Smoothies recipe list

Allergy free berry and banana coconut milk smoothie recipe

Allergy free pineapple and banana coconut milk smoothie recipe

Allergy free passionfruit and banana coconut milk smoothie recipe

Allergy free pineapple and banana coconut milk smoothie recipe

Ingredients

• 225g can pineapple pieces, juice included
• 1 banana
• ½ cup coconut milk

Method

• Blend the pineapple and banana together until smooth. 
• Add the coconut milk, blending until combined.
• Serve in a large glass.

Allergy free berry and banana coconut milk smoothie recipe

Ingredients

• 200g mixed berries, juice included
• 1 banana
• ½ cup coconut milk
• ¼ cup water or ice

Method

• Blend the banana and berries together until smooth. 
• Add the coconut milk and water or ice, blending until combined.
• Serve in a large glass.

Allergy free passionfruit and banana coconut milk smoothie recipe

Ingredients

• ½ cup coconut milk
• ½ cup water or ice
• 1 banana
• 175g can of passionfruit pulp

Method

• Combine the coconut and water or ice in a blender.
• Break up or mash the banana and add to the blender.
• Remove the seeds from the passionfruit pulp by straining the pulp through a sifter. You will need to use a spoon.
• Add the passionfruit to the blender.
• Blend until smooth.
• Serve in a large glass.

Allergy free vanilla malt and chocolate hot chocolate recipe

Ingredients

• ¼ cup coconut milk
• ½ cup water
• ¼ cup Bickford’s vanilla milk mix (a tiny dash more if you’d like)
• 3 large tsps Cocoa
• 1 tsp cornflour

Method

• Combine all but the cornflour in a small saucepan and whisk until the cocoa has blended through.
• Turn the heat onto low and as the hot chocolate heats up tap a tsp full of cornflour over the side of the saucepan.
• Whisk the cornflour through until evenly combined.
• Continue whisking until the hot chocolate thickens somewhat.
• Remove from the heat and pour into a mug.

Allergy free strawberry hot chocolate recipe

Ingredients

• ¼ cup coconut milk
• ½ cup water
• ¼ cup strawberry milk mix (a tiny dash more if you’d like)
• 3 large tsps Cocoa
• 1 tsp cornflour

Method

• Combine all but the cornflour in a small saucepan and whisk until the cocoa has blended through.
• Turn the heat onto low and as the hot chocolate heats up tap a tsp full of cornflour over the side of the saucepan.
• Whisk the cornflour through until evenly combined.
• Continue whisking until the hot chocolate thickens somewhat.
• Remove from the heat and pour into a mug.

Note

• Don’t try making a version of this with strawberry essence. It tastes horrible.

Allergy free mocha hot chocolate recipe

Ingredients

• ¼ cup coconut milk
• ½ cup water
• ¼ cup hot instant coffee (caffeine) or iced coffee mix (no caffeine)
• 3 large tsps cocoa
• 1 tbsp sugar (optional)
• 1 tsp cornflour

Method

• Combine all but the cornflour in a small saucepan and whisk until the cocoa has blended through.
• Turn the heat onto low and as the hot chocolate heats up tap a tsp full of cornflour over the side of the saucepan.
• Whisk the cornflour through until evenly combined.
• Continue whisking until the hot chocolate thickens somewhat.
• Remove from the heat and pour into a mug.

Allergy free cold hot chocolate with goat’s milk ice cream recipe

I chose rum and raisin for this one. Gorgeous mix.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup coconut milk
• ¾ cup water
• 2 large tsps Cocoa
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp cornflour
• 1 scoop goat’s milk ice cream, flavour of your choice*

Method

• Combine all but the cornflour in a small saucepan and whisk until the cocoa has blended through.
• Turn the heat onto low and as the hot chocolate heats up tap a tsp full of cornflour over the side of the saucepan.
• Whisk the cornflour through until evenly combined.
• Continue whisking until the hot chocolate thickens somewhat.
• Remove from the heat and pour into a mug.
• Chill in the refrigerator until completely cold.
• Remove any skin that forms.
• Scoop out the ice cream using a curved ice cream scoop.
• Softly drop the ice cream in the cold hot chocolate and serve with a long enough spoon.

Note

• There are goat’s milk ice cream recipes available. Jeck the Recipe List tab and scroll for a range. It is updated whenever I make a new batch.

Allergy free brandy hot chocolate recipe

Ingredients

• ¼ cup coconut milk
• ¾ cup water
• 3 large tsps Cocoa
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp cornflour
• 1 shot brandy

Method

• Combine all but the cornflour in a small saucepan and whisk until the cocoa has blended through.
• Turn the heat onto low and as the hot chocolate heats up tap a tsp full of cornflour over the side of the saucepan.
• Whisk the cornflour through until evenly combined.
• Continue whisking until the hot chocolate thickens somewhat.
• Remove from the heat and pour into a mug.

