Mango Lassi

Michelle shared a popular yogurt drink in Indian restaurants in the South Arm Older Adults Kitchen.

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Mango Lassi is a delicious combination of mangoes and yogurt that is cool and soothing. It is wonderful on hot summer days or as a compliment to spicy meals.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups ripe mangoes, peeled and chopped
  • 1 cup yogurt
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 3 tablespoons sugar (or to taste)
  • 1/8 teaspoon cardamom powder
  • 1 tablespoon chopped mint leaves (optional)
  • 3 cups crushed ice or ice cubes, use as needed

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Hot Mulled Apple Cider

Michelle shared a Hot Mulled Apple Cider in the South Arm Older Adults Cooking Club. This is just perfect for the wintery weather.

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Ingredients

  • 6 cups apple cider (we used apple juice)
  • 1/4 cup real maple syrup
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 6 whole cloves
  • 6 whole allspice berries
  • 1 orange peel, cut into strips
  • 1 lemon peel, cut into strips

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Source: allrecipes.com

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Limeade

In line with the Mexican theme, Michelle selected a refreshing drink for the South Arm Older Adults Kitchen.

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This simple Limeade is made with just lime juice, sugar and water. A great drink for summer.

Ingredients

  • 3 limes
  • 2/3 cup white sugar, or to taste
  • 2 litres cold water

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Refreshing Apple Cider Vinegar Mint Drink

This is a recipe that I missed from the community kitchen. I made it from home instead.

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This Apple Cider Vinegar Mint infused drink is very refreshing and great for hot summer days.

Vinegar is believed to help weight loss. It prolongs the sensation of satiety after eating.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2/3 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 cup fresh mint

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Lemon Bomb

For drinks, Colleen prepared a Lemon Bomb drink. Colleen picked some fresh lemon balm from her garden for recipe Lemon balm belongs to the mint family but it has a mild citrusy fragrance to it.

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The Lemon Bomb is very refreshing for a warm summer day.

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch fresh lemon balm
  • 6 to 8 lemons, juiced
  • sugar or honey to taste
  • water
  • ice cubes, optional
  • 1 lemon, sliced for garnishing

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Beet Pink Lemonade

Michelle shared a drink recipe from her website MintGreenApron.com in the South Arm Cooking Club for Seniors on Valentine’s Day.

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It’s a Beet Pink Lemonade. The beet is used to color the drink pink.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 beet, scrubbed and peeled
  • 4 lemons, juiced
  • approximately 4 cups cold water
  • ice cubes, if desired

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Source: MintGreenApron.com

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Lou Han Guo Herbal Tea

When we were in Malaysia, there is a favourite stall that we like to visit in Petaling Street that sells Lou Han Guo Herbal Tea. There is always a line up at this stall.

Out of the blue, Ben asked me to make him some Lou Han Guo Herbal Tea. Coincidentally, I have all the ingredients (I think) to make this drink. I had bought the ingredients but just did not get down to make it.  Perhaps, I can sense his wants.

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The Lou Han Guo Herbal Tea has a natural sweetness and fragrance to it. This makes a good summer drink when it’s chilled.

This is an excerpt from Wikipedia regarding Lou Han Guo.

The fruit extract is nearly 300 times sweeter than sugar and has been used as a natural sweetener in China for nearly a millennium due to its flavor and lack of food energy, only 230kcal/g (960 kJ /100g) compared to granulated sugar which has 387kcal/g (1,619 kJ/100g). It has also been used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Ingredients

  • 1 Lou Han Guo
  • 1/2 package of Sweetened winter melon
  • a handful of dried longan meat

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Source:  Suanne

for 4 litres of herbal tea

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Fruit Punch

For drinks, Jorge prepared a Fruit Punch for the BBQ at the South Arm Cooking Club for Seniors. The Fruit Punch is a good summer treat to cool off the heat.

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I like the addition of chunky fruits and the blended pineapples in this fruit punch.

Ingredients

  • 355 ml frozen orange juice concentrate
  • 1/2 can of 355 ml frozen lemonade concentrate (add more if you like it more tart)
  • 540 ml can of pineapple tidbits in pineapple juice
  • 2 litres dry ginger ale
  • 4 cups of mixed fruit

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Source: Jorge Viduenez

Prep time: 10 minutes;  Serves 6

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