Drinks

Most of my drinks are fruit and juice-based here on the blog although I always make dairy smoothies at home they just don’t seem to have made it onto here!

Don’t worry, I’ll rectify that soon and also post a few more alcoholic ones too, if you’re interested.

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Pineapple cake + pineapple drink

Posted on March 16, 2011

I absolutely adore recipes that use ingredients in an innovative way so that nothing gets wasted. Take this pineapple cake for example.

The first step involves poaching fresh pineapple in a vanilla spiked sugar syrup and then adding the pineapple pieces to the cake batter. Most recipes would then tell you to discard the syrup or ‘keep for another use’ which I’m sure most people do not do! But this recipe uses that precious syrup to moisten the cake into a heavenly wet mouthful.

This alone is fantastic but what really got me itching to make this recipe (other than the fact that I had a ripe pineapple begging for it) was this small note that accompanied it: “The pineapple peel can be boiled for 20 minutes or so with some sugar and makes a delightful juice”.

What! What? What! Why have I not thought of, or heard of this before? I weep for all the pineapple skins in my life that have gone straight into the bin. I weep salty tears for them.

Enough crazy talk. Let’s get on with the recipes… (more…)

Champagne cocktail & macadamia nuts

Posted on February 18, 2009

[Pomegranate & hibiscus champagne cocktail with spiced macadamia nuts]

Don’t groan! Yes, it’s another recipe using POM wonderful, I’m sorry. I’m addicted. Help!

The blogosphere is awash with recipes for pomegranate juice after a lot of us received free bottles of it. There’s been granita, tagine, cake, salad dressing and others. Do you think we can fit one more in? Oh OK then. (more…)

An easy way to drink more H20

Posted on March 20, 2008

Pink Grapefruit Drink

Pink Grapefruit
[Pink grapefruit and sparkling mineral water drink]

Some people find it really hard to drink the necessary 8 glasses of water a day. Personally, I love water and can’t get enough of the stuff, but sometimes I do feel like a fizzy drink. I’m hesitant to buy the commercial ones available because they’re full of sugar and nasty additives which can make you fat and hyperactive. Not a good combo.

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