How to Make Mango Green Smoothie

       I've just made this mango green smoothie today. It's creamy and tropical fruit smoothie. It was so healthy and delicious, and I really loved it! :) I'm going to share how to make mango green smoothie with you.

Ingredients (2 Servings)
1/4 cup of lemon juice
1/4 cup of your favorite juice or water
2 kale leaves
1 tablespoon of chia seeds
1/2 mango (frozen)
1 banana (frozen)
1 cup of ice cubes

1. Blend all ingredients.

2. Enjoy! 

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How to Make Grapefruit Green Smoothie

     Yesterday, I was very hungry two hours before dinner, so I wanted to eat something light. That's why I made this grapefruit green smoothie. It was high in vitamins and fiber, so it was perfect healthy drink! It also tasted so great and satisfied my hunger. :) Anyway, I'm going to share how to make grapefruit green smoothie with you.

Ingredients (2 Servings)
 1 Grapefruit
 5 Strawberries
 2 Tablespoons of Lemon Juice
 1 Tablespoon of Chia Seeds
 1 Kale Leaf
 1 Cup of Ice Cubes


1. Blend all ingredients.
2. Enjoy!

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How I Know When a Pineapple Is Ripe and Ready to Eat

       Today, I ate a fresh pineapple because it was ripe perfectly and ready to eat! In order to know if it's ripe, I do a leaf test! I'm going to share it with you.

      When a leaf can be plucked from the top of the pineapple without too much resistance, it's ripe perfectly. However, if a leaf comes out too easily, the pineapple might be rotten.

      In order to serve the pineapple, I twist it and take the crown off.

      It was so fresh and good! :)

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Keeping Bananas in Refrigerator - The results of the Day 1 to 7

      As I mentioned in my previous entry, I stored four wrapped bananas in refrigerator and two unwrapped bananas at room temperature to see how these banana would ripen differently. Let's see the results. :)



Day 1

     On the third day, I compared the bananas. The left banana was kept in refrigerator and the right one was stored at room temperature.


Day 3:   (Left) in refrigerator / (Right) at room temperature

     While the banana which was in refrigerator was still yellow and firm, the other one which was at room temperature had some brown spots.


Day 3:  (L) in refrigerator / (R) at room temperature

     On the fourth days, while brown spotted bananas which were at room tempreture smelled like sweet banana, ones in refrigerator didn't have any scent.


Day 4:   (L) in refrigerator / (R) at room temperature 

     On the fifth days, bananas at room temperature smelled sweeter than the previous day. The ones in refrigerator turned slightly brown.


Day 5:   (L) in refrigerator / (R) at room temperature

      I decided to peel the skins off.


Day 5:   (L) in refrigerator / (R) at room temperature

      While the banana in refrigerator was still firm and white color, the one at room temperature was pretty soft and partly brown.


Day 5:   (L) in refrigerator / (R) at room temperature

     I made banana bread with the crushed banana. :)

     On the seventh day, the left three bananas, which were kept in refrigerator, turned slightly browner than previous day. The other one, which was kept at room temperature, was half brown, and its skin slightly withered. It completely ripened and smelled very sweet. I peeled off two bananas' skin. The one in refrigerator was still firm, but the one at room temperature was nice and soft.


Day 7:   (L) in refrigerator / (R) at room temperature

     I made banana bread again. :)


     I only have two bananas which were kept in refrigerator now. However, I will keep updating how these would turn out in the next week.



     This is my previous entry how to keep bananas in refrigerator.
http://itisapieceofcake2011.blogspot.com/2013/11/how-to-keep-bananas-fresh-longer.html

How I Keep Banana Fresh Longer

The Best Way to Keep Bananas Fresh Longer

     How do you store bananas after purchasing them?

     I prefer slightly green bananas to over-ripe bananas. However, bananas usually ripen faster than I hope, and I need to eat them up in two days or so. These days, I have stored bananas in my refrigerator and it has worked very well. :) Keeping bananas in refrigerator ripens them slower and keeps them fresh longer.
    I'm going to share with you how to keep bananas fresh longer.

First of all, you need to know about bananas...
*Bananas release ethylene gas naturally to ripen each other.
*Bananas are slowed to ripening by keeping them under at 13 °C (55 °F).
*Bananas suffer from the cold.


     I bought a bunch of bananas at my local Albertsons' in order to share with you how to store bananas. :)

    First, separate them.