Allergy free Turkish delight hot chocolate (coconut milk base)

To override the coconut, add that extra tsp of cocoa. Taste test to make sure there isn't any strong coconut flavour remaining before adding the rosewater.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup coconut milk
• ¾ cup water
• 3 large tsps Cocoa
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp cornflour
• 3 tsps rosewater essence, or more to taste

Method

• Combine all but the cornflour and rosewater in a small saucepan and whisk until the cocoa has blended through.
• Turn the heat onto low and as the hot chocolate heats up tap a tsp full of cornflour over the side of the saucepan.
• Whisk the cornflour through until evenly combined.
• Taste test for any coconut flavour remaining. If there is any then add a little more cocoa.
• Then add the rosewater to taste.
• Continue whisking until the hot chocolate thickens somewhat.
• Remove from the heat and pour into a mug.

Allergy free peppermint hot chocolate recipe (coconut milk base)

The peppermint is strong enough at roughly 1 tsp to overpower any coconut milk, unless there are lumps of coconut milk present. Whisking the mixture while cooking should ensure there aren't any coconut or cornflour lumps to surprise you.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup coconut milk
• ¾ cup water
• 2 large tsps Cocoa
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp cornflour
• Up to 1 tsp peppermint essence

Method

• Combine all but the cornflour in a small saucepan and whisk until the cocoa has blended through.
• Turn the heat onto low and as the hot chocolate heats up tap a tsp full of cornflour over the side of the saucepan.
• Whisk the cornflour through until evenly combined.
• Continue whisking until the hot chocolate thickens somewhat.
• Remove from the heat and pour into a mug.

Allergy free hot chocolate recipe (coconut milk base)

Ingredients

• ¼ cup coconut milk
• ¾ cup water
• 2 large tsps Cocoa
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp cornflour

Method

• Combine all but the cornflour in a small saucepan and whisk until the cocoa has blended through.
• Turn the heat onto low and as the hot chocolate heats up tap a tsp full of cornflour over the side of the saucepan.
• Whisk the cornflour through until evenly combined.
• Continue whisking until the hot chocolate thickens somewhat.
• Remove from the heat and pour into a mug.

Tea in fiction: great scenes and tea as character traits

Arthur Dent crashes the Heart of Gold's master computer by asking it to synthesise a cup of tea in Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Also, In Restaurant At The End Of The Univers in "found a Nutri-Matic machine which had provided him with a plastic cup filled with a liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea".

Cold Comfort Farm's not-so-romantic scene in the tea house

Inara Serra's companion welcoming ceremony in Firefly
(Don't bother playing this as it is just pictures)

Picard and his Earl Grey in Star Trek: The Next Generation

A cup of tea "couldn't hurt" in A Bridge Too Far

Sen-no-Rikyu's a ten-day tea-drinking orgy in Kyoto and Osaka with Hideyoshi in Rikyu

Mad Hatter's tea party in Alice In Wonderland

Bricktop always wants a cup of tea in Snatch. Best line: "Goody gumdrops. Get me a cup of tea, Errol."

Sherlock Holmes loves a cop of tea for thinking. His preference is commonly thought to be lapsang souchong even though the tea's flavour is never actually described in the books. For those who haven't tried it, it smells like bacon and is essentially smoked tea.

Willy Wonka's tea with edible teacup in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

Tea and comfort given and much scheming done over tea in Pride and Prejudice

Inspector Thompsom pouring the milk in first in Gosford Park

Chocolate melted into Earl Grey tea in Chocolat

Allergy free Mexican/Spanish hot chocolate recipe (coconut milk base)

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup coconut milk
• 3/4 cup water
• 2 tbs sugar
• 1 tsp cornflour
• 2-3 tsps cocoa powder
• 2 pinch cinnamon
• 2 pinch nutmeg
• 1 small pinch chilli

Method

• Whisk together all the ingredients to a small saucepan.
• Heat slowly over low, stirring, until all the ingredients are evenly mixed, making sure there are no lumps.
• Warm to desired heat for drinking.
• Allow the mixture to thicken somewhat.
• Pour.
• Pull off any skin that appears.

Note

• Do not add too much cornflour as this will thicken the mixture to glue when heated.

Allergy free lime and rosewater cordial recipe

Ingredients

• 3 cups water
• 1 ½ cup sugar
• 1 ½ tsp citric acid
• 1 tsp tartaric acid
• Juice of 10 limes
• 3 tsp natural rosewater (or to taste)
• Rind of 4 limes, pith removed and cut into pieces

Method

• In a small bowl, stir acids and sugar together.
• In a large pot, bring water to a boil then add the sugar mixture.
• Stir constantly until the sugar is dissolved.
• Turn off the heat.
• Add juice and rosewater as well as the cut rind and stir mixture well.
• Turn the heat back on.
• Allow to simmer for 1-2 minutes.
• Remove from heat, cover and allow to cool.
• Strain the lime rinds and pour into an empty, sterilised bottle with tight-fitting lid.
• Refrigerate.

Note

• This doesn't make a lot of cordial so a medium sized bottle will likely do. 
• Be sure to sterilise the bottle. Boil water in the bottle for 6-8 minutes in the microwave.