Smoothie time!

So today I finally opened up the brand new Philips HR2011 blender with glass (not plastic, yay!) jar which I bought in DECEMBER 2010!! Suffice to say, it took longer than necessary for a person of my technological skill to figure out how to assemble and work it. So exhausted today for no reason other than self-doubt. Working out some issues. Sigh.

Anyway, I gathered up all the dying fruit in my house and made a smoothie with the following:
1 pear
1 apple
1 large banana (overripe)
A handful of green grapes
A handful of dried cranberries
A dash of milk
Whrrrrrrr....

The blender works supremely well and didn't blow up, much to my satisfaction. The pulser was good to use in the beginning when all of the solid fruit was floating on top of the initial mash and not getting pulverized and needed a bit of a jerk. It was a bit scary though, so I switched back to the "1" setting.

Taste-wise, I could have gone easier with the banana, which totally takes over the flavor. Consistency wise, it was the thickness of baby food mush which my mum probably fed me as a wee babe. If I had used ice or water instead of milk, it would've probably been smoother. The dried cranberry didn't quite blend fully, but was flavorful and provided something to chew on, and also lent the drink a purplish coloring overall.

I got 2 considerably large servings out of that lot. Slowly imbibed one as my post-yoga dinner and was stuffed enough to forgo the beans-on-toast I had planned to eat earlier. Will have the second serving for breakfast tomorrow.

For next time, I'll try going minimalist with the ingredients and quantities. Too many flavors forced together might not be as nice as just 1 or two with a dash of honey and/or cinnamon (note to self, get cinnamon powder and more fruit). Also would like to try adding greens, such as this here smoothie from a British smoothie (heh heh):

Today's eats:
Breakkie: Chicken curry puff [I MUST stop buying this. Fried, potato, meat. Bad. Rawr]
Lunch: Veg Hong Kong noodle. Post-lunch coffee and ginger lemon tea until work end.
Dinner: Above-mentioned smoothie.

In other news, I have been using my google calendar (finally!) to schedule yoga classes and library volunteering and social events. I even managed to motivate myself to go for yoga on Mon and Tues thanks to that. It's nice to have an overview of one's time to fit more important stuff in. Now I need to add de-cluttering, apps and studying to that calendar. Long weekend coming up, shall get into a nice groove. Toodles =)