Smoothie Saturday | May 2016

For this smoothie I tried to incorporate something extra healthy into it, so if you are more of a health nut who can take the taste then this smoothie is for you but if not like me, don't try it. I for sure won't be making this again but I figured somebody out there may like it.

Ingredients:

1 Ataulfo Mango

200 ml Tropicana Orange and lime juice

2 tsp wheatgrass powder

I was in whole foods when I thought of this recipe, to Kensington and I saw a variety of mango I had never seen before and figured I would give them a go.

I think its an Ataulfo mango but I'm not sure, it was very sour in taste. 

I added wheat grass powder because of the massive range of vitamins and minerals contained and the benefits to you health, hair and skin, I was also going to add spinach but I forgot.

Now as I said before I couldn't stomach this smoothie, it smelt like freshly cut grass and I really didn't like the taste, but maybe you might. 

Enjoy.

Follow My Feet | Kensington Gardens

Hey guys, one of the things I love about London is that there are so many parks here, you can be pretty much be anywhere in London and find a park quite easily. Last week I visited Kensington Gardens which is such a lovely place. I have previously posted about Kensington Palace that I have visited previously but this post is dedicated mostly to the park.

The Gardens sit next to Hyde park and are connected by The Long Water built for Queen Caroline in 1730, it is connected to The Serpentine which is the lake in Hyde Park. Kensington Gardens is beautiful and to me looks a lot more natural and unkept than Hyde Park, the gardens attached to the palace are immaculate, there is a lovely variety of wildlife, and I was very surprised when I walked around a corner and saw a parakeet perched on somebodies hand. A lovely feature is the Italian gardens, situated at the end of The London Water, it looks like a setting of a roman novel, the pathways are sectioned off into different ponds with fountains in them and at the end is a little balcony over looking the The Long Water.

A feature I didn't know about until I got there is the Peter Pan Statue, as a child and still today, Peter Pan was my favourite story, and while every other child was waiting for their letter to hogwarts, I was waiting to fly to Neverland. I loved the little statue, it was placed there because parts of the film and the novel were based there.

Once we had looked around the gardens we ended up back at the palace and as we walked past it, a helicopter landed and Prince Edward got out and was driven to the palace, it was a surreal experience to have seen. The Gardens of the palace are gorgeous, boasting a mix of colourful tulips by the pond and pristine hedges. For me this will always be one of my favourite places in London to visit and I hope you like my photos.

**I would just like to mention, if you notice, 

some of my photos are slightly out of focus, this is because 

recently there has been a decline in my eyesight.

I thought the pain from straining my eyes was down

 to the migraines I have suffered with every day for 7 years,

 turns out its not. I actually have an eyesight issue, 

but my glasses will be here soon so please bare with me for the next few weeks, 

as I have had scheduled posts for a while.**

The Serpentine Bridge

Peter Pan Statue

Italian Gardens 

Italian Garden

Prince Edward arriving at  Kensington Palace

Kensington Palace

Albert Memorial

Albert Memorial

I have more posts like these coming up over the next few weeks, so be sure to check back for more.

Enjoy

Smoothie Saturday | April 2016

Hey guys how are you, I'm so close to the end of my first year at university; and I can't quite believe it. Here is this months smoothie saturday, I know I'm cutting it close. I would say that this is a more tropical smoothie, which is probably my favourite kind.

Ingredients:

-1 passion fruit

-half a papya

-1 mango

-ice

-water

I am loving making more simple smoothies, I find i they taste much better and mango and passion fruits are two of my favourite foods so I wanted the taste to stand out.

The bottle is from a Tiger

Thank you for reading

Smoothie Saturday | March 2016

Smoothie Saturday is back, when i moved to university I didn't bring my blender because of not having a enough space, but i cracked and my dad bought it down for me; so it was only right to upload another smoothie post.

I have decided that I will now do Smoothie Saturday once a month now because it will make me feel less pressured, so here is my first 2016 Smoothie Saturday.

The first smoothie of this year is a simple apple and raspberry.

Ingredients 

1 granny smith apple

a handful of raspberries

2 tbsp vanilla protein powder 

3 tbsp greek yogurt 

a cup of coconut water

Well there you go nice and simple to start us off, if you want to keep up to date then follow me on instagram and twitter, the links are in my bio. 

Thank you

Smoothie Sunday

Im late again but here is todays super tangy smoothie, iv done a lot of sweet so iv changed it up bit.

Ingredients:
5 apricots
1 cup of raspberries
3 peaches
1 passion fruit
1/2 of a naval orange.
2 tspn chia seeds
2 tspn flack seed

I hope you like a lots of tang because this smoothie is jam packed.

(the pictures aren't the best but they have been taken late at night)

Thank you for reading

Smoothie Sunday | Apricot Delight

Once again I stepped out of my comfort zone and tried apricot, the only time I have eaten apricot is in   yogurt but I wanted to try the actual fruit so I made a smoothie.

