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| Recipe of the week... ... Spicy peach pineapple smoothie! |
Ingredients: 1 frozen banana, half a mug of tinned peaches,
half a mug of tinned pineapple, 1 mugful of milk, a shake of ground nutmeg, and
a big shake of ground cinnamon.
Time taken: 5-10 mins (if you’ve already frozen a banana).
Serves: Either one huge meal-sized smoothie or two more
modest snack-sized smoothies.
Hi readers,
How are you this evening? Are you home from work? Out of the
clothes you’ve been wearing all day? Feeling fresh and comfortable now? I hope
you are, readers, and I hope today’s been a good one for you. A day of bold
moves and memorable occurrences.
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| Just saving the day |
As I write, readers, it’s a Tuesday evening in April and I’m
away on a work trip to Milton Keynes. We’ve checked into our hotel, after a
full day with a client, and I’ve enough sanity left to have put the kettle on
for a strong brew. I’m adulting! Read: I’m watching Couples Come Dine With Me
and dunking my way through all the free biscuits. There are a lot of free
biscuits but I need to recover strength (spent a while bouncing from one twin
bed to the other) before dining with my boss. Will drink modestly and speak
intelligently. As adults do.
At the moment, readers, it’s a slow news day in the UK
(launched search for missing boy… found missing boy hiding under his bed). Hmm.
But there are a few noteworthy stories from around the world. There’s steady
reporting on the aftermath of the terrorist attack in Russia yesterday. Ongoing
coverage of the search for survivors following the massive mudslide that occurred
in Colombia over the weekend. And continuing bafflement about the humongous South
Korean ship (a VLOC.. Very Large Ore Carrier) that disappeared in the middle of
the Atlantic Ocean a few days ago, and is presumed to have sunk with most of
its crew aboard.
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| A VLOC... look how big it is! |
Interesting stuff. Not inspiring exactly, a lot of lives
have been lost these last few days, but lives have also been saved. Due to the
bravery and determine of others.. which is a positive thought. Wish me luck,
readers, dining with my boss tonight and trying to maintain the ruse that I’m
an intelligent, responsible member of staff! I can do this!! I’m sure some of
you can relate and I’m sure – like me – you too are intelligent, responsible people
most of the time.. it’s just convincing colleagues that you are 100% of the
time! When that’s a BLATANT lie.
Tonight, I write to share with you a fab fruit smoothie
recipe that I tried out this weekend. This recipe comes straight from the
Primavera Kitchen blog and you can read the original post here. I happened upon
this recipe, readers, as I had an abundance of tinned pineapple and peaches in,
along with one very neglected smoothie maker… and I thought there must be some
way to turn this into a tasty smoothie?!
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| Where there's a will... ... there's a way |
And there is! A quick google led me to this simple recipe,
which spices up the fruits with a little added nutmeg and cinnamon. The result
is a warm, tropical smoothie… with 3 of your 5-a-day inside! Whether you’re
still feeling hungover from the weekend, readers, and in need of a vitamin kick,
or you’re feeling a little unwell maybe and need something to boost your
system, or you could just generally do with an energy burst to power you ahead
with the working week??
Whatever the reason (perhaps you just want a fruity bev), I
recommend a spicy peach pineapple smoothie! This drinks tastes like summer loving
and the sun on your face, salty sea air and warm sand between your toes, like
you’re sipping in a hammock under a blue blue sky, with tropical tunes drifting
over from the bar, and the sound of crickets in the bushes… with only a little
imagination required.
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| Just close your eyes... ... and you're there |
1.
Peel a banana, cut it up into a few bits, and
leave in the freezer overnight.
2.
The next day, take your frozen banana out of the
freezer and pop this in a smoothie maker or a blender.
3.
Half fill a mug with tinned peach slices, then
fill the second half with tinned pineapple pieces and tip into the smoothie
maker.
4.
Fill your mug with milk and then pour this into
the smoothie maker, too.
5.
Shake a little nutmeg and quite a bit of cinnamon
in there, and blend for a minute or so until smooth. Then find a straw and
slurp away!
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| SLUUURP |
Et voila! What do you think?? Do you think this sounds a
tempting recipe to try out, readers? And, if you’ve given it a go, did it go
well? And did you like the taste of your smoothie? Did it taste how summer
tastes to you??
I think, to me, summer tastes like barbecued grub (burned to
a crisp) and fresh fruit, melting ice cream and aperol spritz! This smoothie
recipe will be perfect for sunny afternoons on summer weekends, to drink out in
the garden, sunbathing with a good book… bring it on! I cannot wait for summer,
readers, and I hope this smoothie inspires you the same way it has me. Summer
will be with us soon.
Until then.. slurp safely,
Hayley
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| See you there! |
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