Was getting used to waking up later than usual when she went for her IA followed by another 5 weeks of break. In total = 17weeks of not going to her school area, not driving along the route to her school. This week seems so awkwardly strange as I resumed my Grab driver duties. I was enjoying my 17wks of ‘no need to pack her lunch’ time. Sigh….. good life is always so short.
2nd Oct (Wednesday)
Cooked porridge the night before after washing it up (from brewing her peanut root tian qi on Monday and Tuesday)
Transferred in slow cooker to keep warm
We had leftover from last night’s dinner so decided to pack the extras for her. Heated it up in the microwave and scooped out her portion into the thermos container.
I told myself so many times to find dishes ideas that can be kept warm or cooked in the slow cooker but never did. Lazy and tired. Seriously! I just want to lie on bed and look at the ceiling nuah-ing.
9th Oct (Wednesday)
Many donkey years back I steamed rice and her CP Teriyaki chicken or lup-cheong in the rice cooker the night before and leave it to keep warm until the next morning. The teriyaki chicken gravy became so watery. But now that I’ve kept the rice cooker in the cabinet, I resorted to either using slow cooker to keep food warm from the night before or cook soba the night before. Can Thermomix keep food warm overnight?
Today I took the challenge to do everything fresh in the morning.
Steamed rice and chicken and chawanmushi all at the same time of 15mins. In total, the time take was slightly less than 20 mins for rinsing rice, marinating chicken and beating the egg. While waiting for the food to be ready, I filled up her water bottle, gave pearl powder and (i think) breakfast too?
Hope it tastes nice, not nice also chiak, not my problem.
#chefandgrabduties#
10th Oct (Thursday)
Coz Thursdays are my *long days outside day, I always have to think of cooking that is easy for me and less/easy cleaning to do.
Cooked slightly more of last night’s dinner so kept it for her lunch today.
Must be wondering why food seems to be the heavy type, unlike in primary and secondary school where sometimes I can simply pack bread for her. It’s coz this is lunch time, need a proper meal. For the primary and secondary school she’s always back for lunch (unless she stays back for CCA or supplementary class)
Her fav Japanese style 麻婆豆腐, basil chicken without the basil and chilli from the fridge. Popped into steamer (frying pan + steaming rack) to heat up while I get ready
I hope I don’t have to do this when she’s in poly. Please don’t make life difficult for your mom lah! Then again, this crazy mother in a few years time might say she miss preparing meals for her.
16th Oct (Wednesday)
It’s her last night’s leftover for today’s lunch. Really headache, I don’t have the mood mentally and physically with too much things happening lately 😢 and still gotta think of what to cook for this lazy girl
Microwaved and kept in Thermos flask
17th October (Thursday)
She has some activity at Jewel so I cooked the simplest and laziest meal for her. Can’t let her bring any hot food as it wouldn’t be hot by the time she eat (had to leave house at 8.40am. 3hrs 20mins later the food wouldn’t maintain at same temperature)
Into the disposable container and put in the ice pack for her. Initially asked her to throw ice pack away as well but decided at last minute she has to bring it back coz I’m only left with two small ice-packs at home (need the small ones when I pack food for her)
23rd Oct (Wednesday)
Very simple dish today. Haiyah! Every time also simple dish, since when I’ll do a complicated dish?
Steamed rice (200g) so that we have rice (will be re-steamed hot) for dinner tonight and maybe tomorrow’s lunch. I was kinder to her this morning, packed soy sauce for her just incase it's tasteless (haha! I think it's tasteless! Now I realised I didn't use dashi or chicken stock but just water 🤦🏻♀️. Woke up blur this morning. At least I did rmbr to marinade the pork) Sorry lah! I’m just not 100% here. Mind is messed like shit! 😢
Think I used to make nice cartoon キャラbento for her, now just plonk food into container. #looklikedogfood#
Then it's off to 🚗 her to school. Can she have x4 HBL per week?
Steamed egg with pork + rice.
24th Oct (Thursday)
Fortunately there was little rice left from last night’s dinner, so didn’t have to cook porridge for her. After clearing the crockeries on the dining table, noticed they didn’t finish the gu lu yok (sweet & sour pork)
Gao dim!
Steamed to re-heat and packed in thermos flask. Packing day before’s meal will always make a person’s job easy for sure. It won’t kill to eat leftover food but I just don’t like and minimise doing this.
