My First #infusedwater

Nowadays "Infused Water" is a trend (a healthy one I must say) that many people are following. I was introduced to infused water by my group of friends when they started posting pictures & sharing recipes via Instagram & Whatsapp - sangat tempted due to the vibrant colors!!!!

Anyhow, I did some research on infused water and I regretted the fact that I didn't know about this earlier (like many many many years ago). Since I'm breastfeeding Muqri, I need to drink A LOT OF water. So, why not 'spice it up'? It's like killing two birds with one stone. Depending on the choice of fruits, infused water offers many healthy benefits - antioxidants agent (flushes toxins from our body system), boost your metabolism, helps to loose weight and many more. Since infused water is naturally low in calories, plus it contains no artificial flavour (goodbye sirap, ribena semua), there's no harm done in drinking infused water as much as we want.

This FAQ on infused water really helped me out, sangat recommended to read. Ada banyak cool recipes as well.

So, for my first ever infused water, I decided to use two basic, easy-to-find ingredients which are also my favourite fruit and spice - apple & cinnamon.

Apple: The phytonutrients in apples are powerful in helping to regulate blood sugar while also helping to improve beneficial bacteria in the large intestine.

Cinnamon: Cinnamon is well known for its ability to regulate blood sugar, which is important for weight loss. It's is great for improving concentration.

The cinnApple

1 big size apple (sliced thinly)

1 Cinnamon stick

1 litre of mineral water

The cinnApple Infused Water

How to?

Basically you slice the apple thinly, the thinner the slices are, the more flavourful infused water you'll get. Then placed the slices carefully in a jar and add one cinnamon stick. Pour one litre of cold mineral water (as apple slices turn brown easily), close the jar and quickly keep it in the fridge. Infuse the water for at least 4 hours (I decided to leave it overnight).

My cinnApple after one night in the fridge, yummy~

 

Happy trying!!!

Home Cooked Egg Noodle Soup

I will normally cook noodle soup 3 to 4 times a month (or more). It is so easy and doesn't require a lot of time to prep. Adam especially loves any type of noodle soup.

Ingredients
Some olive oil
1 yellow onions/red onions - blend with a little bit of water (*Tips: always have a jar of blended onions in your fridge, very helpful)
100 grams of beef (braised between 15 to 30 minutes, and then sliced thinly)
Beef stock (you can also use chicken stock)
Fish balls
Fish cakes
Chinese cabbage (kubis cina/kubis panjang)
Baby corn
Egg noodles (You can swap this with rice noodles or any time of noodles that you prefer)

Garnish (optional)
Fried tofu
Spring onion (daun bawang)
Fried shallots/onions (bawang goreng)

Basically, preheat your pot and pour some olive oil. Next, saute the blended onions. Add in the sliced beef, stir for few minutes. Next add in the beef stock, fish balls and fish cakes. Let the soup boiled. Once it is boiling, add in baby corn and Chinese cabbage and we are done for the soup.

In another pot with boiling water, cook the noodle, drain it and then set aside.

Prepare a bowl and add in the noodle. Next add in the soup and garnish it and your noodle soup is ready! Yummy~

Home cooked Noodle Soup

Husband's Favourite Caramel Puding

Caramel Puding or Puding Karamel. Tak susah pun nak buat, it depends on kerajinan diri and free time. I did this for dessert during buka puasa last month, hubby and Adam loved it.

Gula Hangus:
1 1/2 cawan gula pasir, bole try to use brown sugar as well
2 cawan air

To be mixed :
1 tin susu pekat manis (guna 3/4 tin, jika tak suka manis)
1 tin susu cair
1 tin air
5 - 6 biji telur
Esen vanilla




Caramel Puding - The ingredients



Kukus dalam 15 to 20 or 25 minutes



Tadaaaa, ready to be eaten

Menu Berbuka for 2nd Ramadhan

I was thinking of going to Pasar Ramadhan at Putrajaya after work with hubby, but come to think of it, hmmm better masak lagi puas hati kan?
So, my planned menu for today is:

1. Labu Masak Lemak
2. Sambal Ikan Bilis with tempe & kentang (done, stock bulan puasa)
3. Ikan/Daging/Ayam goreng berlada
4. Bendi Goreng Telur
5. Puding caramel

So looking forward to berbuka.