Kitchen Tips #1:- 36 Genius Kitchen Tips That Nobody Told You About

Last week I mentioned that I'll upload a quiz, tips relating to food and fruits, something interactive that will get my readers chatting.

Today I have 36 genius tips that no one told you about from " All day Chic" . 

Check out All Day Chic's blog  http://alldaychic.com/  which has lots of  brilliant tips on anything and everything.

Some of the tips are simply genius. 

Check them out here : http://alldaychic.com/36-kitchen-tips-that-will-make-your-life-easier/

 http://alldaychic.com/36-kitchen-tips-that-will-make-your-life-easier/

Here are some of my favourite tips

Leftover sauce can be frozen and reused.

Easy way to make yoghurt pops for the summer.

 Best way to cut watermelon.

 Chill wine with frozen grapes.

My favourite is the yoghurt popsicle tip.

Blog and picture credit : http://alldaychic.com/

Yellow Watermelon Smoothie

If you read my last post, you'll see that I got this delicious yellow watermelon from my sister. I had to ...it was too good a fruit to miss! 

Find about a bit more about the yellow watermelon here http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-a-yellow-watermelon.htm

Now let's make a smoothie ....

Yellow Watermelon

Ingredients

• cold watermelon
• 1 pink lady apple
• few blackberries
• ice cubes (optional)

Watermelon and Apple

Instructions

• Cut watermelon from skin, cut apples, place in blender and blend till smooth
• Pour in glass cup 
• garnish with blackberries (optional)
• serve cold

Yellow Watermelon and Apple

Refreshing and absolutely delicious!!

Yellow Watermelon Surprise!!

Have you ever seen or tasted a yellow watermelon?

I didn't even know they existed!

All my life ....." sounds like I am about to type my bio there " ...ha ha!! All my life all I have ever seen or tasted was a red watermelon and we all know how delicious and refreshing they are.

Red Watermelon

Warning: If you're my friend or family and you ever go fruit shopping and you happen to live nearby do not make the mistake of telling me you've gone fruit shopping because I would pay you a visit to see what goodies you've bought and definitely help myself to some of your fruits purchases ...with your permission of course ha ha!

On Saturday my sister made that mistake. She called and said " I have just gotten back from the fruit market" and then she made mention of all the fruits and bargains she bought and made an even bigger mistake of sending me a picture of all her purchases lined up on her kitchen counter.

As I zoomed in I spotted a few mangoes and a big watermelon, in my head I knew I was going to get half of that watermelon. I asked if she was going out soon and she replied no I'll be home for a while.

In less than 45mins I was at her door..... Lol!! she knew why I had come and had bagged and frozen all her fruit into the freezer. As I always say  "ditch the ice and freeze your fruits" . The only fruits on the counter were the mangoes and the juicy watermelon.

As we stood in the kitchen making small talk she picked up her big sharp knife and ripped into the watermelon and as she cut it wide open we both stared at each other blankly...

OMG!! I shouted you have been scammed Lol!!....this is a yellow watermelon... don't taste it I exclaimed!! I grabbed my phone and went unto Google, typed in yellow watermelon and clicked on images...lo and behold there they were... Yellow watermelons looking all yellow and delicious mixed with the red watermelon. It was hilarious!!

As you'd expect I demanded for half. She refused to share her mangoes though,her excuse was that she only bought 2 mangoes for £1 and needed them for her smoothies, I wasn't pleased but hey I got half of the juicy watermelon so hooray!!

I can not wait to make a yellow watermelon smoothie with it!

Yellow Watermelon

I am curious to know ... have you ever seen or tasted a yellow watermelon?

What were your initial thoughts when you saw one?

Am I the only one who has never seen a watermelon? Make me feel better please and tell me that you are just like me and have never seen a yellow watermelon ha ha!!

Till the next time.....

Stay Smooth :-)

Watermelon & Banana Juice

We've had some beautiful weather today in London and watermelon is the best fruit to cool you down after a long hot day in the sunshine.

Watermelons are a great fruit to help you hydrate and cool down in the summer heat. Also, since it's mostly made up of water, watermelon makes a refreshing cool drink.

Despite being mainly water and sugar, watermelons are actually a very good source of vitamin c (which provides protection against immune system deficiencies) and vitamin A -which promotes good eye site.

Today we will be making a very simple and yet refreshing watermelon and banana juice.

Ingredients

• 2 bananas
• half of a watermelon
• Ice cubes (I rarely use ice cubes as my fruits are always frozen)

Instructions

• Remove the watermelon from the skin and place in a blender, cut the bananas and put in the blender, add the ice and blend until smooth.
• Pour into glass cup and serve cold.

Watermelon and Banana Juice

Enjoy!!