Detox: five green detox smoothies to choose from

Detox: five green detox smoothies to choose from

Today we will talk about delicious, healthy drinks for lovers of green juices.

Refreshing smoothie:

Looking for a light and refreshing low-sugar drink? Green smoothies are perfect. Drink a cocktail before a workout to recharge your batteries with the energy of electrolytes contained in coconut water and replenish your body with green minerals.

Ingredients:
• 1 ½ tbsp. coconut water;
• ½ tbsp. cabbage;
• ½ tsp of spinach;
• ½ tbsp. romaine lettuce;
• ½ peeled lime;
• leaves of 2 sprigs of mint.

Add ingredients to the blender and mix well.

Green blissful power:

When going through a detox, it is also necessary to take healthy fats, protein and fiber to our diet. Along with detox drinks take pea protein for better protein absorption. Chia seeds in a green smoothie will provide the body with fiber – for tonus. Coconut and pear will add some flavor to the drink.

Ingredients:
• 1 tbsp. almond milk;
• ½ pear;
• ¼ peeled avocado;
• 1 tsp spinach;
• ¼ Art. coconut water;
• 1 tsp. chia seeds;
• 1 tbsp of pea / hemp / brown rice protein powder;
• 1 l clean water.

Mix all ingredients except the water until smooth. Then place in a blender and cover with the water. Mix until the smoothie reaches the desired consistency.

Green juice:

A powerful anti-inflammatory drink, filled with antioxidants beta-carotene and vitamin C. Relieves pain in aching joints and stimulates the immune system during the cold and flu season.

Ingredients:
• 2 oranges or 1 tbsp. fresh orange juice;
• 1 carrot;
• 1 fresh ginger root;
• 1 slice of fresh turmeric or ¼ tsp. turmeric powder;
• ½ peeled lemon;
• 1 tbsp. l raw honey;
• 1 tbsp. or 4 sheets of Romaine lettuce.

Start with squeezing the oranges to get 1 glass of orange juice. Add the juice and the remaining ingredients to the blender and mix well until the mass is smooth. Serve at room temperature or add a couple of ice cubes.

Green celebration:

Free of sugary fruit, this drink refreshes and cleanses the body.
Ingredients:
• 1 ½ tbsp. water;
• 1 celery stalk;
• ½ cucumber;
• ½ avocado;
• 1 tbsp. or 4 sheets of Romaine lettuce;
• ⅓ h. Parsley;
• ½ peeled lemon;
• pinch of sea salt.

Put the ingredients in a blender and mix.

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How to make “Kamikaze” – a Japanese cocktail?

How to make “Kamikaze” – a Japanese cocktail?

“Kamikaze” is a type of Japanese cocktail, which will certainly please everyone. Despite this frightening name, this soft drink, with a pleasant taste, certainly has nothing to do with the typhoon Divine Wind, which destroyed everything in its path and earned itself such a title.

The name of the drink was given as a tribute to the Japanese suicide bombers who rammed American ships.

Immediately after the war, Kamikaze (cocktail) became the favorite drink of Americans and Europeans, from where it began its journey around the world. There is, however, another version of the origin of the drink; from a bartender in America, who believed that Kamikaze was the prototype of another drink called Gimlet.

Kamikaze is of great value among cocktail lovers.

This drink is very easy to prepare, no great knowledge is required for its preparation.

Classic cocktail “Kamikaze”:

Ingredients include squeezed orange juice (lime), orange liqueur and vodka (30 ml of each). Liquids are mixed with ice in a shaker (the bartender’s main tool). The resulting mixture is filtered into a martini glass through a strainer and a slice of lemon added.

Using the basis of the classic “Kamikaze”, other, equally pleasant and tasty cocktails are created:

Cocktail Kamikaze Lime. An easy alternative. Add 100ml of sparkling lime water to the classic cocktail. Serve in a tall glass.

Cocktail “Blue Kamikaze.” Orange liqueur is replaced by Blue Curacao. Lime juice is recommended. It creates a drink with a bright blue color and the taste does not change.

Cocktail “Electric Kamikaze”. Triple Sec liqueur is added to the Blue Kamikaze mixture. Mixed in equal quantities vodka, Blue Curacao, Triple Sec, lime (20 ml each) and ice. Then the cocktail is filtered into a chilled glass.

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Is there any benefit from oxygen cocktails?

Is there any benefit from oxygen cocktails?

Residents of large cities, especially megacities, are sorely lacking air in everyday life. The lack of purified oxygen negatively affects our whole body. This is what my blog post is about today.

What happens when there is a lack of oxygen in the body?

The central nervous system does not cope with daily stresses, the brain does not work to its fullest, attention and memory suffers, the digestive system, lungs, liver and other internal organs, as well as blood vessels, function poorly. Hypoxia (oxygen deficiency) leads to an increase in the load on the heart, resulting in an increase in the likelihood of a heart attack or stroke.

Without oxygen, the skin ages faster, and muscle tissue loses its activity and becomes flabby.

Filling the lack of oxygen with special oxygen cocktails:

To compensate for the lack of oxygen, oxygen-containing beverages can be consumed. Special oxygen equipment was created to produce oxygen cocktails, foam, which in a few days returns the body to its former vigor, and with regular use strengthens the immune system and stabilizes the work of all internal organs.

