My mil got a chopping board that costs RM15 made from environmentally friendly wood from the organic shop the other day. I never knew there’s such a thing as environmentally friendly wood, i.e. wood from trees in a controlled and sustainable forest plantation. The wood is supposedly resistant to stains and odors. We’ve been using the chopping board for almost 2 weeks and so far, there are still no stains and bad odor on the board yet. Well see how long this chopping board can last us.
That’s Sherilyn downing a cup of prune juice with a spoonful of psyllium husk. I thought she wouldn’t drink that cup of yucky stuff coz it’s quite yucky tasting and the texture? Eeeeyucks…. even I hate it but I still down a cup of apple cider vinegar (about 2 teaspoons) with water and psyllium husk every morning…. and I hardly ever have constipation.
The yucky cup of prune juice with psyllium husk. If it’s gulped down immediately, it’s not that geli (repulsive) but if you let that cup of stuff sit for more than 15 mins, oh boy, the husks will expand and the feeling of them going down your throat is just horrid!! Sher did not drink her cup of yucky immediately yesterday and when she drank it half an hour later, she almost wanted to puke. But I told her – drink that or drink your meds and put enema. She downed the cup of yucky painfully, hahaha!
These days, Baby would only eat her porridge if it tastes a tad salty. Since I don’t like the idea of her eating salt, albeit given in very tiny amounts, I got a bottle of Bragg’s Liquid Aminos to replace salt and soy sauce. I put about 1/4 teaspoon or less of this sauce to her porridge to give her a salty kick!
Bragg’s Liquid Aminos is a Certified NON-GMO liquid protein concentrate, derived from healthy soybeans, that contains the following Essential and Non-essential Amino Acids in naturally occurring amounts:
16 Amino Acids
* Alanine
* Arginine
* Aspartic Acid
* Glutamic Acid
* Glycine
* Histidine
* Isoleucine
* Leucine
* Methionine
* Phenylalanine
* Proline
* Serine
* Threonine
* Tyrosine
* Valine
* Lysine
Bragg’s liquid aminos is not fermented or heated and is gluten-free. Bragg’s has a small amount of naturally occurring sodium. No table salt is added. Bragg’s also contain no chemicals, no artificial coloring, no alcohol and no preservatives. It is available in most organic shops. A 16-ounce bottle costs RM18.90.
We were at the organic shop for an organic lunch and also to get some organic food stuff when I came across this brown rice snack. I got a pack which had 6 packets of different flavors for my 3 gals.
The brown rice snack, which cost RM10 a pack comes in 6 flavors – original, soy bean, tomato, chocolate, cheese and curry. These rings are made of premium brown rice, corn grits and oats. They are baked and not fried, thus make a healthy and delicious snack for kids.
Baby the fussy eater loves the rings, which taste very much like Cheezels, minus the coloring, salt, preservative and sugar. Even I like them. Will definitely get the gals another pack the next time I go to the organic shop.
These days, giving Baby a veggie or a raw carrot stick to munch on will keep her still on her highchair during meal times. Here she is enjoying herself to the max with a lotus root stuffed with mung beans:
Here’s the lotus root stuffed with mung beans. My mil made a pot of soup with that and pork ribs. Stuffing the mung beans into the lotus root can be quite a feat and very time consuming too.
The Duphalac syrup is taking effect and Sherilyn has been pooping lots for the past few days. Her appetite has also returned and she’s no longer rejecting milk, albeit she’s still holding on to her cup of milk in the morning and needs at least half an hour to gulp it down after much nagging and threats from me. Lately my gals prefer fresh milk to formula milk powder meant for kids their age…. coz fresh milk tastes better. I prefer fresh milk too. I am really contemplating switching them completely to fresh milk. It’s going to be way easier to get them to drink fresh milk and I don’t have to burst my blood vessel coaxing #2 to drink her formula milk. And it’s going to save me the trouble of fixing them milk since I can just pour the fresh milk out from the box right from the fridge. But aren’t kids supposed to drink formula milk enriched with all the vitamins, minerals, DHA, AA, SA and all that jazz?
Anyway, back to Sherilyn. Today we brought her to an Italian restaurant for lunch and she could chomp down slices after slices of bread with huge chunks of butter. She also whacked a plate of spaghetti and helped herself to more thereafter. Also ate half a cup of pistachio ice-cream for dessert. After lunch, she said she wanted to poo! After her poopie business, she said she was hungry again, goodness! So when we reached home, I gave her a cup of fresh milk, which she still needed at least half an hour to finish with nagging and threats from me and daddy… coz she just likes to dilly dally and play till no end before she eats and drinks. That’s just Sherilyn. Tonight, I’ll fix her some chilled buckwheat noodles with some cold Japanese greentea noodles sauce. When she heard I was going to prepare noodles for her, she was the first to say “yay…..yummy noodles“! I think I will have no problem getting her to finish her bowl of noodles. As long as she does not have to eat rice with dishes, she will be one very happy girl and so will I!
This organic chickpea bun is one of my favorite buns. They are normally available at organic shops and in the cafeteria of some hospitals like Sime Darby Medical Center (previously SJMC). Whenever I see them, I will surely get a packet. They are made of wholemeal flour, has generous amount of chickpeas as filling and everything organic (I wonder how true that is and if anyone certifies/verifies the producer’s claim).
The buns will most likely turn mouldy the following day, so they must be refrigerated once you buy them from the shop. The buns taste really good when lightly toasted – the outer bun will be crispy and the filling warm…. hhhhmmmmm, iLike!
