Berry Banana Smoothie Recipe

This fruit smoothie and healthy recipe contains no sugar. It is healthy and refreshing and is packed with nutrients and antioxidants. For an energy-filled day have this for breakfast and feel light as ever. This berry banana smoothie recipe includes bananas and frozen assorted berries like raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries, as well as orange juice and low fat vanilla yogurt. Before they can be blended to make the smoothie the fruits need to be frozen. Not only is this super healthy, it also tastes absolutely heavenly. It is filled with so many flavors that you don’t need to add any sweeteners. For a refreshing touch garnish with fresh mint leaves.

Peel the bananas first and then slice them into pieces before freezing and store in an airtight container that fits your freezer. Take the stems out of the berries and wash them well and pat dry. If you are using fruits with pits in them, take out the pits before freezing. In essence, the fruits need to be ready and prepared so that they can be placed in the blender straight out of the freezer once they have hardened. So that the fruits won’t freeze into one big lump, which will make it hard to process, spread them out on a plate or baking sheet while in the freezer. However, make sure that they do not come in contact to any meat produce or seafood that can affect their flavor and fragrance. The fruits can all be stored in a freezer bag or container once they are frozen without them bunching together. You can add honey instead of sugar for a healthier drink if you think that the smoothie is not sweet enough to your taste, The essence of smoothies after all is that they should be a health drink designed for those who are on a diet. This berry banana smoothie helps aid in the digestion system. It is very good for the circulatory and immune system.

Ingredients

1 small banana, peeled chopped and frozen

52 oz. cup fresh or frozen assorted berries (such as raspberries, blackberries, and/or strawberries)

1/2 cup orange juice

3 tablespoons vanilla low-fat yogurt

1. Process the frozen pieces of banana, berries, orange juice, and yogurt in a blender, until a smooth puree. Then pour into cold, tall glasses.

2. Use fresh mint leaves and berries for garnishing and a banana slice, if desired.

Having Desserts with Passion

Passion fruit layered with sweet strawberry sauce, fresh wild strawberries, and whipped cream makes an elegant dessert especially when served in passion fruit shells. This gourmet dessert by Michelin Chef Etienne Krebs is easy to prepare and best served chilled. You can prepare it ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator so that it is perfectly chilled and ready to serve when your guests arrive. This is a very refreshing and light end to a heavy or spicy meal. Passion fruits and wild strawberries make an exotic presentation and a lovely dish.

Of course, you can also use raspberries or regular strawberries if you can’t find wild strawberries to make this recipe, but wild strawberries add an exciting touch to the dish. The appearance is different from commercial strawberries and it has a mildly sweet flavor that complements the subtly sweet and wonderfully tangy passion fruit. Wild strawberries are smaller than cultivated strawberries and look more like wild berries. They grow wild in fields and in forests.

Wild strawberries are delicate and bruise easily and should be consumed as soon as they are harvested or they will turn soft or mushy. They also make a delicious strawberry sauce since they have plenty of juices. To make a simple strawberry sauce, simply use a food processor to puree fresh strawberries. You can pass the resulting puree through a sieve to get rid of any pulpy material if you want the sauce to be fine, although pulpy sauce is fine and can be pleasurable in the palate.

An exotic fruit, passion fruit is not always available and makes a rare treat. As its name suggests, it helps lighten up the mood and quite nutritious too. The seeds of the fruit are eaten together with the pulp and separating them can be difficult. Some pass the flesh through a fine sieve to extract the juices of boil it down to make syrup.

Ingredients

18 passion fruit
1 cup whipped cream
7 tablespoons sugar
5 ½ tablespoons powdered sugar
6 teaspoons strawberry sauce
0.77 lbs. (about 1 ½ cups) wild strawberries

1. Split the passion fruit into two and scoop out the flesh. Reserve the pulp and the emptied fruit shells.
2. In a saucepan, add strawberry sauce and 7 tablespoons sugar and heat over low fire. Reduce until you get a thick liquid. Cool.
3. Whip the cream with the powdered sugar. Add the passion fruit, reserving 6 teaspoons for garnish.
4. Place the emptied passion fruit shells in dessert bowls and pour a spoon of strawberry sauce into the bottom of each.
5. Place the wild strawberries on top then add the beaten cream.
6. Decorate the dish with the passion fruit and strawberry sauce. Serve with a sugared biscuit.