Orange Ginger & Honey Juice

 The weather is warm outside and the kids are on a vacation from school. So many places to visit and lot of things to explore. No time to cook an elaborate meal, but lot of quick healthy snacks, juices, smoothies and shakes and that's how things go. So you will see lot of simple and quick healthy beverage ideas in the coming posts. A few weeks back, my elder one wanted to make a banana milk shake all by himself and tried to search for the recipe in my site. That's when I decided to post these simple juice, shakes and smoothie recipes which will be helpful for kids and novice cooks. Stay hydrated and have a happy, healthy summer.



Preparation Time - 5 Minutes

Cooking Time - Nil

Serves - 1





Ingredients



Orange - 1

Ginger - 1/2 inch piece (skin peeled)

Honey - 1 Tsp or to taste

Water - 1/2 Cup

Ice cubes - few optional

Method



1) Cut the orange into half. Then cut each half into two pieces. Peel them and cut once again to remove the seeds and the thick white pith. (I do  not remove the soft white skin)



2) Place the orange pieces, ginger, honey and water in your blender and blend till smooth. Add the ice cubes and blend once again and enjoy.



Note - I used vitamix, so there was no need to filter and discard the fiber. The fiber in the juice makes you full for a longer time so do not strain and throw them away. Also if you are diabetic, do not go for fruit juices. Go for vegetable juices (excluding carrots & beets).

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Cucumber Cilantro Celery Smoothie

Want to have a healthy glowing complexion then go for silica. Yes silica improves the complexion and skin health and cucumber is a very good source of silica. With spring slowly coming in and with a very hot summer in certain parts of the world, it is natural to search for thirst quenching drinks and foods. Cucumber apart from the nutrient vitamin c has a lot of water content making it a natural hydrating source. So a smoothie with Cucumber, D for detoxification rich cilantro, vitamin c rich celery, lemon juice, therapeutic ginger and calcium rich yogurt will not only fill  you up but tastes good and very good for you too. So next time you feel like grabbing that can of soda or store bought juice for quenching your thirst try this out and let me know how you liked it.



Preparation Time - 10 Minutes

Cooking Time - None

Serves - 2





Ingredients



Cucumber - 1 (Washed, rinsed, peeled)

Celery stalk - 1

Cilantro - handful (Chopped)

Ginger - 1 inch piece (peeled)

Yogurt - 1 cup (Chilled)

Salt - 1 Tsp or to taste

Lemon juice - 1 Tsp (or depending on the sourness of the yogurt)

Freshly ground Pepper - 1/2 tsp or to taste.



Method



1) Place the cucumber, celery, cilantro, ginger, salt and yogurt in a blender and blend till super smooth. ( I used my  Vitamix so whatever I throw in, I get a perfect juice without the necessity to filter any fiber and separate out).



2) Add lemon juice and ground pepper and serve with few pieces of ice.

Events



This goes to Fun N Sun an event hosted by Tickling Palates.

Also sending this to Seasonal Indulgence - Summer Coolers by Saffron Streaks.



Sending this to Mocktails & Coolers event hosted by Simply Food started by Pari.

Sending this to Healing Foods Sukham Coolers by Pedatha an event started by Siri.

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