Today is the first of October and I wish you a healthy start to it!
This morning I started my day with a glass of my home made grape juice. Did I tell you that it is 100 % pure nature, nothing added, no stabiliser, no citric acid, no sugar, no nothing.
Cheers!
There is a strong smell of honey and hint of strawberries in it, no wonder as I made the juice from uva americana or uva fragole (the Italian word for it).
I had some fruit left: a banana, a pear and some physalis and true to my favourite motto WASTE NOT WANT NOT I put them all in the mixer.
Frugality pays it forward
I added this and that, poured the whole lot in a tall glass and decorated it with a mint sprig:
Healthy healthy healthy
Here follows the recipe:
Late Bloomers Healthy Fruit Drink
Serves one
Ingredients
1 banana
1 pear
5 – 6 physalis (cape gooseberry)
1 TS fresh cream
1 yogurt
1 pinch cardamom
1 pinch freshly grated black pepper
1 pinch sea salt
Method
Put fruit and fresh cream in mixer and puree
Add rest of the ingredients and mix again
Serve in tall glass and decorate with fresh mint
You can use any fruit that is past its prime (or not), roasted nuts on top, substitute mint for lemon balm or basil, add some lemon juice or grated zest.
I like the juxtaposition of sweet and spicy, the tartness of the physalis, the rich flavours of the banana and the pear and the after-effects of the freshly grated pepper on my palate.
This is an energy booster sans pareil to your morning. You can still enjoy endless cups of coffee later on!
PS. Did you notice any difference in the photos? I used my sophisticated SLR, maybe there is a new challenge in photography?
