Banana Mango Pineapple Berry Smoothie

Ingredients

• frozen bananas
• frozen pineapples
• frozen mangoes
• frozen blueberries
• coconut water/water

Mangoes, Bananas, Berries & Pineapple

Instructions

• place all your fruits in the blender, add some coconut water and blend until smooth
• pour in cup and serve cold

Nice creamy and fluffy texture

Radish Detox Smoothie

Now this is a new one even for me ...

My cousin just saw my smoothie picture and said radishes in a smoothie Yems? I said why not? ha-ha!! ...it is edible and a good detox and won't kill me so I might as well give it a try.

Radishes may not be the first ingredient that comes to mind when you want to make a smoothie but I can assure you that they can be safely used in a smoothie with many other sweet or savory recipes.

Radishes

I love radishes especially in my salads and decided to make a smoothie with it.

Radishes offer many health benefits and you should consider eating them frequently.They contain Vitamin C, zine, B--complex vitamins and many others. All of these are very effective in treating skin disorders such as rashes and dry skin.

Read more about radishes :http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/radish.html

Ingredients

• bananas
• radishes
• plums
• pineapple
• water

Bananas, Pineapples, Plums & Radishes

Instructions

• place radish and plum in the blender, add some  water and blend until smooth
• place frozen pineapple and banana in blender, add some water and blend until smooth
• place pineapple and banana mix into jar and top up with radish and plum mix
• garnish with frozen pineapples

Pineapple and Banana Mix

Pineapple and Banana Mix

Radish and Plum Mix

Garnished with frozen pineapples



Radish Detox Smoothie dripping .....



Scoop this delicious smoothie up with a spoon

Verdict

This smoothie was delicious .. my oh my!! The mix of fruits and flavours were bursting in my mouth.

Banana Mango & Pineapple Sunday Smoothie

Happy Sunday!!

Ingredients

• frozen mango
• frozen pineapple (tinned)
• frozen banana
• water from the tinned pineapple

Instructions

• place frozen fruits into the blender and blend till smooth
• serve cold and garnish with any fruit of your choice

frozen pineapple, banana & mango

Banana, Mango and Pineapple Smoothie

                                   

Ready to blend

                                 

Fancy Smoothie 

Have a lovely Sunday!

Fruit Tips #3 Storing Your Fruits For Smoothies

Bananas, Raspberry, Strawberry & Sandwich bags

Bananas, Raspberry & Strawberry

Bananas, Raspberry & Strawberry

Bagged and ready to be frozen

 

Spinach frozen for green smoothies

Prep for mango, pineapple and banana to be frozen

Banana, Raspberry & Strawberry  Smoothie

                           

Banana & Pineapple Smoothie

This is a really refreshing smoothie for a hot summers evening.

Ingredients

• banana
• pineapple
• coconut water (optional)

Smiley Banana and Pineapple

Instructions

• peel the skin off the pineapple and banana and place into the blender, add a splash of coconut and blend till smooth
• serve cold and garnish with a lemon

Banana and Pineapple Smoothie

Cheers

Fruit And Vegetable Smoothie

Happy Thankful Tuesday Smoothie Lovers,

I have a lot to be thankful for and I am sure you all do too, so let's give thanks today.

I have two smoothies for you today which is a fruit smoothie and a green creamy smoothie.

Ingredients : Fruit Smoothie

• bananas
• blueberries
• kiwis
• strawberries

Instructions

• Place all the fruits in the blenders, add water or coconut water and blend until smooth

Fruit Smoothie

Fruit & Green Creamy Smoothie

Rich,thick and tasty blend of fruits

Ingredients:Green Creamy Smoothie

• avocado
• celery
• salad leaves
• kiwi

Instructions

• peel the skin off the avocado and kiwi and place in the blender
• chop the celery into small chunks and add the salad leaves
• add water and blend till smooth 

Avocado, Kiwi & Salad Leaves & Celery - Green Smoothie

Fruit & Green creamy Smoothie

Have a lovely day.

Banana,Blueberries, Grapes & Mango Smoothie

Good Morning Smoothie Lovers,

How was your weekend?

Today I have a nice mix of summer fruits for you.

• Banana
• Blueberries
• Coconut flakes
• Grapes
• Mangoes

 

Bananas, Mangoes, Grapes, Blueberries

Ready to Blend

Instructions

• place all the fruits in the blender
• add coconut water or a splash of water
• blend till smooth
• pour in glass 
• garnish with coconut flakes
• serve cold

Where to buy foreign fruits and vegetables in Nigeria (Lagos) by Dobby's Signature

Greetings,

From time to time on the blog and on my BBM channel I get questions like where can I get kiwis from in Nigeria? Where can I get plums from in Nigeria? Where can I get papaya from in Nigeria?

