Fresh Celery Smoothie

Fresh Celery Smoothie

(Serves 1)

Ingredients:

2 spotty bananas

2 stalks celery

1 apple 

Break the banana into pieces and freeze overnight. Dice the celery and apple into pieces and add to a blender along with the banana and half a cup of water. Blend until smooth and enjoy! 

Ice Cream Smoothie!

Ice Cream Smoothie! 

Ingredients:

(Serves 1-2)

6 frozen ripe bananas

1 litre water 

Allow your bananas to ripen fully so allow them to go nice and brown, preferably completely brown as this will make the sweetest and creamiest ice cream smoothie. Peel your bananas, tear into inch size pieces and lay on a tray in your freezer or in a freezing container. Once frozen add to your blender and fill until completely covered with water. Pulse blend until a thick, creamy, cool ice cream smoothie forms! This one is a definite winner :) 

Ice Cream Smoothie! 

Watermelon and Strawberry Smoothie

Watermelon and Strawberry Smoothie

Ingredients:

(Serves 1)

1 large watermelon 

1 punnet of strawberries

Slice the watermelon and sieve out most of the seeds, add to your blender and throw in the strawberries. Blend until creamy and serve. Add some ice for an extra refreshing drink.

Watermelon and Strawberry Smoothie 

Maple Raisin Pink Froth Smoothie

Ingredients:

(Serves 1)

7 ripe and spotty bananas (frozen works best)

1 cup frozen strawberries

2 cups water

1 handful raisins or sultanas 

3 tbsp maple syrup 

Blend the bananas, strawberries and water until super frothy! Pour into a cute jar, top with maple syrup and raisins. Stir or shake and enjoy! 

Creamy Strawberry Smoothie

Ingredients:

(Serves 1)

6 ripe spotty bananas

1 cup fresh or frozen strawberries

In a blender place the ingredients add about 3 cups of water and pulse blend, making sure a vortex doesn't form (this would oxidise the bananas making them taste funny). Once smooth pour into a cute jar and enjoy! Perfect for on the go :) 

Kiwi and Raspberry Smoothie

Ingredients:

(Serves 1)

6 super soft kiwis

2 cups fresh or frozen raspberries

Using a spoon, scoop the flesh out of the kiwi skin and place in your blender. Blend with some water and pour into a cute jar. Then place the raspberries into the blender with some water and blend until smooth, place into your jar with the kiwi and stir. Enjoy! :) 

Sweet Green Juice

Ingredients:

8 golden delicious apples

2 sticks celery

1 handful parsley 

5" cucumber 

Juice them all in your juicer* or blend and strain, display in a cute jar. Delicious! 

* I use a Philips juicer from Argos 

Sweet Kale Infusion

Ingredients:

(Serves 1) 

3 cups curley kale 

8 medjool dates 

2 cups filtered water

In a blender add the pitted dates, water and kale. Allow to soak if possible. Then blend on high until well combined and frothy. Pour into a glass. Delicious and Nutritious! 

Freshly Squeezed Pomegranate Juice

Ingredients:

Pomegranates 

Squeezing Utensils:

Wide bowl

Fine mesh sieve

Cup/jar 

Jug

1) chop pomegranates in halves or quarters 

2) fill up a large bowl of water, and turn the halves inside out 

3) under the water gently loosen all the seeds

 (the pith will float to the surface and the seeds will sink) 

4) scoop out the pith and drain seeds into a sieve

5) place the sieve into the wide based bowl (this allows you to apply pressure between the seeds and the bowl)

6) using the cup or jar using pressure and twisting actions squeeze out the juice

7) as the bowl fills with juice empty into the jug

8) once the seeds and husks have discoloured all the juice should be out

9) pour juice into a glass and serve. 

Delicious. 

Use as many pomegranates as you want, in this image 2 small pomegranates made this amount. 

