Beef Stirfry & Tuna Mornay w/sweet potato

Now these two recipes I'm writing about are extremely common and well known but thought I would share how I do them....well I can't actually take claim to the beef stir-fry as Troy cooked this one and I chopped it up very small so that Huddo could enjoy it too!

Beef Stir Fry
Ingredients:
300g Rib-eye or sirloin ..we got some great rib-eye steaks!...and finely slice
500g Hokkien noodles
Vegetable oil
2 garlic cloves
100g snow peas
200g bean sprouts
1 tbsp rice wine
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tsp sugar
2 spring onions, finely chopped

Marinade
2 tsp cornflour
1 tbsp rice wine
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil

Method:
1)Combine ingredients for marinade and leave beef to marinate for 30 minutes
2)Pour hot tap water over noodles, gently working them apart with fingers. Drain, rinse under cold water, shake dry and rub in a little oil.
3)Heat wok, or fry pan add 2 tbsp oil. Add the garlic and snow peas, toss well over high heat for 1 minute.
4)Add the beef in its marinade and toss well until coloured, then tip out onto a plate.
5)Add a little extra oil to the pan toss in the noodles and sprouts for 2 minutes on high heat.
6)Return beef and snow peas to the pan.
7)Add rice wine, soy, oyster sauce and sugar and toss well.
8)Scatter with spring onions and serve...

Note: This is a recipe by Jill Dupleix from the 'Good Living Summer' recipe book....

Huddo's looked liked this:

I'm trying to avoid using the food processor for Huddo's meals now. I either cut things up very very small or I just loosely mash his food. He is still enjoying everything I cook which is great. I have however found that he is not enjoying his finger foods as much at the moment. He looks oddly at his food and doesn't like the feel in his fingers so I did invest in some little forks and spoons specific for trying to teach toddlers to use utensils. Let's just say we have a long way to go with that process but I do take the time at each meal now once he has had half his meal and isn't so hungry that he can relax and focus on practicing.

Now due to working on a Saturday and starting my cake course tonight...I've been expressing decent quantities of milk on a regular basis and had a bit of excess that I chose to use in tuna mornay I cooked last week....

Now I normally just do tuna mornay with broccoli and cauliflower, but this time I added garlic and sweet potato....it looked quite yummy and was devoured by Mr Hudson.

Tuna Mornay w/sweet potato

Ingredients:
90g tin of Tuna (I like to use the 'Sirena' brand)
Half a sweet potato peeled and diced
Head of broccoli broken up into small florets
Half a head of cauliflower broken up into small florets
1 tbsp flour
150mL breastmilk (full cream milk or formula can also be used)
Handful of grated parmesan
small handful of grated tasty cheese
1 cup of baby rice cereal

Method:
1)In a saucepan place all vegies and just cover with water. Cook until soft with lid on.
2)Add tuna, flour and milk.
3)stir and cook on low until mixture thickens
4)add cheeeses and baby rice
5)Mash to desired consistency.