Pluot and Apple Pear

Left one is the Pluot and the right is the Apple Pear.

Pluot:
Here's a link for if you want to read better about these http://www.wisegeek.org/what-are-pluots.htm

My mom was getting some plums and i saw these things. The sticker said it was a Pluot, never heard of it. Thought i'd try it just to try some new things. After looking it up, i find out it's a cross between a plum and an apricot. They have a nice sweet flavor. I found them a little fun to eat because the insides were red.

Apple Pear:
Here's some more info about these http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/nutritional-properties-apple-pears-1857.html

Never tried them before so i just kind of figured they were pears that were shaped like apples, that's pretty much what they are, but just a little more than that, either way i thought they were cute. They have a nice crisp bite to them but still fibery like pears. So a crunch like an apple but still pretty textured like a pear. I'm going to be buying more of these.


If you like plums, i'd suggest trying a Pluot. If you like pears, i'd suggest at least trying the Apple Pear to see if you like it. It's really refreshing to eat.

I just want to eat mass amounts of these....I'm glad i tried them. I think i'll try seeing if i can manage to find some recipes that use either fruit in them to use them more than just eating straight.

Red Bananas

Been having a want to try things i've never had before. Some fruits still make me a bit worried to try but at some point i will try them!

This one is red bananas. I'm sure i've seen them many times, just never tried them until now. In the wanting to try new things part, a little disappointing, they taste like just bananas lol. It's not a surprise, but i was hoping for a new flavor.

Since the taste was just a banana, it made me wonder what was so different about them, aside from the color. Just did a basic google search for these and found out that they are suppose to taste pretty much just like the yellow bananas but what makes them different is that they have more vitamin C in them. They are also just alittle smaller.

I will be either just eating them normally or maybe wait until they soften alittle and make something i've made before that involves bananas. Like the banana and egg pancakes, or the banana and oats cookie things.

Here's how they look when peeled...and bitten lol.

Lightening McQueen Eyes Window Shade

My mom is a Cars fan. This is her car.

I get emails from this site http://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/ (which i want a ton of things i have seen on there lol). I mostly just ignore the emails because i don't need to look at every one of them. I decided to check out one of the emails since i hadn't for a while. I came across this post http://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/cars-lightning-mcqueen-sunshade and if you follow the link of "check it out" then it just takes you to the amazon listing for it.

As soon as i saw it i knew my mom would love it. I showed it to her and she gave a huge gasp then said we needed it. Then she gave me her credit card and had me order it for her.

This picture is from our first time putting it in. It's a tiny bit too small for the window. Either my car's window is bigger or car windows in china/japan are smaller. The package was written in japanese but was shipped from china lol. Anyways, my mom already has a window shade that fits the window just fine so she's going to find a way to be able to use that and just have the eyes inbetween that one and the window.

Old El Paso Stand 'N Stuff Soft Taco Dinner Kit

My mom wanted to make taco salads and i'm not a big taco salad fan but i love tacos. These caught my eye and decided to try it. Well i cared more about the shells but i think this was the only one i really saw for that type of shell. You can get just the shells like this though.

We used the seasoning that came in it, just seemed like other taco seasonings. I did make one that used the sauce that came with it, might not of used enough of it, but didn't really taste it on the one i used it on. They were pretty full though, here's a pic.

Note: the green onions on top and the carrots were grown from our garden.

Love the idea of the little boat style for these. Makes it easy to fill....Just a little hard to eat if you fill it too full. Could make for a good taco salad bowl for those who eat those lol. Just put some salad on the bottom, add what toppings you want and then you can still eat it with your hands instead of a fork. Hmm...that does sorta sound good, maybe i'll try it with a darker green salad mix. I really don't like iceberg lettuce.

Hubert's Lemonade Mango Lemonade

First off, i love this picture i got of it.

If something is mango flavored, i'm more liking to want to try it. Though sadly, most mango flavored things aren't that good. Now this was good for the lemonade part, not so much for the mango part. It was tart like lemonade should be without being impossible to drink from being too tart.

I don't like most lemonades you can buy from the store because they are too sweet or watery. Where's the lemon!?

One of my friends told me that she really likes this brand too for the fact that it is tart like lemonade should be. Haven't tried them yet, but but i want to try the other flavors or at least the original lemonade of this brand.

If you like tart lemonade, i'd say you should try this brand.