Recipe for my Ginger, Honey and Orange Juice

A simple blend of Ginger, honey and Orange juice is refreshing and a great source of antioxidants.
Buying the best quality (if you can, use organic produce) fruit for this recipe is highly recommended, as you can omit the honey and the natural sweetness of the fruit enhance the taste. 
If yo use   
 Kick start your metabolism first thing in the morning. You can replace the orange with pineapple for an equally great tasting juice.

  

Recipe

Ingredients

20g of ginger ( depending on how mild or hot you want your juice, you can alter the quantity of ginger)

1 litre freshly squeezed orange juice or Pineapple juice

1 tablespoon of honey (Optional)

Method

In a blender add the ginger and orange juice and blend together

Add the honey, pulse and taste. If your drink needs more honey, then add some more. I prefer a slight sour taste to my drinks, hence I omit the ginger.

Investing in a good blender is a must. My personal preference for the perfect blender manufacturer is 'Vitamix'. It blends everything into a smooth and silky taste, hence you don't need to strain your juice. 

On the other hand if your blender doesn't give a silky smooth finish, follow the process below;

Strain the juice to remove any threads the ginger might have.

Blend the strained juice again to get the frothy look 

Pour in a pasteurised bottle and refrigerate.

Use within 3 days

Best served chilled with a slice of lime or lemon

Ginger, Honey and Orange Juice Blend

I'm in love with Emerald Tomatoes

I have to write about an ingredient, a rather controversial fruit, I met yesterday at Tesco's called 'Emerald Tomato'.

She looks like an unripenned tomato but has a soft feel to touch. Emerald Tomato is  described as sweet and purposefully grown to keep her unripenned look. 

I decided to make a simple green inspired salad. 

Emerald Tomatoes

A simple salsa of emerald tomato with sweet onions and a drizzle of an African homemade anchovies oil and black pepper. The tomato is crunchy and sweet

 I decided to use the rest of the tomatoes for a warm salad for brunch today.

Ingredients

 6 sliced Emerald Tomatoes

 A bag of Rocket

1 medium size sliced sweet onions

 1 medium size diced Avocado into chunks

Sliced 1 whole Courgettes into disc shapes

 225g of Halloumi (Cut into chunks)

 100g of cooked Bambara beans (optional)

Marinade

2 tablespoonful of olive oil

Smoky sea salt

2 pinches of freshly toasted ground black pepper

Method

Cut your courgettes into little disc shapes 

In a separate bowl mix together  the olive oil, salt and black pepper.

Add the courgettes and Halloumi to the marinade

Using a  hot griddle pan, grill the courgettes and Halloumi for a 

minute on each side.

In a bowl, add the rocket, onions, tomatoes, avocado, courgettes, bambara beans and halloumi. Drizzle the remaining marinade  over the salad and serve immediately.

A crunchy green salad with grilled Halloumi, Courgettes and Bambara beans.