30th Oct (Wednesday)
Was refilling the Japanese rice into the bin the night before and decided to soak some for her plain porridge today. Took the chicken teriyaki I bought from DDDK and fried it instead of popping it into the oven. Had to ensure that the food is properly cooked.
6th Nov (Wednesday)
Initially wanted to do ToriQ chicken + quail which I had prepare on Monday same time as I cooked the noodles. Opened the fridge and realised the fresh udon is close to expiry. Fishball noodle soup will be it!
The night before she asked what kind of soup I’m going to cook, I wanted to use the fresh sole powder which I bought months ago but she doesn’t want. Now you know why I have discarded so many ingredients from the fridge, intending to cook but fussy girl with fussy taste don’t want. I want to make clean chicken stock powder also but just so afraid my family will not like it. Told you they are so used to eating highly “with permitted flavourings, E1234, E5678, MSG, colourings” food that when I cook they don’t like. It’s for their health you know. Why can’t they understand me?
It’s the Japanese soup she wanted. Sigh….i want to buy miso also dare not buy coz it comes in a huge tub. Woke up at 6.20am to cook her meal
7th Nov (Thurs)
Made use of the CDC Voucher to get her fishball soup from Ming Fa at OTH. Didn’t take any picture at all. Today is my last Fight-Do session (tentatively taking a hiatus for next block of 8 classes. Hopefully I don’t have to stay away too long and able to sign up after that) so next week onwards I won’t be in OTH to pack her food anymore.
13th Nov (Wed)
Totally lost on ideas on what to cook for her. Wednesdays is the mid week but it’s the first of two days she starts at 8am. I cannot start my engine that early 😅.
Soaked the rice in the evening and thawed the pork. Easy peasy — her fav , porridge with egg. I think I did mention this before to cook the porridge faster, always pre soak your rice. Dumped the marinated mince pork, scallops and egg almost at the end
Into the slow cooker to keep warm. This morning, all the chok goodness smell so nice. If only my family love to eat porridge, I will cook this for sure, for lunch for dinner. But …. I have to deal with fussy members who expects dishes kind of Chinese meal. Sigh…..
14th Nov (Thu)
It’s the extra pork sukiyaki + rice I cooked for her lunch in school. Just steam to make it hot in the morning. Ok lah… I’m not starving my skinny girl
Dished into the thermos container and it’s done!
Let me count thee …… it’s 2 more weeks to her last paper and then it’s break till next Jan. 6 more lunches to prepare, 2 extras each week as they need to be back in school on Mondays. Not sure if I’ll complain and grouch again COZ I’m sure when I’m not needed to pack lunch for her I’ll miss it. Crazy mother!
20th Nov (Wed)
I’m getting so tired. Things might get more busy tomorrow onwards for me so …. Had a long day out yesterday so just prepared this the night before. This morning had to wake up extra early at 6+ for her school at 8am.
Still cooking the egg so assembled this first. And since I was boiling the egg, I cooked few more extras to put in the fridge with the sauce. Prepared the sauce in the measuring cup and fridge it
This morning all I had to do was to pour the soup into the thermos flask and it’s done. But see this meal 没有营养, cannot do that often though it’s the easiest and food won’t turn soggy
21st Nov (Thu)
Okay… I think she gets so bored with the food her mom cooks. This is really easy to get everything all done the evening before and then serve it hot the next day.
Her mom’s secret recipe filled with ❤️ egg porridge. 有加好料 K
27th Nov (Wed)
Last one! last one for this year.
Last night didn’t know what to cook for this girl. Realised I haven’t cooked a single fried rice (does the 2 failed attempts using Thermomix count?) or fried macaroni for at least 2yrs as her meal. Since the varoma is out of the cabinet, thought I’ll just steam her something. Saw the DDDK teriyaki chicken.
Using this container for the first time. I bought 6, can put 3 in each layer. Idea was to find steam dishes recipes and can do it the same time when cooking rice. 懒惰的人就是这样的. Each container is good for steaming for one tho’
Ms Thermie doing her job while I heat up the thermos flask and fill up her water bottle.
Cooking dinner’s rice at the same time, will reheat it later.
17mins and 搞定！Oops! Realised the chicken is too little 🤭
28th Nov (Thu)
Didn’t pack for the school as she needed to be in school at 12pm for her last paper.
But yah. It’s her lunch which I would have packed for her.
Off to school while I wait and do some errands in EPMall, my new hangout place after we left MP.
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