Munching on pomegranate arils or drinking their juice during winter is such a healthy option. Pomegranates are known to be a fruit rich in mineral salts, water and vitamins (A, B and K, among others). They also have lots of antioxidant properties, thus reducing the effect of free radicals. Want to hear more? They’re also high in iron, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium and a bit of … [Read more...]
How to make green juices with Chufamix
To make green or “detox” juice the ingredients must include one of the following vegetables: spinach, lettuce, chard, broccoli, celery, parsley, nettles...All of these have a high chlorophyll content, which gives us the antioxidants we need to neutralise the effect of the free radicals in our body, i.e. it will help us to eliminate the toxins which have accumulated in our body. Antioxidant … [Read more...]
Passion fruit juice – Video recipe
This winter Andoni was in Colombia and, of course, took advantage of the occasion to enjoy the exquisite natural fruit juices made using local fruits. He enjoyed the new flavours and textures so much that, no joke, he brought some tropical fruits back in his rucksack and squeezed them with the Chufamix as soon as he got home. We loved the result we got using passion fruit (Passiflora … [Read more...]
Probiotic orange juice
Eating oranges or drinking their juice is an excellent source of vitamins in winter and spring time. And, if we buy organic oranges, we can also use their skin to make sweet dishes or to flavour our homemade vegan milk. But what happens if we add "enzymatic water" or "Rejuvelac" to our traditional orange juice? This idea was suggested to us by an English blogger (kitchenculture) in the article … [Read more...]
Dried Fruit Juices: Mulberries and Pineapple
Dehydrating or drying fruits is a way of conserving them for long periods of time. In Chufamix, we have used them as a flavouring for natural plant milks, but we had never tried to make a juice with them and the truth is that the result surprised us ! Here’s the recipe: Ingredients: 100 grammes of dried mulberries 40 grammes of dried pineapple 1 litre of water A pinch of … [Read more...]
