Lychee and Lime Soda drink

I have almost forgotten to post this refreshing Lychee and Lime soda drink recipe until a reader (Sem) was asking me for the recipe as she would like to prepare this drink for her son's upcoming Birthday party..This drink was served in the recent bloggers CNY gathering at my house..

Cherry banana smoothie

This morning I saw very fresh and big cherry selling in the pasar (wet market), can't resist to buy some eventhough the price is expensive. Thought to take some cherry to make some pie or tart, but since I just almost recovered from flu, i was runny nose the whole yesterday. I immediate prepare this smoothie today when I saw in a TV cooking show yesterday, i need all vitamins from these fresh fruits to boost my body energy....

-I learnt this from " Chef at home" , very nice, smooth and full of flavours!

Simple recipe to share:-

150g fresh cherries
4 bananas
700ml orange juices
140g natural flavour yogurt

1. Blend all above ingredients and enjoy !!


* I even made some frozen smoothie..

Enjoy your day !!

Herbal drink_Mandarin orange candied (金桔饼)

After I recovered from the flu, but I have pass on to my daughter, now is my son's turn. So I checked with the owner of the Chinese herb shop what drink best to reduce phlegm (解熱生津,去痰止咳) and also importantly kids will accept the taste, he suggested the Mandarin orange candied (金桔饼). If you still having flu, this drink is best for you, and even best for those who just recovered !!! Furthermore, this drink is very nice and refreshing.

Simple recipe to share:-

Mandarin orange candied 金桔饼 1-2pcs

Dried white fungus, soaked

Rock sugar

Water (about 1.5lt)

Simple step: - Boil above ingredients for an hour..

** You may add some wolfberry 枸杞 in this drink too..

Do enjoy prepare hearty drink !!!

Black soy bean milk, and like the pale green color

I like to use black soy bean to prepare soy bean milk drink, because black beans are a wonderful source of dietary fiber and are rich in antioxidants as well. Furthermore, I like the pale-green color..

- I can't captured the nice pale-green color using my camera.... also because it changed a bit to milk color after cooked.

-Remove the black bean skin and you will see very nice pale green beans

- Blend the beans, you will get very nice pale green soy milk

Simple recipe to share

Ingredients

• 400g black soy bean (soaked overnight)
• a couple of pandan leaves
• 2.5 litres of water
• Sugar to taste

Steps:-

1.Soak the black soy beans overnight in cold water. Drain and then rinse the beans well. Remove the black skin.

2. Place pale green bean in a blender. Add some water to cover the beans before blending them finely.

3. Pour blended bean into a large bowl or pot and add remaining water. Strain / Sieve the contents through a fine cloth.

4. Place sieved bean milk into a pot, add the pandan leaves and bring to boil very slowly. Ensure that you stir the milk regularly to prevent burning. Turn off the heat immediately upon boiling and allow to cool.

5. You can either choose to add the sugar whilst bringing the black soy bean to boil or prepare syrup (usually I will add few slices of ginger-remove wind) separately and add the syrup prior to drinking.

Chrysanthemum Flower tea

Recently, the weather here is very very hot, for prevention, I started preparing some cooling Chinese herb drinks e.g barlic, sugarcane , Chrysanthemum Flower tea & etc for the family members. This is the Chrysanthemum Flower tea, the Chinese herb shop owner highly recommended this good quality Chrysanthemum Flower to me.

p/s Colin, these photos taken followed by the tips that advised by you, let me know your comment.