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Recipe: Home-made Powdered fruit smoothies

Home-made Powdered fruit smoothies

Nowadays we are spoilt for choice when it comes to the so called healthy foods and their recent marriage to convenience foods.

 Browsing the net for fruit powders I found a delicious powder here:

 http://www.squires-shop.com/uk/product/sk-real-fruit-powder-strawberry?gclid=CP799pC0-8UCFSPItAodrSEAIg

 Sounds good huh? All the hard work is done for us. Health at your doorstep! Eating healthily is possible and cheap.

 Boy, was I wrong!

This powder costs £10 X 100 g!
Which means £100 - US$152 per kg!!!!!
That's $69 USD per lb.

 This is how much we are asked to spend for a strawberry powder from an average company. (Some are cheaper, some a tad more expensive than the one above.)

 I wen into 'Back to Basics' mode and tried to make my own version. Here is the result. 



If you want to save ££$$ and make your own, go ahead, you deserve it!

Ingredients:

  • a blender jar full of your favourite fruit (no added water or juice)
  • a dehydrator
  • baby jars for storage

Instructions:


  • Make your favourite smoothie
  • Pour it on reflex sheets in your dehydrator (I spread coconut oil on them)
  • Dehydrate until you achieve a perfectly dry and crisp fruit leather (8 hours or overnight will do)
  • Pour the dry fruit leather in the blender and mix until you achieve a fine powder
  • Store it in your favourite jars (plastic, glass, whatever you fancy)
  • Use it when you want an instant smoothie or a fruit powder for cooking etc.

Rehydration:

Pour the powder into a glass of water and mix very well until all the lumps are gone.
If you have a blender nearby it will be easier…

 P.S.

 If you store your powders in a cool and dry place they can remain dry for a months. However, if there is any humidity they will become a bit sticky (but still edible - I tried tomato powders a year later being sealed in a special pouch and they were still perfectly edible, although all stuck together!)

What could you do with fruit powders?

The list is endless!

  • Add to smoothies/juices
  • Add to cakes and ice-creams
  • Mix with natural yoghurt or coconut oil and apply it as a facial mask if it's a type of fruit that is beneficial to your skin
  • Mix with fruit and nut balls, cereal bars
  • Add to breakfast muesli…
What else can you create with your powders?

Have a radiant day!






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