Ingredients:
1 passion fruit
juice of half an orange
1 mango
3 apricots
100ml of coconut and pineapple juice.

This smoothie is for people with a sweet tooth, I hope you enjoy

When I payed for the apricots I was stood at the till for about 15 minutes because they weren't on the computer system so it took four different workers to work out how to pay.

I bought the coconut and pineapple juice because it is really expensive to buy coconut water on its own so I figured that this would be a good alternative and bought it, but silly me didn't read what was in it until I got home. It is full of added flavours and also milk, which I am sensitive with, I told you guys before I have a lot of bad luck.

Thanks for reading

Smoothie Saturday...

I know, I know its a Sunday night but I honestly thought today was Saturday but its not! oh well heres a smoothie anyway.

So this is by far the best tasting smoothie I have ever had! EVER.

It it is a tropical smoothie, I told you I wanted to get more summery and diverse well here it is my tropical twister smoothie.

Ingredients:
1 cup of pineapple
1 cups of mango
1 passion fruit
1/2 papaya
100ml of water

You can play about with the amounts depending on what you want or like, I actually drank a lot of mine before I took any pictures I was running around my house like making my dad and brother taste it because it was so good!

I loved this smoothie and now that summer is coming there is more of a variety of fruits coming to the UK which has me very excited!!!

I hope you enjoyed this post

Thank you for reading.

Smoothie Saturday | Melon Mix

Iv always loved melon but especially in the summer mouth as they are good for hydrating but taste so damn sweet, so it only seemed right that I make a smoothie out of them, although it probably classes more as a juice!

Ingredients:
A quarter of a water melon
a quarter of a honeydew melon
a quarter of a galia melon
a squeeze of lime.

its super simple and I like to make it after iv been to the gym to rehydrate, of course like other smoothies you can add plenty of extras, or add a whole lot more lime depending on how you feel!

Thank you for reading!

Smoothie Saturday

Happy Saturday people, how are you guys?

Iv been starting my garden projects and while I was in the garden I really fancied some ice cream so I decided to go one better and make a milkshake float. You know like a coke float but with fresh made milk shake and it tasted so good. Here is the recipe for this summery treat.

Ingredients:
Handful of strawberries
handful of raspberries
almond milk
ice cubes
Vanilla ice cream
Frozen blueberries

I hope you guys enjoyed this, it is super creamy, its healthier than a coke float and also filling.

Thanks for reading, feel free to comment and follow me on social media!

Smoothie Saturday | Simple Summer Smoothie

As I write this the sun is trying to push through the clouds and speed light throughout the kitchen, so I am glad that I made a summer berry smoothie because is England is trying, I should probably try too.

Ingredients:

• a cup of strawberries half frozen, half fresh
• half a cup of blue berries
• a cup of blackberries half fresh, half frozen
• a handful of frozen mango chunks
• handful of red grapes
• a tea spoon of honey
• 200ml of water

So like I said super simple its like a juice, I wanted to add almond milk and yogurt but I forgot to buy them when I went shopping, and my banana weren't ripe enough so I didn't add one because I'm a ripe banana kinda girl.

With this being super simple you can easily add so many ingredients to amp up this recipe, so have fun!!

Thank you for reading guys! 

Smoothie Saturday

I know this weeks smoothie Saturday is late but its here finally!
I love this one so much, the pear is super sweet and at the forefront followed by the tangy kick of the apple.

Ingredients:
2 pears (i used conference pears)
2 apples (i used granny smith)
a handful of spinach
100 ml of water.

This recipe is so simple but so filling, it is perfect to wake you up in the morning or great after a workout!

I hope you like this smoothie.

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Thanks for reading!

Smoothie Saturday

So this week I am going for a green smoothie!! Its jam packed with, well green stuff... this is going down hill heres the recipe.

Ingredients:
1 apple
a handful of spinach
1 tsp of honey
100ml of greek yogurt
1/2 cup of green tea (not boiling, we don't want a cooked smoothie)
half a cucumber
juice of half a lime

There you have it just blend away, this smoothie will help you stay energised, it is full of vitamins, iron and calcium, oh and not forgetting fibre!!

Hope you guys like this one thanks for reading.

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Smoothie Saturday!!

So this is what i'm calling my "muddle mix" I was going to have an apple and kiwi smoothie but it ended up with so much more ingredients!

Ingredients:
1 Apple
2 Kiwi's
1 Banana
A handful of frozen pineapple
A handful of frozen peach
1 tbspn of milled flax seed
150ml of water

I say this is a muddle mix because I was going to make a simple smoothie but when I went to the freezer I realised that there was only 2 ice cubes left and I left them because I know my brother would want it for his protein shake, but then I stumbled across the frozen fruit I completely forgot I had!!!

It doesn't look like the most appetizing smoothie in the world but it tastes amazing and smells like a sweet shop perfect for when you have a sugary craving, I hope you guys enjoy it!

Thanks for reading
P.s I just remembered that I used a ripe banana not a fresh store bought one.