Pineapple, mango, pears and grapefruits smoothie

Blend together 3 peeled cut pears, half a pineapple, a medium peeled and cut mango with the juice of 2 freshly squeezed pink grapefruit to obtain two pints of a lovely, sweet, tasty and smooth ( yes I meant it) smoothie.

Mark: 9/10

Melon, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, banana and dates

Blend together a small peeled and cut melon, with a small banana, a couple ( 5ish) dates, and some raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries to obtain a pint and a half of a very red melony smoothie. As the melon is unfortunately predominant. Which is kind of strange since the red colour, will not let you guess such a taste. I will need to try it with less melon as a bit overpowering for me. Dates and raspberries could be tasted as well on a few occasions.

Mark: 5/10 mainly due to the over melony taste

Pear, pineapple, date and banana smoothie

Juice 4 pears and half a pineapple, then blend the juice with a small banana and a handful of dates to obtain a pint of nice and sweet smoothie. Unfortunately, the taste of the pears and pineapple were a bit lost under the banana and dates ones.

Mark: 8/10

Pinapple, mango, date and grapefruit

Today's smoothie was made by blended together the juice of two freshly squeezed pink grapefruits, half a pineapple, a medium peeled and cut mango and a few dates. This gave a pint of a nice and sweet smoothie.

Mark: 8/10

Banana light milkshake

Blend together rice milk with three bananas to obtain one pint of a light and smooth banana milkshake.

Mark: 8/10

Mango, passion fruits, strawberries, dates, pinapple and oranges

Blend together the juice of 3 freshly squeezed oranges with half a pinapple, 1 large mango, the contents of 4 passion fruits, a handful of strawberries and a few dates to obtain 2 pints of a perfect smoothie, sweet, mouthful, tasty with a bit of consistence.

Mark: 10+/10

Mango, pineapple, passion fruits, oranges and dates

Blend together the juice of 3 freshly squeezed oranges with half a pineapple, 1 medium mango, the contents of 3 passion fruits and a few dates to obtain 2 pints of a perfect smoothie, sweet, mouthful, tasty with a bit of consistence.

Mark: 10/10

Oranges, Mango and pinapple

Having now been back home a few days and having settled down again, I started making my smoothies again as well.

Today, I blended together the juice of 2 freshly squeezed oranges with half a medium pinapple and a mango. I obtained over a pint of a perfectly smooth drink :-) And a very tasty one, full of summer promises... quite needed on today's grey sky in London..

Mark: 9/10

An exquisite banana milkshake

Mix together a large banana, with a handful of dates (circa 8), some maple syrup and some rice milk to obtain a pint of sweet, delightful banana milkshake..

Not necessarily small in calories, I still truly recommend this little delight..:-)

Mark: 9/10

Perfect summer

Blend together the juice of two freshly squeezed oranges, with half a melon, 2 medium mangoes, a banana, mint leaves and 6 dates to obtain 2 pints of a very resfreshing, perfectly sweet and tasty smoothie.

Mark: 10/10

Perfect spring/summer welcoming taste

Blend together half a melon with a handful of strawberries, a medium banana and some mint leaves to obtain a pint of perfect smoothie, refreshing, subtle with taste of all ingredients.

Mark:10/10

melon, mango and pears

Blend together half a melon with a medium mango and 3 peeled and cut pears, to get 2 pints of a very freshing smoothie were the taste of melon was predominant.

Mark 6/10 as becaus eof the melon predominance it seems a bit tasteless

Banana, oranges,strawberries and mint

Blend together the juice of 2 freshly squeezed oranges, with a large banana, some strawberries ans some fresh mint leaves to obtain a large pint of a fresh (banana based smoothie in terms of consistent) drink.

Mark: 8/10

Sweet colourful summer

Blend together the juice of 3 freshly squeezed oranges with a peeled and cut medium mango, 6-8 strawberries, 5-6 dates and some mint to obtain one pint of a very nice, sweet and refreshing smoothie. Full of flavours and savours.

