Why not try these exciting Ceres Shakes and Smoothies?
Vita Honey Apricot Shake
Ingredients:
1/2 Cup Ceres Apricot Juice
1/2 Cup Vanilla low-fat yoghurt
1-2 tsp Brewers yeast
1 cup skimmed milk
2 tsp wheat germ
1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp honey
1 egg (optional)
Blend milk, honey, yeast and yoghurt. Add nutmeg and wheat germ.
Blend in the Cers Apricot Juice and egg. (Remember that the egg is
used to provide extra protein but has a high cholesterol content.)
Always use fresh, unblemished, free-range eggs. Serves 2.
Power Hour Shake
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Ceres Guava Juice
1/4 cup Ceres Strawberry Juice chilled or frozen (optional)
1 cup non-fat soy milk
1 banana
1/2 cup papino
1/2 cup strawberries fresh or frozen
1 tablespoon peanut butter
For this shake there is no specific order to blend the ingredients.
Blend all ingredients in a blender until contents are blended
through.
Apricot Pear Blend
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Ceres Apricot Juice
1/2 cup Ceres Pear Juice
Edible flowers to decorate
1 pear for extra texture
4 medium plums
Add Ceres Apricot and Pear Juice to blender. Wash and halve
the plums and discard the stones. Pull the stalk from the pear.
Peel and core. Blend all ingredients together. Pour into tall
glass and garnish with edible flower of choice. Serves 4.
Oatmeal Papaya Smoothie
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Ceres Papaya Juice
1/2 natural low-fat frozen yoghurt
1 large orange
1/4 cup fine oatmeal
1 to 2 tsp wheat bran
Orange peal to garnish
Add honey, Ceres Papaya Juice and dry ingredients and blend.
For a thicker consistency, peel and scoop pips out of a fresh
papaya and chill in the freezer. Before it freezes, cut into
chunks and blend through. Serves 2.
Cranberry Kiwi Apple Sparkle
Ingredients:
1 cup Ceres Secrets of the Valley or Apple, Berry and Cherry Juice
1 cup Ceres Cranberry & Kiwi Juice
2 mixed berry tea bags
2 cups boiling water
2 tsp sugar or honey
Couple of thin apple slices/kiwi slices
Boil water and add the two teabags. Leave tea bags to infuse
flavor for approximately five minutes. Remove tea bags and mix
in the Ceres Juices. Honey is a natural sweetner and also an
energy provider. Garnish with apple and kiwi slices. Serves 4.
Pasion Fruit Crush
Ingredients:
1 cup Ceres Pasion Fruit Juice
Scoop of crushed ice
1 passion fruit
1 tsp honey
Sparkling mineral water
Pour Ceres juice into cocktail shaker. Half the passion fruit and
hollow out the fruit from the shell. Add to the shaker along with
the crushed ice and honey. Shake vigorously to blend all
ingredients. Pour the crushed ice mixture into two glass tumblers.
Top up with sparkling mineral water. Use edible flower of you
choice to garnish. Serves 2.
Mint Litchi Cooler
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups Ceres Litchi Juice
1 small bunch of fresh mint
1 cup sparkling mineral water
Scoop of crushed ice
1 tsp honey (optional)
Wash bunch of mint thoroughly. Slice off a few sprigs and break
up and bruise the rest by gently rubbing them through fingers.
Place in boiling water and let stand for a few minutes for mint
flavor to infuse. Now add the honey. Mix with the chilled Ceres
Litchi Juice and slowly add the sparkling mineral water. Use
springs of mint and crushed ice to garnish. Serves 2.
Grape Chamomile Toddy
Ingredients:
1 cup Ceres White Grape Juice
1 chamomile tea bag
1 cup boiling water
1 tsp honey (optional)
Freshly grated ginger
Edible flower and grapes to garnish
Place the chamomile tea bag in the cup of boiling water. Grate a
couple shavings of ginger and add to the water while chamomile
infuses. Heat the Ceres Grape Juice through in a saucepan and add
the chamomile/ginger tea blend. The honey is optional to taste.
Serves 2.
Decoration
Go the natural route for a garnish with a difference, don't waste
the peel or skin of the fruit you use. Cut the peal into strips
and thread onto small skewers or swizzle sticks. One can use small
cookie cutters to press out interesting shapes. Pare the fruit
carefully and twist peel around spoon handle. Freeze to form a
spiral. This can be done while chilling glasses in the freezer
for an extra frosted effect.
Freeze
Remember fruit freezes well, especially banana. So when you find
your bananas are over ripe, don't throw them out. Cut into chunks
and freeze in an airtight container. Berries are also freezer
friendly. Frozen fruit gives your smoothie or shake that added
frozen drink quality.
Edible Flowers
Flowers such as Pansies, Nasturtiums and Primroses can be used to
accompany your favorite drink. They make pretty garnishes. One can
either freeze them into ice cubes or place them on top of the drink
with other cubes of fruit. Just make sure you have correctly
identified the plant and that the flowers have not been sprayed
or treated with any toxic chemicals or insect repelants.
