Gloomy Day Smoothie

Original recipe yield:4 servings

Ingredient

• 1 mango - peeled, seeded, and cut into chunks
• 1 banana, peeled and chopped
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 cup vanilla nonfat yogurt

Instruction

1. Place mango, banana, orange juice, and yogurt in a blender. Blend until smooth. Serve in clear glasses, and drink with a bendy straw!

Makes 8 servings.
Ingredient

• 1 pound ground pork sausage, crumbled
• 1/2 cup chopped peeled onion
• 2 cups shredded colby cheese
• 1 cup chopped broccoli, blanched (see note), well-drained
• 1 cup cooked brown wild rice
• 1 tomato, cored and chopped
• 1 ( 2.25-ounce) can sliced black olives
• 1 (10-inch) unbaked pie crust
• 4 large eggs
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Instruction

1. Preheat oven to 425°F (220°C).
2. In a large skillet over medium heat, brown sausage, about 5 minutes. Add onion and continue to cook until onion is fragrant and translucent, 3 to 5 minutes; drain thoroughly. Remove from heat and stir in cheese, broccoli, rice, tomato and olives. Transfer into pie crust.
3. Combine together eggs, cream, garlic and pepper; pour over sausage mixture to cover.
4. Bake for 10 minutes; reduce heat to 400°F (205°C) and bake 30 to 35 more minutes or until golden and firm.

Italian Tomato Toasts

Ingredient

• 250g yellow cherry tomatoes halved
• 250g red cherry tomatoes halved
• 1 tbs balsamic vinegar
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup torn basil leaves
• 4 slices sourdough bread toasted

Instruction

1. Lightly spray a non stick pan with cooking spray and heat. Add the tomato halves to the pan and cook over high heat, stirring constantly for 2 minutes until the tomatoes start to soften. Stir through the balsamic vinegar and season to taste. Now add the basil leaves and stir to combine.
   
2. Arrange the toast on serving plates and top each one with the tomato mixture. Season the Italian Tomato Toasts with black pepper and serve immediately.
3. Enjoy your freshly made Italian Tomato Toasts!

Papaya Strawberry Banana Smoothie

Ingredient

• 1 cup papaya juice
• 1 cup frozen strawberries
• 1/2 of a banana
• ice

Instruction
In a blender mix papaya juice, strawberries and banana continue adding ice until drink thickens.

Strawberry Porridge

Ingredient

• 1 punnet strawberries chopped
• 1 tblsp strawberry jam
• 2/3 cup water
• 2/3 cup milk
• 2/3 cup porridge

Instruction

1. In a microwave safe dish place the porridge, milk and water. Stir and cover. Microwave on full for 2 1/2 minutes, stir the porridge then microwave for a further 1 1/2 minutes.
2. Stir the strawberries and jam into the pot of hot porridge and serve. Another way of serving the porridge is to put the porridge in the bottom of plate then add strawberries and jam and then another layer of porridge. Either way the taste is fantastic.

Corn Cakes with Roasted Tomatoes

Ingredient

• 4 fresh corn cobs
• 4 large tomatoes halved
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 tsp ground thyme
• 1 cup plain flour
• 2 shallots chopped
• 2 eggs beaten lightly

Instruction

1. Preheat the oven to 180 C. Using cooking spray coat a flat oven tray with it. Place the tomato halves on it and bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until golden. Keep the tomatoes warm.
   
   
2. Remove the kernels from the corn cobs and combine the kernels with the shallots. In a bowl mix together the eggs, flour, thyme, and milk. Fold in the corn mixture.
   
   
3. Spray a frying pan with cooking spray, heat and drop 2 tablespoons of batter to make one corn cake into the pan. Cook for 2 minutes on each side until golden. Repeat with remaining batter to make 12 corn cakes.
   
   
4. To serve place 3 corn cakes on each serving plate and arrange the roasted tomatoes on top. This is a most fantastic breakfast.

5. Enjoy your freshly cooked Corn Cakes with Roasted Tomatoes!

Iced Coffee With Vanilla

Ingredients

• 6 cups cold coffee
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup cream
• Sugar to taste

Instruction

1. Blend ingredients together
2. Serve in tall glasses with cracked ice