Mark: 10/10

Orange dated pears

I just could not resist the play on words...:-)

Blend together the juice of two freshly squeezed oranges with 2 cut and peeled pears, a small/medium mango, and 5 or 6 dates to obtain a pint of a very nice sweet on different layers smoothie.

Mark: 10/10

Perfect Red

Blend together the juice of 2 freshly squeezed oranges, with a handful of strawberries, a peeled and cut medium mangoes and 6/7 dates, to obtain 1 pint of smooth, consistent, succultent and melting on the tongue drink.

Mark: 10/10

Smoothies are in the air

More and more people talk or write about smoothies.

Here is one of those articles, which, while remaining very superficial, still highlights some interesting facts.

Tangerines, stawberries and nectarines

Blend together the juice of 3 freshly squeezed tangerines with a handful of strawberries and 2/3 nectarines to obtain a pint of a very liquid and bittersweet smoothie.

Mark: 7/10 ( as it felt to me like something was missing)

Variant of mango delight

Blend together the juice of 2 freshly squeezed oranges, and one freshly squeezed pink grapefruit with 2 peeled and sliced medium mango to obtain 2 large glasses of a liquid mango smoothie. My preference remains with the blissfl mango delight, which puree-like consistence was more of my taste.

Nevertheless, a good smoothie, hence a mark of 8/10.

Blissful Mango Delight

Blend together the juice of two freshly squeezed oranges with 2 peeled and cut medium mangoes, to obtain what can only be described as a blissful or even heavenly mango delight. Makes over a pint.

Mark: 10/10 ( it should almost in fact be 100/10 :-) as it is so good)

Orange, banana, mango, strawberrry and kiwi smoothie

Blend together the juice of 3 freshly squezzed oranges with a medium cut and peeled mango, a medium cut and peeled banana, a few strawbeeries, and one cut and peeled kiwi, to obtain a full pint of a refreshing smotthie.

Mark: 7/10 ( as even though you can identify all fruits, I was expecting better, someting is slighlty odd is this combination)

Oranges, pinapple, mango and strawberries

Blend together the uice of 2 freshly squeezed oranges, with half a medium pinapple (peeled and cut), one medium Mango ( peeled and cut) and a handful of strawberries ( peeled and cut) to obtain 2 pints of a perfect smoothie. Tasty, refreshing, colourful, and melting on the tongue.

mark 10/10

Pink grapefruit, pears and mangoes

I so enjoyed the last smoothie on satruday morning, that I decided to make another one very similar to it.

Blend together the juice of two freshly squeezed pink grapefruit with 3 peeled and cut pears and two peeled small mangoes to obtain a perfectly balance and succulent smoothie. Makes two pints.

Mark: 10/10 (I am biased to pears and mangoes :-))

The only drawback is that the taste of pears goes slightly over the mangoes. So you might want to try it with fewer pears.

Orange, pears and mango

Blend together the juice of two freshly squeezed oranges with 3 peeled and cut pears and one peeled medium mango to obtain a perfectly balance and succulent smoothie. Makes two pints.

Mark: 10/10 (I am biased to pears and mangoes :-))

Limes, lemons, bananas and kiwis disaster

Blend together the juice of 2 freshly squeezed lemons and 2 freshly squeezed limes, with 2 small bananas and 2 peeled kiwis to obtain one large glass of a very disgusting drink. The limes and the kiwis did not seem to blend well together.

Mark: 2/10

Oranges, pinapple, kiwis and banana smoothie

Blend together the juice of two freshly squeezed oranges with half a pinapple, 2 kiwis, and 2 small bananas to obtain 1.5 pints of a very tasty smoothie, i.e. the flavour of all the fruits, except oranges, can be tasted.

Mark: 8/10 mainly due to the fact I am not such a great fan of kiwi...

Oranges, pinapple and strawberries

Blend together the jucie of 2 freshly squeezed oranges with half a pinapple, and 7/8 strawberries to obtain 1.5 pints of a nice and tasty smoothie.

