Strawberry Vanilla Milkshake

After a hectic day, I wanted to just relax and have some refreshing drink which could be prepared in a jiffy and without cooking. And at the same time I wanted it to be healthy too.

I noticed that I had strawberries in the refrigerator and I also wanted to finish off the Vanilla Ice-cream that was lying in the freezer. So I combined both these and added a little milk to it and voila! - A tasty and a refreshing drink!  It tasted so delicious that I thought of sharing this with you all.

Ingredients:

Fresh Strawberries	150 gms
Vanilla Ice-cream	About  200 ml.
Milk	100 ml

 

Method:

1. Wash the strawberries and pat them dry with a kitchen towel. Set aside two for decoration (Do not remove the stalk)
2. Let the ice-cream thaw a little.
3. Chop the rest of the strawberries and blend it to a fine puree.
4. Add the vanilla ice-cream and milk and blend it until smooth.
5. Pour into glasses and decorate with the strawberries that have been set aside.
6. Serve immediately.

    

Ingredients

 

 

Preparation time: 10 mins

Serves: 2

Note:

• I have omitted sugar. If you like it sweeter, you may add powdered sugar as per your taste.
• I used low fat milk. You may increase the quantity of milk to dilute the drink if you so desire.

Kiwi, Melon & Ginger Salad

Well, we all had our fill of sweets, lights, meeting family and friends and last but not the least the noise too (of firecrackers) this Diwali!  Now, it’s back to routine and I am sure most of you are trying to lose the excess calories gained by gulping those yummy sweets and savouries.

You can however, indulge in this refreshing dessert without having to worry about any weight gain! 

Ingredients:

Musk melon	1 (halved & seeded)
Kiwi Fruit	2 (peeled & sliced)
Ginger (tender) grated	½ inch piece
Ginger (extract juice)	½ inch piece
Apple juice	3-4 tbsps

Method:

Melon - cut into cubes

Kiwi - cut into slices

1. You can either cut the melon (after removing the skin) into cubes or you can scoop the flesh from the melon with a melon ball scoop and place them in a bowl.
2. In the same bowl, add the peeled and sliced kiwis and the grated ginger.
3. In another small bowl, mix the ginger extract/juice with the apple juice and pour this over the cut fruits (melon & kiwi).
4. Serve in individual serving bowls.

Serves: 4

Note:

• For the apple juice, I used Tropicana apple juice.
• This is a very colourful and refreshing dessert.

Cool Summer Treats

The word summer brings to mind “Cool” ideas for either taking a vacation at hill stations or making cool drinks to quench one’s thirst. The season also brings with it, loads of cool vegetables and fruits like cucumber, watermelon, musk melon etc.

Among the fruits, watermelon is the first choice as the rich red colour of the fruit is very tempting and if it also happens to be sweet, then the juice of this wonderful fruit is heavenly.

Watermelon juice and watermelon snack

Ingredients for Watemelon juice

Watermelon	¼ of its size
Lemon juice	½ a lemon
Rock Salt (kaala namak)	A pinch
Pepper powder	1 tsp

Method:

1. Wash the water melon under running water. Cut it into ¼ of its size. Then slice them.
2. Remove the seeds and separate the red portion from the rind.
3. Cut it into bite size pieces and put them in the mixer or food processor and run it for 2-3 mins.
4. Add lime juice, salt and pepper and run it for another minute.
5. Pour the mixture into the glasses and serve (optional) with a slice of lime

Makes: about 6 glasses

  A refreshing summer time snack

melon-ball scooper

If you have a melon ball scooper, then try this out.  

             

• First halve the watermelon and with the help of melon ball scooper, scoop out the flesh of the watermelon and place it in a bowl.

• Continue scooping out till you have the desired quantity in the bowl. Squeeze some lime juice on top and sprinkle “Chaat masala”. Shake the bowl gently so that the juice and the masala are evenly spread. Prick a few tooth-picks on top. 
• And serve.

Note:

Juice can be served chilled by adding a few cubes of ice which I have omitted.