As my deadline is getting closer and my recipe count is still not where it should be, I decided to give myself a boost with one of these smoothies...which turned into the testing of a recipe because of me being greedy and wanting them all, so I thought what a great idea it would be to post this while I'm at it!
I do have to say the smoothies were great, I just wish I had a liquidizer rather than my blender, as the smoothies would have been so much more liquidy and tasty, because my blender just sliced the ingredients into tiny pieces, leaving the produce rather fibery and chewy, which made the overall sensation decrease immensely.
I decided to pack all four into this one blog post rather than spread it out into four different ones to have all of Jamie's ideas in one place (pg.260 "Breakfast" section), just like in the cookbook, so here we goooooooooooooo!
Firstly, we have the "GREEN".
You achieve this smoothie by blending 1 large peeled banana (ideally pre-chopped and frozen for a creamier and colder texture and taste), 200g baby spinach, 250ml of fresh apple juice (if you have a juicer and use a fresh juiced apple for this that would be great), and the juice of one lime. You just whiz until smooth or a desired consistency!
Secondly we have the "PURPLE".
You achieve this amazing purple smoothie by liquidizing 2 small pears, 150g frozen blueberries and 100ml fresh apple juice! That's it!
Thirdly, there is the "ORANGE".
This may be the one that requires most ingredients, a 2cm piece of ginger, 1 carrot, juice of 1 lime, 1 small frozen chopped mango and 200ml of fresh orange juice. Again, it would be best to liquidize an orange before-hand and use that for the juice (or add an extra orange to the mix!).
Fourthly and finally, the "WHITE" and my personal favorite.
You put 1 large peeled banana (ideally pre-chopped and frozen for the texture), 3 tablespoons of ground almonds, 250ml of semi-skimmed milk and 1 tablespoon of runny honey.
I actually made the fourth smoothie a hundred times before I realized it was in this recipe, and I can say say for sure that you do not need honey, so much milk, or already ground almonds. In the end, it comes to what you like, so here are some tips; if you like a more liquid smoothie, don't freeze the banana and add enough milk to cover your banana. Tip 2 is that you can use any nut in the world for this, depending on your taste. I recommend that you use a blender for this smoothie, as you can control the thickness and amount while in a liquidizer it all sort of blends together in one taste. With that in mind, the longer you blend it for, the finer the nuts will be, and I prefer to hear a crunch.
As for the other three, they were not much to my liking, purely because of the blender part, as none of the smoothie recipes are meant for blenders except for the WHITE.
*Each serves 2*
Green - 146 calories
Purple - 100 calories
Orange - 113 calories
White - 340 calories
Note: This recipe was taken straight out of the cookbook, my version is written above.
I do have to say the smoothies were great, I just wish I had a liquidizer rather than my blender, as the smoothies would have been so much more liquidy and tasty, because my blender just sliced the ingredients into tiny pieces, leaving the produce rather fibery and chewy, which made the overall sensation decrease immensely.
I decided to pack all four into this one blog post rather than spread it out into four different ones to have all of Jamie's ideas in one place (pg.260 "Breakfast" section), just like in the cookbook, so here we goooooooooooooo!
Firstly, we have the "GREEN".
You achieve this smoothie by blending 1 large peeled banana (ideally pre-chopped and frozen for a creamier and colder texture and taste), 200g baby spinach, 250ml of fresh apple juice (if you have a juicer and use a fresh juiced apple for this that would be great), and the juice of one lime. You just whiz until smooth or a desired consistency!
Secondly we have the "PURPLE".
You achieve this amazing purple smoothie by liquidizing 2 small pears, 150g frozen blueberries and 100ml fresh apple juice! That's it!
Thirdly, there is the "ORANGE".
This may be the one that requires most ingredients, a 2cm piece of ginger, 1 carrot, juice of 1 lime, 1 small frozen chopped mango and 200ml of fresh orange juice. Again, it would be best to liquidize an orange before-hand and use that for the juice (or add an extra orange to the mix!).
Fourthly and finally, the "WHITE" and my personal favorite.
You put 1 large peeled banana (ideally pre-chopped and frozen for the texture), 3 tablespoons of ground almonds, 250ml of semi-skimmed milk and 1 tablespoon of runny honey.
I actually made the fourth smoothie a hundred times before I realized it was in this recipe, and I can say say for sure that you do not need honey, so much milk, or already ground almonds. In the end, it comes to what you like, so here are some tips; if you like a more liquid smoothie, don't freeze the banana and add enough milk to cover your banana. Tip 2 is that you can use any nut in the world for this, depending on your taste. I recommend that you use a blender for this smoothie, as you can control the thickness and amount while in a liquidizer it all sort of blends together in one taste. With that in mind, the longer you blend it for, the finer the nuts will be, and I prefer to hear a crunch.
As for the other three, they were not much to my liking, purely because of the blender part, as none of the smoothie recipes are meant for blenders except for the WHITE.
*Each serves 2*
Green - 146 calories
Purple - 100 calories
Orange - 113 calories
White - 340 calories
Note: This recipe was taken straight out of the cookbook, my version is written above.
Bon Appétit!
I made the "white" smoothie yesterday, and did not add honey. I didn't have any ground almonds, so I used my food processor to grind some up. I used a frozen banana, put everything in the blender, and while I could still feel the grittiness of the almonds, it was totally to die for. Will be making it again and again. I have also tried the "orange" and found it quite zingy and refreshing.
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