Chia Seeds Pudding Recipes

1. Chocolate Chia Seed Superfood Pudding by tasty-yummies.com

Chocolate Chia Seed Superfood Pudding -- Gluten-free and Vegan 

by tasty-yummies.com

I made mine with 2% cow milk and less chia seeds in my pudding but it turned out nice! 

here's mine....

2. Mango Chia Seeds Pudding by Ashleyneese.com

Mango Chia Seeds Pudding

by Ashleyneese.com

Gosh, I will try this recipe really soon! I love mango!! and look at it! it looks so heavenly!

3. Coconut Chia Seeds Pudding by popsugar.com

Coconut Chia Seeds Pudding by popsugar.com

Steamed Cupcake Recipe

No school today! yep! no school!!! Last night was scary though, we had so many tree limbs falling hitting cars, houses, etc. We didn't have power last night! Cold night! Anyway, because of my paranoid personality, I couldn't sleep last night so I did not feel too well but! I managed to make these easy steamed cupcakes! it is the healthier alternative of cupcakes.

Yummy! Growing up, I remember my mom always bought these from the small bakery in our neighborhood or she would buy it from those mobile bakery (yep, they were in bikes, cars, push cart, anything mobile you name it). I think making steamed cake is much easier than the traditional cake. Less ingredients too! so, here is what you need...

What you need:

2 Large Eggs

225 gr. Granulated Sugar

250 gr. All Purpose Flour

200 ml soda water (I used sprite, it gives the cupcake the sprite flavor)

Cocoa Powder or Food Coloring (I used food coloring this time)

How to make:

1. Using a mixer (high), mix ingredients together about 10 minutes. The batter should be white when it is done. 

2. Heat up your steamer. I recommend using the traditional steamer on your stove. The electric steamer is not as hot as regular old steamer. 

3. Steam for at least 15 minutes. Do not try to check on your cake until the 15 minutes is up. If you do, you will not get the nice flower kind of shape on top =D. 

good luck! I hope you love my recipe!!!

Yogurt Loaf Recipe

 

Who knew you can make bread with only 3 ingredients? I think yogurt loaf is healthier than regular loafs out there because of its ingredients. It doesn't have butter, sugar, nor does it have preservatives. Okay so here is the loaf I made, I made mine pink because it is Valentine's week!! hehe.

What you need:

3 Cups Self-Rising Flour

1 Cup Plain Yogurt

1 Large Egg (If you do not want to use eggs, you can just substitute it for another cup of plain yogurt)

How to make:

Pre-heat your oven at 350 Fahrenheit. 

Mix all your ingredients together until it forms a dough.

Place your dough in your choice of pan.

Bake for 45 minutes. 

Voila! Easy right? It took me 10 minutes to prep it all together. You can serve it with nutella, sugar, butter, sausage, anything really!!

My daughter LOVES it! My Son Oz, he loves it so much! You can see his face there when I took his picture.

okay, so here are some example of what I did with the loaf for Tasha's school lunch.

Yogurt nutella sandwich, xoxo cheese, carrot hearts, conversation hearts, strawberry heart, strawberry banana yogurt smoothie.

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Homemade Spinach Egg Noodles

I finally got this recipe perfect after a hundred trials and errors! yes!! It's my own recipe!!! I went online ask around...nothing seems to work for me. So, after gathering all the recipe, I decided to take a secret from one...another secret from another, then.....voila!!!! My very own noodles!

This one I served it with chicken and mushroom and boiled spinach

My kids LOVE them! I mean Oz, my 2 year old, talks about it everyday. So, I make them quite often in the house. So, here is the recipe!

Ingredients:

500 g. All Purpose Flour

100 g. Corn Starch

2 Eggs

100 ml. Water

Handful of Spinach (if you want more spinach you can add a lot) 

Simple!!! and EASY!

How to make:

1. Puree spinach with water in a blender, then, mix everything together! yep!! just mix them all until they are all mixed together and form a dough!

2. Divide dough to 4 same sized round dough.

3. Use rolling pins to make them flat

4. Use pasta machine to make the noodles! 

How the finished product look like (make sure you sprinkle flours so that the noodles don't stick to each other). I also attempted to dehydrate it so it dries for storage, it's a complete FAIL hehe..so do not try to dry these noodles,

There are different kinds of pasta machine out there. I personally used kitchen aid, but it can get very pricey but! since it is electric, it makes the job way easier than manual ones.

here are some different brands you can get:

Cucina Pro Pasta Machine

Kitchen Aid

or you can just search at your local store like

Bed Bath and Beyond, Crate and Barrel, etc.

Good luck on your pasta making! here is my daughter's lunch...

Trix, Celery, Carrot, Oranges, Grapes, Flintstone Gummy, Green Spinach Noodles (This is with  Sautéed Chicken and Mushroom)

Green Spinach Noodles (This is with Sautéed Ground Pork), Mango Strawberry Apple Fruit Roll Ups with M&Ms hidden in it, Oranges, String Bean and Scramble Eggs

Coconut Fish Cake (Otak2) with Peanut Sauce Recipe

Coconut Fish Cake is one of my favorite Indonesian food! In Indonesia, they called it Otak-Otak, which translates to Brain-Brain. I'm not quite sure why they called it BRAIN, maybe because of FISH being one of the ingredient and fishes are brain food. Anyways, this recipe I got from my mom. Pssssttt...don't tell her I'm sharing this to the world!

