Dragonfruit, (aka Pitaya), Mango Smoothie

It’s in the dog days of summer that fruit smoothies really come into their own.  A few frozen chunks of pineapple, some fresh, sweet, cold mango and the surprise of supernaturally fushia dragonfruit, just really brings it home.  I added fresh turmeric because I love it with mango, (you might not, it’s a bit strong!) and a half a banana for creamyness.  Sooo goood.  This is so simple, so incredibly delicious and so satisfying.

Dragonfruits are wonderfully juicy and I love the seeds.  They crunch very lightly, exactly like kiwi seeds.  It turns out that they have about 50% omega 6 and over 20% omega 9.  They must be chewed to release the efa’s but they are so fun to crunch that you can rest assured you’re getting a healthy little hit of omega’s, if not the full daily requirement.  The more we source it naturally, the better it is for us.

The juice is a rich fushia and it doesn’t really stain your fingers as long as you rinse before it sits for more than a few minutes.

Here is a little mango smoothie with a dragonfruit accompaniment I made for my neighbor, who wasn’t too sure how she felt about having it  ; )  Turns out she loved it) !

The rest was for me…

I like to put cubes of fruit or seeds like chia or germinated sunflower seeds into a smoothie so that I remember to chew it instead of just drink it down.  It’s more delicious that way and looks gorgeous too, in this case!

Fruit smoothies are the perfect brain food when you’re working hard mentally!  And therefore, perfect computer food.  This is why so many computer geeks live on junk food – they need the glucose blast.  If only I could make them all  fresh fruit smoothies instead!  Is it still wise to take shares as payment?  Yes?  Well ok then, can I interest you, yes you there, in the green glow of the screen, in a fresh fruit smoothie?  That’ll be 10 shares, thank you!  Life changing…