I adore my latest smoothie creation, St Clements Smoothie!

I do love citrus fruit. On their own, in a dressing, flavouring a cake or dessert, in yoghurt, as a juice or in a smoothie.  This time I went for two of the best and a nursery rhyme immediately sprang into my head as soon as I put oranges and lemons together.

photo: "The Pictorial World", Agnes Rose Bouvier (1842 - 1892)

"Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St Clements,
 
You owe me five farthings, say the bells of St Martins,
 
When will you pay me, say the bells of Old Bailey,
When I get rich, say the bells of Shoreditch,
 
When will that be, say the bells of Stepney,
How should I know, says the big old bell at Bow,
 
And here comes a candle to light you to bed ........"

I just hope you don't know the rest of the song. I'm really not a violent person!

I do remember playing that game as we sang the same song in the playground as a child. Did you play it too?

I made this recipe using my beloved vitamix, but if you can't afford one of those then pop over to the Yeo Valley website where they are giving away a Compact Power Juicer from Cuisinart – worth £100 along with their new Limited Edition 0% Fat Orange, Carrot & Mango Yeogurt.


I can confirm  the new yoghurt is most yummy, especially for a 0% fat yoghurt. In fact I think the new yoghurt or Yeogurt as they call it must have inspired me because I have been making a lot of orange and carrot smoothies for Cooper and I since I tried it.

My St Clements Smoothie doesn't have carrot in it, but it does have oranges and lemons and it is slurpilicious! Cooper gave it his stamp of approval too.

Get juicing!




Name: Kellie
Blog: Food to Glow
Location: Edinburgh

Kellie is a food blogger, but she is also a health educationist and nutrition adviser for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres and she really believes in  making the most of plant foods for their taste and potential cancer-fighting properties. Her belief shines through all her recipes, which are super healthy and instantly make you drool!

Here are a couple of Kellie's Smoothies:

Kale, Sour Cherry & Cocoa Smoothie

Pretty Green Tea Smoothie

Name: Helen
Blog: Fuss Free Flavours
Location: London

Helen really believes in including lots of fruit and veg in her meals as part of a healthy diet. In fact she whizzes up a smoothie for herself every day. She totally loves her vitamix too and there are always lots of yummy drinks on her blog.


Here are a couple of Helen's smoothies:

Blackberry & Apple Green Smoothie

Strawberry & Coconut Smoothie

Disclosure: I developed this recipe for Yeo Valley to promote their competition. They provided me with a juicer and some yoghurt to create my recipe. I was not required to write a positive review and any opinions expressed are my own.

  It's the start of a new year, the holiday is over and it is time to start looking after ourselves.  I am back on my 5:2 diet ...