Avocado, Mango, Banana Fruit Juice

Avocado, Mango, Banana Fruit Juice

This is a great combo. And the main flavor is coming from the Avocado. I only started avocado recently and wasn't sure how to use or choose avocado. I once use unrip avocado and the skin is really hard to peel and unrip avocado tasted bitter.

How to - Avocado
Use avocado when they are ripe. Green colour skin is not ripe. Those ripe avocado are the brownish green colour type. It almost look "rotten" as the skin will be brownish with wrinkly skin.

Buying Avocado
If you want to buy avocado and use immediately, dont buy those bright/pretty green colour. Buy those that are brownish or brownish green and ugly. Press it and if it is a bit soft then it is good. If it is hard then means it is not ripe yet. Shake it and make sure there is no sound coming from the seed. If the seed come out, it means that avocado is over rip.

If you bought a green and unrip avocado, you can just leave it outside at room temperature till it turn brownish colour. Once the colour turn to your satisfaction, press it and if it is a bit soft then it is ready to eat. If you are not going to eat it immediately, store in the fridge as it will stop browning. Consume within days.

Recipe
A)
1 ripe Avocado
1 mango
1 banana

B) Low fat milk - eyeball to the consistency that you wanted

C)Ice cream - optional

Steps
Blend A finely. It will look like a thick paste, you may add the milk to the consistency that you wanted. You may add ice cream for the extra richness and flavor. If you want healthier option, then omit the ice cream.

Making Milo Dinosaur version 2.0~

Gotta call this Milo Dinosaur version 2.0 cause the normal Milo Dinosaur would have milo drink at the bottom and top with Milo powder. I tweak mine by topping it with Vanilla ice cream! Yummy and great to eat. As usual the photo doesnt give it proper justice as I took this during night time~ I had another idea for version 3.0~! Hehe just waiting for all the ingredients to be ready~

Making Chocolate ice cream smoothie~!

My blend of ice, vanilla ice cream, cadbury cocoa powder. Top with Vanilla ice cream! I tired putting in caramel sauce but i will skip that next time. Yummy~ At first wondered what to call this drink, its between milk shake and ice blended... my friend suggested calling it smoothie instead!

How to make yogurt recipe - the easy way!

Making yogurt is so easy and simple that you should try making them yourself. There is a sense of satisfaction and you can adjust the thickness of the yogurt base on individual preference. Plus by making them yourself, you know what you have put in and may skip store bought yogurt with preservative added. You only need 3 ingredients in making yogurt: hot water, milk powder and yogurt starter. As for utensil its best to use thermos to maintain a consistent temperature to enable the yogurt bacteria to germinate.

Its been a long time that i last made my yogurt. Its actually super easy to make yogurt. I am not sure why they make it so complicated at the website when i google them. Maybe because their weather is different which is why they are complicating the process by double boiling and cooking. My mum advice that I must make the yogurt at night to maximize the chance of the yogurt to succeed.

Ingredient
#Yogurt starter
#Milk powder - about 4 tablespoon each cup
#Hot water
#normal size drinking cup (1-2 cups depending on the quantity you wanted to make)
#thermos to maintain a consistent temperature


Steps
-Pour hot water in cup
-Put about 4 big tablespoon of milk powder into each cup. I like putting a lot of milk powder as I like my yogurt to have a thick consistency. You can adjust the number of scoop you put in.
-Once satisfied with the thickness, wait till the milk become warm. You can test by putting your finger in. If too hot then the yogurt starter bacteria will die.
- Put in the yogurt starter when the temperature of the milk is below 120°F(49°C), but don't let the milk cool below 90°F (32°C). 110°F (43°C) is the optimal temperature. 
-Once warm put in about 1 tablespoon of yogurt starter into the milk.
-Pour all the mixture into thermos. Cap it and leave overnight for about 8 hours at room temperature. If you leave the yogurt outside too long, the yogurt may turn sour. Store the yogurt into the fridge once the yogurt is ready.

 1 tablespoon. I add in about 4 scoop.

The mixture after stirring the milk. You can sieve the milk before pouring into the thermos.

There might be some liquid pooling in the yogurt. Just pour away the water and consume the yogurt like normal. If you have fruits like strawberry or apple. Cut them into small slices and mix into the yogurt. Yogurt is a "cooling" type of food (according to my mum). If you tend to eat heaty food like curry, you can eat yogurt to balance out your diet. However please eat the yogurt in moderation.

Yogurt are versatile. Other than adding fruits into yogurt, you can make yogurt ice cream, yogurt shake and yogurt drink. I will expand this page if i try anything new with yogurt.
 

 Breakfast Parfait recipe taken from DonnaHay website. At the bottom i grind Post banana cornflakes. Add in a teaspoon of honey before pouring in the yogurt mixture. I mix in some Raspberry, icing sugar into the yogurt. I top it with Raspberry and a teaspoon of honey.

 Mixing yogurt with my banana cornflakes! Can drizzle 1 teaspoon honey for added taste.

How to make Cadbury Hot Chocolate!

Cadbury Hot Chocolate with marshmallow


Cadbury Drinking Chocolate and Farmhouse milk

Since the time i went to Australia I have fallen in love with the hot chocolate serve in Qantas airline! I saw the packet they use is from Cadbury. I then bought the Cadbury Drinking Chocolate powder made in Australia and decided to make my own hot chocolate. Sadly no matter what milk i use, i couldnt find one that I drank from the Qantas airplane.

I now use the milk FarmHouse from Australia. My hot chocolate does not taste like the one i drank from the plane but it ended up tasting like the Hot Chocolate from Starbucks!

