A couple of weeks ago, my parents in law came to have dinner on a Sunday. The night before, hubby and I went to the supermarket to buy the ingredients we needed for the dishes.
Somehow this very simple salad recipe (read from a culinary magazine) came across my mind and I decided to have it in the family dinner menu.
The recipe needed only mango and avocado (to be sliced), a squeeze of fresh lime juice, and a sprinkle of cayenne powder. All you need to do is to toss everything in a bowl, and chill it before serving. The recipe was soooooo easy to remember and do, BUT the avocado was so tough to crack open!
Well, the truth is….. I didn’t know how to cut an avocado! Hahaha! I didn’t that there is a certain way to cut, slice or dice an avocado, and that the fruit must be RIPE in the first place, so that it is soft enough to be cut easily. I thought it was just another fruit (like apple or pear) that I could mess around with anytime. I was trying to peel away the fruit’s skin with a peeler. Haha!
At the end, hubby had to help. He vaguely remembered how a chef cut open an avocado in a cooking show he once watched on TV. But he too had to exert quite some effort to remove the pit. I managed to cut only one, luckily. The other one was a gone case as it was still very raw. Anyway, I managed to get the salad dish done. Whew~
So, if you have never bought an avocado before (like me 2 weeks ago), remember this (I just learned about this tip): always buy the avocado fruits few days before you want to use them. Wrap them in a paper bag to help them ripen faster. And to learn how to cut an avocado using the right (and ‘professional’) technique, watch the video below.
Hubby has recently completed a NLP training course. He had wanted to take up an NLP course since last year, but didn’t know which course provider to choose from.
Only when he met an old friend 2 months ago, he was recommended to join the NLP course provided by Billy Keuk International (from Singapore). So now hubby has obtained his NLP certification as a practitioner, and this considered one of his short-term goals achieved. (It’s an expensive course.)
What is NLP and why on earth did hubby want to learn NLP (neurolinguistic programming)? Well, in simple words, NLP is a branch of science of how our brain learn and experience, which can affect how we behave and communicate. By understanding this, and knowing how to apply the techniques of NLP, you can communicate effectively with people, whether to make them buy the things you sell, get them to do the things you ask, or even change a person’s old habit! It’s that powerful, if only you have mastered the skills of NLP.
Most people who took up NLP course are those involved in selling (e.g. salesmen) or training (e.g. human resource staffs). Hubby took up NLP because he plans to develop a new career as a trainer or coach. But before he is able to do that, he needs to consistently practise and master the necessary skills. Currently he is applying NLP techniques at work, where he deals with different types of individuals who always need some form of ‘coaching’.
Actually, what I would like hubby to do best, is to first practise NLP on himself. Haha! It would be good if he can ‘program’ himself to form the good habit of flushing the toilet IMMEDIATELY after using it in the morning! (That’s the reason my toilet bowl get stained so fast after I washed it :P)
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I didn’t that there is a certain way to cut, slice or dice an avocado, and that the fruit must be RIPE in the first place, so that it is soft enough to be cut easily. I thought it was just another fruit (like apple or pear) that I could mess around with anytime. I was trying to peel away the fruit’s skin with a peeler. Haha!
