Funz:

You can find the frozen waffles and pancakes in most supermarkets. Just follow the instructions at the back of the box and adjust to your liking once you are familiar with the product.


As for cream soup, I do not have them frequently but yah it's the canned or satchet ones. Knorr has pretty nice mushroom cream soup. At coldstorage, you will be able to find a section where they sell 'healthier' range of such products, like those low sodium no msg ones but at double the price of the normal type.

No choice gotta think of stuff that are easy to manage for the morning or stuff that can be prepared the night before then just heat up in the morning cos time is limited. Unless you are the kind that can get up at 4am in the morning to prepare breakfast.

2ppaamm:

Guess what? I made these 3 days in a row, because my kids kept asking for them. I end up making 2 loaves of bread this morning (that's like 20 slices of bread, which I cut into 4 pieces each). My oldest son who woke up late still managed to each only 1 slice. Big family...

Great simple recipe! Tomorrow I must do something else!

sssdarlings:

I find mini pizzas easy and fast to make.


- mini toaster bread tops
- pasta sauce/ tomato puree
- cheese: grated or sliced cheddar
- any fave topping: ham, sausage, shredded chicken/ turkey red/ green pepper etc

Spread cheese on bread top. Layer with sauce and toppings. Cover with grated cheese and leave in oven/ on grill for til cheese melts.

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radiantmum:

This is great stuff! 2 questions.

1. Waffles/pancake frozen - u heat them up in microwave? I suppose u can find them in any supermarkets?
2. Cream soup - are you referring to those Campbell type? Any healthier choice?

:oops: I know nuts about cooking so asking dumb qns here ... ps: anything a little tinnie bit higher level in difficulty, I will end up with only hard boil egg &/or cakes or cornflakes with milk for breakfast (sigh, DS will literally cringe his nose and run if bread/buns are offered - otherwise life will be easier for me)

radiantmum:

This is great stuff! 2 questions.
1. Waffles/pancake frozen - u heat them up in microwave? I suppose u can find them in any supermarkets?
2. Cream soup - are you referring to those Campbell type? Any healthier choice?

:oops: I know nuts about cooking so asking dumb qns here ... ps: anything a little tinnie bit higher level in difficulty, I will end up with only hard boil egg &/or cakes or cornflakes with milk for breakfast (sigh, DS will literally cringe his nose and run if bread/buns are offered - otherwise life will be easier for me)

Funz:

oh goodness, waking up at 5+am. I am sooo glad DD is in the afternoon session. But I guess I will eventually have to face that kind of schedule. My maid prepares breakfast so I get to snooze more. DD is a big breakfast kinda kid while DS is more like me, stomach will wake up only after 10am. So far on our breakfast menu


Cereal
French Toast
Eggs (1/2 boiled, hard boiled, omelette, scrambled, braised)
Steamed Tofu with soba sauce, seaweed and bonito flakes
braised tofu
yoghurt
Shoyu soba
Chawanmushi
waffles/pancake with honey (those frozen out of box kind)
cream soup with toast
confectionaries (cakes, buns, etc)

Blobbi:

csb:

[quote=\"Blobbi\"]2ppaamm, are you the bread expert? Maybe you can help me - when I use my bread machine, my bread has that heavy yeast smell. How come? I normally dump in a little packet of yeast. Maybe that's too much?

Hi Blobbi, my bread machine makes a 2-pound loaf, and uses not more than 2 tsp. How much is your little packet?

csb:

Blobbi:

2ppaamm, are you the bread expert? Maybe you can help me - when I use my bread machine, my bread has that heavy yeast smell. How come? I normally dump in a little packet of yeast. Maybe that's too much?

Hi Blobbi, my bread machine makes a 2-pound loaf, and uses not more than 2 tsp. How much is your little packet?

2ppaamm:

Funz:

Steamed Tofu with soba sauce, seaweed and bonito flakes

Got recipe for this? Sounds very yummy leh...:thankyou:

Funz:

Steamed Tofu with soba sauce, seaweed and bonito flakes

Emelyn:

jedamum:

How do you working parents managed with so little sleep?! :shock:

Err.... my rest time is from 9am to 6pm.... (noticed this is the office hours too !!).

I am blessed with a very good working environment. No complaints about it.

After 6pm, I will be rushing like mad again.... on the road and in the house with 3 kids + housework + supervising their school homework, enrichment class homework and mummy homework.

Blobbi:

2ppaamm, are you the bread expert? Maybe you can help me - when I use my bread machine, my bread has that heavy yeast smell. How come? I normally dump in a little packet of yeast. Maybe that's too much?

2ppaamm:

Blobbi:

2ppaamm, are you the bread expert? Maybe you can help me - when I use my bread machine, my bread has that heavy yeast smell. How come? I normally dump in a little packet of yeast. Maybe that's too much?

. Yeast also always need sugar to work properly. Why? I also forgot...

Blobbi:

2ppaamm, are you the bread expert? Maybe you can help me - when I use my bread machine, my bread has that heavy yeast smell. How come? I normally dump in a little packet of yeast. Maybe that's too much?

sssdarlings:

OMG :!: Really... and I was getting worried about BPA found in the lining of cans!!! :roll:


I agree about food closer to source.

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2ppaamm:

Breads are not alone.


I recently did a project. We were supposed to collect close to expiry food from food manufacturers (6 mths to expiry) and auction them off cheaper on the net.

You'd think manufacturer would have lots of that. No. I was told by the industry experts that things don't really 'expire'. When they do on the supermarket shelves, the manufacturers take it back. They open the cans and check if the food is still good. Reboil and then recan the food with a new expiry date.

Eat closer to source. Too many unethical profiteering food makers out there. Remember all those milk incidents and stuff? It's all about money nowadays, sad.

2ppaamm:

sssdarlings,


Bread makers are not white elephants. I've been using mine for 14 years. Saves all the knead, wait, knead, wait, knead, wait thingy. You just set it and then when the dough is done, I'll take it out and shape then bake in the oven.

Note: If anyone is afraid of preservatives and stuff, bread is the killer. Breads used to mould in just 1-2 days, now they stay on the shelves for a week, some can last even longer! The preservatives and artificial ingredients in there can be quite scary... even \"Ah Kun\"-type brown or white breads have preservatives nowadays.

daisyt:

The bread makers produce soft local white bread ? Someone told me before, it produce easy to drop off and rough bread, so dun taste so good. What brand of bread makers you all using and how much ?

2ppaamm:

sssdarlings,


Bread makers are not white elephants. I've been using mine for 14 years. Saves all the knead, wait, knead, wait, knead, wait thingy. You just set it and then when the dough is done, I'll take it out and shape then bake in the oven.

Note: If anyone is afraid of preservatives and stuff, bread is the killer. Breads used to mould in just 1-2 days, now they stay on the shelves for a week, some can last even longer! The preservatives and artificial ingredients in there can be quite scary... even \"Ah Kun\"-type brown or white breads have preservatives nowadays.