Before digging into two yummy recipes here's a fun fact:
Fun Fact:
Red Cabbage, yes 'red' cabbage, when cooked with heat, releases anthocyanins that causes blue pigments contained in the cabbage to bleed and turning your dish blue. Some chefs use red cabbage as a natural dye as there are naturally blue foods (other than fruits and vegetables).
To keep the cabbage red, add vinegar, lemon juice or anything acidic to maintain its red colour.
Blue coloured food seems to taste better and is visually appealing.
Not only are they tasty but blue fruits and vegetables have numerous benefits too. These include:
Not only are they tasty but blue fruits and vegetables have numerous benefits too. These include:
- Boosting immune system activity
- Fighting inflammation
- Contains anti-ageing properties
- Reduces tumour growth
- Is an appetite suppressant
- Contains anti-ageing properties
- Reduces tumour growth
- Is an appetite suppressant
No wonder blue foods were good!
Now on to two tasty recipes for you to try
Breakfast
1. Blueberry and Black Raspberry Muesli
Kick start your morning with a quick, easy and super healthy breakfast.
Blueberries and black raspberries provide the perfect sweetness to start your day with no added sugars and will also help boost your immune system.
What you will need:
- 1/2 a punnet of washed Blueberries
- 6 washed black raspberries
- Plain muesli of your choice
- 1 1/2 cup of your choice of milk
- 1 1/2 tblspoons of honey
Directions:
1. Simply add the amount of muesli of your liking into a bowl
2. Drizzle the honey on the muesli and give it a nice toss to spread the honey
3. Pour the milk into the bowl and add the blueberries and raspberries on top
4. You're done! That's how simple this breakfast is. You can also add other fruits including bananas or raisins.
Snack/Dessert
2. Blasting Blue Slushies
Summer is on its way and this refreshing drink is the ideal way to cool off.
The blasting taste and fizz of blue raspberry, with a hint of lemonade will leave you wanting more.
What you will need:
- 3 cups of crushed ice
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 8 drops of blue food colouring
- 1 1/2 teaspoons of raspberry flavoured extract or blue raspberry kool-aid
- 2 cups of cold lemonade
Directions:
1. Before starting, place lemonade into the freezer for 15-20 minutes
2. Add the lemonade, sugar, food colouring and the flavouring into a blend and blend.
3. Add in the crushed ice and use the pulse option till it has a smooth and slushie consistency
4. Pour into your cups and its ready to serve
To add an extra zing, you can sprinkle blue sugar on top of the slushie, add blue pop rocks or nerds and drizzle some lemon on top. There you have it! A refreshing summer's drink that will keep you, your family and your friends cool.
No lunch or dinner recipes?
As mentioned previously, there are no naturally blue foods (other than fruits and vegetables) however here are some foods that you can add to your dishes to give it some blue/purple colour
- Cook red cabbage without lemon juice or vinegar
- Boil, oven bake or roast blue potatoes/yams, which are deliciously sweet and is an alternative to regular potatoes.
- Cook up some blue cauliflower
- Add some blue cheese
Hope you can add these blues onto your plate and provide you with different and new flavours.
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1. Blueberry and Black Raspberry Muesli
Kick start your morning with a quick, easy and super healthy breakfast.
Blueberries and black raspberries provide the perfect sweetness to start your day with no added sugars and will also help boost your immune system.
What you will need:
- 1/2 a punnet of washed Blueberries
- 6 washed black raspberries
- Plain muesli of your choice
- 1 1/2 cup of your choice of milk
- 1 1/2 tblspoons of honey
Directions:
1. Simply add the amount of muesli of your liking into a bowl
2. Drizzle the honey on the muesli and give it a nice toss to spread the honey
3. Pour the milk into the bowl and add the blueberries and raspberries on top
4. You're done! That's how simple this breakfast is. You can also add other fruits including bananas or raisins.
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2. Blasting Blue Slushies
Summer is on its way and this refreshing drink is the ideal way to cool off.
The blasting taste and fizz of blue raspberry, with a hint of lemonade will leave you wanting more.
What you will need:
- 3 cups of crushed ice
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 8 drops of blue food colouring
- 1 1/2 teaspoons of raspberry flavoured extract or blue raspberry kool-aid
- 2 cups of cold lemonade
Directions:
1. Before starting, place lemonade into the freezer for 15-20 minutes
2. Add the lemonade, sugar, food colouring and the flavouring into a blend and blend.
3. Add in the crushed ice and use the pulse option till it has a smooth and slushie consistency
4. Pour into your cups and its ready to serve
To add an extra zing, you can sprinkle blue sugar on top of the slushie, add blue pop rocks or nerds and drizzle some lemon on top. There you have it! A refreshing summer's drink that will keep you, your family and your friends cool.
No lunch or dinner recipes?
As mentioned previously, there are no naturally blue foods (other than fruits and vegetables) however here are some foods that you can add to your dishes to give it some blue/purple colour
- Cook red cabbage without lemon juice or vinegar
- Boil, oven bake or roast blue potatoes/yams, which are deliciously sweet and is an alternative to regular potatoes.
- Cook up some blue cauliflower
- Add some blue cheese
Hope you can add these blues onto your plate and provide you with different and new flavours.
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