Category: Anything About Kids

PRODUCT REVIEW – YUMMY DOUGH (EDIBLE PLAY DOUGH)

Hi There,

I was watching Club Magic the other day with my son, and there were kids doing some artwork, they introduced this product called the yummy dough which is technically a kind of edible play dough and I google a bit to check where I can get it. I eventually got it from Spring at nex, where you can get baby stuff and maternity wear. It coest $25 a box, rather steep for a box of cookie dough mix, but the ingredients and the concept does seemed to be quite interesting, I decided to give it a try.

This “cookie mix” originated from Germany, the ingredients that goes into this yummy dough is vegetable essence, like beets, spinach, etc, which give them very distinctive colors.

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KIDS RECIPES IDEAS – BENTO SETS

Hi There,

I was cooking a lunch bento set for my son the other day, and suddenly thought about it will be a great idea to share some of the recipes that I usually make for my son. I love to cooking for him during weekends as I am a busy mummy who works 5 days a week, so weekends will be the only time I could cooking something special for him.

There are some of my friends and colleagues who have children who can be fussy in their diet, so I have recommended them to try out some recipes where you just practically hide the veges into the food. One of my favourite is tofu meat balls.

Ingredients :
Tofu X 1/8 of a pack
Lean pork X 1/4 palm size
Spinach X 1 stalk (soak into hot water)
Carrot X 3 slices
Egg X 1
* You can add garlic or grated onions into the mixture, which I usually do, as I believe garlic, leeks, onions can boast immune system.

Directions :
1) Soak spinach into hot water, or in boiling water with a little salt, boil the carrots at the same time (for 2 mins).
Tips: Putting salt into water, can retain the color of green vegetables and also the salt can bring up the heat so the cooking process can be shortened.

2) Mix all the ingredients into a bowl, and mold into small little balls so that you can serve it with some cute Daiso bento toothpicks, and let the little one to pick it up and eat it with fun.
Tips : Tofu is the binding agent in this dish, if you do not have tofu, try using bread soaked in milk, I use my son’s milk powder if I run out of tofu, that way you do not need to buy a new carton of milk and worry the left over.

3) Pan fry the meat balls, until cooked, add a little soya sauce or ketchup at the end and fry it for a further 10 – 15 secs and is ready!

This is one of the bento set that I made for my son, the ginger bread man is cheese sandwich which is being cut out using a ginger bread cookie cutter. And the brown color “trees” is tau kwa which is being cut out using the Daiso bento cutter too! ^^

Please drop me a message or share with us your creative kids recipe ideas here, hoping to meet up with mummies who have interest in this and share ideas of cooking nutritious meal for our kids ^^

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Cheers!

Dawn

MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL 2011 – SUNTEC CITY MOONCAKE FAIR WITH KIDS ACTIVITIES

Hi There,

Suntec City is having a mooncake fair for 29 Aug – 11 Sept 2011 for this year mid-autumn festival 2011 which falls on 12 Sept.

Since there will be a comex show over there as well, it might be a good idea to drop by and check out all these mooncake deals and sample your way to find the perfect mooncake which you can share with your love ones.

suntec mooncake fair

suntec mooncake fair

suntec mooncake fair

Participating Brands will be :

  • Andersen’s of Denmark
  • Bakerzin
  • Chinese Tea House
  • Rive Gauche Patisserie
  • Tcc-The Connoisseur Concerto
  • Haagen-Dazs
  • Chang Feng Ji
  • Baker’s Oven Patisseries
  • Carlton Hotel Singapore
  • Dragon Phoenix
  • Chinatown Ti Chong Kok Confectionery Hue Kee
  • Hung Fai Food Enterprise
  • Hang Heung (HK)
  • Goodwood Park Hotel
  • Fairmont Singapore
  • InterContinental Singapore
  • Jewels Artisan Chocolate
  • Kia Hiang Restaurant
  • Mandarin Orchard Singapore
  • Rendezvous Hotel Singapore
  • Singapore Marriott Hotel
  • TungLok
  • The Fullerton Hotel
  • Victoria Peak Chinese Cuisine

There will be a lot of fun stuff for kids as well, like

  • Lantern Walk along the Fountain of Wealth (3 Sept 2011)
  • Lantern Making Session (3 & 4 Sept 2011)
  • Mooncake Making Session (10 & 11 Sept 2011)

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Cheers!

Dawn

MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL 2011 – PARKWAY PARADE MOONCAKE FAIR (29 AUG – 11 SEPT 2011)

Hi There,

Parkway Parade will be having mooncake fair on 29 Aug – 11 Sept right before the Mid-Autumn Festival on 12 Sept.

Some of the participating brands include :
Intercontinental
Fairmont Singapore
Goodwood Park Hotel
Peach Garden Restaurant
Peony Jade Restaurant
THe Peninsula HK
Reagent Hotel & many more

You will get to redeem cofee/tea press set with min spend of $150 (max 3 same day receipts)

Kids will not be left out too, they will also be able to make their own latterns out of recycleable materials, by spending $50 to participate (max 2 same day receipt) at Next to D’Arts at L2. (3 Sept – 11 Sept 2011)

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Cheers!

Dawn

UNITED SQUARE SHOPPING MALL – GREAT KIDS COOK OUT (26 AUG – 11 SEPT 2011)

Hi There

United Square shopping mall is having this event called the Great Kids Cook Out, will be a great outing with your kids to embark on a culinary adventure!

You will get to learn about some dining etiquette, create pizza toast  multi-colored mooncakes and bento sets! Your child will love to try some of these, and it will be a great bonding time with your child. As I have been making my son’s bento lunch since this year, do try it out and amaze your child, your fussy eater might just change their mind on certain healthy food that they usually pick on ^^

As for parents and junior chefs in the making, they will also have a Junior Chef 2011 Competition, where you will get to meet celebrity chef judges, so mark it on your calendar and head down there with your family! ^^

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Cheers!

Dawn