Mark: 9/10

Banana and avocado smoothie

Blend together 2 smallish bananas and one avocado, with a bit of water.

And you get a large glass of a very thick smoothie.

Once I am no longer on detox, I would need to try this with honey, or even a bit of milk such as oatmilk or almond milk to see how this impacts the taste.

Mark: 8/10

Oranges, Mangoes and Strawberries

Blend together the freshly squeezed juice of 2 oranges with a medium mango and 5/6 strawberries, to obtain over a pint of simple refreshing smoothie.

Mark: 8/10

Oranges, Nectarines, banana, kiwi and mango

Blend together the juice of 2 freshly squeezed oranges with 2 peeled and cut nectarines, one small banana, 2 kiwis and a medium mango to obtain 2 pints of a nice but disappointing smoothie, as the nectarines and mango taste is completely absent while the banana and kiwis' flavour is predominant.

mark: 5/10

Pink grapefruit, nectarines, strawberries and mango

Blend together the juice of 2 freshly squeezed pink grapefruits, with 3 nectarines, 6 or 7 strawberries, and a medium mango to get 2 pints of a nice but slightly disappointed smoothie.

As the taste of the nectarines was completely absent, and the grapefruits slightly too present.

Hence a mark of 5/10.

Pink Grapefruit, Nectarines, pears, and banana

Today, I blended together the juice of 2 freshly squeezed pink grapefruits with 2 pears, 2 nectarines and a banana. It gave me a pint of a fine light smoothie, in which you could identify all fruits. Very refreshing with a hint of early summer :-)

Mark 10/10

Pink Grapefruit, Mangoes and Pinapple (and dates)

Blend together the juice of 2 freshly squeezed pink grapefruit, with 2 medium mangoes and 2/3 of a large pinapple to get 3 pints of a very refreshing smoothie.

You might want to add dates as well if you prefer an ever sweeter taste.

Mark: 9/10

As always the longer you blend the smoother and more liquid the smoothie is.

Mango, Pomogranates, banana and samosas

Blend first the pomogranates ( Half one) until you obtain a smooth liquid then add the juice of two freshly squeezed samosas, then blend with a medium Mango and a small banana. very tasty smoothie (1.5 pints) you will obtain.

Mark 8.5/10

Mango Delight

Blend the juice of a freshly squeezed pink grapefruit with 2 medium mangoes to obtain very nice mango smoothie. Makes over one pint.

Mark: 9 if not 10/10 but I really like Mangoes :-)

Pinapple, dates, pears and samosas

Blend together half a pinapple, 4 dates, 2 pears and the juice of two samosas, to get 1.5 pints of a succulent smoothie.

Mark: 9/10

As usual, i recommend to blend it long enough to have a very smooth and slightly liquid smoothie. Let it rest a few minutes for the savour to sink in.

Mango, Pinapple and pink grapefruit

Blend together half a medium pinapple, a medium mango and the juice of one freshly squeezed pink grapefruit, to obtain 1.5 pints of a very savoury smoothie.

Blend until you get a soft consistence, and let it rest a few minutes afterwards to ensure you can taste all fruits.

Mark: 9/10

Pinapple, Pomogranate, samosas

Cut the pomogranate in 4 and get them out. Blend them.

Then blend this with half a medium pinapple and the juice of 2 freshly squeezed samosas, until you get a very smooth smoothie.

Makes 1.5 pints of a very nice, smooth, refreshing ans tasty smoothie. Mark: 9/10

Pinapple, Mango and figs

Juice a quarter of a large pinapple. Blend the juice obtained with a medium mango and 3 figs. Enjoy a very smooth and tasty smoothie. Makes a pint.

Mark 8.5/10

Samosas, pinapple, kiwis, figs, mint

Blend a quarter of a large pinapple with 3 kiwis, 3 figs, the juice of 2 freshly squeezed samosas and 4 mintleaves; will give you 1.5 pints of a liquid kiwi mint smoothie.

Unfortunately, the taste of the figs and the pinapple were kind of lost in this smoothie's savour. What a shame!! hence a mark of 5/10.

