Healthy Apple Lemongrass Beverage

Apple Lemongrass drink

An easy peasy steps to follows and is said to be home remedy to ease knee pain.  How effective it is.  I really dont know as this is my 1st trial.  But no harm trying.  Here you are the details.

What you require

2 apples

5 stalks of Wlemongrass  (smashed)

5 cups of water

How

Clean and cut the apples into pcs

Smashed the lemongrass

In a pot add in the apples, lemongrass, water and bring to a boil.

Simmer for about 1 hr off the fire and serve warm.

Happy Trying my friends

Healthy Lemongrass Ginger Tea 香茅姜茶

The Chinese have utilized ginger tea to aid with stomach upset and various other digestive issues. Ginger tea is low in calories so it can be added to any diet provided you like the unique taste.

Ginger root is used as an added spice to cakes, pies, Asian and Indian cuisine, and is also frequently used in tea with no additional calories. The health benefits of ginger  makes ginger tea so popular.

Ginger is known to be anti-inflammatory so adding some to your diet through tea is healthy for anyone with chronic allergy problems.  It is also sometimes used to aid with motion sickness.

For more information on the benefits of this Lemongrass Ginger Tea, please refer here

 I added Lemongrass to make it a more soothing drink.

Updated on 22nd June 2016 

Lemongrass, Lemon, Ginger,  Honey (or sugar)

Ambra Fruit Juice With Dried Sour Plum 沙梨果汁

 Ambra fruit is call kedongdong in Bahasa Malaysia.   Some with seed and some without seed. 

Quench your thirst on a hot sunny day. The ambra fruit is simply full of vitamins and is one of the most popular drink   It is very addictive too …. one will never be enough.

Take a few ambra  and blend it with some drinking water. (You can smell a raw taste ). Strain and pour into a glass. Put some  honey or syrup (sweety taste, cause buah kedongdong juice is quite sour).  Drop one sweet sour dried plum (Malay called as Asam, Chinese called as sui- boey) into the drink. It could make this drink more flavor. Then add in some ice cubes.  A very refreshing Ambra  juice with Dried Sour Plum is  ready  to be serve.

I prefer to drink the ambra juice with the dried sour plum without adding any syrup, but some lemon juice!  How about you?

High Enzymes Slimming Carrot & Orange Juice高 酵素瘦身果汁 - 萝卜橙汁

Adapted from Active vegetable and Fruit Enzymes 2 by Anna Phua. The book was brought recently at a book fair at Kuala Lumpur. Recipe include enzymes,

Healthy Pineapple and Celery Juice 菠萝西芹汁

After days of heavy foods, it times to detox, have a glass of cool Healthy Pineapple and Celery!
Feel so refreshing. This simple and easy is a joint effort with hubby; he cut the pineapple and blend the juice, I do the cutting of ingredients, 1, 2, 3 done. The Juice is ready to be served.

Nutrition Tips

Celery contains a variety of rich- nutrients. It also contains celery oil which helps lower blood pressure, sedate, strengthens the stomach and it diuretic. it is a health vegetable. The sour taste from pineapples helps in digestion and maintains gastrointestinal health.

Recipe source from Active Vegetable and fruit Enzymes 2 by Anna Phua and I made slight amendment on the recipe)

Ingredients

1/2 celery
100 g pineapple
1 slice ginger
100 gm filtered water
4g Japanese acid citric powder (Can be replaced with fresh oranges)

Ingredients that is not in the original recipe

Honey to taste
Lemon juice to taste

Method

Cut celery into pieces. Peel pineapple and cut into pieces
Place all ingrdients in blender add in water and blend for a minute or 2.
Ready to serve or you prefer to chill in the fridge before serving

Tips

I doubled the amount for extra serving, you may add on amount according to yr needs.
I added the honey and lemon juice to enhance the drink to give that extra Ohmmp!


材料

1/2条 西芹
100克 菠萝/凤梨/黄梨
1片 姜
100毫升 过滤水
4克 日本粉状柠檬酸 （可以改用鲜橙取代）

不在原本食谱内的材料

蜜糖 适量
柠檬汁 适量

做法

西芹切块。凤梨去皮切块。
将所有材料放入调理机中，加入水搅打一分钟即可饮用。
放入冰箱如果想喝冷。

温馨提示

我使用双倍的材料做了两杯的饮料。您可随意增减材料分量来符合您的需求。
我加入了蜜糖和柠檬汁来调味。

Double Boiled Pears for cough relief 炖雪梨

With the whether situation lately, many children and adult alike are down with flu, cough soar throat. This drink said to be eliminate phlegm, reducing cough, soothe the throat and relieve lungs. So, calling all mothers out there do prepare the drink for the whole family this weekend.

Ingredients

1 no. Fresh big yellow pear (cut into pieces)
50gm Dried Green pear slices 干梨片
50gm candied Persimmons 桔并
5-6 pcs preserved Dates 蜜枣
7 Dried Figs 无花果干
20gm south and north almonds 南北杏
50gm Hoeny Rock sugar (I omitted this, as I find it too sweet)
20gm Lily bulbs 百合
about 2 litres boiling water
some pandan leaves (tie into a knot) - optional

Method

Wash and place all ingredients into the slow cooker and slow cook for 3- hours.
Or double boil for 3 hours. Serve.

Or you may try the Steamed orange on my latest post (updated 7th March 2012) 

Healthy Lemon Grass Drink

Refer to Wikipedia for Lemon Grass


Ingredients

10 stalks of lemon grass (Serai) smashed
rock sugar to taste (I omitted the sugar, taste as nice)
1 lemon (sliced thinly)

Method
1. Boil enough water in a pot with smashed Lemon Grass and rock sugar for about 20 mins to 1/2 hour.
2. Off the fire and add in sliced lemon rings
3. Serve hot or cold.

As for myself I prefer to drink without sugar, will add honey instead for my children and chilled in the fridge for a cold and refreshing drink.

You may prefer  another post of Healthy Lemongrass ginger Tea .