Berry Medley with Gooseberries,Raspberries and Strawberries

             With the last pick of gooseberries and strawberries from my garden and the first pick of fresh raspberries , it's a perfect opportunity for me to make this berry medley packed with antioxidants.

Ingredients:
Strawberries - a few
Gooseberries - 4 or 5
Raspberries - 10
Sugar - 1/4 cup
water - 1 cup

Preparation method:

        Wash ,hull the berries, add sugar and blend everything by adding a cup of water. I have added gooseberries as they were super sweet. Don't add gooseberries if they are sour.

Strawberry Juice with Tender coconut water

Until i moved to the UK, i used to start off my day with tender coconut water. It helped to reboot  my digestional system every morning ,refreshingly. I miss the fresh tender coconuts very much as we don't get it  here except selected areas. I stock up the tinned tender coconut water but not happy with the taste. My better half surprised me with the whole tender coconut, whenever he spots it he buys it without hesitation.

 In India it is so easily available that it's widely used for medicinal purposes apart from being just a health drink.  I need a huge space to write about the goodness of tender coconut water . To cut the long story short, tender coconut is the best gift provided by mother nature to reduce body heat. My experiment of making a sugar free strawberry juice with tender coconut is a big success.

 Ingredients:
Whole tender coconut - 1
Strawberry juice extract (sugarfree) - 1 tbsp

Pre-Requisites:
    Extract the tender cocnut water from the whole tender coconut

 Preparation Method:

               In a pint glass pour the tender coconut water ,add a tbsp of strawberry juice extract and stir well. Silly me to write a post on mixing strawberry juice extract with tender cocnout water but the point here is to explain how to make juices with naturally occuring sugar and i felt this is a great combination.

My plan was to make a sugar free  strawberry smoothie with tender coconut water but i changed my plan as i prefer to drink tender coconut water in  watery form. British strawberries with an Indian tender coconut, a perfect drink for an Indian Summer in Britain!

Strawberry Milkshake

When i was busy preserving strawberries, my hubby sneaked-in to the kitchen and asked for his favourite milkshake. As i busy trying too many strawberry recipes, i totally forgot this simple yet delicious milkshake. Home grown strawberries tastes best in the form of milkshake.

Ingredients:
Strawberries - a handfull(hulled and washed)
Whole milk - 3/4 pint
Sugar - 1 tbsp

Preparation Method:

In a blender add the strawberries, milk , sugar and blend until smooth.

Strawberry Juice Concentrate

          Today i literally counted the number of berries while picking, it was exactly 294 which is almost 300 . Every recipe i tried doesn't require these many berries .I had no other go and ended at following one of my routine preservation techniques. I made 2 batches  of concentrate and the recipe here is for  1 batch. Adjust the ratio according to your preference

 Ingredients:

Strawberries - 150(Approximately)
Water - 100 ml
Sugar - 1 kg

Preparation Method:
Step1:
 Wash and hull the strawberries and place it in a wide bottomed deep saucepan

Step2: 
Barely cover the fruits with water and boil for 20 to 25 minutes.

Step3:
Always choose a deep pan so that there's enough space left while foaming

Step :4
 Add sugar and boil until it dissolves.Do not boil more than 3 or 4 minutes once sugar is added

Step 5:
 Filter the boiled concentrate in another clean and dry bowl

Step 6:
Cool down and store away in clean preservation bottles and refrigerate it.