Steamed Egg with Minced Pork

Steamed egg with minced pork

This is a dish that screams: "Home-cooked comfort food!!!"  Simple, unpretentious, nutritious food that reminds me of Mummy dearest.

Ingredients:
Eggs, beaten
Minced pork
Light soya sauce
white pepper

1. Mix eggs and minced pork together in a shallow plate.  Mix in some light soya sauce and pepper to taste and spread it out evenly.
2. Steam for about 5-10 minutes or until meat is fully cooked.  Best eaten warm with rice or porridge.

Now, isn't this super simple??

Onion Omelette

Years ago, when I was overseas for a course, this simple, humble dish brought me straight home - onion omelette.  This gave me the taste of home while I was thousands of kilometres away, it reminded me of Mum cooking in the kitchen each day, making sure we kids had the best food ever...

Onion Omelette

Ingredients:
Eggs, beated
Red onions, sliced
Cooking oil

1. Heat up a little cooking oil in a pan, then add onions and fry until slightly translucent and fragrant.
2. Pour cooked onions into beaten egg and mix well.
3. Pour egg mixture into pan and cook for a while, flip over and cook a little while more and the omelette is ready to be served!

Omelette

I use eggs all the time.  Whether as an addition to oats or instant noodles, it's something that is cheap, nutritious and easy to use.  This time, instead of my all-time favourite -- onion omelette, I cooked a more hearty version:

This omelette reminds me of Mummy... and cooking it myself reminds me that Mummy spends lots of time preparing good food for us regardless of how much time or effort it takes.  Something seemingly simple like this requires lots of time shelling small prawns.  Thank you Mummy!

Ingredients:

Eggs, lightly beaten

Small prawns, shelled

Minced pork

Spring onions, cut into 2cm sections

Light soya sauce

White pepper

Cooking oil

1. Heat up a little oil in a pan.  Add minced pork and prawns and fry until just cooked.
2. Pour cooked minced pork and prawns into beaten egg, season with light soya sauce and white pepper, and mix.
3. Add mixture to hot pan and stir while egg has not set.  Leave to cook for a few minutes, sprinkle spring onions over the half-cooked omelette, then flip the omelette over to finish cooking.  Best eaten when piping hot!

Quick and Good for Busy Mums

For all mums out there looking after babies, you'd know how much work there is to be done, especially if you are home alone during the day.  There are baby's needs to tend to, housework to be done... do you still have time to cook?  But as a breastfeeding mum, can you afford not to eat?

For times when baby is not cooperative, I have a back-up plan -- Instant oats!

Instant oats - a life saver for busy mums!

For desperate times, you could just add hot water to instant oats and drizzle on some honey.  But, I like adding in an egg for a little more nutrition.  It'll only take about 5 minutes of "cooking" time:

1. Start boiling a little water in a saucepan on high heat
2. Grab an egg and crack it into a bowl and beat lightly
3. Get ready to pour instant oats into saucepan once the water boils (this shouldn't take long as only a little water is needed)
4. While stirring the oats, pour in egg (I like streaks of egg)
5. Pour your meal into a bowl and drizzle honey to taste and you are done!

For those who don't like washing up (just like me!), there are only a few things to wash:  Bowl (for egg), saucepan, bowl (for eating), spoon (for stirring while cooking and eating), fork (to beat egg).

So there you have it:
Cooking time - 5 minutes
Washing time - 5 minutes