I do enjoy my daily vitamins in liquid form.

There’s just something about picking out your fresh ingredients and witnessing exactly what goes into your juice or smoothie, watching them blend into the most vibrant colours of life, taking in the sunny holiday scent as you open the lid and then slowly pouring this smooth creamy delight into your favourite glass jar.

That is one eventful moment right there! And all before you even get to taste your creation.

But tasting it is the real reward. I want so badly to sit down and share at least one drink with you, but until I open a cafe of my own, the best I can do is pick two of the most liked and shared smoothie pictures from Better Raw’s Facebook page of all time and give you the recipe…

GREEN JUICY SMOOTHIE

For the juice:
100g spinach
20g mint
10 inch turmeric root
2 inch ginger
1 large cucumber
2 Granny Smith apples
seeds of 1/2 pomegranate

For the smoothie:
3 cups juice (above)
1/2 pineapple, peeled and chopped
1/2 avocado flesh
1 banana, peeled and frozen

-Slice all the juicing ingredients into strips, thin enough to fit your juicer.
-Feed the ingredients through the chute of your juicer.
-Transfer the juice into your blender and add the smoothie ingredients.
-Blend and enjoy.

TANGY & PASSIONATE SMOOTHIE

1 + 1/2 cups orange juice (juice of about 4 oranges)
1/2 cup pure water
2 kiwifruits, peeled
1 ripe mango, peeled and de-stoned
1 banana, peeled and frozen
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
toppings: 2 passion fruit, 1 tsp cranberry powder

-Juice the oranges using a citrus press.
-Transfer all smoothie ingredients (apart from toppings) into your blender.
-Blend and pour into glasses.
-To serve, top with the inside pulp of passion fruit and sprinkling of cranberry powder.