You will need

• Half a small pineapple
• 1 Large orange or 200ml orange juice
• 2 teaspoons of fresh grated ginger (or paste or powder – fresh is best!)
• 12 or so ice cubes

What do I do with said ingredients?

Place ice in the smoothie maker followed by the ginger and then the pineapple and orange (take a moment to reflect on how sluggish you feel). Hit smooth, wait 20 seconds, press stop, pour, garnish with mint, drink (take a moment to reflect on how awake, fresh and full of life you feel!).

To make this tangy smoothie you will need:

• 1 Large peach
• 1 Large apricot
• 2 Tangerines
• Handful of ice

De-stone and peel the fruits. Chop into chunks and throw all ingredients into smoothie maker!

For this delicious smoothie full of fairtrade goodness you will need:

• 4 fair trade plums
• 1 fair trade avocado
• Handful of fair trade white grapes
• 250ml fairtrade orange juice
• Handful of ice

Peel and de-stone the plums, slice the avocado in half, remove the pit, and scoop out the flesh. Add all ingredients to smoothie maker and mix until smooth

Serves 2-3

You will need:

• 1 large fairtrade banana
• 2 kiwi fruit
• 1/2 medium fairtrade mango
• 1/2 medium  papaya
• 300ml fairtrade orange juice
• 3 handfulls of ice

Peel and chop up the banana, peel and quarter the kiwis, peel and dice the papaya and mango. Add all the ingredients to the smoothiemaker and pour in the orange juice and ice cubes. Whizz until smooth. Serves 1-2.

Here’s the recipe for the oriental splash smoothie:

• 3 mandarins
• 5 lychees
• Handful of Ice

Peel and chop up the mandarins, chop up the lychee and and grab a handful of ice cubes from the freezer, put all the ingredients in the smoothie maker and then blend until smooth! If your smoothie maker is struggling try adding some juice to smoothen it up

To make your orange and banana smoothie you will need :

• 1 large banana
• 2 large oranges
• 7 ice cubes
• small amount of water (if required)

Break the banana up into small pieces and put into the smoothie maker. Squeeze the oranges until they are soft and then peel and squeeze out the orange, including juice. Put the ice cubes in. Then turn the smoothie maker on, you will hear the ice crackling, when you can’t hear it any more it means the smoothie is almost ready (usually after 30-45 seconds). Stop the smoothie maker, then check the smoothie, if it is too thick you may want to add some water and smooth for a bit longer otherwise you are ready to drink.

Pour out the smoothie into a glass and enjoy!