Healthy Inspirations & More

Saturated yellow, thick, full of vitamin C and REALLY fruity!

That's what you need for two portions: 

• juice of one orange
• 3/4 of a khaki (had that one left...sure one will be fine too, to not have a quarter of it lying around)
• half a mango
• juice of one lime
• one carrot
• a few dishes of cinnamon
• six walnut halves
• 200 ml cold water

Mix well and enjoy - very filling and lovely taste! 

Lovely colour, quite a meal in itself - so rather filling and very...well, smooth :-). If you like it a bit more liquid, just add a tad of water

Here we go, ingredients for 2 portions:

• 1/2 banana
• 1 small apple
• 1/2 small fennel
• 1/2 small mango
• 2-3 dashes of cardamom
• 2-3 dashes of cinnamon
• a tad of lemon juice
• 300 ml water

Enjoy!

Today I've combined my current experiment (making Maca powder a daily part of my diet) and my daily habit - drinking a smoothie.

The result: DELICIOUS!!

Well, that is if you like mango. Creamy, superb taste, super simple and the extra portion of energy through maca powder. In case you have never heard of that, here's a short explanation:

Maca root (lepidium meyenii) is a member of the cruciferous family, like broccoli and cabbage, and due to it’s unique properties it considered one of the world’s natural “super foods.”

Maca is grown very high in the mountains of South America, mainly in high altitude regions of Peru and is supposed to have a number of health benefits - among them relief of menopausal symptoms for women (hence my self test to see what it does), energy boosting and increase in libido. Interestingly the latter is the one where studies clearly show an effect :-).

So that's what you need for 1 portion:

• 1/2 mango (small or a slice of a big one)
• ...

Yeah, might be a strange name, still it immediately came to mind when I saw the result of this mix, which looks so harmless for all the flavour it contains.

Here's what's in it (2 glasses)

• ½ banana
• 1 yellow kiwi
• ½ fennel
• ¼ gaia melon
• 1 cm of ginger
• 250 ml water/icecubes

Lovely colour...and the surprise is the peppery note. Absolutely great taste.

For the curious among you: Double anti-inflammatory through kiwi and ginger. The latter is superb for the upcoming colder days when you feel a cold coming up: Take some fresh ginger, cut it into pieces and pour hot water over it, add a tad of honey and sip over the day. Perfect for the throat (also ant-bacterial), the voice and your whole system.

TIP: don't peel the ginger, most of the great stuff sits right underneath the skin. If you don't like the brown outer side, scrub it slightly off with a knife, that'll do the job and you keep the greatness of the root.