It's often difficult to answer these questions as I do not live in Nigeria but I try to answer as much as I can by directing them to the popular shopping malls in Lagos such as Shoprite, which is perhaps the only shopping mall I know of Lol! 

I even had one of my many little sisters say " Sis your blog is not africa friendly as we can not get the fruits you use on your blog"  Lol! Now we can't have that I said to myself and this pushed me to do some research on where the foreign fruits are been sold in Nigeria. Now I know they exist but they come at exorbitant prices.

Whilst doing my research I came across a few details here and there but finally I hit jackpot when I came across Dobby's Signature blog http://www.dobbyssignature.com

Dobby's signature is a Nigerian Food Blog focused on Showcasing Nigerian dishes,exploring traditional food recipes .

Dobby is  a culinary enthusiast with a flair for local cuisines in Nigeria and around the globe. Dobby confesses not to be a professional chef but my goodness I beg to differ and I am sure you will when you have  look at her posts.  Each time I visit her blog she has my tastebuds tingling and my tongue wagging. She is amazing!!

In her words, cooking is one of my major hobbies and I do it well (I concur).
Dobby is also a graphics designer and an illustrator and if you look at her blog you can tell as her passions are displayed across her blog.

Now back to the juicy contents on Dobby's blog which caught my eye for my readers.
Dobby had a post titled " Where to buy foreign fruits  and vegetables in Nigeria( Lagos) and this is the blogspot http://www.dobbyssignature.com/2014/03/where-to-buy-foreign-fruits-and.html?m=0

Here are some pictures from  Dobby's blog on the fruits and vegetables sold from the below traders

Stall Owners :Alhaji Sanni & Alhaji Ibrahim

Courgette & Aubergine 

 Blackberries,Grapes,Beetroot & Broccoli

Lady B - Stall Owner

Click on the link to find out the location of the above traders and to view more pictures of the  other fruits sold  http://www.dobbyssignature.com/2014/03/where-to-buy-foreign-fruits-and.html?m=0

A big thank you to Dobby for letting me share this information with my readers.
Make sure you check out her blog for her different cuisines across the globe and lots more.

I hope you have found this post helpful.


BlogPost  & Photo Credit :http://www.dobbyssignature.com/

Banana Smoothie

Happy Tuesday Smoothie Lovers, 

Today I have made a simple and single fruit smoothie recipe, nothing fancy pancy today  ha ha!!

Ingredients

• frozen banana
• coconut water
• blood orange tangerine

Instructions

• place frozen bananas in the blender and add coconut water
• blend until smooth
• garnish with blood orange tangerine or any fruit you have.
• serve cold

Enjoy and have a lovely evening.

Triple Delight Smoothie

Ingredients

Purple layer

frozen blueberries

unsweetened almond milk

Green layer 

cucumber

frozen kale

unsweetened almond milk

Orange layer 

frozen bananas

frozen mangoes

unsweetened almond milk

Green, Red and Orange Smoothie 

Instructions

Blend each of the ingredients separately and layer

Serve cold

Triple Delight Smoothie

Rich blend of fruits and vegetables

As you sip on this smoothie you're hit with the green taste then boom comes the banana and mango sweet mix which ends nicely with the sharp blueberry mix :-)

A nice mix of fruits and vegetables to make a triple delight smoothie.

Have a lovely evening.

Banana and Coconut Smoothie

Hello Smoothie Lovers,

I hope you're all well.

It's been a busy couple of days for me but I'm back with a new smoothie recipe for you.

On my way home from the office today I walked pass the mini fruit stall today  and I saw coconuts and thought oh wow I haven't had one of these in ages. As usual I bought two for £1.. bargain eh?

Whilst breaking the coconut I remembered why I hadn't bothered buying a coconut all this while. Breaking a coconut can be such a tedious task Grrrr!! and not to talk of taking out the white meat out of the shell. The white meat is  known as the "Endosperm" ....what a peculiar name for the internal part of a coconut ha ha !!

Coconut Shell and Endosperm

Read more about Endospem : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endosperm

Coconuts are high in fiber and has many vitamins and minerals.It is classified as a
 " functional food" because it provides benefits beyond mere nutrition. Read more about Health benefits of coconuts httwww.symptomfind.com/nutrition-supplements/health-benefits-of-coconuts/

Ingredients

• 2 bananas
• 1 cup of milk
• 1 teaspoon of honey (optional)
• few pieces of the white meat
• ice cubes
• chocolate dust(optional)

Banana,Coconut, Honey and Milk

Instructions

• place the white meat in the blender, add the bananas, ice cubes, milk and honey
• blend until smooth
• pour into glass cup and serve cold 

Banana and Coconut Smoothie

Enjoy!