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OoLongmen Ramen ~ NONGSHIM

Benim ramen aşkımı artık yedi cihan, hatta sağır sultan bile duydu :D

Leader ramenin Türkiye pazarından çekilmesiyle oluşan boşluğu önce İndomie noodle doldurdu. Sonra özellikle de 2013 yılının son çeyreğinde raflarda bizleri değişik, hiç görmediğimiz bir marka ramen kutuları karşılamaya başladı. 

NONGSHIM markası Güney Kore'nin en ünlü ramen üretici firmalarından birisidir. Kore'de günde 2.000.000 (İki Milyon) adet tüketiliyormuş O.O waaooww  Aslında firma 2011 yılından beri Türkiye'de aktif satış yapıyor. Ama hepimiz biliyoruz ki son yıllarda kore sevdasının aşırı çıta yükseltmesiyle NongShım artık mahalle marketlerinde bile raflarda bulunur hale geldi. (İstanbul için konuşuyorum)

Firmanın dünya üzerinde en meşhur ramen markası ShinRamyon dur ♥ Türkiye'de de raflarda kırmızı kutusu yada paketiyle görebilirsiniz. Ben et aromalı olanını alıp denedim. Tadı acı değil. Ve kesinlikle KungFu ramenden kat kat kalite farkı var. Raflarda gördüğünüzde almakta tereddüt etmeyin. Ama kişisel tavsiyem kırmızı kutulu olan seçeneği varsa onu alın. Çünkü onun tadı Koredeki ramenlerin lezzetine çok yakın ve kesinlikle çok çok leziz ♥

Kutunun üzerini oldukça hoş tasarlamışlar. Keşke içinden de resimdeki gibi hazır ramen çıksa. İnsanın ağzı sulanıyor. Düşünmeden kutu sepete düşüveriyor hemen :D Gördüğünüz gibi içindekiler bölümünde bizleri zararlı içerikler (E621, E627, E631 neredeyse tüm E serisi burada poff) tat-aroma arttırıcı görevlerini yerine getirmek üzere paketin içinde yerini almış. Gönül ister hiç eklemesinler bunları ama maalesef böyle bir şansımız yok.

Kutunun kapağını yarıya kadar aralıyoruz. Hemen sos paketimiz bize göz kırpıyor oradan ;) Sos paketini alınca ramenlerin üzerinde kurutulmuş sebze parçacıklarını görebilirsiniz. Sos paketinin içinden de yukarıda gördüğünüz toz karışım çıkıyor. Yukarıda yazdığım tüm E serisi ve MSG katkı maddeleri bu mini paketin içinde. Eğer toz karışımı kullanmak istemezseniz ayrı bir yerde tavuk suyu-et suyu tabletleriyle hazırlayacağınız suyla da rameninizi hazırlayabilirsiniz ;)

Toz karışımı kutuya ekleyip işaret çizgisine kadar kaynak suyu döküyoruz. Paketin üzerinde 3 dakika beklemenin yeterli olduğu yazıyor ama ben daha yumuşak sevdiğimden 5 dakika bekliyorum. Sonra koruma bandını kaldırıp rameninizi -iyice- karıştırıp afiyetle tüketebilirsiniz ;)

Eeee sen bunu yazdın benim yaşadığım yerde yok diyorsanız bu siteyi tavsiye ederim. Stoklarında ürünleri sıklıkla güncelliyorlar ;)

Bir ramen yazısının daha sonuna geldim :D Taslakta bekleyen 2 tane daha ramen yazısı var hehe Araya başka postlar girdikten sonra onları da paylaşacağım ;)

♥  Sevgiler  ♥

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How to Plan Your Meals and Food Prep!

Food prep is one of my top priorities in regards to my health and weight loss. Prepping food keeps me organized, never without a meal, saves time and money, and keeps me on track. "Winging it" when it comes to your meals is not something I recommend anyone doing if they are trying to lose weight and life a clean, healthy lifestyle. 

It took a bit of trial and error, like everything I do in life. You will get better at this once you keep you doing it. For example: I like carbohydrates at night. Thus I schedule more carbs then than I do during the day. Sometimes people think I am crazy. However, I know me and I know my body. Consuming complex carbohydrates in the evening has never caused me to gain weight, ever. I have been eating carbohydrates almost every evening since I started my new weight loss journey in November of 2013 and I am down almost 45 pounds. I train extremely hard in the evenings so when I finish, I need my carb fix. Carbs keep me full, cut cravings, and help me sleep better. You may be different. You may find you want to switch your meals and their times - it is all about what works for you most all of, keeps you satisfied.

Believe it or not; food planning is simple.

What I do:

1) I always have my planner. I love this thing. It's a $10 one from Target.

2) Decide what I want my meals to be. You can see those written in the blue marker. I write them out and which meal number I want it to be.

3) List the certain ingredients I want the meal to contain.

4) Put a check mark by the items I already have it at home and will not have to purchase.

5) Make a grocery list on the oppsoite side. 

