Orange Melon Smoothie

Orange Melon Smoothie
Orange Melon Smoothie is a healthy smoothie. You can take it as a wake up juice. Now melon season has started. So make this smoothie and refresh yourself.

Orange Melon Smoothie Ingredient:
Orange - 1
Melon - 2 cups
Mint Leaves - 10
Sugar - 4 tsp
 Orange Melon Smoothie Method:
Peel the melon and discard the seeds. Cut in to small cubes. Peel the orange, leaving on the white pith.

 Blend the orange, melon, mint and sugar in a blender till smooth.

Pour in to glasses and garnish with sprigs of mint and serve.

Note:
If you want your smoothie rich, you can add ½ cup milk or fresh curd while blending.
If you are diabetic, you can skip sugar.

 

Orange and Strawberry Smoothie

Orange and Strawberry Cream Smoothie
I have one imported book on smoothies and juices. I planed to try all recipes in that book. But some fruits required are not available here. So I changed to the available ingredients and named  accordingly and made it.
The colour of the Orange and Strawberry Cream smoothie and the picture is awesome in that book. Strawberry and orange are available always  in the fruit shops. So I decided to make this recipe.

Now let us see the recipe
Orange and Strawberry Cream Smoothie Ingredients:
Orange - 1
Strawberry - 100 gms
Banana - 1
Fresh yogurt - 1 cup
Sugar - 5 tsp
Vanilla Essence - few drops (optional)
Orange and Strawberry Cream Smoothie Method:
Cut strawberry and banana into small pieces. Peel orange and discard the seed.  Add strawberry, banana, orange and sugar in a blender and blend well.

Then add fresh yogurt and process until smooth.

Pour the mixture into glasses and garnish with slices of orange and fresh strawberries on cocktail sticks.

Note:
If you want your smoothie rich you can add two scoops vanilla ice cream instead of yogurt.
Adjust sugar according to your taste.
I added banana for creamy texture.

Orange Banana Smoothie

Orange Banana Smoothie is a highly nutritive drink for school going children. It gives energy. It is a good breakfast drink also.

Orange Banana Smoothie Ingredients:
Orange chunks - ½ cup

Banana - 1
Curd         - 3 tblsp
Milk         - ¼ cup
Sugar - 3 tsp
Ice cubes          - 4
Vanilla essence - ½ tsp

Orange Banana Smoothie Method:
Peel orange and banana. Take ½ cup of orange chunks. Cut banana into thin slices.

Add banana, orange, sugar, curd, ice cubes and vanilla essence in a blender and blend well. Add milk and again blend. Serve chill.

Note:
You can add ice cream instead of milk.

Strawberry Punch

Strawberries are Nutrient-rich and packed with anti oxidants. Strawberries gives a wide range of health benefits. Strawberries are an excellent source of vitamin C. It boost immunity. Strawberries are fast working anti oxidants . The anti oxidant power in Strawberries becomes ready to work in the blood after eating the fruit regularly.

Strawberry have the ability to produce vitamin C naturally that is why it is so important to get your daily requirement.

Let us see how to make strawberry Punch

Strawberry Punch Ingredients:
Strawberry - 8

Apple - 1 ½
Orange Juice - 300 ml
Sugar - 8 tsp
Ice cubes   - 4

Strawberry Punch Method:
Clean and wash the strawberry. Take the juice of four oranges. Peel the apple and chop into cubes.

 Reserve  2 to 3 strawberry for garnishing. Cut 3 strawberry in to thin slices. Add strawberry, apple, orange juice in a blender and blend well. Pour this juice in a tall glass and garnish with strawberry slices.
Note:
You can garnish with thin slices of apple and orange also.
You can use pulpy orange juice also.

Orange Julius

Everybody knows that Oranges are good for health. Oranges are rich in Vitamin C and they give the immune power to our body. Oranges, fight diseases and give the ability to fight against diseases. 

Though Oranges are healthy, they are acidic. Some people who are more prone to acidic attacks  cannot take Oranges, as they increase acidity in the body and they produce gastric problems and hyper acidity. Freed Julius, a native of Los Angeles, also had this problem. He wanted to consume orange juice without the acidic side effects, so he invented a Orange drink by adding, Milk, Sugar, Cream and Vanilla flavoring, in the year 1926. As he was into fruit juices business he started serving this Orange drink to his customers. His customers started liking his Orange drink. As they came to his stand they started ordering “ One Orange Julius”. That is how the “Orange Julius” name came. The business started flourishing and later it spread from Los Angeles to the entire World. The Orange Julius was the official Drink of the New York World Fair in 1964. 

The Company was later taken over by International Dairy Queen(IDQ) in the year 1987 and is still in existence.

The IDQ launched another Drink called Lime Premium Fruit Smoothie in the year 2004, to compete with all Smoothies manufacturers.

Orange Julius, is a type of orange juice, which is made up of Orange Juice, Milk, Fresh Cream, and Vanilla flavoring. This is an international drink, which is common throughout the World and is avaialble in most big Restaurants and Fruit shops.

Orange Julius Ingredients:
Orange chunks - 5

Orange juice - 120 ml
Milk        - 60 ml
Fresh cream - 30 ml
Vanilla cream - few drops
Sugar - as required
Ice cubes         - 4
Orange zest - few            

Orange Julius Method:
In a blender add orange chunks, orange juice, milk, fresh cream,
vanilla essence, sugar and ice cubes  and blend well.
Take a glass and  add orange chunks and pour orange Julius.
On top of the juice grate orange zest and serve.

Note:
You can use vanilla ice cream instead of milk cream.
If you like the orange zest smell you can add otherwise you can add orange chunks. In this juice I will show both the presentation.