Samosas, Pinapple and dates

Blend together half a large pinapple, with 7 dates and the juice of 2 freshly squeezed samosas to get 1.5 pints of a very refreshing and tasty smoothie (assuming you like both pinapple and dates).

Mark: 9/10

Mango, samosas and pears.

Blend together the juice from 2 samosas, with a medium mango and 2 peeled pears.

Make 1 tall glass of a perfect puree-like smoothie.

Mark : 9/10

Pomogranates, dates, banana and lime.

Blend the pomogranates until you have smotth liquid, blend it with 4 dates, one small banana and the juice of 2 limes.

You will get half a pint of a very sweet and thick smoothie.

Mark:9/10.

you might want to try this one when adding the juice of an orange or a grapefruit.

Grapefruit, pomogranate, Mango

Cut the pomogranate in two horizontally. Then squeeze each half in your hand, then finish up with a knife or spoon, to take all of them out of the self. Blend them to ensure all the seeds have blended as well, then add the juice of a freshly squeezed pink grapefruit, and a medium Mango.

Makes 1 pint of a very fresh smoothie.

mark 9/10.

Mango, Pears and samosas

Blend together a medium size mango, with two pears, and the juice of two freshly squeezed samosas to get 1.5 pints of a very nice smooth pear puree. The flavour of mango once againw as barely noticeable if at all.

Mark 8.5/10

Mango, kiwi and banana

Blend together a small mango, 2 kiwis and a small banana to make 1.5 pints of a very nice smoothie. Too bad the taste of the mango was barely noticable.

Mark: 8/10

Pinapple, dates and grapefruit

Blend half a pinapple with the juice of one freshly squeezed yellow grapefruit, and 5 dates to obtain a think and sweet smoothie. These quantities make 1.5 pints of smoothie.

Mark: 9/10

Pinapple, nectarines and yellow grapefruit

Blend together half a medium pinapple, with 3 nectarines and the juice of a freshly squeezed yellow grapefruit to provide you with 1.5 pints of a delicious juicy pinapple puree.

Mark 9/10.

Nectarines, Mint, Banana and Oranges

Blend 4 peeled nectarines, with a small banana, 3 mint leaves ( cut in small pieces) and the juice of 2 freshly squeezed oranges. This give you a very refreshing, liquid and tasy drink.

Mark 8.5/10

Pinapple, strawberries and mango

Juice half a medium/large pinapple, and a box of strawberries, and then blend the juice with a large peeled mango.

Makes 1.5 pints of a liquid and very tasty smoothie.

Mark: 9.5/10

Pinapple, Grapefruit, Dates and Mango

Blend together half a medium/large pinapple, 6 to 8 dates, one large mango and the juice of two freshly squeezed yellow grapefruits.

It makes 2 pints of a succulent thick and sweet smoothie.

Mark 9/10

Lime, banana and strawberries

Make a pint of juicy smoothie out of the juice of three limes blended with a small banana and half a large box of strawberries.

In all honesty, too juicy for me and too bitter as well. Hence a mark of 5/10. Maybe next time I will use a larger banana or an additional small one, and less lime ( One might be sufficient)

A bit of an explanation

When you no longer have internet connection at home or when you are on the road, it becomes quite difficult to update your blog... especially when it is about the smoothies you make everyday...:-) And I clearly felt in that trap over the last few months.

I will nevertheless do my best over the next few weeks to update it daily.

Mango, nectarines, orange and banana

Blend the juice of two freshly squeezed oranges with a small banana, a very large mango, and 3 nectarines, to get a prefect smoothie in terms of consistence, and a very nice one in terms of taste (8/10).

I got two large pints out of the above ingredients.

Grapefruit, nectarines and banana

Squeeze 2 yellow grapefruits. Mix in a blender the juice of the grapefruit with 3 peeled nectarines and a small banana, and you get a pint of very light, refreshing and summery smoothie.

Mark of 8/10

Mango, nectarines and oranges

Blend together a large Mango, 3 nectarines and the juice of 2 freshly squeezed oranges. And you get a very smooth, and tasty drink.

