Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Moms-to-be, makanlah buah delima masa mengandung

Buah delima is salah satu food yang I mengidam masa mengandungkan Allysha dulu. Not that I nih jenis yang mengidam yang macam-macam and susah nak dapat. Semua yang senang-senang and dekat-dekat je. Alhamdulillah, masa mengandungkan Allysha banyak perkara dipermudahkan. Allysha pon sampai sekarang memang baik, memudahkan sesiapa yang menjaganya. Kalau tak silap, yang paling jauh pon nak makan asam pedas kat Banda Hilir, Melaka tuh je. Terbaik punya asam pedas. As I’m typing this, terliur rasanya.

Yummy and juicy

Masa teringin buah delima tuh, it was not in season. I actually found once kat Cold Storage Alamanda tapi postponed nak beli kemudian. Bila datang balik, dah takde. Kecewa betul masa tuh. Nasib baik my mom tak jemu-jemu carikan jugak. At last jumpa kat kedai buah MBG kat Shah Alam. Mahal betul. Kalau tak silap sebijik dekat-dekat RM20. Katanya from Spain ke mane entah and supposedly memang yang terbaik. My mom bought two at that time. She bought it again after that and I had the chance to eat it until the day before I delivered. Sedap and juicy.

I told my mom and my sisters that buah delima memang bagus. I pernah terbaca somewhere that for pregnant moms yang kurang darah buah delima boleh tambahkan darah. Why not kan, lagi elok daripada makan hati ayam or organ-organ dalaman yang lain.

I found something interesting from a site but I can’t remember the source sebab I copied it to my pc. Dalam Al Quran sendiri ada menyebut tentang kebaikan buah delima ni.

Buah delima adalah salah satu buah yang terdapat di dalam syurga yang kaya dengan unsur zat besi sebagaimana firman Allah: (Q:55:6)

Maksudnya :"Pada keduanya juga terdapat buah-buahan serta pohon-pohon kurma dan delima. Buah delima atau dari segi saintifiknya Punica granatum mempunyai pelbagai keistimewaan, selain dari sedap dimakan ,ia juga mempunyai kebaikan dari segi kesihatan.Zat besi yang terdapat dalam buah delima dianggap sebagai unsur penting dalam pembentukan darah merah. Seseorang yang kekurangan zat besi akan mengalami penyakit anemia. Dengan hanya sebiji buah delima mampu memberi khasiat yang banyak kepada kita. Buah Delima mempunyai kadar antioksidan yang paling tinggi diantara buah-buahan yang lain.

Delima, sejenis buah lain yang disebutkan di dalam Al-Qur`an, mengandung potassium yang besar volumenya, selain dari mineral-mineral lain seperti fosfor, kalsium, besi, dan sodium, dan vitaman-vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, dan C. Bereaksi bersama sodium, potassium mengatur ekuilibrium air tubuh dan menjaga detak jantung agar tetap normal..(bagi ibu dan perkembangan fetusnya). Dengan memelihara keseimbangan kadar potassium-sodium, buah ini juga menunjang kepekaan saraf dan otot agar berfungsi secara teratur( kajian mendapati rahim wanita lebih utuh/kuat sesuai dengan kepekaan nya menunjang pergerakan bayi yg dikandung) , mencegah edema, dan mengurangi kadar gula yang beredar di dalam darah ( ibu yang baru pertama kali mengandung atau lebih dari 3 kali ). Delima menghilangkan rasa letih otot dan memungkinkannya bergerak dengan mudah,dan juga menguatkan jantung.

Lain-lain kebaikan delima juga:
- menghalang pembentukan sel kanser
- mencantikkan kulit
- mencegah dari nyanyuk
- memberi tenaga
- elok untuk pesakit tekanan darah tinggi dan rendah
- sistem penghadaman
- mengurangkan berat badan
- prevent morning sickness untuk orang mengandung
- memperelokkan rahim

So, for all mommy-to-be and those who wanted to benefit from buah delima nih, bolehla amalkannya. It’s quite big and satu biji actually can last long.

Friday, May 21, 2010

Laura Calder's Cream Apple Tart Recipe

Hubby was working pretty late last night and I had the chance to watch my fave channel on Astro; the AFC!

I was lucky indeed because French Food At Home is on Air. I just love the gorgeous Laura Calder, the food she prepared, and the ambience of her kitchen ( someone wrote in her blog that the kitchen featured in that show was her producer's).

Anyways, back to last night's show. Laura prepared a scrumptious dessert and seems pretty easy to prepare. I sort of remember some of the ingredients used but then again, when I start to jot down the recipe I realized I didn't actually remember all of it.

