Dining With Jewelle

Today we visited a friend who gave birth recently and we couldn’t stay long because it was nearly lunchtime and I didn’t pack Qi’s porridge.

Yes Qi, my 22 months old baby girl, still eats porridge - do I see some raised eyebrows?

Although she eats fast, unlike Eu, she is particular about her food and prefers only the porridge that I cooked.

So eating out is a problem with her most of the time because even before we put the food in her mouth, she’d make a face and even if she did take it, more often than not, she’ll spit it back out. Because her porridge is naturally flavoured by the vegetables, she dislike strong salt or MSG taste a.k.a. what makes restaurant food so delicious.

In case you’re wondering what is my fabulous home recipe porridge that Qi just could not get enough of - here is one of the variations.

I usually put some minced meat, some vegetables and some chopped carrots or tomatoes for taste.

I’d blend the big parts when its all cooked and that’s all!

When I first weaned Eu, being unexperienced, I used to give her some of those pureed baby food sold in jars. But when I realized that I could make the same thing - just boil / steam and blend, how hard is that?

I never went back to those food jars.

Not only are you very sure of the cleanliness and quality - since you prepare it, it’s also so easy to make (30 mins including cleaning up and blending) that I really don’t see any reason why anyone would want to buy those baby food from the shop anymore.

Tips : When you have weaning baby, get a small rice cooker!

Looking at a picture like this always make me feel a little self-conscious of my own nose.

Because no matter how confident you are with your looks, it would be hard to stay confident if others keep advising on how much better your nose would be with a little nose job or rhinoplasty.

You : My nose is fine.

They : Hmm, actually if you make it slightly trimmer, you would look so much better.

You : My nose is fine!

They : You know there is an excellent surgeon here who can do miracle with your nose? It just need some little work you know…bla-bla-bla!

After a few times of these kind of advice, I bet you’d give it a go even if only to get these caring people off your back!

That’s why I am thankful that over here we don’t have this is kind caring attitude. Although I guess it is a disadvantage too as we’ll never the motivation to make our noses better!

So in a way, folks in the States are lucky as there are experts all over the country from California to Florida and even North Carolina where there is a Raleigh rhinoplasty expert named Dr. Stein that you might want to check out.