Makes 1.5 pints of smoothie.

And a mark of 8/10

Soya Milk, bananas and maple syrup

This is cvlearly not the most healthy of all smoothies... I was just craving for it yesterday. Blend together 15 cl of soya milk, 3 small bananas and a large spoon of maple syrup, and you get a very syrupy milkshake :-)

Makes 1 pint of drink, and I guess a mark of 7/10.

Oatly, bananas and strawberries

Today's smoothie was made of 150 ml of Oatly with 2 large and one small bananas, and a good handul of strawberries.

It was definitely very light and yummy. Hence a mark of 8/10

You will get a pint of smoothie with the above quantities.

Oatly, pinapple, banana and strawberries

Today, I decided to give another go at a smoothie based on Oatly. Hence I used 100ml of Oatly with half a small pinapple, 3 small bananas and a good handful of strawberries. I got 1.5 pints of a liquid, fresh, and tasty smoothie out of those.

Mark 7.5/10.

Pinapple, nectarines, banana and lime

Still playing with yesterday ingredients since I do not have any oranges, I decided to blend together half a small pinapple, 3 nectarines, 1 small banana and 3 freshly squeezed lime. The result was a smoothie on the thick side. Nevertheless, a tasty one. Hence a mark of 6.5/10.

The quantities mentioned above helped to make over a pint of smoothie.

Pinapple, nectarines, lime and lemon

Today first smoothie was made of a small pinapple, 3 nectarines and the juice of 2 lemons and three limes. The smoothie obtained was very tasty, all fruits recognisable but was a bit of a zinger. So I would suggest the same fruits but a smaller quantity of lime and lemons.

I will give a mark of 7/10, as the taste was good even if slightly bitter

We then added a small banana, which helped to get rid of the bitterness, but the taste changed slightly. I will only give 6/10 to this one.

Oatly and bananas

If like me you come back from the market with a few fruits crushed you might end up having to make a smoothie with the damaged fruits, in my case bananas.

Since I had a brick of oatly open in the fridge, I thought about making a variant to banana milkshake. This turned out to be a very good idea. It was just smooth, sweet and nice on the tongue, while remaining very healthy. Highly recommended.

Mark of 8/10.

We got two pints of smoothie out of 6 bananas and 250ml of Oatly drink.

Pinapple, longan and oranges

Made of half a large pinapple, 15 longan (thai lychees), and 3 freshly squeeze oranges.

Very nice taste. These quantities made two pints of smoothies.

Mark of 8.5/10

Pinapple, Nectarines and oranges

Made of half a large pinapple, 3 nectarines and 3 freshly squeezed oranges, this smoothie got a mark of 10/10 from the judge of the day :-)

Hence highly recommended, as very tasty, fresh and summery.

Repeat: Melon, banana, mint and soya milk

Having slightly too many honeydew melon and bananas and some left over of soya mlik, I thought I will give it another go, while changing slightly the quantities of each.

Hence I made two pints of smoothie, using 1 melon, 2.5 bananas, 8 mints leaves, and approximately 10cl of soya milk. The mint leaves are cut in small pieces then added to the other ingredients before blending all of them together.

I like the smoothie, but thought, the taste of bananas was far more pronounced than yesterday. I prefer yesterday in terms of balance of flavours. The second judge today thought this was a bit sweet. Hence the mark for today is only 6 out of 10.

Melon, banana, mint and soya milk

I tried this smoothie again and I really like it. It is simple and very refreshing. Not to say fully of season.

Made a pint, with half a (green) melon, a banana, some mint and some soya milk.

Mark of 8/10

Perfect summer smoothie

Made of half a (green) melon, 2 small mangoes, 2 nectarines, and half a banana.

I got two pints out of it, and a taste of 7 out of 10. You could taste all fruits at different time which I absolutely adored.

Minty summer (?) smoothie

I only wrote the (?) based on the rainy weather we have had to cope here in London over the last few days, hence the fact I am wondering whether we could still consider being in summer.

