Drinks and Smoothies

Energize Your Body With A Spinach Mango Kiwi Green Smoothie

Energize Your Body With A Spinach Mango Kiwi Green Smoothie

  Green spinach smoothie with mango, kiwi, grapes and ginger. If you’ve ever said “ewww…” to a green drink you may want to try this one. It’s pleasantly sweet, tart and so drinkable. Yummy as people often say when they get a taste of it. I made […]

Strengthen Hips and Knees with Pineapple Ginger Turmeric Joint Juice

Strengthen Hips and Knees with Pineapple Ginger Turmeric Joint Juice

Fresh pineapple juiced with ginger and fresh turmeric is a sweet drink with a kick courtesy of the ginger! I drink this regularly to ease my joints and it has worked wonders. A few years back I started to get those nagging aches in my […]

Homemade Sorrel : The Feel Good Anti Stress Drink

Homemade Sorrel : The Feel Good Anti Stress Drink

  A little while back I got hooked on sorrel, a red Jamaican drink made from sorrel leaves, ginger and spice! There was this little health cafe near my old place of work in DC and I walked up there often to get a glass […]

Chili Guava Smoothie & Some Thoughts On Letting Go

Chili Guava Smoothie & Some Thoughts On Letting Go

  A fresh pink guava blended with some ginger, lemon and a pinch of chili drunk cold with ice cubes is what I am drinking right now! Been in India the past 10 days : a short vacay to see my parents so I have […]

Pineapple Ginger Lemonade Laced With Turmeric #SundaySupper

Pineapple Ginger Lemonade Laced With Turmeric #SundaySupper

Zesty Pineapple Lemonade with a hint of ginger and turmeric is a refreshing  healthy drink  that is perfect accompaniment to any meal.  My Sunday Supper team is doing a picnic theme and I am making my favorite drink : Pineapple lemonade! I love this drink […]

Savory Salted Cumin Mint Lassi With Greek Yogurt #SundaySupper

Savory Salted Cumin Mint Lassi With Greek Yogurt #SundaySupper

  Refreshing, cool yogurt lassi with a hint of salt, cumin and mint makes a hydrating summer cooler.  My Sunday Supper team is doing a Summer chilling theme and I am making my cumin lassi. I grew up in India where summers were 90 degrees […]

Erase Stress with Chocolate Almond Black Tea

Erase Stress with Chocolate Almond Black Tea

Chocolate Tea! Calm and soothe your stress away with this decadent chocolate tea infused with the antioxidant power of black tea and almonds! I saw this recipe in a Women’s World magazine and I being a chocoholic and tea addict I fell in love with […]

Ginger Mint Turmeric Tea to Heal a Cold

Ginger Mint Turmeric Tea to Heal a Cold

All natural turmeric tea with fresh ginger, lemon and mint is a soothing concoction that I cook up when I feel stuffy and congested.  Fall is here and so are the sniffles and dry scratchy throats. Taking meds for fall allergies is not my favorite […]

Pink Lady Watermelon Tomato Smoothie #NBCAM

Pink Lady Watermelon Tomato Smoothie #NBCAM

  Pink lady watermelon tomato smoothie loaded with antioxidants and cancer fighting nutrients! October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and on the last day of the month I am sharing this creative yummy healthy smoothie! To get the recipe and find out just why […]

Spicy Homemade V8 with 8 Veggies & Fruit #RawFood

Spicy Homemade V8 with 8 Veggies & Fruit #RawFood

Homemade V8 juice made with 8 different veggies and fruit with a spicy kick is a drink I can drink any time of the year. I am not too crazy about store bought V8 although I do drink it occasionally. Sure, it provides 2-3 servings of […]