Lemongrass Iced Tea

Lately, I have been challenging myself to drink more water because as glorious as the rainy season was, it is slowly coming to an end. Almost every morning now we wake up to blinding sunshine. I was looking for more creative ways to hydrate the body. A few months ago, I talked about lemon iced tea and had been toying with the idea of trying to make lemongrass iced tea. We have this (barely there) lemongrass bush that I almost destroyed while making these amazing potato wedges. Lemon grass tea is a real treat because aside from its health benefits it has a captivating flavor. Since I am making a mental list of different drinks for this hot weather, this lemongrass iced tea did not disappoint.

What you will need:

6C. Water

20-25 blades of lemongrass

Sugar

1 Lemon

Ice cubes

Method

In a clean saucepan, add water and lemongrass blades and bring to a boil. When the water changes color and start releasing a sweet scent, remove from fire. Let the tea cool completely. Once fully cooled, Add sugar and lemon juice. Keep refrigerated. When it is time to serve, add ice cubes in a glass, some fresh lemongrass blades for a visual aesthetic and pour in your tea.

It is so easy to make and a real cooling treat. Also, you can easily double or triple the recipe to make drinks for impressing guests and friends at a party. They will not know what hit them. Trust me.

Have a lovely week

🙂

Sophie

Discaimer: This post is part of the monthly link up party Our Growing Edge. This event aims to connect food bloggers and inspire us to try new things. This month is hosted by Pia at Joi de Vivre and Cupcakes

Three Drinks To Make With Mangoes

As much as the rain is still upon us, the sun still shines almost every day. Some days can be mild and some days can be scorching. The good thing about weather like this is the blessings that come with it. The fresh produce (I’m sure I have mentioned it before), air and many more things that we take for granted. Fruits are in season. Especially the mangoes and it is a wonderful moment…almost bitter sweet. Being surrounded by all types and sizes of mangoes either from local markets, street vendors or mere mango trees. It brings out the beauty of fresh fruit.

The feeling of plucking(more of stoning really!) a fresh fruit from a tree and eating it as it is(after washing), juicing it or simply making something really good out of it is so satisfying. I hope you find this mango season a blessing…a satisfying blessing. There are a few drinks I have made on the blog here and I was thinking with all these abundant mangoes, why can’t we substitute them and get drinking or sipping. So here are three drinks to make with mangoes.

Papaya slushie

 

Lemongrass flavored passion fruit juice

 

DSC09347tAvocado shake

 

By simply substituting the fruit in the recipe for mangoes, you can have the goodness of mangoes. Hope you get juicing.

What other ways are you eating your mangoes? Also, what one thing do you love about this weather?

 

🙂

Sophie

 

PS: Currently I am trying to make ice cream…or something like it. Will let you know soon.

10 Recipes to Make for Mother’s Day

It is  five days to Mother’s Day. Mothers truly are magical beings considering all they have to go through and the sacrifices they make to make our lives better and comfortable. Mother’s day is the perfect way to spoil your mother in various ways. If you are thinking of going the food way, then you are at the right place.

You can treat her to breakfast in bed with:

These carrot fried eggs

 

These banana pancakes

Let her relax and make lunch for her…

With this  carrot cucumber ribbon salad with roasted simsim(sesame)

This stir-fried pasta(macaroni)

This stir-fried posho

Or  treat her to delicious wholesome burgers with these bean burger patties

Satisfy her sweet tooth with…

These rich and nutty honeyed sweet potato balls with simism(sesame)

These flaky red plum jam mini pies

Or these multiflavored chocolate glazed cassava balls

And finally let her wash down all that food with this lemon iced tea.

 

Now go make something for the mother and let her know how much you appreciate her and how truly special she is.

Happy Mother’s Day!

 

🙂

Sophie