Today, I made a pint ( 660ml) of the following smoothie: half a melon, a small banana, 3 fresh mint leaves, and a bit of soya milk.

I was pleasantlys urprised with the result which was very light and refreshing. Highly recommended. Hence a mark of 8 out of 10.

Minty taste

Today's smoothie was made of a half of melon, a banana, 2 sweet tamarind, a freshly squeeze pink grapefruit and 3 leaves of mint.

It was nice and refreshing but had a bit of a bitter aftertaste. Hence, a mark of only 5 out of ten. These quantities made just a pint.

Simple return smoothie

Back home after a few weeks away, I had the pleasure to make my own smoothie this morning, and I decided to make a simple one.

Half a pinapple, 2 small mangoes and a freshly squeezed pink grapefruit was all I needed to make a pint of a half of a smooth and aromatic drink. Mark 7 out of 10.

Such a pleasure to be back home!!! :-)

Mango bliss with a twist

Made of 2 freshly squeezed oranges, 1 lime and 4 small mangoes.

The lime adds a bit of a bitter flavour at the taste finish. I might prefer the smoothi without the lime.

Makes 2 pints. And a mark of 7or 8/10

A tasty regular - Pinapple, mango and strawberries

Made of half a pinapple, 2 small mangoes and 300g strawberries.

A few tips:
- Easier to start the blender with the mangoes and strawberries.
- To get a cold/ refreshing smoothie, do not use ice but put your fruits in the fridge before making the smoothie. This way no dilution, just pure taste or did I mean pure bliss :-)

This makes 2 pints of smoothie. And Today's mark 9 or 10/10.

Coconut Milk, Mangoes, Figs

This smoothie, or dare I say thick milkshake based on its consistence was made of half a can of coconut milk, 2 small mangoes, 2 bananas and 6/7 fresh figs.

If we exclude the strange consistence, the taste was not that bad. I have to start recognising though that I am not a fan of coconut milk based smoothie, purely based on taste. To each their own taste.

Quantity made with above ingredients: 1.5 pints. Mark 5 out of 10.

Melon, Mango and Figs

Half a melon, a large Mango and 7 figs creates a very nice and very sweet smoothie ( we could almost say coulis, based on the consistence and sweetness).

Highly recommended.

This quantity makes over a pint, and a mark of 9 or 10/10

Melon, Pinapple and Strawberries

Made of a whole melon, half a large pinapple and 400g of strawberries.

Very nice :-)

Makes 2.5 pints. Mark 7/10

A typical fruit bowl

The people among you who were lucky enough to see my main fruit bowl (I can use two of them) were very impressed by it. Hence I thought I would post a photo :-)

Pinapple and Strawberries

Made of half a pinapple, 400g of strawberries, and two freshly squeezed oranges.

Nice and refreshing taste (if you had the pinapple in the fridge :-)).

Makes 2 pints.

And a mark of 9/10.

I did also for the first time wonder about the price of making such a smoothie, and the answer is 25p for the pinapple, 25 p for the oranges and 50p for the strawberries. Hence 50p/pint. Cheap and so tasty!!!

Melon, Pinapple and Figs

Made of a whole melon, half a pinapple and 6 fresh figs.

Just Fab!!! you first taste the melon, you finish with the figs, and the better connoisseurs among you, will recognise the pinapple taste in the middle. A very nice 3 taste layers smoothie.

This should give you 2 pints.

And a mark of 8 or 9 out of 10.

Mango & strawberries

Made of 3 freshly squeezed oranges, 1 banana, 2 large mangoes and 15 strawberries.

This gave me 2 pints of amazing yet simple and absolutely gorgeous smoothie!! :-)

Banana, Kiwi, orange

Well I am not sure I would recommend to make this smoothie: 2 bananas, 3 kiwis and 3 freshly squeezed orange juice. ( it make a good pint). The taste was strange and slightly bitter.

May be a 2/10 mark. Is it obvious I did not like it that much? :-)

Melon, Mango, Strawberries

Made of a small melon, a large Mango and 10-14 strawberries.