A couple of decades ago, an oxygen bar (or just the equipment) were associated only with medical institutions. Only there for a special purpose, delicious cocktails were prescribed to the patients being treated. Today, an oxygen concentrator in conjunction with a cocktail maker stands in every second major shopping center, in beauty salons, park areas, fitness centers and at home. Bars provide services not only for drinking oxygen cocktails but also for inhalation procedures, during which you can breathe pure oxygen, to which various pleasant aromas are added to the taste of the customer. Inhalation sessions are so attractively presented that they appeal not only to adults but also to young children, to whom this event resembles a fabulous festive action.

The benefits of oxygen cocktails:

These cocktails are useful to everyone who suffers from chronic diseases of the digestive and respiratory organs. It has a tonic effect due to the widespread enrichment of organs with oxygen. Cocktails improve metabolic processes in the body, improve hemodynamics and oxygen supply to tissues. The optimal single dose of the drink is 200 ml per day (for breakfast or afternoon tea).

It is recommended to drink cocktails for 10-14 days, then take a break for 2-3 weeks and continue afterwards.

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All about eggplant (aubergines)

All about eggplant (aubergines)

Eggplant is the king of the garden. This vegetable has purple-black color with a glossy shine and a cap that looks like a crown, so it really does look like a king. And even the royal family will appreciate its taste! Delicious Parma-style eggplants, stuffed or fried – these vegetables will always make a splash on the table. This is what my blog is about today.

Start growing eggplants:

Eggplant has been around for a long time. They came from India, but they were also eaten in Arabia, where sheikhs and shahs highly valued them. The Arabs introduced them to the people of Spain, who later brought them to this country, and by 1806 they grew both purple and white varieties.

One of the earliest references to eggplant is in a Chinese book from the fifth century. It seems that Chinese women considered it very fashionable to paint their teeth with black eggplant dye. Then they polished their teeth until they began to shine like metal.

But eggplant as a food or fashion accessory was not popular everywhere. In Europe, in the 15th and 16th centuries, eggplants were called “insane apples” because it was believed that eating them made a person crazy. Even when this fear began to fade, the Europeans still refused to eat eggplants, as they considered them poisonous. The eggplant is a member of the Solanaceae family, as are tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco, and belladonna. Eye drops obtained from belladonna (also called the deadly nightshade) were used by fashionable women to visually enlarge the eyes. From time to time someone who used the belladonna died from the effects of poisoning. Not surprisingly, by associating eggplants with deadly nightshade, people avoided eating them.

Other  interesting names for eggplants include love apple, guinea pumpkin, oat beans, pea apple, cuckummer and terong. Even more impressive are such epithets like the “apple of Sodom” and “the apple of the Jew.” Few products can boast such a variety of names.

Interesting facts about eggplant:

A very old legend about Middle Eastern or Turkish origins of eggplants tells of an imam (a Muslim priest) who married a woman whose rich father earned money as an olive oil dealer. The young bride’s dowry was 12 barrels of olive oil. For 12 nights, the Imam’s wife served her husband a dish of delicious eggplant cooked in olive oil, but on the thirteenth night, this tasty vegetable was not on the plate. Imam was curious why this happened. When his wife told him that she had run out of olive oil, the imam just fainted. From now on, the stuffed eggplant dish, seasoned with onions, tomatoes and olive oil, began to be called “Imam Baldi,” which means “priest’s swoon”. In another version of this story, the imam was so overwhelmed by the extraordinary aroma of eggplant that he lost consciousness.

Since eggplant is an integral part of Turkish cuisine, it can appear in almost any dish. One of the foreign guests of Turkey once asked at the end of the meal: “Can I just have plain water, without eggplants, please”.

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Saffron and its use in cooking

All about saffron

Today in home cooking there is a large number of different spices and seasonings that can be added to dishes. However, a spice like saffron isn’t always found in every kitchen. The reason for this is the high price of saffron, as it is considered to be one of the rarest spices. This is what my blog post is about today.

Saffron plant:

Saffron, or crocus, as it is called in ornamental plant cultivation, is a perennial plant of the Iris family, a bulbous species. The plant reaches a height of 25 cm and has narrow linear leaves that appear during the flowering period. The flowers of this plant are large and purple (sometimes yellow or white). On one corm up to three flowers can form. The tubers themselves are rounded and slightly flattened. A crocus plantation blooms for 10-14 days, while a single flower bloom takes 1-2 days. After flowering, triangular shaped fruits are formed from the flower. Saffron seeds are not formed.

The history of saffron:

The first crocus records are found in the Noisean cuneiform and date back to 3000 years BC. For the first time, the people of Mesopotamia, an ancient state located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, began to eat saffron. In ancient Roman civilization, aromatic oils and fragrant water were made of it, which was sprayed into their homes and clothes. Cleopatra loved to take saffron baths. Also, the Egyptians learned to use crocus for embalming. During the Crusades, saffron was introduced to Europe. Spain became the first country in which saffron was grown on plantations.

Saffron production:

The production of saffron is very labor-intensive, requiring mostly manual labor. To collect one kilogram of spices, you need to process a plantation with 200,000 plants. The main producer of saffron is Iran. There are also crocus plantations in Greece, Spain, France, England and in the state of Pennsylvania USA. The plant grows well in loamy soils. If you plant an onion in May, it will be possible to harvest it in November. The flower stamens are picked (usually three in each flower(, then the gathered stigmas are dried under the sun.

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