Today was a fairly hard riding day on the road (wind, rain and a flat tire during the rain) so I decided to cheer myself up and help my recovery with a post-ride chocolate smoothie. Not really feeling like searching for a recipe online and then going out to try to find the ingredients (a lot of which are often hard to find in Japan) I decided to concoct a smoothie with the ingredients I already had at home. It actually turned out really tasty so I thought that I would post it up here so you can give it a try if you feel so inclined.
My Post-Ride Chocolate Smoothie
1/2 cup ice cubes
1 cup of low-fat milk
2 heaping tbsp of low-fat probiotic yogurt
6 almonds
1 small banana
2 tbsp of powdered cocoa (20-24%)
Optional: 2 pieces of 86% cocoa or higher chocolate (softened)
Just throw it all in a blender, blend it for 45 seconds or until smooth and enjoy!
Using a recipe calculator I found out that it should have about 318 calories, 10.2g of fat, 16mg of cholesterol, 164mg of sodium, 1153mg of potassium, 7g of dietary fibre, 31g of sugars, 17g of protein and a whole lot of Vitamin B-12, Vitamin B-6, Vitamin D, Calcium, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorous, Riboflavin and other trace elements. It seems like it would be a decent recovery drink, although I am not a nutritionist.
Today Yoko and I decided to go and check out the flowers at Shinjuku Gyoen (新宿御苑). Hanami has come a bit early in 2013, and it looked like it has already passed its peak in the park. Although it was not too crowded, it was not really the best day for wandering around and taking photos as the weather was both overcast and bright. I did get a few nice shots of some of the flowers in the park. I hope that you can enjoy them!
I often prepare my own desktop wallpaper for use on my Retina MacBook Pro as I love the way my photos look on the high-res display. Some of the images I often use are family related and are not really for distribution, but I do have a lot of neutral ones that are fine for the public.
If you have a few moments, please feel free to browse the images below and use any of them for your desktop wallpaper!
If you click on an image it will open the gallery in your browser. You can select “View full size” below the photo you would like to use as wallpaper to open it at full size in a new window. After the image loads, right-click and download the wallpaper. As they are quite large (3200×2000 pixels) they might take a few seconds to load on slower connections.
Today was a fairly hard riding day on the road (wind, rain and a flat tire during the rain) so I decided to cheer myself up and help my recovery with a post-ride chocolate smoothie. Not really feeling like searching for a recipe online and then going out to try to find the ingredients (a lot of which are often hard to find in Japan) I decided to concoct a smoothie with the ingredients I already had at home. It actually turned out really tasty so I thought that I would post it up here so you can give it a try if you feel so inclined.
My Post-Ride Chocolate Smoothie
Just throw it all in a blender, blend it for 45 seconds or until smooth and enjoy!
Using a recipe calculator I found out that it should have about 318 calories, 10.2g of fat, 16mg of cholesterol, 164mg of sodium, 1153mg of potassium, 7g of dietary fibre, 31g of sugars, 17g of protein and a whole lot of Vitamin B-12, Vitamin B-6, Vitamin D, Calcium, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorous, Riboflavin and other trace elements. It seems like it would be a decent recovery drink, although I am not a nutritionist.
Shinjuku Gyoen Hanami 2013
posted on .Today Yoko and I decided to go and check out the flowers at Shinjuku Gyoen (新宿御苑). Hanami has come a bit early in 2013, and it looked like it has already passed its peak in the park. Although it was not too crowded, it was not really the best day for wandering around and taking photos as the weather was both overcast and bright. I did get a few nice shots of some of the flowers in the park. I hope that you can enjoy them!
Some Desktop Wallpaper I Use
posted on .I often prepare my own desktop wallpaper for use on my Retina MacBook Pro as I love the way my photos look on the high-res display. Some of the images I often use are family related and are not really for distribution, but I do have a lot of neutral ones that are fine for the public.
If you have a few moments, please feel free to browse the images below and use any of them for your desktop wallpaper!
If you click on an image it will open the gallery in your browser. You can select “View full size” below the photo you would like to use as wallpaper to open it at full size in a new window. After the image loads, right-click and download the wallpaper. As they are quite large (3200×2000 pixels) they might take a few seconds to load on slower connections.