Very nice!!

Melon, Mango, Lychees and Kiwi

Made of a small melon, a large mango, a kiwi and 10 lychees.

The jury loved this so much today that I was told I should create my own smoothie business and sold them in bottles like the "innocenti" ones. I feel flattered :-)

Pinapple, Nectarines and Lychees

Made of half a pinapple, 4 nectarines and 15 lychees.

Fresh, sweet, original and yummy best qualify this one.

A 10/10 smoothie with a very different taste :-)

Pinapple - Mango smoothie

Made of half a large pinapple and a large mango.

Simple but perfect! And very fullfilling ( 2 pints)

Coconut and Lychees

Made of a can of coconut milk blended with 15 lychees and a banana.

Very nice and surprisingly fresh in taste. Both the taste of coconut and the lychees was noticeable and in fact complementary.

Mango - Nectarine smoothie

One pint -made of 2 freshly squeezed oranges, 1 large mango and 2 nectarines.

Nice texture, and both the mango and the nectarines were identifiables.

Mango delight

Made of the juice of 3 freshly squeezed oranges, and 2 large mangoes.

Just smooth, melting, tasty and mangoey.... Perfect!!!

A simple and tasty winner

Going back to basics: a melon, a pinapple and a mango.

Just perfect!!!

Exotic Parfait

Made of a whole melon, a small pinapple, a large mango and three passion fruits.

Just perfect in terms of texture and taste ( sweet, fresh and smooth on the tongue)

Exotic Supreme

Made of a small pinapple, a banana, 3 kiwis, 5 passion fruits and the juice of a freshly squeezed lime and lemon.

I like it even though the taste of the lemon was slightly too strong. It might be even better with the juice of an orange instead of a lemon.

Fruit content: Banana

Bananas are high in potassium and easily digested ( hence the sailors' saying that they go up your body as quickly as they went down :-))

Fruit content info: Orange

Oranges are rich in minerals and vitamins including A, C and the B-Complex and thus help to cleanse and tone the gastrointestinal tract.


Besides, although orange juice is acidic in nature, it alkalises the bloodstream, tones blood vessels and prevents brain fatigue. It is in fact highly recommended by many nutritionists as an energy aid because of the natural sugar content.

Fruit contents Info: Mango

Mango is extremely high in vitamins A, C, magnesium, calcium and potassium, rich in beta-carotene -an antioxidant which boosts defences and prevents free radical damage, which in itself reduces the risk of certain cancers.

Fruit contents Info: Apple

Apples are are a good source of vitamin C (an antioxidant which helps to maintain the immune system), and rich in iron and high mineral content ( which makes apple juice especially useful to hair, skin and nails and stimulates muscles and nerves)

Summery and Tasty

Half a melon, 1 banana and 8 passion fruits.

Very tasty, smooth, fresh, sweet and full to the tongue :-) What else could you ask for?? :-)

Juicy and tasty

2 freshly squeeze orange juice, 1 banana and 4 passion fruits.

This tasted extremely good, especially as the flavour of all the fruits was noticeable. A definite recommendation, however more a juice than a smoothie. Maybe an extra banana (not sure)would have made of this a smoothie :-)

Fresh and Sweet

Half a melon, 1 banana, 4 passion fruits

This made a very fresh and sweet smoothie, even though once again it was almost impossible to taste the passion fruits

Smooth Parfait

Half a melon, 1 kiwi, 4 passion fruits and a banana.

Nice, even though, it was difficult to taste the passion fruits.

Thick and Strange (Part 2)

I did the same smoothie again and even though the flavour slightly improved, I cannot say I am convinced by the combination. It does definitely have a strange taste!!!

Thick and Strange

A banana, 2 papayas, 2 freshly squeeze oranges and 3 passion fruits.

As mentioned above this smoothie had a strange taste, i.e. slightly unidentifiable. and very difficult to recognise the taste of any of the fruits used to make it. I might have a go at varying the proportion tomorrow to see whether it does change the taste.