Happy Sunday! We're spending the day lounging around (as usual) and hoping it will be a long time before Monday comes (also as usual). And going crazy with the new blender our roommates brought home last week. So today's post is on how to put some yummy in your tummy without racking up the calories!
Also, if you didn't know, yours truly is actually a hapa*/mestiza**/half-breed***/luk kreung**** (all of the preceding meaning "half-Asian", or more specifically "half-Thai"). Thailand has lots of yummy pineapple, which means they also have their own special way to cut pineapples (none of the waste of American-style pineapple rings and none of those pokey eyes!), which my mommy taught me and which I will teach you now.
(I apologize in advance for the psychedelic colors to come.)
Steps 1-2 Cut the bottoms and tops off the pineapple and slice the skin off. Don't worry about slicing deep to cut off the eyes, we'll cover that in a moment.
Step 3 Notice how the eyes all line up in a diagonal pattern around the pineapple. On each flat surface (where you sliced off the skin), cut little wedges around the eyes - easy peasy!
Steps 4-5 Cut the pineapple into quarters length-wise.
Step 6 Cut off the inner corners of the quarter-pieces. These are good and juicy to chew on but are often too fibrous and tough to eat!
Step 7 Slice those quarters up and voilà! Ready to eat, or...
Step 8 You can make a smoothie!
We opted for pineapple-mint, sweetened with a little honey if you'd like (although we found it was just as good without as with!). Pretty much the definition of delicious & nutritious! And now I'm off to wash my hair. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and look forward to a new Creature Feature tomorrow!
*Hawaiian
**Portuguese
***American?
****Thai
I know the post is not about what I am going to say but.....that tablecloth is amazing!
ReplyDeleteThe smoothie sounds yummy and I will sure give it a try as i love pineapples!
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yum!
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looks delicious!
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mmm this looks delicious!
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cool way of cutting the pineapple! now I see why you love the neon ;)
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This looks soooooo yummy!!! Thanks for the tips girl!
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Oh I never knew that's how you cut off those eyes! What a cool way haha
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Agora que eu vi que você fala português rss Vi a resposta do outro comentário queeu tinha deixado aqui rss eu sou de São paulo também rsss
ReplyDeleteAdorei a receitinha!! Acho que vou fazer ;)
Passando para desejar um ótimo dia!
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Eu não sou de São Paulo, sou de Nova Iorque más moro aqui!
ReplyDeleteAcho que é muito brasileira essa combinação de abacaxi com hortelã :)
You have to see actual Thai fruit art! It's crazy!
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