So if you wanted to make a hot chocolate from Starbucks, just mix the milk and the chocolate powder when boiling.

Recipe for 1 person.
- Boil the pot with 1 cup of milk (size of cup depending on what cup you use)
- Add in 1 to 2 teaspoon of Cadbury Drinking Chocolate powder
- Stir well

Its really simple to prepare the drink!

NUTRILITE Protein Drink Mix Green Tea Flavour (450g)

NUTRILITE Protein Drink Mix Green Tea Flavour (450g) and the Protein Shaker.

My first attempt. I pour less than 400ml and 2 spoon of the powder. It look rather watery. Had a misunderstanding that when i bought this it can "replace a meal". I wanted to go on a diet so when i bought this it can make me feel full and i wont feel hungry. But when i tried this I was rather hungry and the hunger become worst. So looks like I was wrong in thinking it can replace a meal. The taste is like green tea minus the sugar and hot water. As it is protein must not use hot water else the protein will "die". What i worried about protein is that it can either make a person fat or thin (correct me if i were wrong).. i was afraid that my appetite will increase as I drank this and become fat~!

I was told that if i wanted to go on diet, I should try POSITRIM Dutch Cocoa, 14 packets/box instead. According to the website it says that its a Meal Replacement Supplements. It will be interesting to try this for its effectiveness one day. They have another 2 other flavours: Vanilla and Cofee. In addition I can also mix the 2 spoon of protein with Positrim. The description are below:

* Chocolate flavoured. A convenient and nutritious meal replacement choice for weight management.
* This is a nutritionally sound meal for weight control consisting of flavoured nonfat milk powder sweeteened with fructose that provides a healthful balance of carbohydrates, high-quality protein and fat.
* It contains 12 essential vitamins, 12 minerals, 7g protein, and 3g of dietary fibre per packet. Conveniently packaged in sealed sachets, it provides a quick breakfast or lunch, which is particularly important if you have to go to work or travel or in a hurry.
* Cutting calories often means cutting important nutrition. It is hard to get all the nutrition you need if you are skipping meals, eating smaller portions, or only particular foods. The Positrim Dutch Cocoa takes the guesswork out of eating right. And its great taste makes controlling weight easier and more enjoyable
* Suggested Use : Add contents of packet into a 250ml glass of cold skimmed, whole or reconstituted powdered milk. Stir until completely dissolved.

The description

The ingredients

Protein and Shaker

It looks like green powder inside with nice green tea smell. It really remind me of the green tea ice cream at jusco

NUTRILITE Protein now comes in a new flavour while still retaining all the essential benefits of soy protein. One serving not only provides you with 8 grams of soy protein, a balanced amount of essential and non-essential amino acids, and the nutritional benefits of calcium and soy isoflavones, it gives you all these nutrients with the added crisp, fresh flavour of green tea.

If you have always looked to NUTRILITE Protein for a natural, easily digestible and convenient source of protein without cholesterol and only a minimum content of fat, now you can look to it for a more flavourful one, too.

PROTEIN SHAKER
1. Instruction on the protein shaker: Pour 400ml of liquid (eg ACTIVE 8 Drink Mix, Acerola Cherry Drink Mix, Fruit juice or water) into the Protein Shaker.
Add in Nutrilite Protein
Cover by twisting cup firmly over the Shaker. Please ensure that the cup is tightly closed to avoid leakage.
Shake until the contents are well-mixed
Please allot the contents to settle before opening the cap to avoid spillage.

2. Care instructions
Wash thouroughly before initial use
wash shaker and cup in water, using a soft sponge with mild liquid soap and rinse throughly with clear water immediately after each use.
Please ensure that the Shaker and cup are completely dry before storing.

3. Important
Please ensure that the Shaker and cup particularly the cup's gap and threads are properly cleaned, using soft sponge with mild liquid soap and rinsed thoroughly with clean water after each use.

4. Caution
DO NOT freeze contents in the Shaker
DO NOT use Shaker with boiling liquid, which may result in burning
DO NOT pour hot wateronto ice cubes/iced water into the Shaker
DO NOT place Shaker near open flames

About the protein:
Get all the goodness of NUTRILITE Protein with the added refreshing taste of green tea.

Drinks: Bobo Caca (Steam and boil)

Picture: Bobo Caca

Ingredient

Picture: Ingredient

Yam - inside grey colour
Sweet potato (Ubi Kayu)- inside purple/orange/yellowish colour
Santan
Pandan leaf
Sago

Prepare the Yam and Sweet potato:

Picture: Yam and sweet potato being steam

-Cut the yam and sweet potato into tiny cube
-Steam both for 10 minute

Prepare sago:

Picture: Sago in pot

-Bowl some water and pour water into sago (we are not boiling the sago. just heating it with hot water)
-Leave it for 10 minute
-Sieve the sago
-Wash the sago with pipe water while the sago is in the sieve (to remove starch)

Boil them:
-Fill pot with water and boil it
-Add the sago and pandan leaf for 5 min
-Add the yam and sweet potato
-Serve after the pot boil

Drinks: Barli drink

Ingredient
- 1 cup of barli- 4 pandan leaf. wash the pandan leaf and tie in a knot

steps
- Put barli in pot. Pot is one and half size of a hand.
- wash the barli 3 - 4 times
- put water and pandan leaf inside
- at first boil using big fire then turn the fire small when the water is boiling.
- Boil till the bean gets bigger (note: the bean should be bigger then the photo). boil for about 15-20 min.
- then ready to drink