Mixed Vegetable Morning Eye Opener Breakfast

Ingredients

For two people (Vegetarian)

2 sticks celery, trimmed with the leaves reserved
1 small cucumber, peeled, seeded and coarsely chopped
2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
8 drops tabasco sauce
400g tinned whole tomatoes
pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon caster sugar
2 spring onions, white parts only coarsely chopped
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon dill seeds (optional)
1 carrot, quartered lengthways for garnish


Recipe

Remove the strings from the celery using a potato peeler and cut the sticks into 2.5cm pieces and set aside.

Place the cucumber, lemon juice and tabasco sauce in a Morphy Richards Blender & Mill and process the mixture until smooth. Add the celery pieces and puree
the mixture. Add the tomatoes and their juice, salt, sugar, spring onions, ginger and half of the dill seeds if using them. Process the mixture until it is smooth again.

Chill the mixture for at least 40 minutes. Pour the drink into glasses, sprinkle each with a few dill seeds then float the reserved celery leaves on the top. Insert one or two carrot sticks into each drink and serve.

An excellent start to the day.


Body Talk

Celery improves your blood circulation, relieves muscle cramps after exercise and helps fight off joint problems !

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