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SATURDAY SMOOTHIE Chocolate Smoothie Total Time: 5 mins Serves – 3 people Ingredients: 2 tbsp heaped Cocoa Powder 3 cups Milk/ Skimmed milk/ Soya Milk/ Rice Milk Brown sugar (to taste) 20g Dark Chocolate chopped finely (or more if you prefer) 1 tbsp Chocolate Syrup (Optional) Combine the cocoa powder, chopped dark chocolate and sugar.  Add whichever milk you are using along with sugar, ice cubes and chocolate syrup (optional) and blend. Garnish with dark chocolate shaving and enjoy!

SATURDAY SMOOTHIE

Chocolate Smoothie

Total Time: 5 mins

Serves – 3 people

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp heaped Cocoa Powder
  • 3 cups Milk/ Skimmed milk/ Soya Milk/ Rice Milk
  • Brown sugar (to taste)
  • 20g Dark Chocolate chopped finely (or more if you prefer)
  • 1 tbsp Chocolate Syrup (Optional)

Combine the cocoa powder, chopped dark chocolate and sugar.  Add whichever milk you are using along with sugar, ice cubes and chocolate syrup (optional) and blend.

Garnish with dark chocolate shaving and enjoy!

SATURDAY SMOOTHIE Melon Lime Cooler 4 1/2 cups cubed honeydew melon 2 tablespoons lime juice 1 1/2 cups lime sherbet 4 fresh strawberries (optional) Place honeydew melon in a single layer on a baking sheet. Cover and freeze until firm, about 30 minutes. Transfer frozen melon to a food processor with the sherbet and lime juice. Puree until smooth. Pour mixture evenly into 4 glasses, and garnish each glass with a strawberry. Serve immediately.

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Melon Lime Cooler

4 1/2 cups cubed honeydew melon
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 1/2 cups lime sherbet
4 fresh strawberries (optional)

  1. Place honeydew melon in a single layer on a baking sheet. Cover and freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.
  2. Transfer frozen melon to a food processor with the sherbet and lime juice. Puree until smooth. Pour mixture evenly into 4 glasses, and garnish each glass with a strawberry. Serve immediately.

SATURDAY SMOOTHIE Rhubarb Smoothie 1 cup frozen chopped rhubarb 1 small banana, cut in chunks 1 cup cranberry juice blend 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt Blend rhubarb, banana, cranberry juice blend, vanilla yogurt in a blender until smooth.

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Rhubarb Smoothie


1 cup frozen chopped rhubarb

1 small banana, cut in chunks

1 cup cranberry juice blend

1/2 cup vanilla yogurt


Blend rhubarb, banana, cranberry juice blend, vanilla yogurt in a blender until smooth.

SATURDAY SMOOTHIE Apple & Pear Smoothie Prep time: 5 min Combine juicy apples and pears with yoghurt and cinnamon for a nutritious start to the day.

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Apple & Pear Smoothie

Prep time: 5 min

Combine juicy apples and pears with yoghurt and cinnamon for a nutritious start to the day.

SATURDAY SMOOTHIE Kiwi Smoothie 4 ripe kiwi, peeled and halved1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice1 tablespoon agave nectar 1 cup iceCombine all ingredients in a blender, and blend until smooth.Serves 2. Per serving: 142 calories; 0 g saturated fat; 0 g unsaturated fat; 0 mg cholesterol; 35 g carbs; 5 mg sodium; 2 g protein; 4 g fiber. Suitable for Weeks 3 and 4 of the Whole Living Action Plan 28-Day Challenge.

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Kiwi Smoothie

4 ripe kiwi, peeled and halved
1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1 tablespoon agave nectar
1 cup ice

Combine all ingredients in a blender, and blend until smooth.

Serves 2. Per serving: 142 calories; 0 g saturated fat; 0 g unsaturated fat; 0 mg cholesterol; 35 g carbs; 5 mg sodium; 2 g protein; 4 g fiber. Suitable for Weeks 3 and 4 of the Whole Living Action Plan 28-Day Challenge.

