Christmas is nearly here… on a diet?

That festive time of year is soon arriving, in fact it seems its arriving too fast sometimes!

At the start of the year we asked how many of our smoothie readers were on their January diets, and a large number of readers said they were. Dare we ask… have you kept to your diets? or did you fail on your diet? Either way we are sure you are still eating and drinking lots of fruit…otherwise you wouldn’t be here reading this!

We have a tempting Christmas Morning smoothie recipe which tastes superb, is low fat and a breeze to make. This particular smoothie contains strawberries, mint, melon, a banana and ice cubes, delicious!
Browse through our extensive range of free fruit smoothie recipes because we are sure you will find something that tempts you!

If you have or are planning to fit into that little black dress for Christmas do you need to lose just a couple of pounds or so before then? If so, start making your fruit smoothies again because as you know they fill you up and they are an excellent source of fibre, vitamins etc and best of all you can get all of your 5 portions of fruit / veg in just one smoothie!

Drink up, be happy and look after yourself – your body is a temple you know!

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How to Make a Strawberry Vanilla Smoothie

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The tree of life (and its super fruit)

The medicinal properties of the baobab fruit are the stuff of African legend. Claire Soares says it also tastes great and, thanks to an EU ruling, we will all be able to try some soon.

It didn’t matter what was wrong with me, be it a stomach upset or a rogue spot, the remedy prescribed by Senegalese friends was always the same. Baobab fruit – and lots of it.

Usually it was administered in the form of a Senegalese smoothie, the fruit pulp mixed with water to make what is known in the local Wolof language as bouye. The white drink delivered hints of velvety yoghurt with a flick of tart sherbet to the tongue. And it was not only mighty tasty, it left Western anti-diarrhoea fixes, such as Imodium, lagging and was soon an ever-present item in my fridge.

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