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Strawberry, Banana And Honey Smoothie Recipe

UK Lifestyle Blog — Thu, 19 May 2016 08:34:05 +0000

I absolutely LOVE summer! Who doesn’t? With the warm months fast approaching (I live in Cornwall, we are about a season behind the rest of the country) I’ve decided to spill the secret ingredient to my favourite smoothie recipe. Because I can assure you, drinking one of these in the morning is the best way to the start the day, if I do say so myself!

You don’t need to spend a ridiculous amount of money on ingredients, or have a hi-tech, expensive smoothie blender to enjoy this smoothie. I have a mid-range (Omega 1hp BL330) blender and it whips one of these babies up in about 20 – 30 seconds, even with ice in.

Ingredients:
2 bananas
½ pint apple juice or water
5 large strawberries
1 scoop Protein Smoothie
½ tablespoon Manuka Honey
1 cup of ice cubes
½ a squeeze of lime juice

Directions:
Chop the banana and strawberries into small pieces and add along with ice cubes into a blender.

Start on a low chop or grind setting and blend until all ingredients have been blended and are no longer visible.

Next, add the protein smoothie powder, Manuka honey from Holland and Barret and apple juice and blend for 15 seconds until smooth. Finish with a squeeze of fresh lime juice and blend for a further 15 seconds.

What’s your favourite smoothie?

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Vegan, Dairy And Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

UK Lifestyle Blog — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 08:26:18 +0000

This week the weather has significantly dropped and we’ve even seen a bit of snow, which is pretty much unheard of in Cornwall. With the roads covered in ice, the air bitter and my nights dark – it’s the perfect time to stay in and bake!

My other half usually (always) does the cooking so I thought I’d surprise him with something sweet after a conversation we had last week about how he misses chocolate chip cookies. O’s dietary requirements (wheat and lactose intolerant) coupled with my poor time management and questionable baking skills was a recipe for disaster from the start.

I surfed every baking website I could find to source a recipe to make some gluten-free and dairy-free cookies for O. It turns out that whipping up a tasty dessert is even tricker than cooking dinner when cutting out wheat and dairy. But alas! I found a recipe but had to use a few substitutes as I struggled to find almond flour and grape seed oil at my local grocery store.

Ingredients

325g free from flour
½ teaspoon sea salt
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
125ml virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
125ml clear honey
150g dark chocolate 73%

Method

Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl. Stir together wet ingredients in a smaller bowl. Mix wet ingredients into dry. Form 1cm / ½ in balls and press onto a parchment lined baking tray. Bake at 180 C / Gas mark 4 for 7-10 minutes. Cool and serve.

The recipe I was initially working from was to make 12 cookies. However, I decided to make slightly thicker and larger cookies – making a grand total of 8 cookies (if you’re reading this O, I’m sorry – I ate one. I had to try them, right?)

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Peach, Berry And Banana Healthy Smoothie Recipe

UK Lifestyle Blog — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 20:49:51 +0000

When I was living in Australia my gorgeous house-mate, Bek used to basically live off smoothies she made from her blender. I remember the awful day when the glass blender container rolled off the edge of our coffee table and smashed on the floor. It was a sad day! Long story short, she made some damn good smoothies.

I’ve been experimenting with you Omega Bl330 Blender a lot since my New Years resolution kicked in. They are healthy, super tasty and cheap to whip up! I’ve included a list of recipe of a concoction I made up, I guess you could call it a recipe but to be honest I just went to the supermarket and filled up with whatever I thought would taste good!

1 medium banana
2 ripe medium peach
1/2 cup of forest berries
(6-oz.) low-fat peach yogurt
1 cup small ice cubes
sprinkling of granola
2 heaped tbsps of Lindwood

I’ve found buying a big tub of onken yoghurt, a large bag of frozen forest berries and a bunch of bananas is a great basis for a smoothie and you can’t go far wrong. Just those flavours alone taste gorgeous, but I chucked in a couple of peaches for good measure.

I included 2 heaped tablespoons of Lindwood milled flaxseed with bio cultures and vitamin d and a sprinkle of granola on top. I’ve been doubling the recipe and keeping half the smoothie in a flask for work, it doesn’t last much longer than a day though, so drink up!

Next stop: Healthy green smoothie!

