Pre-Christmas Smoothies with Milk Kefir

Today I'd like to share with you my new recipe of smoothie based on milk kefir. I call these couple my pre-Christmas weight loss drinks :) Two weeks to the Christmas and the New Year season... So here we begin...  ;)

Variant 1

What you need are:

• Milk kefir - 1 pint or less
• 1 banana
• 1/2 of avocado (it is OK if you take the whole one)
• 1 tbsp ground linen seeds
• 1 tsp chia seed
• 1 small apple (better without skin)
• NO sugar!!

Green smoothie at rainy day

Hello Guys & Girls!
New green smoothie now at rainy day, I call it "helicopter view" :) This one is made with curly kale, banana (always add it to make green smoothie a bit sweeter), carrot, linen seeds, oats, and milk kefir. The latter is in 99% cases added in my smoothie because it is healthy and helps to detox and improve metabolism.  If you prefer dairy free drinks, replace it with , for example, coconut milk or water kefir. I believe it is also yummy, although I have not tried it yet :)

Healthy Green Smoothie

Back Stage for Smoothie's photographie

Whilst this smoothie was very ordinary smoothie made with milk kefir, curly kale, banana, honey, oats, and linen seeds powder, I'd like to show the back stage where I take maky of my pictures with smoothies, cooking, and baking. The Irish sea is behind the window, my two orchids at the window (left is from hubby and the right one is from mum). And the main gere is a glass tea table - I love how things reflect on its surface.

Revised Milk Kefir Jelly Image Board (SURPRISE below)

I have recently updated the pictures board for my Kefir Jelly recipe, and to do this I had to experiment with making multi-layered milk kefir jelly. It worked out quite well with pink-ish colors (in the 1st picture), I think, where I created about 5 layers. Take a look and tell me what you think.

In the next picture is more 'traditional' two-colors layers jelly, where I used just two colors (the pink was not very bright but it looks so tender, I love the result as well).

And finally, although, this one may look a bit odd with a blue color into the pink & white mixture (in the picture below) but you've got an idea how different colors can be mixed, not only by layers :)

P.S. At this time this unique and healthy kefir jelly recipe is available in my Etsy Around Nature shop, here

And... surprise surprise :) You can get 50% OFF price with a code which you can find in my Instagram page HERE, HERE, or HERE.  

Something nobody seen yet....

I am happy to share with you my kefir's news - I have just listed a new item in my ETSY store - it's a unique offer, the only one milk kefir dispatching from Russia.

You might have read before in my blog that in Russia kefir drink is very popular and widely available in shops along with milk. It has been loved by many for several decades. According to one of the legends the kefir was brought into Russia from Caucasus region in early 1900th. Initially it was given by perscription and consumed by only affluent people who could afford it. It was later mass produces and has been widely available to the general population since 1950's.

You can now purchase your own sample of this exclusive culture of kefir (probably a baby of the one brought in Russia over a century ago - we never know!) - all you will need to do is to add milk and have your healthy drink in a day or two. Check this special item up on Etsy!

This is how this dehydrated kefir grains look like

Dehydrated Milk Kefir Grains (Click)