Chinese Confinement Recipes: Pork, Papaya, Dried Squid Soup

Chinese Confinement Recipes: Pork, Papaya, Dried Squid Soup

June 01, 2021

Confinement Recipes for Week 1-3

For the first few weeks right after giving birth, confinement food is very basic and focuses on food that is easy to digest and avoids a lot of food and condiments that is believed to affect healing of the wounds. If it's a natural birth, follow this for 2 weeks and for caesareans follow for 3 weeks. They generally follow these rules.

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Chinese Confinement Recipes: Pork Pepper Leek Stir Fry with Udon

Chinese Confinement Recipes: Pork Pepper Leek Stir Fry with Udon

May 30, 2021

Confinement Recipes for Week 1-3

For the first few weeks right after giving birth, confinement food is very basic and focuses on food that is easy to digest and avoids a lot of food and condiments that is believed to affect healing of the wounds. If it's a natural birth, follow this for 2 weeks and for caesareans follow for 3 weeks. They generally follow these rules.

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Chinese Confinement Recipes: Steamed Chicken Leg

Chinese Confinement Recipes: Steamed Chicken Leg

May 14, 2021

Confinement Recipes for Week 1-3

For the first few weeks right after giving birth, confinement food is very basic and focuses on food that is easy to digest and avoids a lot of food and condiments that is believed to affect healing of the wounds. If it's a natural birth, follow this for 2 weeks and for caesareans follow for 3 weeks. They generally follow these rules.

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Chinese Confinement Recipes: Steamed Pork Patty

Chinese Confinement Recipes: Steamed Pork Patty

May 12, 2021

Confinement Recipes for Week 1-3

For the first few weeks right after giving birth, confinement food is very basic and focuses on food that is easy to digest and avoids a lot of food and condiments that is believed to affect healing of the wounds. If it's a natural birth, follow this for 2 weeks and for caesareans follow for 3 weeks. They generally follow these rules.

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Chinese Confinement Recipes: Pig Trotters in Black Vinegar and Ginger

Chinese Confinement Recipes: Pig Trotters in Black Vinegar and Ginger

May 05, 2021

Pig trotters in black vinegar and ginger is the ultimate dish of confinement. A huge pot is usually made by the mother or the mother in law of the birthing mum and is given away to friends, families and neighbours alike as a celebratory food for announcing the arrival the new baby. 

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Chinese Confinement Food Recipes (UK)

Chinese Confinement Food Recipes (UK)

May 02, 2021

A Background on Chinese Confinement

Chinese confinement is a practice that has been ingrained in Chinese culture for thousands of years. From pregnancy to giving birth, a woman's body uses up a lot of nutrition to grow the baby and birthing the baby is believed to weaken the body further and therefore there is a need to recuperate through bedrest and eat nourishing food during the postpartum period. This confinement period typically last for 30-40 days right after the baby has been delivered.  

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Hello London! A day of eating out again

Hello London! A day of eating out again

April 26, 2021

Hello London! I finally, finally had a day of eating out again in London and I am unbelievably happy and content right now. It has been more than a year since I took a train out to London and what was quite a normal part of my life had become something that felt scary and foreign. This pandemic has changed and affected all of us in some way and to live with a bit of normality now feels rather strange.

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Chinese Style Tomato Eggs

Chinese Style Tomato Eggs

July 07, 2020

Chinese style tomato eggs are a classic household staple for many Chinese families. It's delicious, quick to make and packed full of vitamins thanks to the tomatoes and leeks, and is protein dense from the eggs. 

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Hakka Style Pork, Dried Squid and Leek Stir Fry

Hakka Style Pork, Dried Squid and Leek Stir Fry

June 30, 2020

When I visited Taiwan in 2015, I had a gastronomical time eating through all the local foods on offer. Taiwan is a city full of phenomenal food and one of my favourite food memories are all the 'stir-fry' restaurants available. Simple put, every dish on offer can be stir fried and usually served with steaming rice and a side of soup.

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Chinese Glutinous Sweet Potato Pancakes

Chinese Glutinous Sweet Potato Pancakes

June 23, 2020

Anything with glutinous rice flour in it, is an instant hit for me. I just can't get enough of that chewy, fragrant rice flavour and texture. My mum used to make a lot of desserts with glutinous rice flour and one of my favourites is her Chinese glutinous sweet potato pancakes.

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Fried Glutinous Rice Dumplings | Ham Sui Gok

Fried Glutinous Rice Dumplings | Ham Sui Gok

June 16, 2020

Lockdown has got me attempting to making all sorts of food I normally don't have time or effort for, and the results have been hugely satisfying each time. If you ask me what's the one thing I miss eating during lockdown, my answer is without a doubt, dim sum and sushi.

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