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SATURDAY SMOOTHIE Ginger Smoothie 1 ripe banana2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger1 cup fresh orange juice2 tablespoons honey1 cup iceCombine all ingredients in a blender, and blend until smooth.Serves 2. Per serving: 174 calories; 0 g saturated fat; 0 g unsaturated fat; 0 mg cholesterol; 44 g carbs; 3 mg sodium; 2 g protein; 2 g fiber. Suitable for Weeks 3 and 4 of the Whole Living Action Plan 28-Day Challenge.

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Ginger Smoothie

1 ripe banana
2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
1 cup fresh orange juice
2 tablespoons honey
1 cup ice

Combine all ingredients in a blender, and blend until smooth.

Serves 2. Per serving: 174 calories; 0 g saturated fat; 0 g unsaturated fat; 0 mg cholesterol; 44 g carbs; 3 mg sodium; 2 g protein; 2 g fiber. Suitable for Weeks 3 and 4 of the Whole Living Action Plan 28-Day Challenge.

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SATURDAY SMOOTHIE Raspberry Strawberry Smoothie Ingredients: 1 cup low fat raspberry yogurt 1/2 whole milk (whole milk for creamy goodness or 2% for “dieting”) 1 cup frozen raspberries 3/4 cup frozen strawberries 2 cups of ice

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Raspberry Strawberry Smoothie

Ingredients:

1 cup low fat raspberry yogurt

1/2 whole milk (whole milk for creamy goodness or 2% for “dieting”)

1 cup frozen raspberries

3/4 cup frozen strawberries

2 cups of ice

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SATURDAY SMOOTHIE Detox Blend 1 bunch English spinach1 handful mint1 handful parsley1 tablespoon lemon juiceHalf of a cucumberA few lettuce leaves4 celery stalks2–3 cm (3/4–11/4 inch) knob of fresh ginger, peeled6 ice cubes Blend all ingredients together until you reach your preferred consistency and consume.

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Detox Blend

1 bunch English spinach
1 handful mint
1 handful parsley
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Half of a cucumber
A few lettuce leaves
4 celery stalks
2–3 cm (3/4–11/4 inch) knob of fresh ginger, peeled
6 ice cubes


Blend all ingredients together until you reach your preferred consistency and consume.

SATURDAY SMOOTHIE Almond Banana Flaxseed Smoothie serves 2 in tall glasses, or 3 in smaller glasses 2 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk1/4 cup almond butter*2 frozen ripe bananas [I break each banana into pieces, wrap in freezer-safe foil, and freeze overnight]2 tablespoons ground flaxseed1/4 teaspoon cinnamon2 tablespoons honey or desired sweetness Blend and enjoy.

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Almond Banana Flaxseed Smoothie

serves 2 in tall glasses, or 3 in smaller glasses

2 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1/4 cup almond butter*
2 frozen ripe bananas [I break each banana into pieces, wrap in freezer-safe foil, and freeze overnight]
2 tablespoons ground flaxseed
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons honey or desired sweetness

Blend and enjoy.

SATURDAY SMOOTHIE Blueberry Coconut Smoothie Ingredients 4 ounces vanilla yogurt 2 cups frozen blueberries 1/2 cup shredded coconut (sweetened or unsweetened) 1/2 cup juice (pomegranate, acai or cranberry) 1/2 cup lowfat milk Instructions In a blender pitcher, blend all ingredients together until smooth. Note: Since this recipes calls for frozen fruit, you’ll have to keep working with the blender, stirring and reprocessing until smooth. I like mine thick, for a thinner consistency, add more liquid a little at a time until it’s like you like it.

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Blueberry Coconut Smoothie

Ingredients

  • 4 ounces vanilla yogurt
  • 2 cups frozen blueberries
  • 1/2 cup shredded coconut (sweetened or unsweetened)
  • 1/2 cup juice (pomegranate, acai or cranberry)
  • 1/2 cup lowfat milk

Instructions

    1. In a blender pitcher, blend all ingredients together until smooth.
Note: Since this recipes calls for frozen fruit, you’ll have to keep working with the blender, stirring and reprocessing until smooth. I like mine thick, for a thinner consistency, add more liquid a little at a time until it’s like you like it.