Mango Berry Twist

Ingredients:

(Serves 1/2 - 1)

2 mangos or frozen chunks 

2 cups frozen raspberries

1/3 cup blackberries (optional)

Score the edge of the mangos and peel the the skin off. Slice flesh of the stone, add to blender. Add frozen raspberries and blackberries, pulse. Add 200ml water and blend together. Yum. 

Makes x3 of this picture

Pomegranate Smoothie

Ingredients: 

(Serves 1) 

3 pomegranates 

1/2 cup frozen raspberries 

1/2 cup frozen blackberries 

200 ml water 

Blend together, allow to sit, so seeds settle to bottom or strain and serve. So sweet :) 

 

Sweet Green Smoothie

Ingredients:

(Serves 1-2)

1 large head cos lettuce

500g red grapes

500ml freshly squeezed or bought orange juice (not from concentrate) 

Blend grapes, then add lettuce a little at a time, then add orange juice. Blitz until smooth. Yum! 

Summer Fruits Frosty Smoothie

Ingredients:

(Serves 1 or 2)

3 cups frozen apple pieces

2 cups frozen blackberries and/or raspberries

1 cup pitted soaked dates

500ml water

In a blender add all the ingredients and blend together until smooth. Yum! 

Beat the Winter Snivels Juice

Ingredients: 

(Serves 1 or 2) 

15 large navel oranges (in season this winter)

Use an electric citrus squeezer or just a hand squeezer. Chop oranges in half and squeeze out all the juice into a large jug (It should make about 1.5 litres). Pour into a pretty glass and enjoy its awesomeness! Perfect for preventing the winter snivels. 

Sunshine Sharon Smoothie

Ingredients:

(Serves 1)

4 plump squishy slightly transparent sharon fruit (persimmons) *

4 large ice cubes 

100 ml water

In a blender add the Sharon fruit (green tops removed), ice and water and blend on high until well combined. 

Top with fresh mint, wonderful! 

*found very cheaply at my local market (24 fruits for £1! Crazy deal) 

Warming or Refreshing

Ingredients:

15 Medjool dates pitted *

Water

Rich Smoothie:

Add 500ml water and the dates to a high speed blender, allow to soak for 10 minutes, blend on high for 30 second intervals for about 3 minutes until no more floaty pieces are seen. 

Frothy Drink:

Add 750ml water, 4 large ice cubes and dates to a high speed blender, allow to soak for 10 minutes, blend on high for 30 second intervals for about 4 minutes until no more floaty pieces are seen. 

Both delicious, it depends what mood your in, thick and warming or cool and refreshing :) 

* Medjool dates can be ordered online or bought from some green grocers. 

Hint: recipe makes more than shown in the photos so feel free to top up your glass.

Blackberry Beauty Iced Smoothie

Ingredients:

(Serves 1/2 -1)

1 cup frozen blackberries 

1 banana 

1-2 cups water 

In a blender add all ingredients, blend on high speed until smooth and icy. 

Frothy Medjool Cream Dream

Ingredients:

(Serves 1)

8 Medjool dates 

500 ml water

Fill blender with water, pit dates and add, then blend on full power until well combined and frothy. Warning: seriously frothy and divine! 

Merry Berry Bliss Ice Cream and Smoothie

Ingredients:

(Serves 1 or 2)

6 ripe bananas

4 frozen bananas

1 cup frozen blackberries 

To a blender add the ripe bananas, blackberries and about 500 ml water. Pulse until smooth and pour into a jug. Then add the frozen bananas to the empty blender and pour about 1/2 cup of the smoothie back into the blender. Boil the kettle and pour a little over the frozen bananas to melt them slightly. Blend it up, you may need to pause a few times to bash the banana pieces up. Once thick and creamy, serve. Pour the smoothie into a glass. Delicious! 

Berry Wine

Ingredients:

(Serves 1 or 2)

1/4 cup black and red currents

4 homegrown organic eating apples

A juicer

Juice the currents and apples and enjoy, delicious.