, please share okie?

Super Glue

That's my little girl - she's a super super glue.

Today, we visited a friend in the afternoon as I wanted to borrow the Five In A Row manual from her as well as to look at her math curriculum. She suggested that Sarah join her 2 girls at gym later in the evening. Well, it has been my intention to bring Sarah for a trial class at the gym, but has been procrastinating. So I thought its a good idea.

Last night, I told her about the visit to her friends and to the gym, and she was all excited about it. While having dinner just now, she kept asking whether its time to go to the gym. We were early, so the girls had a fun time playing at the foam area. When its time for the lesson to being, I brought her to the instructor and told her that mommy can't stay with her, but will be up in the gallery where she can still see me, and told her to have fun with her friends. Then I turned around to walk away. Barely 2 minutes later, I heard crying, and I knew it was her. I went back and stayed with her for a while, but she still clung to me with big drops of tears flowing down her face, saying she wants to stay with me.

Sigh....actually I did expect this to happen, but was hoping that since she likes gym so much, she will be willing to attend the lesson by herself. But alas, this has been the default scenario in every class I brought her to. Mommy must be there with her. I have been hoping she will outgrow this stage but apparently she still has not. Looks like I need more time for this super glue to detach herself from me.

Wordless Wednesday: Little Pianist

Craving Satisfied

I mentioned in my previous post that I have some cravings. Yes, craving for mee siam. For this pregnancy, I find that I love spicy food, anything that is spicy. So for dinners, you will see that I have been cooking sambal ladyfingers or long beans, long beans stir-fried with chilli padi. And I will always have some sambal to go with my food.

So yesterday, I cooked some mee siam to satisfy my craving. No, I did not cook it from scratch. I took the easy way out by buying the Primataste pack. It was really easy to prepare and it tasted good.

I must say the Prima range of ready-made taste packs are quite tasty. So far I have tried the Singapore Curry, Sayur Lodeh and Beef Rendang. For those who like these local foods, but like me, your culinary skills are quite non-existent, this is the answer.

Update @ 27+ weeks

Just went for my gynae visit this morning. Baby is doing well. He now weighs about 1.2kg. I have not posted any scan pictures of the little one cos I feel that can't really see much from the pics. But today, the doctor managed to capture the little one's face with his mouth open. So cute, so here it is.


As for me, luckily my weight gain is about 700gm this month. My weight gain for this pregnancy is slower compared to the first, mainly because I don't eat as much.

Praise the Lord for a smooth pregnancy and a healthy baby.

Wordless Wednesday - Bubbles Fun

Smells Like Poo Poo

Yes, that's what my girl said when I offered her some durians. The daddy bought 4 boxes of the fruit last night. I offered Sarah some, hoping that she will like it, just like her parents, but to her, it smells like poo poo. I burst out laughing hearing her said that. Just now, I offered her some again, and this time she said "I don't like to eat poo poo."

Some people say that eating durians whilst pregnant will result in a big sized baby. As hard as I tried to control myself, I still can't resist them. I did eat durians while pregnant with Sarah, and she was only about 2.8kg at birth, so I do hope it is just a myth. My gynae visit is tomorrow, really hope my weight don't shoot up too much due to the durians. So far, apart from gaining back the 4kg I lost in the 1st trimester due to the vomiting, I have only gained 500g at the last visit. So hope that my weight gain will remain like this, so long as the baby is doing fine.

On the home front, everything is fine and as usual. Praise the Lord that the giddiness and headaches which have been bugging me for the past weeks have gone, and I don't feel so tired too. After hearing about good things about red raspberry tea leaves, I ordered 2 packets to try. Not sure if it is really due to the tea, I do feel more energetic now. With my energy back, I hope to do more cooking and baking as I do have some cravings now. Will update here if I manage to cook anything.