Buko Pandan

Ingredients:
1 small bottle macapuno ( if using fresh buko use 6 pcs, scrape meat )
3 boxes unflavored green gulaman
4 and 1/2 cups water
4-5 pcs pandan leaves (or 1 bottle pandan extract)
2 cups pandan flavor nata de coco (or plain)
2 cans Nestle Cream
1/2 - 3/4 can condensed milk
1 cup small sago
2 eggyolks
1-2 scoops vanilla or pandan ice cream

How to do it:
1. Dissolve gulaman in water. Add pandan leaves or pandan extract. Simmer until gulaman dissolves. Put in a pan. Let cool. Cut into cubes. Set aside.
2. Blend Nestle cream and condensed milk in a saucepan. Heat using a double boiler. Stir continously to prevent bottom from burning. Place the eggyolk in a small bowl, add some hot cream mixture. Mix well then add to the cream mixture on the pan. Stir well until cream mixture has thicken a bit ( not too thick.) Cool completely and set aside.
3.In a large bowl combine the macapuno (remove the syrup), green gulaman, nata de coco(drain the liquid), sago and the cooled cream mixture. Blend well. Chill overnight.
4.Serve in a dessert cup and top with ice cream.

Chocolate-banana-pistachio Blend

Ingredients:
3 big ripe bananas
1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
1/4 cup chocolate milk or 2 tablespoons Hershey's chocolate syrup
1/4 cup full cream milk
2 tablespoons pistachio ice cream
Chocolate shavings and pistachio nuts for toppings

Optional:
One scoop dark chocolate ice cream
One scoop vanilla ice cream

Steps:
1. Peel banana and slice. Put in the blender. Add yogurt, chocolate milk, non fat milk and coffee and blend until smooth.
2. Add optional ingredients. Blend again until smooth.
3. Pour into a glass. Sprinkle with chocolate shavings and pistachio nuts. Add a slice of banana at the rim of the glass to decorate.

Serves 2

Apple and Carrot Smoothie

Ingredients:
3 big red apples
4 big carrots
1/4 cup vanilla or plain yogurt, frozen
1 banana
1 cup crushed ice

Steps:
1. Peel carrots and put them in the juicer. Do the same with the apples.
2. Combine apple and carrot juices in the blender, add crushed ice, banana and yogurt. Blend until smooth.
3. Pour into a big glass, top with whipped cream.

Serves 2 glasses

Papaya and Pineapple Smoothie

Summer is here! Here's a great drink we can serve our kids and guests. It can be served healthy using only the basic ingredients, or sinful adding the optional stars!

Ingredients:

1 cup fat free frozen yogurt
1 1/2 cups papaya chunks
1 cup pineapple chunks
Honey to taste

Optional:
1 scoop Mango ice cream
1 scoop Vannila ice cream
1 to 2 tablespoons shredded coconut


How to do it:
1. Combine yogurt, papaya, pineapple and honey and blend til smooth.
2. Pour into a tall glass, top with a scoop of mango and vanilla ice cream.
3. Top with shreddd coconut.
4. Serve immediately.

Serves 2 to 3

Banana and Mango Shake

INGREDIENTS:

1 Whole Banana
1 Whole Mango
1 cup full cream milk (or low fat milk)
1 scoop Vanilla ice cream
crushed ice

OPTIONAL:
Whipped cream to top
Honey to taste

HOW TO DO IT:
1. Peel banana and slice. Save one slice for decoration and put the rest in the blender. Slice mango and scoop the meat out. Save one slice and put the rest in a blender. Lightly blend until creamy.
2. Put in milk, ice cream, honey and crushed ice and lightly blend again. Pour into a tall glass. Decorate with whipped cream on top and the slice of mango and banana.

Serves 1

Watermelon and Melon Shake

Let's put a little twist to our rather usual watermelon shake...

INGREDIENTS

One cup crushed ice
Watermelon – about a quarter of a whole
Melon – about a quarter of the whole, shaved
Coconut – about 1/4 cup shaved
Honey to taste

Optional:
One scoop vanilla ice cream
Whipped cream

PROCEDURE
Combine crushed ice, watermelon and honey in blender and blend until smooth. Put in melon and coconut shavings and blend lightly. Pour into a tall shake glass. Top with ice cream and whipped cream.

Banana Shake

This receipe is very easy to make, you can enjoy a delicious shake in 10mins! Scroll down and find out how!

INGREDIENTS:
1 ripe banana
1 cup cold milk
3 tablespoons vanilla ice cream,

optional:
ground cinnamon or nutmeg

PREPARATION:
Peel and slice banana into a bowl. Beat with electric mixer until smooth. Add milk and ice cream; mix well. Or combine milk, banana, and ice cream in a blender and blend until smooth and creamy. Sprinkle milk shake with cinnamon or nutmeg.