Strawberry Banana Smoothie

From the Zoku blog, I followed the Strawberry Banana Smoothie recipe today and made these healthy pops for yet another hot summer day. I modified the recipe by adding too much milk in the strawberry yogurt by accident.  As a result, the color of the strawberry portion was too pale and did not have the contrast that I looked for.  In addition, I added 2 tsp of honey instead of 3 tsp as in the original recipe and the taste turned out to be not too sweet which I liked.

Strawberry Banana Smoothie

ingredients

• 1 small banana
• 140ml whole milk
• 1 teaspoon lime zest
• 3 tsp honey
• 140 grams strawberry yogurt

preparation

Blend the banana, 110ml of the milk and 3 tsp of honey in a blender until consistency is smooth.
In a separate container, add the strawberry yogurt and 30ml of whole milk and blend well.
Insert sticks into the moulds and pour in the banana mixture to fill the moulds about half way. Wait for the banana mixture to freeze, and then pour the strawberry yogurt mixture up to the fill line.

Makes 6 Quick Pops.

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Strawberry Lime Pops

My new toy, Zoku Quick Pop Maker, had arrived!  I purchased it from the Indigo online store when they were 50% off and free shipping to an Indigo/Chapter store of your choice, not a bad deal.

For the first time, I followed exactly the recipe from the Zoku Blog -- Strawberry Lime Pops.  It was very simple to make and the pops popped right out of the maker at exactly the time suggested.  This recipe requires 0.5 tablespoon of sugar per pop plus the sugar in the limeade so we allowed Baby J to licked it only a few times. I would definitely decrease the amount of sugar if I make it again.

The taste was OK but Hubby still likes Häagen-Dazs more. ~.~

More photos on flickr.

Strawberry Lime Pops

ingredients

• 10 ounces fresh strawberries; stems removed, rinsed and drained
• 3 tablespoons sugar (*more if necessary)
• 1 teaspoon lime zest
• ½ cup water
• 3 ounces limeade; divided use

preparation

In a blender, puree strawberries, sugar, lime zest, and water, until smooth, set aside.
Remove Zoku Quick Pop Maker from the freezer. Insert sticks.
Pour 1 ounce strawberry puree into each Zoku Quick Pop cavity. Allow this layer to freeze completely.
Next pour ½ ounce limeade into each cavity. Allow this layer to freeze completely.
Finally pour another layer of the strawberry puree up to the fill line in each cavity. Allow this layer to freeze completely.
Remove the pops with the Super Tool. Repeat with remaining pops.

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Sunday Breakfast - French Toast

Starting off our Sunday morning slowly with French toasts, fresh strewberries, and coffee!
I love Sundays! ^^

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Victoria's Restaurant - The King Edward Hotel

Afternoon tea at Victoria's Restaurant - The King Edward Hotel on Friday after the light lunch at Taro's Fish. I really looked forward to an afternoon tea occasion because I wanted it since Baby J was born but never got a chance to go. I have never tried afternoon tea at Victoria's Restaurant before, however, we soon found that it was a bad choice. The quality of the food was such a disappointment and it was definitely not worth the price we paid. :(

The scones in the bottom tier was the best part out of the three tiers and it got progressively worse upward.  For the tea sandwich tier, I felt like I just kept on eating just bread, and soggy bread. 
For the final dessert tier, which we did not finish at all, was a disaster, 1. the almond madeleines tasted worse than the ones I made at home; 2. the rest of other mini desserts tasted like those I can purchase from a regular supermarket.  As for the tea, we both chose the Kind Edward Blend, it had a fair floral aroma, not too strong, and it was OK.

On an happier note, we still enjoyed our afternoon off and enjoyed taking pictures of it but I don't think we will return to Victoria's again.

 

 

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