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Orange, Carrot and Ginger Juice


At the end of the day this is just a juice so writing a paragraph on it is kind of pointless. I recently bought a better blender, and so like whenever I get a new kitchen toy, right before falling asleep I think of recipes. For some reason this combination sounded good, refreshing and perfect as a morning pick-me-up. I personally love ginger (men, cookies, ale, beer, bread, etc.) so I added a sizeable amount. Adjust to your taste keeping in mind it is very strong. 

Ingredients

 1 carrot
1 orange
about a 2 cm piece of fresh ginger, peeled

Blend all the ingredients in a high-powered blender and enjoy! If you don't like pulp simply strain the juice before drinking.
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Pimm's Inspired Salad: Fresh Strawberries and Cucumber Salad with Elderflower, Mint and Honey Syrup

Original Recipe

This combination sounded weird until I thought of Pimm's! This fruit salad is very refreshing and a perfect dessert after a heavy meal. The original recipe is by Nigel Slater, but I heard saw it in the this in a youtube video by my favourite vloggers Aslan and Estée.

Ingredients 

10 mint leaves
5 tbsp of elderflower cordial
3 tbsp of honey

half a cucumber
1 large punnet of strawberries
  1. Blitz the mint, cordial and honey in a food processor. Alternatively finely chop the mint, combine with all the ingredients and then strain out before adding to fruit. 
  2. Slice the cucumber length wise. 
  3. Using a spoon, scoop out the middle part. 
  4. Chop the cucumber in about 1 cm slices. Then chop again into quarters. 
  5. Chop the strawberries into quarters. 
  6. Combine the fruit in a bowl and then drizzle with the syrup. 
  7. Enjoy! 
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Raspberry, Plum and Banana Smoothies


Ingredients

 3 ripe plums
340g of raspberries
200ml of water
6 ice cubes
2 bananas
150 ml of orange juice
200ml of greek yoghurt
1 pinch of salt
a drizzle of honey or syrup

Blitz together using a high-powered blender or a handheld blender. If you want a really smooth smoothie you might want to sieve it. There are a lot of raspberries seeds in this one!


Serves 4. 

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Breakfast Blueberry Blast Smoothie


This smoothies is jammed packed full of blueberries as you can see from the pictures above. It definitely tastes very strongly of blueberries, delicious! Of course they are also full of antioxidants. If you click this link you can see a list of all the amazing things that blueberries contain and healthy benefits they provide.

Ingredients to Blend 
300g of frozen blueberries
200ml of water
2 bananas
drizzle of honey (optional)
100ml of greek yoghurt
50ml of orange juice

Serves 2 

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Breakfast Fruit Smoothie


Ingredients 

2 plums
2 large handfuls of strawberries
2 medium bananas
100ml of greek yoghurt
100ml of orange juice
a drizzle of honey (optional)

Blend and enjoy!

Serves 3. 

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Step by Step: Super Easy and Delicious Chocolate Covered Oreo Strawberries

Chocolate covered strawberries is a phrase that makes my heart sing. Add oreos to the mix and I'm in heaven. These makes a great gift but also an excellent quick dessert to bring to barbecue, picnic or party. I served this with drinks before a ball, and they were an excellent Prosecco pairing.  If you want a glossy finish your chocolate make sure that you temper it and keep it out of the fridge. 


Wash the strawberries. 

Melt a bar of white and dark chocolate in 30 second increments, stirring at each increment. Blend 6 oreos in food processor.

Dip the strawberries in the chocolate and then in the oreos. Place on baking paper to set.
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