     Prepare some plastic bags. I usually use ones which I used when I purchase fruit or vegetable at my local supermarkets.

     Put a banana into the plastic bag.

     Then, wrap it tightly.

     Repeat the same step for the rest of bananas. It prevents bananas from ripening each other.

     I wrapped four bananas individually.

     Put wrapped bananas into a double-plastic bag. It prevents bananas from suffering from cold air directly in the refrigerator.

     Put your wrapped banana into the refrigerator.


     I put wrapped banana with a white plastic bag into the refrigerator, and I kept two unwrapped bananas at room temperature in order to see how these bananas would ripen differently.

     I'm going to share with you the result next time. :)

How I Keep Banana Fresh Longer

Vocabularies I Need to Be Familiar with

Today, I went to cafe to meet my friend as usual Friday. It's been three weeks since we met last time. She was busy for three weeks because she had visitors from Korea. We talked about what happened in our past three weeks. She told me her son who is 18 needed to get a surgery unexpectedly. One day, he called her to complain about left-side chest pain. Next day, they visited a doctors' office and received instruction from doctor to go to an emergency hospital. He was diagnosed with spontaneous pneumothroax, which usually tends to occur in young skinny men. He needed to get a surgery and was hospitalized for a week. I thought her life was packed in past three weeks.
We studied about vocabularies were from our reading textbook, which we finished up our last meeting. We reviewed the vocabularies, but I noticed that I had already forgotten some of them. haha!
These are vocabularies which I need to memorize. Even though I already know some of them, I am still not familiar with using them.

startled : adjective / びっくりして (Pronunciation is stɑ'ːrtl )
　ex) I was startled.
　ex) A startled bear bit the man's head.

infuriating : adjective / ひどく腹立たしい
　ex) His delay is infuriating.

condemn : verb / 非難する、責める (Pronunciation is kənde'm )
　ex) I condemn terrorists as much as you do. : 私もあなたと同様にテロリストを非難している。

discriminate against : ～を差別する、～に不公平な扱いをする
　ex) We don't discriminate against any race. : 私たちは人種差別をしません。

get along : 仲良くやっていく、仲良く暮らしていく
　ex) We are getting along well.
　ex) I don't get along with her.

prior to : ～より前に、～に先立って
　ex)  She went to China prior to her trip to Korea.
　ex) He has no memory of what happened to him prior to this morning.

vice versa : 逆も同様に
　ex) You have to give me what I need, and vice versa. : 君は僕の必要とするものをくれるべきだ、また逆に僕は君の必要とするものをあげるべきだ。

facade : noun / うわべ、見せ掛け (Pronunciation is fəsɑ'ːd )
　ex) The Smith family maintained a facade of wealth although they were not rich. : スミス一家は金持ちではないのに裕福なふりを続けた。

procession : noun / 前進、行進、行列
　ex) A procession of people entered the new department store. : 人々の行列が新しいデパートの中へと入っていった。

conceited : adjective / うぬぼれた (Pronunciation is kuhn-see-tid )
　ex) It may sound conceited of me to say so, but ... : うぬぼれに聞こえるかもしれないが…。

insulting : adjective / 無礼な、屈辱的な
　ex) Do you not get how insulting you're being? : 《批難する》自分が失礼なことをしてるのが分からないんですか？

uncivilized : adjective / 野蛮な、下品な、がさつな
　ex) I think his clothes makes him look uncivilized. : 彼の服装が彼をダサく見せていると思う。

peculiar : adjective / 奇妙な、特有の
　ex) There was a peculiar smell. : 変な匂いがしていた。

disguise : verb / 〔人（の外見）を〕変装させる、扮装させる、〔事実・感情などを〕隠す、偽る、隠蔽する、〔分からないように～を〕変化させる、偽装させる
　ex) They disguise themselves as students or newspaper reporters, etc. 彼らは留学生や新聞記者などに姿を変えて行動している。

Strawberry Season Is Coming!

I have seen many red strawberries in fields near my home, and strawberries have become less expensive these day.

Last Sunday, I bought a pound of strawberries for $1.50. Then, my husband made strawberry smoothie for my breakfast yesterday.

It was tasty and also cold. It made me wide awake in the morning!

I like seasonal fruit and vegetable because they are healthy and cheap.






 Today's Vocabulary
・ wide awake : すっかり目が覚めた

Oroblanco

I bought oroblancos at Korean supermarket.
It was my first time to eat this fruit.

It tasted like a grapefruit.

I like it. :)