My healthy take on Brazil’s national cocktail, made while I was in São Paulo on business. Lime and grape juice replace the cachaça and sugar, topped up with sparkling water.
Neil Martin · Beats, Business & Life
Life
Raw Millionaires Shortbread
A raw vegan take on millionaires shortbread, with a date and almond base, a tahini caramel layer and a cacao and maca chocolate topping to finish.
2013 Miles in 2013 – Month 10 Done!
October added 149.1 miles, including the Great South Run, taking my year’s total mileage so far to 1,773.9 miles toward the 2013 miles in 2013 challenge.
Strictly Roots
A root vegetable juice made with beetroot, carrot, parsnip, ginger and lemon, looking at the heart health benefits of nitrates in beetroot and potassium in parsnips.
Great South Run 2013 – Done!
Windy conditions and a strange mental blip that slowed me to a walk couldn’t stop me beating my Great South Run debut time, finishing in 1 hour 23 minutes and 31 seconds.
Big Beets Juice
A juice made with beetroot, carrot, celery and ginger, looking at beetroot’s benefits for the liver, bowel function and athletic performance, a favourite of mine.
Pumpkin Power Smoothie
A post workout smoothie made from a quarter of a pumpkin, apples and ginger juiced together, then blended with banana, nutmeg and a scoop of protein powder.
Raw Berry Soup with Chia and Granola
A chilled raw soup made from strawberries and blackberries blended with almond milk, then topped with chia seeds, granola and sultanas for a nutrient packed treat.
Indonesian Carrot and Chickpea Soup
A warming soup made with carrots, chickpeas, red onion, garlic and peanut butter, inspired by the flavours of Indonesian satay, perfect for darker autumn evenings.
The Natural Balance
A juice made with fennel, pineapple, cucumber, spinach and lime, put together to help ease PMS symptoms like bloating, cramping and sugar cravings.
Mean Green Juice
The green juice recipe featured in Joe Cross’s documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, made with cucumber, celery, apple, kale, lemon and ginger, plus a tip for juicing kale.
Love Machine
A juice made with watermelon, orange and tomato, built around research on watermelon’s effect on circulation and libido, plus its lycopene and folic acid benefits.
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DJing since 1987, three decades in business, and the author of Done Beats Perfect. This is where I write it all down.