Fruit Tips #2

Here's the  #2 fruit tip sheet for this week.

Banana Facts

The Benefits Of Fruit

Anti Cancer Super Fruits

Apple Health Benefits and Tips

Nutritional Fruit Guide

Lemon and Grapefruit for glowing skin

Top water rich fruits

Feeling bloated, have a pineapple

Credit: Images sourced from all over the web

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.

Grilled Corn On The Cob On A Bed of Mushrooms With Veggies & Salmon

Good Evening,

How was your monday?

Lot of meetings to attend and emails to reply to .. ? I know the feeling ....

You do not need too many ingredients to make a healthy supper or meal as a little goes a long way.Once you have your basics you can whip up a delicious healthy meal for you and the family.

Meals for the week

Salmon, Broccoli, Lemon, Sweetcorn & Mushrooms

Hearty Vegetable Prep

Dinner is served

Have a lovely evening.

Apple Carrots Cucumber & Ginger Smoothie

Ingredients

• Apples
• Carrots
• Cucumber
• Ginger

Cheers

Instructions

• peel the skin off the carrots or scrub them and place in the blender
• i like to peel the skin off my ginger but you don't have to, ensure they are washed and then place in blender
• cut the apples and cucumber into small pieces and place in the blender
• add water and blend together till smooth
• pour in a glass and garnish with a lemon

Deliciously tasty with a nice kick to it from the ginger

My Healthy Lunch Prep for the Week

I remember growing up my mum always made the kids packed lunch which consisted of an egg sandwich or a jam sandwich and some other bits, I loved jam sandwiches and hated the egg sandwiches but had no other choice than to eat it. Then we graduated to the school lunches which I can hardly recall what we were fed but I know we enjoyed it. ha-ha!!

It is very rare to come by a healthy lunch option of meals in the office canteen these days as they are more concerned about feeding the masses than the healthy options. From time to time you'll find the odd looking salad which quite frankly isn't up to par.

Nowadays the concept of lunch does not exist in our offices as we are likely to spend lunch at our desks stuffing down a dry cheese & pickle sandwich from the office canteen , topped up with some cheese & onion crisps washed down with a "so called diet coke or Dr Pepper", then a Mars bar for afters.

Many of us rarely have a break as we are in the middle of deadlines. Given all the above circumstances, how can you feel healthy and do your best at work when most of your lunch is enjoyed at your desk or not taken at all?

I have been a victim of my above narration and in the last two years I made a conscious decision and habit not to eat at my desk and also to bring in my own lunch. I have had the best meals which makes me feel healthy and ready to combat the pile of work plunked on my desk or the emails awaiting my attention. 

In my humble opinion home made lunches are :

• Cost effective 
• Fresh
• Healthier
• Hygienic
• Quality
• More productive
• And enables  better time management 

Lunch Prep for the week

My Lunch for this week consists of :

Monday:       Egg Salad

Tuesday:      Tuna Salad

Wednesday:  Salami & Sweet corn salad

Thursday:     Salmon & Corn on the corn Salad

Friday:         Noodle Salad

Spare:          Olive & pepper Salad

I get a lot of my ideas from the salad counter in the supermarkets and sometimes make them up with the contents of my fridge. The other day I went into Sainsburys and looked at their lunch menus and spotted the noodle salad for £3.40 and my home made noodle salad cost me less than that.

Tuna Salad, Egg Salad, Salami Salad and Noodle Salad

Mixed Salad with pomegranate, Olives, Peppers, Sweetcorn  & Salad Sweet Corn & Salmon

Egg  & Tomato Salad ,Tuna Salad, Noodle Salad  and Salami  Salad

Mixed Salad with pomegranate, Olives, Peppers, Sweetcorn  & Salad Sweet Corn & Salmon

Have you decided to make a change and create time to start bringing lunch to work once or twice a week, or make a transition away from the office canteen food options? 

Try it and I can assure you that the results will be worth it.  

Do you bring your lunch to work? If so, what are your favourite things to bring?

Let me know in the comments box.

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

Blood Red Orange Smoothie

The blood orange is a variety of (Citrus & Sinensis) with crimson, almost blood red coloured flesh. The fruit is roughly the same size as an average orange.

I bought these at the fruit market and hadn't realised they were blood red oranges till I cut them open haha!!

Oh well waste not, want not!!

Ingredients

• Blood Red Oranges

Blood Red Oranges

Cut open

Blood Red Orange Smoothie

Blood Red Orange Smoothie

Enjoy.

Egg Mushroom Salad & Salmon

A quick and simple dinner to get your taste buds tingling.

Ingredients

• Cherry tomatoes
• Eggs
• Salmon
• Mushrooms
• Black pepper
• Salad Leaves

Egg Mushroom Salad & Salmon

Egg Mushroom Salad & Salmon

Enjoy x

Canary Melon Smoothie

The Canary melon or winter melon as it's referred to is a large, bright-yellow elongated melon with pale green to white inner flesh. This melon has a distinctively sweet flavour that is slightly tangier than a honey drew melon. The flesh look like that of a pear but is softer and taste a little like cantaloupe.

Ingredients

• Canary melon

Canary Melon

Canary Melon

Instructions

• cut melon into two and remove the seeds and skin
• cut into nice chunks and place melon in the blender
• blend until smooth
• garnish with a lemon or any fruit you have
• serve cold

Creamy rich texture

                                                   Enjoy and have a lovely weekend.

Kitchen Tips #1:- 36 Genius Kitchen Tips That Nobody Told You About

Last week I mentioned that I'll upload a quiz, tips relating to food and fruits, something interactive that will get my readers chatting.

Today I have 36 genius tips that no one told you about from " All day Chic" . 

Check out All Day Chic's blog  http://alldaychic.com/  which has lots of  brilliant tips on anything and everything.

Some of the tips are simply genius. 

Check them out here : http://alldaychic.com/36-kitchen-tips-that-will-make-your-life-easier/

 http://alldaychic.com/36-kitchen-tips-that-will-make-your-life-easier/

Here are some of my favourite tips

Leftover sauce can be frozen and reused.

Easy way to make yoghurt pops for the summer.

 Best way to cut watermelon.

 Chill wine with frozen grapes.

My favourite is the yoghurt popsicle tip.

Blog and picture credit : http://alldaychic.com/

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/

Fruit Quiz #1 - Answers

Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had a lovely and sunny weekend.

Quick post to give you the answers to the fruit quiz #1 I posted last week.

http://yems-smoothies.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/fruit-quiz-1.html

1 Physalis (Cape gooseberry)	2 Carambola (starfruit)	3 Cherimoya (custard apple)	4 Passion fruit
5 Jackfruit	6 Rambutan	7 Sapodilla or Chikoo	8 Pitaya  (dragon fruit)
9 Eeijoa or Guavasteen	10 Kiwano (horned melon)	11 Mango	12 Durian
13  Chayote  (vegetable pear)	14 Guanabana or Soursop	15  Opuntia ((prickly pear)	16 Mangosteen
17                Pomegrante	18 Papaya	19 Amarilo (tree tomato	20 Lychee

    

Did you get all the answers right ? You must be a fruit expert if you did as I have never heard of some of these fruits before.

Till the next quick ...have a lovely week ahead.