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Recipe #7: Tomato Cream Spaghetti

Kiyo's Diary - Okay, this is one of my favorite food! I can finish this very quick before mama start calling out my name :).  By the way, I hate to chew this "fake" squid  (read: sausage).

Servings: 2 kid's meal

Cooking Time: +/- 45 minutes

Meal Time: breakfast, lunch and dinner

Suitable for: 18 months onward

Measurement Notes:

1 tbs = 15 ml (~ 2 normal spoons)

1 tsp = 10 ml (~ 2 small teaspoons)

I. Prepare It! 

• For Pasta 
• 70 - 100 grams spaghetti (or fettuccine)
• 1 tsp olive oil/ vegetable oil
• 1 pinch salt
  

• For Tomato Cream Sauce
• 2 cloves sliced garlic
• 2 tsp olive oil/ vegetable oil
• 1/2 tbs unsalted butter
• 4 medium tomatoes
• 1 tbs Hunts tomato ketchup (optional)
• 100 grams minced meat (beef/chicken/pork)
• 50 ml water to saute minced meat
• 2 tbs Cream Cheese (or Cheese Spread, I use Kiri/Kraft/Luprak)
• 2 - 3  tbs shredded cheese
• 100 ml fresh milk 
• 1 tbs Bulla cream (optional  or just add more fresh milk) 

2. Cook It!

• Cook the Spaghetti
• Boil water, once it's boiling put in salt, olive oil and pasta. Cook it for 5 - 7 minutes.
• Drain pasta using a strainer and then put it under the tap water for a minute. If your tap water is not hygiene, use cold drinking water. Then set aside. 

• Cook the Tomato Cream Sauce
• Steam tomatoes for 10 minutes, and then mash them using food processor/ blender. Use a strainer to separate seeds from tomato juice. Set aside.
• Saute sliced garlic with the olive oil/ butter until the color changed, put in the meat. Before the meat cooked, add in some water to make it juicier. 
• Then add tomato juice, tomato ketchup, cream cheese, shredded cheese, fresh milk, and cream.  Stir them well until it starts bubbling. Set aside. 

• Final Step 
• Mix well half portion of Tomato Cream Sauce and Spaghetti in a sauce pan using medium heat. 

Mama Note - 

Keep the tomato cream sauce and spaghetti separately before serving. 

If you like, you can add sausages as shown on the displayed picture. 

For pasta boiling time refer to this link: http://int.primopiatto.barilla.com/home/htm/home.htm.  You can keep the pasta in the refrigerator for a day. 

3. Serve It!

Serve it hot with parmesan or shredded mozzarella cheese. 

Kiyo's  Rating 5 out of 5 with some twinkle stars.....

Recipe #6: Baked Pasta Hidden Spinach

Kiyo's Diary - There is always a day when mama is lazy or I do not want to eat veggies. On one of those days - mama found this quick, yummy yet healthy recipe.  Give a try, my little friends!

  

Servings: 2 - 3 kid's meal

Cooking Time: +/- 45 minutes

Meal Time: breakfast, lunch and dinner

Suitable for: 18 months onward

Measurement Notes:

1 tbs = 15 ml (~ 2 normal spoons)

1 tsp = 10 ml (~ 2 small teaspoons)

I. Prepare It! 

• For Meat
• 100 grams minced meat
  
•  2 tbs bread crumb
• 2 tbs milk
  
• salt and pepper as you like
  

• For Pasta 
• 1 cup (200 grams)  Fusilli/Penne/Macaroni  
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1 pinch salt
  

• For Vegetable Cream
• 2 cloves sliced garlic
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1/2 tbs unsalted butter
• black pepper as you like
• 2 tbs Kraft Cheese Spread 
• 1 tbs Cream Cheese (or 1 block Kiri Cream Cheese)
• 1 tbs shredded cheese or 1 slice of Cheese Slice
• 1 tbs Mozzarella Cheese
• 2 tbs fresh milk
• 1 cup Spinach  (as much as you like)
• 1 medium Carrot
• 1 medium Potato

2. Cook It!

• Cook the pasta
• Boil water, once it's boiling put in salt, olive oil and pasta. Cook it for 5 - 7 minutes.
• Drain pasta using a strainer and put it under the tap water for a minute. if your tap water is not hygiene, use cold drinking water. Then set aside. 

• Cook vegetable cream and bake the pasta
• Preheat the oven at 320 degree F for ~10 minutes  
  
• Mix well minced meat, bread crumb, milk, salt and pepper.  Refrigerate the mixed  for 10 minutes. 
  
• Cut/wash carrot, potato and spinach, and then steam carrot and potato for 10 minutes.  
• Mash carrot, potato, cheese spread, cream cheese, shredded cheese, and milk using food processor/blender until forming thick cream then set aside.
• Saute sliced garlic with the olive oil/ butter until the color changed, put in the mixed meat. After the meat cooked, put in spinach, vegetable cream and pasta. Mix them well.
• Place the meat and vegetable cream  mixture into  a small baking pan (20 cm) and sprinkle the mozzarella cheese. Bake for 10  - 15 minutes until turning gold.

  

 Mama Note - For pasta boiling time refer to this link: http://int.primopiatto.barilla.com/home/htm/home.htm.  You can keep the pasta in the refrigerator for a day.

3. Serve It!

Serve it hot with parmesan cheese.

Kiyo's  Rating 4 out of 5

Recipe #5: Grilled Salmon with Vegetable Cream

Servings: 2 kid's meals

Cooking Time: +/- 40 minutes

Meal Time: lunch and dinner

Suitable for: 20 months onward

Measurement Notes:  

1 tbs = 15 ml  (~ 2 normal spoons)

1 tsp = 10 ml (~ 2 small teaspoons)

I. Prepare It!

• For Grilled Salmon
• 1tbs unsalted butter
• 150 - 200 grams salmon
• 2 cloves garlic - chopped finely
• 1 tsp lemon 
• salt/pepper as you like
• aluminum foil to enfold the salmon

• For Vegetable Cream
• 1 medium carrot
• 1 medium potato (diameter ~ 5 cm)
• 1/2 cup broccoli
• 2 tbs cream cheese ( or 2 pieces KIRI cream cheese)
• 1 slice cheese single
• 3 tbs fresh milk

Mama Note - The best is to use sashimi salmon. If you use normal salmon fillet,  be careful with thin fish bone. You can replace cream cheese with 2 cheese singles. 

Since it is saltier than cream cheese, you may adjust the salt.

 2. Cook It!

• Cook the Grilled Salmon
• Put the salmon, butter, chopped garlic, lemon, salt and pepper in the middle of aluminum foil.
• Tightly enfold the salmon with the aluminum foil for 30 minutes - 180 Celsius.
• After finished baking - set the salmon aside.
• Cook the Vegetable Cream
• Wash/cut carrot and potato into cube shape (~1 x 1 cm) and  broccoli into small pieces.
• Steam them (for broccoli - you may add a little salt) for 5 minutes.
• Mash all vegetables with cheese and milk using food processor/blender until it turns to thicked cream.
• Saute the cream for 2 - 3 minutes using medium fire then set aside for serving.

Mama Note -  This recipe is for 2 servings, so to keep another serving, i.e. dinner, you have to keep the cream and salmon separately.  Heat up the salmon using electric grill or a fry pan while for the cream - you may use microwave or a fry pan for about 2 minutes

3. Serve It! 

• Put the grilled salmon on top of cream and serve with warm rice. Add nori or furikake bonito on top of salmon. (shown at picture)

Kiyo Note - When I don't feel eating rice, mama will put more potato in the cream  

 
Kiyo's Rating 5 out of 5