Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Drinks Made Easy at Home

Home. What a sweet word for many of us. This is the place where we want to be at the end of the day. Also, the place where we want to start our day, right? Well, it's not always party and work; we all need to decompress and enjoy life at a slow pace sometimes. When that feeling comes, there is no substitute for a home-made refreshing drink, like a fruit and vegetable drink. I was reading at the Four Ingredient Cookbook, written by Joanna Farrow, (Hermes House, London) how to make a variety of them. In this article, I'll show you how to make a few of these drinks, so, kick back, relax and keep reading. Up next...fresh fruit and vegetable drinks made easy at home.

Leafy Apple Lift-off

1 apple
5 oz/150g white grapes
1 oz/25g watercress, rocket (arugula) or spinach
1 tbsp/15mL lime juice

Quarter the apple. Juice the fruit and watercress, rocket or spinach with a juice extractor. Add lime juice to the mixture. Stir thoroughly to blend all the ingredients. Pour in a tall glass and serve immediately. That's it!

Carrot Revitalizer

3 carrots
2 apples
1 orange

Scrub and trim the carrots. Quarter the apples. Peel the orange and cut into rough segments. Using a juice extractor, juice the carrots and fruit. Pour into a glass and serve immediately.

Hum-zinger

1/2 peeled pineapple
1 small mango, peeled and stoned (pitted)
1/2 small papaya, seeded and peeled

Remove any "eyes" left in the pineapple, then cut all the fruit into coarse chunks. Using a juice extractor, juice the fruit. Instead, you can also use a food processor or blender and process for about 2-3 minutes until smooth. Pour into a glass and serve immediately. Done.

New York Egg Cream

3-4 tbsp/45-60 mL chocolate syrup
4 fl oz/120mL/1/2 cup chilled milk
6 fl oz/175mL/3/4 cup chilled sparkling mineral water

Pour the chocolate into the bottom of a tall glass, avoiding dripping any on the inside of the glass. Pour the chilled milk into the glass on to the chocolate syrup. Gradually pour the chilled sparkling mineral water into the glass, sip up any foam that rises to the top of the glass and carefully continue to add the remaining sparkling mineral water. Stir well before drinking.

Well, that's all for now. I hope you all have enjoyed this article and that it may be useful for you when you are at home. See you next time.

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