Slow Cooker Mexican Rice

In today's video I am sharing a recipe much loved by my 21 month old toddler.

For Tomato Paste:

3 Cloves of Garlic

1 Tomato

1/2 Onion

For Rice Base:

1 Cup of white rice

1 tsp Cumin

1 tsp Coriander

2 tbsp Tomato Puree

1 cup Chicken Stock (with half cube)

Directions:

1. Rinse rice until water becomes clear. Drain and set aside.

2. Chop ingredients for tomato paste, and blend it.

3. Heat olive oil in a pan at medium heat.

4. Add rice and dry until slightly toasted.

5. Add Cumin and Coriander.

6. Fry again.

7. Add Tomato Puree.

8. Fry until golden brown or fragrant.

9. Add all ingredients into rice cooker.

10. Once cooked, serve with cheddar cheese!

8 Months Update

Oh gosh, it’s been awhile since I’ve blogged.

Time flies! In a blink of an eye, Eilidh is already 8 months old! She’s just the most gorgeous wee lass I’ve ever laid my eyes upon.

STARTED ON SOLIDS

She has started on solids, and I have her on a mix of cuisines! My mom has been pushing her to eat only meat and congee, and then there are pro-BLW friends who have been pushing me to go full BLW. However, I’ve decided to shut them off and just go with my baby’s cues. Honestly the comments from know it all wannabes will never end. Furthermore being working mom, my helper or her caretaker has to be comfortable with her schedule and weaning method. Therefore, Eilidh is doing all of it! Puree, BLW, and Chinese congee meals!

I’ve realize she only eats well when she’s under cold climate – the amount of food she had in Japan was endless! Whereas now, I sometimes have problems making her finish her plate.

By 8 months, Eilidh is already on chunky purees, with a mix of finger food by the side or as a snack. I have also decrease the frequency of her milk feed but increase each intake. There’s only much time in a day to stuff Eilidh with food! I notice that she has alot more appetite to eat once I done decrease her frequency, and has slept through the night!! Hurray!!

She follows this schedule at 8 months:

07:30am – Wakes up and a milk feed (150ml) 09:00am – Scottish Porridge with fruit (usually avacado or banana) 10:00am – Nap 11:30am – Milk feed (150ml) 13:00pm – Pork/Fish Congee 15:00pm – Fruit snack 16:00pm – Milk feed (150ml) 17:00pm – Nap 18:00pm – Meal of the week 19:00pm – Fruit snack 20:00pm – Shower and milk feed (150ml) 20:30pm – Bedtime

It really took while before Eilidh got used to her schedule. But since now she is sleeping through the night, who’s complaining? 😝

Crawling or Walking?

So Eilidh shows all signs of mobility; she is planking, butt in the air, sitting up by herself, cruising along furniture, etc. But she refuse to push herself to crawl! Although, she loves it when we bring her on her feet and walk with her 🙃. I totally get her though, that’s how I feel about my double unders; I know I can do it if I try, but I’m perfectly happy with my singles 🤣.

Babling… Mama?

So she has already started babling since she was as young as 3 months old. However I have notice her saying “mum mum” when she gets really upset and uncomfortable. Thanks Eilidh.

All time Favourite: Bath time with Daddy!

She just loves this. Whenever I strip her naked, she starts kicking her legs and starts getting out of control, attempting to jump everywhere! She simply adores bath times with her Daddy 😘😘.

Next step Forward

Now that she is developing so quickly, my husband and I decided to send her for chinese lesson before she becomes a noob in manderin like me 😞😞. So, infant care it is! There is only so much my helper can teach Eilidh at home. Starting September, my helper will stay at my mom’s place instead while Eilidh will be spending most of her days in the Childcare centre.

My Post Partum Fitnes Journey

I have been doing CrossFit since before I was pregnant, and I have always enjoyed the fact that I could just show up for class and have someone tell me what to do. However when I got pregnant, I had many issues that prevented from doing it regularly. Eventually when I resumed CrossFit after I gave birth, I had so many problems with getting my fitness level to what it was before.

I feel with the nature of CrossFit, it makes for such a good post Partum exercise. I have a coach that watches me making sure I have the right posture, so I won’t injury myself since my core hasn’t been engaged in 9 months.

I started exercising a month after I gave birth(with permission from my gyne of course). I started with running and realized I couldn’t run very efficiently. My tummy muscles were so weak at the time that couldn’t even engage it for my runs. I started wearing binders to keep my belly in place and it got alot easier. But going back to CrossFit where I have supervision was definitely the smarter thing to do.

The feeling of accomplishment when I’m able to get the muscles back after struggling with it for so long is amazing. I remember when I got back I couldn’t even do a proper box jump. I had to start from stacking plates to achieve the height!

And with all the confinement rules that tell me “if you don’t follow the rules you are going to have back problems”. But hey I can already do an overhead squat now. I think I will be fine 😊.

Exercise is always the key to a healthy lifestyle. And of course only do the ones that works for you! I have seen so many pushing themselves to do exercises that don’t work for them, and they end up having exercising in general. Exercise should be enjoyable, and I definitely cannot function without exercise. Giving excuses for not exercising is definitely not allowed in my book.