Electrolyte refill smoothie

When it’s hot, we sweat a lot and lose water. And we also eliminate precious elements, electrolyte or ions, whatever sports drink maker call them. We don’t need to buy their powders to replace them. Let’s get all the nutrients with a natural drink.

Moloheya (molokhia), this herb has a jelly texture like okra (gumbo), and that comes with the property of maintaining hydration. Like those sports gels.

It’s a smoothie of frozen banana (for its carbs and potassium) , molokhia and a little lemon juice. Now we need sodium ? Well on the glass.

I know the color is not superb, but the taste is very fruity, the texture deliciously creamy and it’s very efficient.

Black soy milk iced matcha latte (from beans)

That’s not a fast-food drink. Count 12 hours or more to get your refreshment. Well, it’s not really labor intensive.

Kuromame, black soy beans. Compil’ here.

After overnight soaking. I don’t know why they burst. That doesn’t matter.

Squeezed in cotton gauze. More details about soy milk making here.

That gives soy milk. The grounds are okara:

This okara will be used in next post.

You can drink the milk.

Or make a matcha latte. I foamed 1/3 of chilled milk with matcha green tea powder and poured on top. You can see a gradation.

Sesame latte

Milk made from sesame seeds. Totally simple. It can be enjoyed hot or chilled. The taste is slightly nutty, as expected, but it’s not too strong.

Sesame seeds. These are sold already toasted. I’ve soaked them a few hours, added water. Well, I had 1/2 cup of seeds and I completed to 4 cups of liquid. In the blender, I’ve mixed finely.

Then I passed it in a mesh coffee filter. It took a while to pass through. Here are the grounds. They can still be used to make sesame sauce.

You can see 2 layers in the milk that has been a while in the fridge. Just shaking the pot is enough to mix it again.

I preferred the warm version with a hint of nutmeg.

Veg juicing

Vitamins to fight the horrible weather, it’s fog, pollen, yellow sand, PM 2.5, whatever… With the pea soup outside, I don’t want the same on my table.
(Postscriptum, that was yesterday, 10th, today the sky is blue, the air maybe cleaner, but saddest anniversary of the year. 2 years ago… Vitamins are needed.)