And, much to my delight when I was reading the paper today, i saw the recipe!!! So, here it goes. For my record whenever I decide to try it.

*pic taken fr here

Tat Krim Epal

Bahan-bahannya:

Kulit Tat
1/2 cawan mentega
1/3 cawan gula
1/2 sudu teh vanila
1 cawan tepung gandum

Inti krim
1 biji telur
1/2 sudu teh vanila
8 aun keju krim - dilembutkan
1/4 cawan gula

Topping
3 biji epal; dikupas kulit dan dihiris nipis
1/4 cawan gula
1/2 sudu teh serbuk kulit kayu manis
1/4 cawan kepingan badan atau walnut; dicincang

Cara Membuat:
  1. Untuk tat - panaskan ketuhar hingga 200 darjah celcius. Pukul hingga lembut mentega dan gula. Masukkan vanila. kemudian masukkan tepung dan gaul dengan hujung jari hingga adunan menjadi seeprti serbuk roti.
  2. Tekan doh ke dalam acuan setinggi 2.5cm. Bakar selama 15 minit; hingga keperangan. Keluarkan daripada ketuhar.
  3. Untuk inti krim - pukul semua bahan sehingga gebu. Tuang ke atas doh tadi. Sementara itu, tabur serbuk kulit kayu manis, gula dan walnut di atas epal.
  4. Untuk bahagian atas - Susun kepingan epal di atas krim dan taburkan dengan kepingan badam. Bakar sehingga epal lembut dan keperangan selama 40 minit.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Air Asia Free Seats

Quick!
Air Asia is offering free seats again.

Booking Period : 18 May 2010 - 23 May 2010
Travel Period : 03 January 2011 - 08 May 2011

Go and get yours now!!

Monday, May 17, 2010

Planning Allysha’s Birthday Party : The List

It’s never too early to plan for Allysha’s 1st Birthday Party. After all, it will be the benchmark. I, personally want her party to be intimate and inexpensive with invites to be restricted to family and close friends only. However, coincidently her birthday would be during Ramadhan and we have to postpone the party until Syawal. Since we need to hold an open house as well, it would be cost saving to combine both. But gosh, it cracks my brain to plan an event which incorporates both.
I’ve been surfing related sites and I found a lot of interesting stuffs and it changes most of my initial plans. I have to keep in mind that Allysha is only one year old and she won’t appreciate extravagance and simple things would be sufficient. I plan to DIY whatever I can, to make it meaningful, for me and Allysha.


I started by listing the major items, which is:

1. Party theme – the hardest to decide!
2. Party deco
3. Who to invite
4. Invitation Cards
5. Timing – maybe it will take max. 1-1 ½ hours for her party. Toddlers can get restless easily.
6. Venue – our taska; outdoor!
7. Food
8. Games/activities
9. Party Bags n Thank You Cards
10. Photographer
11. Videographer

So far, that’s the only thing that came across my mind. Along the way, I’ll try to keep my list updated.

*pics googled

Friday, May 14, 2010

Allysha's First Water Confidence Experience

I'm ready!!

I'm excited..

Bile lagi nih..asyik ambik gamba je

Saya takut laut..

Tapi..saya suka giant bath tub nih..

Saya suka, tapi kenapa muka saya macam takut je?

 Second day..super excited!

 Bestnye!!

 I'm floating..

 Isk..masuk airla pulak..

Letih, take five jap Wan Ibu..

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Allysha @ 7 months

Again, I’ve always forgot to jot down Allysha’s milestones. Here it goes although I’m so sure that there’s a lot more. To my sisters, please add anything you can think of.
 I just love watching her sleep..

• She’s more talkative now – babbles a lot!
• She knows how to hold her own bottles
• Whenever she’s hungry for milk, she will look for her bottle, take it, drink, and put it back when she’s had enough
• Dah merangkak; pretty fast sampai memang kene monitor all the time


See! Pantang nampak remote Astro. Remote lain taknak.

