Nutrition
Fresh spinach juice
• Spinach Juice
Spinach, a southern Asian plant widely cultivated for its juicy edible green leaves. It is rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Not only is it good for salads and sides, but can also be served as juice.
Juicing fresh spinach is also another way to enjoy this veggie as it has impressive health benefits.
For a more pleasurable and drinkable spinach juice, add some apples, celery and lime or lemon (optional).
Ingredients
2 cups of chopped spinach
1 apple
1 stalk of celery
Juice from ½ lime or lemon (optional)
¾ cup of water
Preparation
-Wash and clean spinach, apple and celery and cut into large pieces.
-Pour ¾ cup of water into a blender, add apple and celery.
-Add spinach and juice from lime or lemon
-Blend until smooth
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Nutrition
Palm nut soup
Palm nut soup is a Ghanaian dish that can be served with so many foods. It has a rich base of palm nuts combined with tomatoes and various vegetables that makes it very nutritious.
Preparation
Ingredients
– 1 kilogramme of palm nut
– Half kilogramme of beef
-One kilogramme of goat meat
-Three large salmon
-One full tuna
– A handful of turkey berries
-Two large onions
-4 large tomatoes
-3 large garden eggs
– One tin of mackerel
-Ten large peppers
– One large ginger
-2 cloves of garlic
– Four fingers of okro
– Salt to taste
Instructions
-Wash, cook palm nut, turkey berries, and pepper and add salt to it.
-Grind palm nut, turkey berries and pepper with mortar and pestle or mini food processor.
-Wash goat meat, beef, Tuna, salt and put on fire.
– Blend onion, garlic, ginger and tomatoes and pour on the goat meat.
– Add smoked tuna and salmon and okro to the soup.
-Use a spoon or ladle to skim off the surface oil.
-Garnish the soup with the okro or garden eggs as desired.
-Serve with fufu, banku or Omo tuo.
Nutrition
Cucumber and apple smoothie
Ingredients
-Two medium sized cucumber
-Three apples
-Four tablespoonful of honey
-Crushed ice
-Two cups of yoghurt
-One tablespoonful of blended ginger
– One tablespoonful of celery and mint
Preparation
-Wash and slice cucumber, apple into smaller sizes
-Blend until it is smooth
-Add honey and a little water to it
-Add crushed ice and yoghurt
-Blend it till you achieve your desired texture
– Then serve
