Recipe from: http://www.incrediblesmoothies.com/recipes/watermelon-smoothie-recipes-and-nutrition/
Serves 1
Ingredients
- 3 cups watermelon, seeds removed and diced
- 1 apple, peeled, cored and diced
- 1 pear, peeled, cored and diced
- 1 large handful spinach
- Sugar, sweetener or honey as required (My addition)
Preparation
- Blend diced watermelon in a mixer till smooth.
- Dunk spinach in boiled water for 30 seconds, drain and cool
in ice water. (You could use raw spinach if you like the raw flavour. The taste
is the same, though!)
- Blend apple and carrot in a mixer till smooth. Add spinach
and pulse till smooth. Add the watermelon juice and sugar and pulse till
everything is blended.
- Pour in a glass and serve.
Recipe from: http://www.incrediblesmoothies.com/recipes/pomegranate-smoothie-recipes-and-nutrition/
Serves 1
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups pomegranate juice
- 1 apple, peeled, cored and diced
- 1 medium carrot, peeled and diced
- 1 large handful spinach
- Sugar, sweetener or honey as required (My addition)
Preparation
- Dunk spinach in boiled water for 30 seconds, drain and cool in ice water. (You could use raw spinach if you like the raw flavour. The taste is the same, though!)
- Blend apple and carrot in a mixer till smooth. Add spinach and pulse till smooth. Add the pomegranate juice and sugar and pulse till everything is blended.
- Pour in a glass and serve.
Recipe tweaked a little from: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/spinach-pomegranate-salad-with-pears-hazelnuts/print
Serves 2
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup pomegranate juice
- 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 large handful of spinach
- 1/4 pear, cut into match sticks
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme (Use fresh if you get)
- 1/4 cup hazelnuts, chopped (Almonds can also be used instead)
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
Preparation
- Bring 2 cups of water to a boil. Dunk in spinach for about 30 seconds and drain. Pour in cold water, drain and set aside.
- In a small saucepan boil pomegranate juice till reduced to 1/3. Let cool. Whisk in olive oil, lemon juice, thyme, salt and pepper.
- In a large bowl gently mix pomegranate seeds, spinach and hazelnuts with the dressing.
- Arrange pear on salad and serve.
