Confinement menu


Monday

Breakfast: 
Homemade Steamed Buns (Yeah, I made my own )

Lunch: (alternate weeks)
Chicken with Oyster Mushroom Soup  /  Chicken with black fungus and wine

Dinner
Soup (alternate weeks)
Black Chicken Black Dates Soup  /  Shallot Pork Ribs Soup
Meat/Protein (choose one)
Turmeric Fried Fish  /  Sweet and Sour Fish /  Ginger Fried Fish
Vegetable
Aubergine  / Celery / Loofah
Tofu/Egg
Minced Meat Omelette/Egg FuYong
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Tuesday

Breakfast: (Alternate weeks)
Ginger Chicken Porridge / Peanut Octopus Porridge

Lunch: (alternate weeks)
Ginger Chicken Porridge / Peanut Octopus Porridge
*I purposely arranged for an easy meal cooked in the morning to give my confinement lady time to prepare pickled ginger and papaya. These 2 full moon treats are time consuming to prepare.

Dinner
Soup (alternate weeks)
Kelp and Beans Soup  /  Burdock Red Bean Soup
Meat/Protein (choose one)
Steamed chicken with Angelica  /  Fennel and Onion Chicken /  Steamed chicken with red dates / Three Cups Chicken
Vegetable
Brocolli  / Cauliflower
Tofu/Egg
Tofu with minced meat / Palak tofu


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Wednesday

Breakfast: 
Cereal

Lunch: (alternate weeks)
Pork trotter in vinegar  /  Assam pork trotter

Dinner
Soup (alternate weeks)
ABC Soup  /  Apple Soup
Meat/Protein (choose one)
Braised Chicken with Mushrooms and Fungus  /  Braised Chicken with Ginger  /  Chicken with sesame oil and bencurd stick
Vegetable
Spinach  / Sweet Potato Shoots
Tofu/Egg
Steamed Eggs / three cups tofu


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Thursday

Breakfast: 
Sausage Eggs

Lunch: 
Ginger Egg Fried Rice
Miyeok Guk  

Dinner
Soup (alternate weeks)
Black Soy with Pork Ribs Soup  /  Pork Stomach Pepper Soup
Meat/Protein (choose one)
Cantonese Steamed Fish  /  Hot Bean Paste Steamed Fish  /  Mushroom Ginger Steamed Fish
Vegetable
Cabbage  / Amaranth (bayam)
Tofu/Egg
Onion / Leek Omelette



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Friday

Breakfast: 
Toasts

Lunch: (alternate weeks)
Fish Soup with rice/noodles

Dinner
Soup (alternate weeks)
Chicken Red Dates Soup  /  Chicken Feet Peanut Soup
Meat/Protein (choose one)
Steamed Bean Paste Pork  /  Ginger Onion Stir Fried Pork  /  Turmeric Stir Fried Pork
Vegetable
Long Beans  / French beans
Tofu/Egg
Sunny side up eggs / omelette with minced meat gravy


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Saturday

Breakfast: 
Dry Tossed Noodles

Lunch: (alternate weeks)
Ginger Steamed Chicken  
Blanched vegetables

Dinner
Main meal(choose one)
Hainanese Chicken Rice
Bak Kut Teh
Claypot Chicken Rice
Vegetable
ChoySum / Siew Pak Choy



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Sunday

Breakfast: 
French toasts

Lunch: (I wanted something family friendly for Sunday lunch, can be eaten anytime)
Fried noodles
Red Bean soup

Dinner
Soup (alternate weeks)
Lotus Root Soup  /  Lean Pork Soup with Arrowroot and Octopus
Meat/Protein (choose one)
Fennel Thyme Honey Roasted Chicken  /  Fermented Beancurd Fried Chicken  /  Lemongrass Roasted Chicken / Ginger juice fried chicken
Vegetable
Rommaine lettuce  / Iceberg lettuce
Tofu/Egg
Silken Tofu / Steamed tofu with enoki and beech mushrooms



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And don't forget to have your daily dose of Chicken Essence for supper. A change of supper to Hasma with Red Dates will be nice. And some dessert like Double Boiled Papaya in Milk every now and then. And drink lots ofRed Dates Tea to replenish liquids and vital nutrients.