Citrus & Berry Smoothie

Coconut Water With Mango and Lychee

frozen mandarin, blueberries and peaches

Ingredients

Apple slices

Blueberries

Coconut water -mango

Orange slices

Orange slices, frozen peaches, apples and blueberries

Coconut Water with Mango

citrus and berry smoothie

Apple Carrot Orange & Ginger Smoothie

The sun is still shinning in the United Kingdom which makes a great change and another excuse to have a delicious smoothie.

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

Ingredients

• apple
• carrots
• ginger
• honey(optional)
• water
• oranges

Apples, Oranges, Carrots, Ginger, Honey & Water

Apples, Oranges, Carrots, Ginger, Honey & Water

                                

Delicious with that gingery taste 

Instructions

• peel the skin off your oranges and cut into small pieces,wash your carrots cut them into small pieces
• wash your apples and ginger and cut them into small pieces
• place all your fruits into the blender, add a teaspoon of honey and add water
• blend until smooth
• serve cold

Thick and Tasty

Cheers

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.

Citrus Strawberry Smoothie

Sun is shinning, the weather  is sweet

Make you want to move your dancing feet

To the rescue, here I am 

Want to know ya, where I stand - Bob Marley Sun Is Shinning Lyrics

I love me some Bob Marley!

How is everyone doing on this sunny & thankful Tuesday?  I am just dandy and the sight of some sunshine is an additional bonus. When the sun is out, I feel like my triple A batteries to life have been recharged with extra energy .. ha ha!!

Today we have a mix of citrus fruits with lemon,low fat yogurt and honey.At the weekend I bought some oranges and when I put a knife to it and opened it up, I realised they were actually blood orange tangerines....oh well! Waste not,Want not!!

Let's make a smoothie ...

Ingredients

• 1 banana
• 1/2 lemon
• 1 blood orange tangerine or orange
• cup of water(I have added water because i don't want my smoothie to be too stodgy)
• frozen strawberries
• honey
• low fat yogurt

Instructions

• peel skin of fruits, place in blender, add yogurt, honey and water
• blend till smooth
• serve cold

nice texture

Tasty

Enjoy.

Supermarket Vs Local Market Stalls

What's your preference and why?

The Supermarket or your local market stall?

Every fortnight on a Saturday morning I get ready and head to my local market to pick my fruits and vegetables.

As I walk into the market lane of which I love the atmosphere  I can immediately hear George, 50 my favourite fruit trader call out to shoppers and passers by  " Buy your apples and vegetables here, pound a bowl, pound a bowl all fresh, today's produce, fresh on the stall"  the atmosphere in the market is always buzzing and full of life.

As I walk up to him he says " Ello darling you a'right " ? I reply good thanks George what do you have for me today?  The warm reception and smile makes me giggle, he sometimes compliments me on my hair and my lipstick and I tell him that I know it's a ploy to get me to spend more money on his stall. No darling he replies "you know you're my favourite customer" ....Y eh right I reply I bet you say that to all the girls. 

George hasn't lost his touch as his compliments often works a charm.

His fruits and vegetables are always fresh and he sells

• a bowl of 10 granny smiths apples
• a bowl of golden delicious apples for £1, 
• a bowl of juicy red grapes for a £1, 
• 6 raw beetroots for £1, 
• 6 cucumbers for £1, 
• 6 grapefruits for a £1,
• 4 courgettes for a £1,
• a bowl of ripe cherry tomatoes for 50p and lots more.

Shallots, Strawberries and Courgettes at the local market

Cauliflower and  Potatoes at the local market 

Onions,Green-beans and Sweet Potatoes at the local market 

I must say that even though I spend a lot of money on George's stall I like to look around the market as there are also some brilliant bargains on other stalls. The other day I bought 8 avocados for £1 ..YES 8!! I was in avocado heaven if such a place exists and 3 big butternut squash for £1.50.

The highlight of last week was when I bought 3 trays of strawberries for a whooping sun of £1, thinking about it now I was so silly not to have taken a pictures as I got home and for me that was an immediate wash, bag and freeze process with my other fruits.

I guess what I am trying to say is that I love going to my local market stalls to support the traders and I get real value for my money.#Buylocal #Supportthemarkettraders

Oranges, Apples, Bananas and Kiwis at the local market stall

My local supermarket is great but I am never satisfied when I go there. I don't get that one to one attention from George and I meet with lifeless fruits and vegetables on the shelves.

The thought of weighing my fruit irks me especially as I pay so much for so little. Do not get me wrong the supermarket is a great place to shop for fruits and vegetables if that's your preference but it isn't for me.

The supermarket is great when I run out of my favourite fruits or vegetables and for me to quickly pop in and get my produce but for a big batch I rarely go to the supermarket. The other day I ran out of cucumbers and lemons for my infused water and I popped into the supermarket to get a cucumber and I had to pay 90p for a slim mean looking cucumber, I begrudgingly paid for it of course but kicked myself because I could see George's 6 cucumbers for £1 in my thoughts haha!!!


So what's your preference and why? Is it the Supermarket Or Market Stalls? 


Let me know your thoughts.



Photo Credit: My Sister