• Dah lebih pandai main with all her toys; although her all time favorite toy is still handphones (nak yang baru n slim saje pulak tuh esp BB) and astro’s remote control. And oh, she loves tissue boxes too!
• Dah pandai responds to us using her own voice
• Reaches for objects with one hand
• Dah boleh passing-passing object from one hand to another
• Kalau sorok something that she wants in front of her, die mesti tau and carik. Even in between pillows! Tau je layer mane pulak tuh. Clever girl!
• Dan pandai ask for attention. Nanti Allysha akan buat-buat batuk sampaila orang tu pandang or talk to her
• Pandai main pok amai-amai (or was it masa 6 months? Can’t really remember)
• Pandai main ca-ce-kop (ala..yang genggam tangan tuh..)
• Suka peek-a-boo
• Pandai buat Hi-5! (nih Mak Su Beby yang ajar!)
• Her first swimming pool experience
• Bertatih with assistance
• Suka sangat outings – kalau ade yang pakai tudung mesti die excited semacam and mintak dukung. For sure takkan lepaskan org tuh sampai dah masuk kereta
• She knows and recognizes people more – tau je orang yang selalu die tengok and tak. Dislike strangers. Contoh: macam my dad yang slalu balik lambat. Once Allysha Nampak Atok, mesti mintak dukung and tak nak orang lain ambik. Macam tau-tau je satu hari tak jumpa Atok.
• Pandai ambik hati!
• Although there are signs macam nak tumbuh gigi, tapi until now nothing!
• Likes to be hugged. Time tido pon suke orang peluk. Suke golek-golek and tido dekat-dekat ngan Daddy (Wan Ibu tuh dah wajiblah..)


Kat dalam stroller pon dah pandai nak bangun sendiri

There’s still a lot to share but since I’m a weekend Mummy, this is all I can think of at the moment. Again, to my sisters please add anything else that I have forgotten.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

One Year Older, Another Year Wiser

Monday was my birthday. Am getting older but alhamdulillah, happier. The day started off pretty bad since I was unwell. At noon, after feeling much better, I bought a cake and KFC for hubby's staffs. Coincidently, I shared birthday with the daughter of a staff. I immediately told her that we can celebrate her birthday as well. She was so happy and called her daughter. She even sang birthday song for her dear daughter. Happy Birthday Putri!

 
The birthday cake. At first I regretted for not buying Secret Recipe's cake, but everybody loved it; including me. The one and only birthday cake for me.

Later that night hubby treated me dinner at Bubba Gump, Sunway Pyramid. It's our first time here and it was love at first sight. We love everything here. Everything was almost perfect : the ambience, the food, the service, the company. But, it would be perfect if Allysha was there to celebrate my birthday.

The signs on the table. Run Forrest Run if everything is OK and Stop Forrest Stop if we need their attention. It seems to work really well since were were attended almost immediately after we put the Stop sign. We like it:)

Our garlic bread. Mama Gump Garlic Bread. Really nice. We should have ordered a soup to compliments it. Next time, next time.

And, for drink, hubby ordered Mango Sparkler. Nice. He even asked for a refill which cost him additional RM2.90. For me? Just plain hot water. Another 4 months to go and then I can indulge myself in those too! Allysha, cepat sikit besar ye :)

The BBQ Beef Back Ribs. Two thumbs up! U guys MUST order this whenever you dine at Bubba Gump. Enough for 2-3 people. I bet my mom will surely love this.

I can't really remember what this is called. It was Run Across America (kot?). Hubby's choice. It was ok. But our favourite is the spinach dip. Sedappp. There were nachos, chicken strips, shrimp and...shrimp!

We actually ordered Bread Pudding for dessert but we cancelled it since we were so full. We still have some leftovers. What we have ordered was actually enough to feed 4 pax. It's in HUGE portion!

This time, I think I scored 9/10 in ordering (for first timer). It was a very satisfying meal and we will definitely come back for more.

We then went shopping for my birthday presents. Due to the limited time, hubby still owes me 2 more presents. Daddy, bile nak pegi beli nih?

Thank you Sayang for everything. Muahhhsss

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Mission Possible

Last weekend was a blast! I had my whole family together. We really enjoyed our weekend. The reason is mutual for everyone - Lil' Allysha! Allysha's Wan was also on a mission to find a portable swimming pool for Allysha.

The three of us

Allysha and Mummy

Yeay!! The Loaf is finally 10 mins away from home.

So many pastries..

 The delicious cupcakes

 
 Mummy, Allysha wants to eat too...

Mine is even more delicious..made with love by Mummy

 One of our very few pic together

 Let's search for the Toys R Us!

 Yeay!!

 Wan, busy selecting Allysha's stuffs

 At last! We found it! Thank you Wan for the treat..

One happy family..

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

An Afternoon At Carcosa Seri Negara

Mother's Day Tea Party at Carcosa Seri Negara organised by Pitter Patter.

Allysha was tired...

She actually dozed off after this; still holding the donuts.

Arrived!

Push, Daddy, Push!

Moody... not enough sleep n hot, hot, hot!

Violin performance by cute lil kids

Allysha liked the performance *clap clap*

Luckily we remembered to bring the fan

Daddy's twins

Mummy's little angel

She thought it's a toy!

Yummy baby

Arghh...her smile really melts my heart

Happy Mother's Day, Mummy dearest!