What Kim Ate

Watermelon shake
Take a watermelon. Remove pips. Put in blender with a tray of ice. Blend. 
OMG yum. 
One watermelon normally makes two blenders full. 
Hint: How to get pips out of watermelons
Use two bowls and a sieve. Scoop out the watermelon flesh into one of the bowls, then use your hands to grab out bits of flesh. [...]

I love going to the gym as gym means that when I get home it’s time for smoothies! (yes, really everything is about food).
This is the smoothie of the hour. I think it’s the mint leaves and dash of lemon which give this smoothie the edge.

Put the following in your blender.

A ripe banana
Two ripe peaches [...]

Kim at the Parnell Chocolate Boutique with chocolate denso.
Aucklanders, Heaven in a cup is waiting for you.

The Auckland contingent of Polly Put the Kettle on had a Chai making get together the other day. We made chai, ate food, sat on the back deck and watched ducklings.

We’ll be providing chai as well as other refreshments at KiwiBurn next year. We were thinking that we’d have to try out a few [...]

Ying, a lovely woman that I work with (from China) often drinks a dark liquid drink in the mornings at work. We played a guessing game as to what it was. I suggested Mushroom soup.
Bzzzzt. Wrong.
It was a traditional Chinese breakfast drink made up of black sesame, black rice, walnut and sugar.

She [...]

I’m not sure if this drink does any good in a medicinal way but it certainly makes me *feel* better when I’ve got a cold, especially if someone else makes it for me.
I think it’s partly good for the feeling of being looked after (thanks Thomas!). So if you have anyone with winter colds [...]