Family get together

Last weekend we had makan-makan with my family. My brother requested for this makan-makan since he was away for a few weeks - working - and he started to miss our fun family :p

I proposed to have a steamboat and barbeque since I am still in confinement. We have a few grill pans and steamboat cookers so it make cooking easier. Actually, my 44 days confinement ended on Saturday, but I chose 100 days. Enjoy the photos.

Juicy lamb in hickory and pepper marinade, chicken, dory fish and sausages for kids.

Mushrooms for steamboat. The greens are for beef wrapping.

My sister bought my favourite fish. Salmon. I prefer to eat it raw :)

Salmon contains a lot of Omega 3 fatty acids and DHA that is good for the brain. A nursing mom should eat salmon, as the milk will have significant amounts of the Omega 3 and DHA.  

Juices and food

In the morning, when I cant decide what fruit will go into the blender, whether it is green apple?  red apple? or orange? I usually blend all the fruits separately and I end up with 2 or 3 glasses of fruit juice. I dont strain them because I need the fibre.

I will only use the juicer in the evening. I like to sip the pure juice while relaxing in the evening. Juicer is really hard to clean - especially the strainer.

This was my lunch yesterday. Grilled lemon and ginger chicken with grilled potato. I sprinkle a bit of black pepper and paprika. Ate it with mustard. I cut the chicken breast into bite-size pieces because I have to eat it with only one hand (fork only), the other hand should be available in case I need to breastfeed. #strategy

I pair it with a glass of refreshing hand-squeeze lemonade.

Confinement period = reading time!!!

What I love about my confinement period is... I have unbelievable amount of time to READ! yay!

Yes, I need to feed the baby, change his nappy, express the milk, but that didnt take me the whole day. I am blessed with easy to handle babies. They dont cry. They are not colicky. When they are awake, they just stare at the ceiling the whole time, acting like they are very excited to see the ceiling fan and the lighting fixtures.

I stay up all night reading so I didnt miss the two-hourly feeding. I also can just sit and read a book during the day, in between cooking and doing laundry. Yes, we are now back to our own house on the 10th day and I do the house chore myself. Slowly. I still wear bengkung, bertungku, watch what I eat, just like what women in confinement supposed to do. 

My brother lend me a few interesting books. I just started the first one but I left it at my mum's. I am now trying my best to finish the last book I bought at Big Bad Wolf Sale last time.

**I dont online much during confinement period. I prepared some blog entries and set it to auto-publish for the whole week. Two or three entries per day.