Papaya – Berry Shake

Papaya is considered to be the fruit of the angels for its soft, butter-like texture and sweetness. Papayas are so rich in antioxidant nutrients like carotenes, Vitamin C and Flavonoids. They are fiber rich fruits. These nutrients said to help in protection against colon cancer and for a healthy cardiovascular system. 

Even though I know a lot of these health facts about Papaya, I never tried this wonderful fruit before. Somehow, I neglected it. But now I determined that I should eat papaya often for the all the nutrients it possesses. 

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Nutella Fruit Shake

Hope you all had a wonderful New Year Day! Thank you friends, for your sweet wishes and I wish you all a Happy New Year 2012!  

Coming to the recipe, adding Nutella to fruits and milk turned them into a delicious chocolate flavored shake.

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Healthy Ridge Gourd – Carrot Juice

I always make some kind of juice or milkshake during weekends with breakfast. This is one of such healthy juices I made recently. I feel happy when my family gives me thumbs up for my preparations and I should say they liked this vegetable juice so much and said it was so yummy!!!

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Spinach – Almond Shake

This is a healthy milkshake perfect with breakfast. My family loved it and enjoyed the tasty milkshake. And the good thing about this shake is: no extra sugar added.

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Simple Cranberry – Mango Juice

This is a simple way to enjoy a healthy juice. This is a perfect drink with breakfast. 

Ingredients: (Serves 3)

• 2 cups Mango Juice
• ¼ cup Cranberries, fresh or frozen
• 1 ripe Banana

Preparation:

1. Just add cranberries + banana to a blender and pour mango juice on top and run it until cranberries become crushed. 
2. Remove and filter to remove any pulp. Pour into individual glasses and enjoy!!

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Celery Lassi

A delicious yogurt drink with Celery

This is a great way to drink the famous lassi which is made with yogurt. Addition of celery made it healthier and yummy. Lassi said to cool down the body heat especially in summer.

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Veggie – Fruit Medley (A Healthy and Yummy Drink)

Who is ready to begin the day in a healthy and mouth-watering way? I am in. How about you? OK then, presenting a healthy drink recipe for all those juice lovers. This is a delicious mixing of different juices, fruits and vegetables and a very simple way to prepare a healthy juice that goes well with breakfast. If you have all the ingredients available in the pantry then this will be ready in just a few seconds.

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Minted Buttermilk (Pudina Majjiga)

This is a very simple, refreshing and healthy way to quench your thirst on a hot summer day. This is definitely pleases everyone.

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Soy Milkshake and Pops

I never used soy milk in my cooking or tasted it before. I used it for the first time to make milkshake and ice pops and everyone in my family liked the taste. A perfect treat for this hot summer!!

Ingredients: (Perfect for 4 cups milkshake and 4 Ice Pops)

• 4 cups Soy Milk
• 6 Strawberries, stems removed
• 2 ripe Bananas, skin peeled off
• ½ cup Sugar (I used Brown Sugar but regular sugar is fine)

Preparation:

Milkshake:

Just add all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into individual glasses, garnish with slivered almonds (optional) and enjoy.

Ice Pops:

Pour the remaining milkshake into four ice pop molds and freeze until set (approx. 4 to 6 hours).

To unmold these pops, just place the mold in warm water for 2 seconds or place under running water from the tap. They come out easily after 2 seconds.

Enjoy these yummy, healthy popsicles on a hot summer day!! 

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Yummy Fruit Medley (Fruit Juice)

This is really yummy juice made out of a lovely combination of different fruits. It came out so good and delicious.

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Nutty Fruit Shake

I love milkshakes and smoothies. So I try different combinations of healthy and yummy milk shakes. This is another such yummy shake I recently tried.

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Fruit ‘N Cracker Shake

Presenting another way to use up excess crackers/cookies!! Again I used Ritz salt crackers for the shake. The milkshake turned out so good and everyone liked it so much. And it’s sugar-free!!

Here are some other crazy but yummy varieties I tried with these crackers:

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Healthy Celery Drink

Last Saturday I prepared this feel good drink but was little skeptical about the taste. I served this to the kids with fingers crossed. I felt so happy when they said it was yummy! It tasted really good. Though we had a little celery aftertaste (acc. to my daughter), it didn’t dominate the overall taste. If your kids don’t like celery, try this drink and I am sure they would love it.

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Cookies ‘N Berry Shake

Yummy combination of strawberries and oatmeal cookies with milk

One day I felt like having some milkshake. I didn’t want to make regular strawberry milkshake or banana milkshake. So thought for a while and came up with the combination of strawberries with oatmeal cookies. But to my surprise it came out so yummy. Even DH liked it so much. 

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Cha Ma-Naw (Lime Iced Tea)

A refreshing Thai Beverage

This is a refreshing drink for a hot day! I made this today to contribute for the “It's a vegan world - Thai” event hosted by Priya of Akshayapaatram. It’s a vegan world is originally started by Vaishali of Earth Vegan.

I got the original recipe from this site. Actually I bookmarked many vegan Thai recipes for the event, but settled for this delicious tea recipe. It was so easy and we like tea! 

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Cucumber Lemonade

Cucumber Lemonade - A perfect thirst quencher

As the weather is getting warm and summer is approaching we need to hydrate ourselves with plenty of liquids. This yummy lemonade is perfect for sunny days. This is a best thirst quencher and a healthy option too! I took the original recipe from here.

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3 in 1 Fruit Milkshake (Warm)

Here is another milkshake (but this time it is warm) from my kitchen. This is perfect for winter too!

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Strawberry Juice

Sunshine Red

Here is a simple and delicious strawberry juice. It goes perfect with breakfast! Actually, I made this for “Click: Red” hosted by Jai and Bee. The first picture "SUNSHINE RED" goes to this event. I added few drops of red food color to get bright red! :)

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Strawberry Lemonade

This is a healthy and nutritious drink during pregnancy. It has all the goodness of strawberries and lemon. It is even good for nausea found in the early stages of pregnancy. A healthy diet is very important during pregnancy for the well being of both mom and child. So a variety of nutrients should be included in the meals for a balanced diet.

Strawberries are good source of iron which is needed for pregnant women. Iron deficiency can cause anemia (a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin or in total volume). A pregnant woman needs more vitamins, minerals and nutrients than a regular non-pregnant woman. Fruits and vegetables that are rich in vitamin C help the mom and child to have healthy gums and other tissues. Strawberries are rich in Vitamin C too!

Lemon is also rich in Vitamin C essential to the healthy growth of the baby and also for the mom. Lemon juice diluted with water is very useful for pregnant women. It helps build the bones in the unborn child.

Ingredients: 3 cups Water 2 cups Strawberries, fresh or frozen ½ cup Sugar ½ cup Lemon Juice 2 cups Soda Water (Like Club Soda) (optional) Preparation: Place strawberries + water + sugar in a blender, cover and blend until smooth.  Stir in lemon juice.  Add soda water if using and mix well. Pour into individual glasses and serve immediately.  Enjoy the good taste!

This is my contribution to "Eat Healthy - During Pregnancy” event hosted by Sangeeth.

I am also sending the following entries to the same event. Click on the picture or the title to read the recipe.

Carrot Shake

Vegetarian Chili

Fenugreek Buttermilk

Vegetable Chowder

Corn Chat

Raisin-Stuffed Apples

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Chocolate-Banana Delight

Delicious combo of Chocolate and Banana - A Beverage

This is another milkshake that I prepared recently. If you want to slurp it warm for the cold winter, just replace cold milk with warm milk and omit ice cubes.

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