What you need:

Fish Cake:

• 1 Pack of Cha Cha Fish Paste (1 lb fish paste/ground mackerel)
• 100 ml of Thick Coconut Milk
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Minced Garlic
• 2 Tbs Thin Sliced Green Onion
• 50 ml Cold Water
• 1/2 Cup Tapioca Stach (Tapioca Flour)
• Banana Leaves

Peanut Sauce:

• Thai Chilli Pepper (Depending on how spicy you want, you can put none to however many you like)
• 1/2 Cup of Ground Peanut or Peanut Butter
• 1/2 Cup of Warm Water
• 1 tsp Minced Garlic
• Salt

How to make:

Fish Cake:

1. To make the fish cake, combine fish paste, water, and coconut milk in a medium bowl. Mix them until they are well mixed.
2. Combine the rest of the ingredients (salt, garlic, green onion, and tapioca flour)
3. Clean banana leaves, cut them to squares and dry them with paper towel.
4. Place about 2 Tbs of fish paste on one side of banana leaves and roll it.
5. Close the ends with tooth pick, or some people use staples (be careful don't eat the staples)
6. Bake for 10 minutes at 375F, flip and bake for another 10 minutes.

Peanut Sauce:

1. Chop thai chilli pepper finely, then combine the rest of the ingredients together.
2. Mix until well mix and serve with the fish cake.

I hope you love the Otak-Otak! 

Here is an example of Cha Cha Fish Paste sold in the US, there are a lot of different brands so what brand doesn't really matter. Good luck!

Yumbox Original and Panino -- Review

Yumbox my new favorite lunch box! (well, all of my lunch box are my favorite) I am so glad I got these, I think it was worth the investment. I ordered these boxes as a present for my mom and my kids on Christmas.

Their prices range from $13.00 - $33.00 and I think that is a good deal for a such awesome box! I got lucky that I got them discounted at 30% off! I didn't know that there was a sale going on at the website, they just suddenly discounted my order, so I went back and ordered 4 boxes! Yeah!!! 4 BOXES!!!! hehe.

Before I started Bento boxes, it was very hard deciding which box I should get! So, I got the planet box first but I can't shake the feeling of wanting to get Yumbox because of their leakproof feature and their colorful boxes. My daughter loves it so much that sometimes, she asks for her dinner in her Yumbox! There are many things we love about Yumbox! I can only think of a few things we would like Yumbox to improve. okay, let's get to the business =D

Yumbox Tray $13.00
Yumbox Exterior Box $15.00 - $16.00
Yumbox Set $28.00 - $33.00 (Comes with 1 tray and 1 exterior box)

What we love:

1. Color Choice! I love their bright and pretty color choices. There are 7 color choices, I think they are going to release more colors in the future. 
2. Easy to open. Even my 2 year old knows how to open the lunch box.
3. Dishwasher Safe 
4. Eco-Friendly
5. Sturdy
6. BPA and Phthalates Free
7. 4 and 6 compartments, makes it fun to pack food!
8. Leakproof. The website said only food with consistency like yogurt, ranch, ketchup, etc. I tried putting water inside one of the compartment the first day I got my daughter's box and shake it up and down real hard. I only see one to two drops going in another compartment. I will update it again and try to put water and sit it down sideways for a few hours to see if it does leak or not. 
9. Removable tray, makes it FUN for lunch or dinner at home. It can be a plate or it can be a lunch box! I love it so much

What you should consider:

1. The cute food illustration. I love the illustration but I do not love the fact after 2 washes it's starts to wear off. I can see some parts of it's image missing.
2. Very small compartments, only for Yumbox Original. 
3. Drying Issues, I'm crazy about having my Yumbox dry before storing. I do not use them everyday because I take turn between three different kinds of boxes, so, sometimes I have to leave it out for two days to make sure it is dry before assembling them back together.

See, there are only 3 consideration before buying Yumbox! It is so worth it!

Here are some example of lunch I've packed my daughter to school and my son for fun or when he has to go somewhere:

 

Turkey and Cheese Wraps, Tic Tac (Indonesian snack, you can find at an Indonesian grocery store), Banana, Hardboiled Egg, Carrots with Thousand Island, Cashew Nuts

Biofeel (You can find at any Asian grocery store), Chocolate Bread Sushi, Cut Up String Cheese, Cheese Quesadilla, Pomegranate

Fried Noodles, Tic Tac (Indonesian snack, you can find at an Indonesian grocery store), Blood Oranges, Mandarin Orange, Roasted Garlic Parmesan Pee Wee Potatoes

Peanut Butter Chocolate and Cheese Bread Sushi, Fuji Apples, Ying Yang Babble, Edamame, Crab Rolls

Strawberry with Strawberry yogurt, Car Shaped Hardboiled Egg, Black Sweet Rice Porridge with Coconut Milk, Corn, Celery, Mangoes, Cashew Nuts

Homemade Hot Pockets, Carrots, Sticky Candy, Ninja Babybel, Oranges

Steamed Broccoli, Roasted Garlic Parmesan Pee Wee Potatoes, Oranges, Strawberry Yogurt, Homemade Chicken Nuggets, Mango Fruit Leather, Bear Shaped Hardboiled Egg (The shape isn't so good this time lol!)

Wheat Thins, Sunflower Seeds, Snow Man String Cheese, Kiwi, Ranch Dressing, Snow Flake Cheese with Ham and Cheese Quesadillas, Carrots, Triple Berry Fruit Leather

Strawberry Yogurt, Kiwi, Ranch Dressing, Corn, Celery, Quail Eggs, Hello Kitty Ham and Cheese Sandwich

I hope the reviews and the sample lunches help you decide to buy which lunch box you would like!

Yumbox did not pay me to review their box nor they give me any type of compensation. This is a very honest review from the boxes that I bought. Thanks so much for reading! ^^

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