Far better for your body than the suspect tasting and equally suspect coloured versions being sold to us.

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Make Your Own Alkaline Vitamin Water

Find yourself needing a vitamin boost?  

Click here, for complete recipe and directions of my five signature colour-free, sugar-free and bpa plastic free alkaline vitamin waters or get inspired to make your own combinations.  

  • Recovery - This vitamin water is ideal for recovery post-workout or after a large bout of physical activity.  Blackberries and Cherries aid in replenishing oxygen in the blood while pomegranate and glutamine help to restore and repair muscle tissue damage
  • C*Power - This vitamin water gives you a boost of anti-viral and anti-inflammatory vitamin C.  With natural citrus fruits and camu camu powder, c*power is ideal for boosting your immunity after an illness or just keeping your body empowered.  This is an excellent combination for weight loss
  • Stressless - This is my favourite combination, the blend of watermelon and rosemary is divine.  This vitamin water is ideal for helping you balance stress on a mental and physiological level.  With the addition of B vitamins, hydrating watermelon and calming rosemary this combination is best used during times of stress or intensity
  • Digest It - Excellent for aiding in digestion and stimulating the colon and digestive tract.  With the combination of pineapple’s digestive enzymes, soothing, cooling mint and warming ginger, stimulating lemongrass, immunizing lychee and probiotics this water will aid in internal balance
  • Detox - Purify your blood and body with this awesome vitamin water!  Detox is ideal for the morning after a night out or when you are cleansing.  Created with hydrating coconut water, and fresh cucumber, nutrient rich coconut meat, detoxifying milk thistle and anti-oxidant loaded raspberries and blueberries, this combination will cleanse your body from the inside out

It simple, cheap and easy way to get your vitamins in a delicious and hydrating way.

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Teresa Widener, Rock-Eating Woman Credits Love With Helping Curb Her Crunchy Habit  So glad this woman found love again, I dread to think what may have happened to her if she didn’t!  I remember watching a few minutes of a documentary of sufferers of Pica; one chap ate paper whilst another lady ate most of the plaster board in her home.

Teresa Widener, Rock-Eating Woman Credits Love With Helping Curb Her Crunchy Habit 

So glad this woman found love again, I dread to think what may have happened to her if she didn’t!  I remember watching a few minutes of a documentary of sufferers of Pica; one chap ate paper whilst another lady ate most of the plaster board in her home.

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Ghana pioneers new child vaccines

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Ghana has become the first country in Africa to start protecting children against two of the continent’s deadliest infant diseases with simultaneous vaccinations.

Rotavirus, which causes diarrhoea, and pneumococcal disease kill more than 2.7 million children worldwide each year.

The project is backed by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation.

At the launch health minister Alban Bagbin said the programme marked a “major fight-back”.

“Our children have been dying from these vaccine-preventable diseases for too long,” he said.

When combined with existing programmes against polio, measles and tuberculosis, Mr Bagbin said Ghana is on track to meet its target to cut childhood mortality by two-thirds by 2015.

‘Tackling largest killers’

The chief executive of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi), Dr Seth Berkley, told the BBC the combined treatment has become possible thanks to adequate health facilities in Ghana, combined with sufficient stocks of vaccine, and robust international funding.

“[The programme] gets these vaccines together out to people who need them, and you can do one large social mobilisation to try to get the population to understand that we’re tackling these two largest killers,” Dr Berkley said.

Last year Gavi the secured supplies of the vaccines from major pharmaceutical companies at a large discount.

The organisation brings together the World Health Organisation, the UN’s children’s charity Unicef, the World Bank, vaccine companies and the charity set up by the Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

The start of the Ghana programme comes during what the WHO has described as World Immunisation Week.

Coconut tree, East Legon, Accra, Ghana

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