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I hope I’m not making a false generalisation, but when I was working, I got the impression that “sour” was a taste a lot of women were fond of (myself being an exception). I have never liked anything sour and I avoid acrid foods like a child avoids yucky-flavoured medicine. I was told that once I became pregnant, I would pick up the taste for sour foods because it seemed a lot of pregnant women crave sour foods. I think it has something to do with the fact that sour flavours can help stave off the nausea from morning sickness. Well, after being pregnant with my son, I can confirm that I still don’t like sour foods.
But I digress… If you are at all like me and unable to stomach sour flavours, you may find this tip useful when blending whole fruits for fruit drinks.
Because of their beneficial properties (see below) I like to blend blueberries and raspberries into my juices. Well, so far I’ve yet to taste a sweet blueberry or raspberry. I used to add a sweetener to my fruit juices but recently I discovered that if I blend a sufficient quantity of banana or grapes with these berries, the sweetness of the banana and grapes negates the tartness of the berries.
Blueberries are beneficial because they have antibiotic, antiviral and natural aspirin-type properties.
Raspberries have anticancer, antiviral and natural aspirin-type properties.
In addition to providing sweetness to your fruit mixture, grapes are rich in antioxidants (especially the seeds which can be pulverised in a highspeed blender); they help boost good cholesterol levels and inhibit platelet clumping (which helps prevent blood clot formation within the blood vessels that are responsible for causing blockages). Red grapes are also have antibacterial and antiviral properties.
Bananas has antibiotic properties and are great for stomach upsets (great for hubby who suffers from a lot of stomach problems); they also help to strengthen the stomach lining against acid and ulcers.
So the addition of bananas and grapes are not only a great way of naturally sweetening your juice, but they also provide an additional boost of goodness.
And if you are at all like my hubby – who gets put off anything that looks too healthy, the surest way to get him to consume it is to make it taste good.
For instance, he came into the kitchen today while I was preparing his juice and he saw the actual contents of what was going inside it and he remarked, “Is that carrot? Please don’t put it into my juice.” Then a suspicious look came across his face and he said, “Or have you already been sneaking it in all this time without me knowing?”
To which I replied, “Well, could you taste the carrot?”
Sheepishly he said, “No.”
“So it’s not a problem is it?” I asked.
“Good thing I never saw this before. This concoction looks far too healthy for me,” was all he had to say after that.
I never eat raw carrots, celery or green apples, but adding them to a fruit mixture of grapes, bananas, and strawberries really does wonders to make it so much more palatable. If you find the mixture too thick, just add 200ml of water before blending and a handful of ice cubes to chill it.
Other posts that might interest you:
- More Tips for Whole Food Living
- The Health Benefits of Whole Fruits
- Whole Foods Living – Celery Juice
- A Food Detoxifier? What Will They Think of Next?
- Whole Foods Living – Vita-Mix Style
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