{"id":7435,"date":"2014-06-06T12:15:07","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T16:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/?p=7435"},"modified":"2014-06-06T12:15:07","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T16:15:07","slug":"cacao-smoothie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/cacao-smoothie\/","title":{"rendered":"Cacao Smoothie"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"drop_cap\">L<\/span>ets talk about how we communicate.<\/p>\n<p>The days before technology were <em>normal<\/em> enjoyable days. People actually took time to do every minute things such as corresponding via letters. And now, the postman only brings junk mails.<\/p>\n<p>I want my pre-technology or pre-social media days back.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0836.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7437\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/cacao-smoothie\/dsc_0836\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0836.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1401975024&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cacao Smoothie | KiranTarun.com\/Food\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0836-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0836.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7437\" src=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0836.jpg\" alt=\"Cacao Smoothie | KiranTarun.com\/Food\" width=\"612\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0836.jpg 680w, https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0836-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Its all about trends and the hype period where it will eventually (or already?) die down. Twitter and Facebook may still reign the way we communicate these days, but I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s something else working their magic and would appear out of no where, soon.<\/p>\n<p>When human evolve, why not\u00a0technology or the way we communicate?<\/p>\n<p>I would still prefer letters over junk mails. Reading letter from a\u00a0childhood friend while sipping cacao smoothie would make any day better!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0872.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7438\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/cacao-smoothie\/dsc_0872-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0872.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1401977069&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cacao Smoothie | KiranTarun.com\/Food\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0872-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0872.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7438\" src=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0872.jpg\" alt=\"Cacao Smoothie | KiranTarun.com\/Food\" width=\"612\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0872.jpg 680w, https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0872-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a>\n<div class=\"recipe_box\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/cacao-smoothie\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Recipe\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print This Recipe\" title=\"Print This Recipe\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/cacao-smoothie\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Recipe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Print This Recipe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Makes 2 servings<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ingredients<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 frozen bananas<\/li>\n<li>1 + 1\/4 cup almond milk<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1hDOZAN\" target=\"_blank\">organic raw cacao powder<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2 medjool dates, soaked\u00a0&amp; pitted<\/li>\n<li>tiny pinch of sea salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>optional garnish: cacao nibs and raspberries<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Directions<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Smoothly blend all ingredients (with the exception of garnish), in a high powered blender.<\/li>\n<li>Garnish and gulp immediately!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0889.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7436\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/cacao-smoothie\/dsc_0889-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0889.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1401977567&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cacao Smoothie | KiranTarun.com\/Food\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0889-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0889.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7436\" src=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0889.jpg\" alt=\"Cacao Smoothie | KiranTarun.com\/Food\" width=\"612\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0889.jpg 680w, https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0889-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taking time to go out and smell some roses, sit down and practice my <em>hideous-almost-forgotten<\/em> handwriting skills. Gotta keep the magic of letter writing, alive \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Whats your current method of communication (aside from emails, of course!)?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lets talk about how we communicate. The days before technology were normal enjoyable days. People actually took time to do every minute things such as corresponding via letters. And now, the postman only brings junk mails. 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