6) Designate a day to cook everything - except my dinners. Most times I make those nightly.

7) Put everything in tupperware. Grab and go; heat and eat.

Side note: I do not include fruits and vegetables as part of my daily caloric intake. I consider those "freebie's". I know fresh fruits can contain natural sugars but those have never deterred me from losing weight. I view those as natural energy and craving busters. 

I also do this with my workouts and training regimen. It is just as important to plan my workouts as it is my food. I do not write all of the details in my planner as I have a detailed "Weekly Nutrition and Training Plan" I share with you guys.

Lastly, I do this with my finances. Purchasing a planner or even a notebook is a great tool to have to keep you on track. You can never be too organized in my opinion. It is also great to look back on how far you have come, compare bills, and remember recipes, etc.

How do you prep your food? Leave a comment if you have ideas to share or have a question!

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APRIL 3 = Killer Tornadoes Strike Ohio

The Outbreak of tornadoes of April 3, 1974 - over 40 years ago - is burned into the memories of all of us who lived through it. It was the only tornado which was visible from my home in Cincinnati. It wiped out the city of Xenia, Ohio, and made a mess on South Rd. and in Saylor Park.  And in the big picture it was one of the most deadly severe weather episodes on record in the continental United States. It by far surpassed tornadoes that came either before or since in terms severity, longevity and extent, until the April 2011 tornadoes. It left a death toll of over 300, this outbreak was the deadliest since the 1930's.


The Tornado Rips Through Saylor Park in Cincinnati

There were a series of tornadoes that earlier struck parts of southern Indiana from north of Brandenburg, Kentucky, into southwest Ohio. The funnel cloud pictured above in a  photo by Andrew Mac Gregor was then crossing the Ohio River. It began shortly before 4:30 pm (Central time) in southeastern Indiana in Ohio County north of Rising Sun near the Ohio River. It then tore through Boone County, Kentucky, before getting to it's worst in the western suburbs of Cincinnati.  I was at a friend's home when it

was going on so I missed actually seeing it. But it was in fact visible from my home on Lischer Ave. in the Western Hills section of Cincinnati.  This sent everyone in our home to the basement.  The biggest wreck came in Sayler Park at the western edge of the city.  Homes were wiped out in a hilly area near a lake, and boats were thrown and destroyed. A large floating restaurant barge on the Ohio River was lifted up and torn  from its moorings, and wound up being recovered several miles downstream.  This tornado was shown on TV by Channel 9 WCPO which showed the tornado live to thousands of citizens off the region during special news broadcasts. The storm moved on to the northeast passing though the neighborhoods of Bridgetown (above), Mack, Dent and Delhi. Three people were killed in Hamilton County, and over 100 people were injured.

Xenia, Ohio is Flattened

The city of Xenia, Ohio was nearly wiped out by this treacherous monster storm.  Xenia was not very large to begin with, with a population of 27,000.  But in fifteen minutes, this small community of proud hard-working citizens had seen a twister cut through 3.5 miles of its center on a path which was 1.5 mile wide.  34 people were killed and over 500 were injured.  "We had about thirty seconds warning before it hit." said one resident. "All you could hear was wind the crashes and people praying." Peggy Schmidt went onto her front porch with her daughter Michele and saw the funnel coming towards her home as it cut through property in its way.  "It looks like it's full of birds." her daughter said.  "Those aren't birds." Peggy said.  "That's debris!!"  Mrs. Schmidt and her daughter ran inside.  "We went into the downstairs bedroom and opened the sliding glass door, like they said to do so there wouldn't be any suction. Then we laid 

between the two beds.  At the last moment we pulled a cover over us."  The wind then exploded the sliding glass doors, and filled the air with a deadly shower of glass particles.  The cover saved the Schmidt' from serious injury, but the entire second floor of their home had been sucked off.  Six of the city's twelve schools were had been reduced to rubble; as can be seen in the photo of Xenia High School above, there was nothing left.  Five of the town's dozen supermarkets had been literally obliterated.  Governor John J. Gilligan declared Xenia to be a disaster area, and ordered 250 National Guardsmen into the area to help. President Richard M. Nixon visited the scene and said: "I would say in terms of destruction, just total devastation, this is the worst I have seen." This disaster spurred the passage in Congress of the Federal Disaster Relief Act.  This eventually became the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Do YOU have any memories of the '74 tornado?  Please write in below, or at krusty1960@yahoo.com and tell us about it!!

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Outbreak

"Darkest Hours: A Narrative Encyclopedia of Worldwide Disasters from Ancient Times to the Present" by Jay Robert Nash, Wallaby Books, New York, 1977

http://www.shorstmeyer.com/tornadoes/1974.html

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Spring Apron Inspiration

I thought we could use a little inspiration today! It is a very dreary day here. I shouldn't complain, at lest it is April Showers and not an April Snowstorm. Hope you enjoy!

April Showers Apron

Bluebirds over Dover

Tulip Apron

Green Tulip Apron

Floral Half Apron

Peach Apron

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