Delicious Local Colorado Peaches and Pears

What kinds of local produces can you enjoy in your area?

In my area, Colorado peaches and pears are delightful local produces.
Not only at farmers’ markets, but also at grocery stores such as Safeway and King's, I can purchase them for $1.00 for a pound.
Colorado peaches and pears are sold at more reasonable prices than peaches and pears carried from California.
They are so juicy and sweet!

Natural Dishwashing Liquid Green Works

Do you use eco friendly dishwashing liquid?


I have just started to use Green Works.
It works very well to wash dishes and other kitchen utensils.



Besides, the Green Works worked so well to clean up my new vintage vinyl doll.
She had very greasy and sticky face that I couldn’t wash by wet cotton puffs with water.
Then, I tried to wipe her face by wet cotton puffs with the Green Works and could easily remove the grease.
I was so happy with the result!

It is really true that dishwashing liquid products don’t have to be colored with strong fragrance.
I highly recommend Green Works.
The retail price at WalMart is around $2.50.

Japanese Buck Wheat Noodles, Soba

Have you eaten Japanese buck wheat noodles called Soba?

I have seen several cooking magazines such as Martha Stewart Living, Everyday with Rachael, Taste of Home and etc. introduced cooking receipts with using Soba.

Soba is made of buck wheat and seems to be good for your health.
There are two ways to cook soba: cold soba and soba in hot soup.

The photo above is one kind of Japanese soba product that I purchased at a Japanese grocery store, Pacific Mercantile Company in the Sakura Square in down town Denver.
www.pacificmercantile.com

In order to make dipping source for cold soba and hot soba soup, there are seasoned soy source called Men Tsuyu (Men means noodle, Tsuyu means source) or Men mi, or other similar names.

It is very easy to cook Soba at home.
Hope you get chances to try eating Soba!

Lemons and Limes

How are you?
Do you see anybody around you who have been catching cold?

I have several people around me including my husband who had made trips via airplane and have been suffering from flue or cold symptoms.

Fortunately, I haven’t been catching cold for 2-3 years.
For me, lemons, limes and gingers are the best food to take in order to maintain my healthy body.
I drink lemon or lime water every day.
I drink ginger water when I feel my throat seems to be irritated.
They work very well for me not to catch cold!

Homemade Zucchini Bread

I baked zucchini cup cakes with a fresh zucchini from my friend’s garden.

I love a cooking magazine, Cooking with Paula Deen and used her zucchini bread receipt from the following website.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/zucchini-bread-recipe/index.html

Instead of making 2 loafs, I made cup cakes.
The baking time could shorten from 1 hour to 16 minutes.

They turned to be nice and moist and delicious!

Elks in Lakewood, Colorado

My husband and I were so lucky to see 2 elks while driving on 6th Avenue today.




They were so beautiful and peaceful.

Japanese Biodegradable Body Wash Clothes

The attached photos are eco-friendly body wash clothes that I purchased in Japan.
These are made of 100% cotton, 70% cotton & 30% soy, and 70% cotton & 30% silk.
These are light weight and like cheese clothes.
Each cloth has a little bit different texture and the 70% cotton & 30% silk one is the softest.

What new to me was the soy based cloth.
The package says that the cloth made of soy protein has silky texture and is gentle on skin.