We have been in an almond milk making spree. Home made almond milk really tastes good. Since we do not like to use it in the chai we make, we tend to eat it with cereals, in a chocolate milk shake or in smoothies. On any given day, smoothies are my preferred breakfast because they hardly take any time to make, are delicious and nutritious and so easy to just take along for a mid morning boost of energy at work. This Banana walnut fig smoothie is my absolute favorite smoothie. I have been making this for about 16 years …
Almond Milk – homemade
For the world, Almonds are a healthy & tasty nut/seed. For me they are a thing of pride, joy and memories. As a kid, I had a difficult time deciding if I wanted the long hard winter to end. While the end of winter meant that the dreary school will reopen its gates and herd me back in, it also meant the Almond trees will soon blossom and set my mind free. And it meant a picnic in the almond orchards would soon happen and I could just lay on the flowers and breathe their essence in and let myself …
Mango Oats Smoothie
The scent of cardamom, creamy milk, delicious honey make this mango oats smoothie a real breakfast treat. Grab and go.
Pear Cider
Yes, two days in a row I am using the recipes from Muy Bueno cookbook. I just had to make this warm pear cider and while I was cooking the chicken mole yesterday, I made this for our Friday power foods blog group. I mean how can you not look at the cup made from a pear and see cinnamon and anise and cloves and not say “I have got to make it”. I am loving this book so much that next week when I have some friends over, my menu is planned from this book. It will be an awesome evening, …
Spinach Green Apple Cucumber Bomb
Drinking green smoothies does not have to be a nose curling exercise. Exercise is important but nose is not part of the body one should have to lift and tone. Should it? So when a green smoothie came along, the first thing I usually would do was to make a face, curl my nose and tell myself I am drinking it because it is so good for me. Then I gave up on the green ones and along with that I gave up on a fantastic idea of a breakfast on the go. But we were not done, the Green …
Passion Fruit Cooler with Ginger and Mint
On some days, exotic is the way to eat and on most days exotic is the way to drink. What better way to have your mind take a flight to a dream destination. A glass of an exotic tasting drink and a creative imagination and you are all set to go anywhere. For most of the time I love to keep my mind from taking the flight, because the beautiful Rocky Mountains are magnetic and the fact that I can see them from my backyard makes it harder to go some place else. But then there are days when the …