Sake Cups
Sake Cups
Most of us want to be health conscious but, let’s face it, preparing healthy, fresh meals three times a day takes immense amounts of time. It is not often realistic to spend that much time fixing meals after spending a full day at work or taking care of children. Today more and more people are instead eating out for sake of convenience and time. But how do we still maintain a healthy balance when eating out? There are a few simple things we can do to improve our overall health when eating out, whether we eat out once a month or twice a day.
The first thing to take into consideration is portion size. This is a huge problem in eating out that can often lead to weight gain. Most restaurants provide larger meals than you should be eating in one sitting. These meals are also different than the ones you would prepare for yourself in a healthy way. They are often loaded with extra calories, so while you could eat three bowls of whole grain cereal at home and get a moderate amount of calories, one large, rich hamburger might fill your calorie quota for the day. So a basic key to eating out is eating less of your main meal. One way to control this if you are at a restaurant is to ask only half your meal to be brought out and the other half boxed to take home for later. If you are eating fast food, a smart way to go is ordering a kids meal which has more appropriate portions.
However, we all want to be satisfied at the end of a meal and how do we do that if we are not eating tons of food? We can help control our appetite in a variety of ways. One way is to carry around healthy snacks, maybe some good quality granola bars that you can take between meals to help with hunger. Another recommendation is to drink one to two full cups of water before eating your meal. Not only is water important to your health and hydration, it will help you become full faster. You should also consider taking a multivitamin. Often we crave certain foods when we have nutrient deficiencies. It is also just a smart idea to take a multivitamin especially if we are eating out so we can be sure to get in our vitamin and mineral needs. Also ordering a side salad or a healthy soup can help fill you up with less calories before beginning your meal.
One more thing to think about is making healthy choices to start with. Order a water instead of a soda or coffee or alcohol. Water is the best drink for you and helps you cut out needless calories. Most menus now have meals that are marked as low fat, or healthy choice. Go for those meals. Also think about healthy substitutions you can make—soup instead of the fries the meal comes with, or fresh fruit.
There are many simple ways to eat out the healthy way if we just pay attention to what we eat and how we eat it. From multivitamins to drinking water, don’t let your health get out of control because you eat out.
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Fire in the hole! That’s something that you yell when you toss a grenade into a bunker. It’s also something that I yell when drop a shot of hot sake into a glass of beer. The name of this shout worthy drink is the sake bomb.
The sake bomb is a fun party drink that can also be enjoyed in the comforts of a rowdy Japanese restaurant. You know the type of restaurant that I’m talking about. They’re Benihana style and you sit around the table with a build in grill and the chef cooks right in front of you. They usually like to tell bad jokes and entertain you with their cutting and chopping skills. Well if you get a young chef and some willing diners at the table with you, then it might be a good time to try a sake bomb.
Traditionally, you’re supposed to suspend the shot over the beer by laying two chopsticks across the top of the glass. Then you slam your two fists on the table to drop the shot into the beer. The beer of choice for the sake bombs that I drink would be Asahi Super Dry.
Although, when you’re a home mixologist, the presentation is less important. You can get by without the chopsticks or the sake cup and just dump some hot sake into your beer. Even though I own a fancy set of sake cups, I’ll usually drink sake from a coffee cup anyway. Hey why not? Coffee cups have nice handles on them so you don’t burn your hand.
If you have guests though, then by all means get them pounding on the table. It’s a lot of fun.
You could use either warm or cold sake but I prefer it warm. And don’t forget that the proper temperature to serve sake is a little shy of 100°F (37°C).
If a sake bomb is a little too lowbrow for you, then why not try a saketini? Bartenders are making Tini drinks out of everything now a days, so why not sake? If the sake is dry, then it will act like vermouth in your martini. You’ll want the best sake that you can find for this one. The better the sake, the better it will taste when it’s cold.
Saketini Recipe
Add the following to a cocktail shaker filled with ice:
2 ounces sake
1 ounce vodka
Shake well and strain into a martini glass.
Garnish with a cucumber slice
A nice way to prepare the cucumber garnish is to buy a fresh one from a farm or even your own vegetable garden. This way you won’t mind eating the skin. Supermarket cucumbers are covered in wax to make them look nice and last longer so you should definitely peel them. Take your farm fresh cucumber and run a fork length wise to dig small ridges into it. Then when it’s sliced and sitting on the rim of the martini glass it will look a little like a pinwheel. You’ll receive a A+ for presentation.
You can also make a saketini using gin and olives but I prefer the vodka saketini. Try them both and see which one you prefer.
About the Author:
Anthony Tripp is always trying new and exciting cocktails, such as the
Sake Bomb
, in the comforts of his own home. To learn more about Home Mixology, including more great cocktail recipes, check out his blog,
http://homemixology.blogspot.com
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