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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Nutrition: Fruit "Roll Up"

What you will need:

Fresh fruit or frozen fruit(around 3 cups)
*Sweetener(optional) 

*if your fruit is naturally sweet enough, you won't have to ask anything. If you decide to add a sweetener you can use granulated sugar, honey, splenda, or agave syrup just to name a few.

I used 2 tablespoons of agave syrup just to see how it would turn out. The notes I read is that the flavors and sweetness intensify after drying. 

I wanted to find something as easy as possible. 

Put all the items into the blender and get it as smooth as possible. Line a pan with plastic wrap, the temperature is going to be so low in the oven that it won't melt. You won't need a ton of overhang, smooth as the wrinkles. You can also use a silicone if you have it.

Pour mixture in pan and smooth out evenly. Cook in the oven at 170 degrees, that's the lowest temperature me oven would go. The cook time will be 6-8 hours. If you're not going to be at home and you don't want to keep it on, it's okay to turn it off. I turned my oven off overnight and started cooking it again in the morning. You can test to see if it's done by pressing the center and it should not stick to your finger. The edges will cook faster than the center. 

**Different combinations of fruit have different flavors, so the possibilities are endless. Since the drying process time some time, make different batches.


I let the fruit defrost

Pour in the plastic lined pan

All dried out

Finish product wrapped in Parchment paper



Saturday, March 31, 2012

Coconut Water Review

We wanted to do this by trying a bunch of different brands of coconut water, but after going to different local supermarkets, these were the ones that we could find.

Description of Testers:

Tester #1
Occasional coconut water drinker, sticks with the natural flavors.
Tester #2
Regular coconut water drink, has a bias against drinking flavored coconut water.
Tester #3
Drinks coconut water on a daily basis, drinks all kinds of coconut water

Tester #4
Relatively new to drinking coconut water
Zico Chocolate - 110cal per 14oz. Ingredients: 100% natural coconut water from concentrate, cane sugar, coconut cream, cocoa, vanilla, carrageenan







Tester #1
“It’s actually pretty good, I’m not a chocolate person. I like it, it has a chocolate milk taste”
Tester #2
“It’s surprisingly good, tastes just like chocolate milk.”
Tester #3
“Just like sweet cold coco”

Tester #4
“ Tastes like coco, I like it”
VPX Coco Fit Mangosteen Mania - 35cal per 16.2oz. Ingredients: Water, Proprietary Antioxidant Matrix (Coconut Juice Concentrate, Mangosteen Juice Concentrate, Ascorbic Acid), Natural Flavors, Natural Colors, Phosphoric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Malic Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Citric Acid, Omega-3 Essential Fatty Acids, Cholecalciferol Vitamin D3, Stevia




Tester #1
“it’s red bull like, somewhat citrusy, I like it”
Tester #2
“Kool-aid flavor, not to bad”
Tester #3
“It has a good mango flavor, it taste like mango tang.”
Tester #4
"Tamarind flavor, it’s good”

Zico Pomberry - 60cal per 14oz. Ingredients:100% natural coconut water from concentrate, natural flavors, citric acid 

Tester #1
“Not good at all,  it tastes like cough medicine”
Tester #2
“Doesn’t really taste like anything, not that good”
Tester #3
“Watered down natural coconut water, not too bad”
Tester #4
“ I ‘don't like it at all, it taste flat.” 

Zico Mango60cal per 14oz. Ingredients: 100% natural coconut water from concentrate, natural flavors, citric acid



Tester #1
“ I don't like it, it tastes weird.”
Tester #2
“It tastes like mango syrup, I’ll drink this again.”
Tester #3
“It’s Great!! Slight mango favor, just enough”

Tester #4
“ This is good. I can get use to it, tastes more like coconut than mango.”

Zico Pineapple60cal per 11oz. Ingredients: 100% natural coconut water from concentrate, natural flavors, citric acid



Tester #1
“Disgusting”
Tester #2
“Crappy”
Tester #3
“The worst flavor”
Tester #4
“Nasty” 

Amy & Brian All Natural Coconut Juice - 76cal per 8oz. Ingredients: Young coconut juice and pulp

Tester #1
“Lightly sweet, me like”
Tester #2
“Too sweet for me.”
Tester #3
“Really sweet, but the flavor is okay.”
Tester #4
“Too sweet, has an after taste.” 

O.N.E. Natural60cal per 11.2oz. Ingredients: 100% natural coconut water

Tester #1
“Tastes natural, good flavor. It has a slight after taste.”
Tester #2
“It's okay. Sometimes I may switch to this one.”
Tester #3
“Okay for a coconut water,  I’ve had better”
Tester #4
“Don't like it, it’s sweeter than Zico”

Zico Natural
60cal per 14oz. Ingredients: 100% natural coconut water from concentrate, natural flavors


Tester #1
”My favorite. That's the good shit!!”
Tester #2
“Love it”
Tester #3
“I really like it, it’s natural”
Tester #4
“It’s good, I like it”
The testers favorite brand
Tester #1
Zico Natural
Tester #2
Zico Natural
Tester #3
Mango Zico
Tester #4
Chocolate Zico

The testers second choice
Tester #1
O.N.E.
Tester #2
O.N.E.
Tester #3
Coco Fit Mangosteen Mania
Tester #4
Coco Fit Mangosteen Mania


*These are just our opinions
**All nutritional information was pulled for the coconut water brand's website.