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Lavender Champagne Cocktail Recipe And Giveaway

UK Lifestyle Blog — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 18:47:06 +0000

I’ve teamed up with the lovely Naked Wines to offer my readers the chance to win delightful box of bubbles together that will have you dancing the night away. The ‘Let’s Get Fizzy With It’ wine selection is a wonderful gem of a case, has a fabulous GOLD medal-winning Prosecco, a delicious rose fizz and a classic frizzante – making it the perfectly self-indulgent case for those who want to spoil themselves but keep the right side of the bank manager at the same time.

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Mas Sardana Cava-NV by Franck Massard

Wooooohoooooo! Stand down the troops, call off the dogs, stop the search, it is finally here. Our very first Naked Cava – and it’s from one of our best wine partners, Frank, who was right under our noses all along. Weird or what? But now the search is over (a mere 3 years later!) and we couldn’t be prouder of the grapey, apple laden fist of fizziness that this delicious Cava punches out with every mouthful. Best of all Angels get it a ridiculously low price, allowing them to splash out on a little hot-smoked salmon alongside it.

Sacchetto Rose Brut NV by Paolo Sacchetto

Spectacular aperitif sparkler made by Paolo Sacchetto in the Veneto region of Italy – the perfect climate for making top fizz. This is the kind of rose for those who like lots of flavour from their pinks and don’t mind being bold about it. Ripe red cherry fruit flavours, combine with clotted cream to give a full-on, no prisoners taken style of fizz with an awful lot of character shining through. Less than a third of the cost of a decent bottle of pink Champagne, but oh so much better made, better tasting and, well, better…

Sacchetto Prosecco NV by Paolo Sacchetto

It’s difficult to find a winemaker that labours as long and as caringly over his wine babies as does our Paolo, but then that’s why we love him so damn much. This is pure, unadulterated classic no-nonsense Prosecco. There’s a slice of pear, chunk of apple and spot of peach all working together in perfect fruity harmony, combined with small delicate bubbles and a wonderful long, creamy finish. We can, hand on heart, say we reckon this is one of the best value fizzes we do – and fortunately 91% of our angels who’ve tasted it agree!

Antoine Simoneau Sparkling Brut Rose NV by Carine Simoneau

Antoine and Sebastien are some of the Loire’s most respected producers of fizz, and this, their Touraine sparkler, is clear evidence of that. A light frothy glass of rose, this nevertheless has the elegance and sophistication that you would expect from further up in France, ie Champagne, but at a fraction of the price. All strawberries and ripe red apples on the palate, it has a beautifully creamy finish and lovely zippy crispness to it. Ideal for kicking off a party, but just as good for spoiling yourself whilst tucking into a big fat slice of chocolate cake. So versatile!

Casa L’Angel Sparkling 2011 by Jorge Caus-Pertegaz

This sparkling sweetie is Jorge’s take on Moscato d’Asti, after an inspirational trip to Italy. And lower in alcohol and lighter on the liver means you can drink more of it, especially at this price! The perfect aperitif and ice breaker when those dreaded in-laws/outlaws come calling.

Prosecco Spumante Borgo di Sassi by Alessandro Botter

Being a big producer, Alessandro has access to some amazing parcels of grapes. This Prosecco is his pride and joy.It’s a stonking match with seafood. And at pretty much less than half the price of a bottle of traditional Champagne it’s top value.To give you an idea of how insanely good it is, we’re looking around the office and we can see more empty bottles of it than modesty allows us to admit.
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Strawberry And Banana Smoothie Recipe

UK Lifestyle Blog — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:12:08 +0000

Another Sainsbury’s recipe from Jamie Oliver’s website. Low calorie and low fat, simple to make, nutritious and delicious. I’m still not sure why Jamie Oliver has Sainsbury’s recipes on his website, but that’s where I found it. Read more: here

Ingredients:

250 g strawberries, hulled
1 medium banana, peeled and roughly chopped
300 ml 1% low-fat milk
150 ml natural yoghurt
15 ml spoon clear honey
Directions:

1. Place all the above ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Adjust the sweetness according to taste and pour into serving glasses.

Servings: 3-4

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Mango And Mint Smoothie Recipe

UK Lifestyle Blog — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 19:16:55 +0000

-3 handfuls of spinach
-1 cup frozen/fresh mango
-10-15 mint leaves
-1/2 cup frozen/fresh strawberries
-1/2 banana
-1/2 cup coconut water
-1 cup of water

Blend with 5-10 cubes of ice if you use non-frozen fresh ingredients in a high powered blender. I use a Vitamix to achieve a smooth consistency. This smoothie should make 24oz and contains approximately 8 servings of fruits and veggies.

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