ye olde timey elixirs and potions

Here, as promised, are the recipes for my Fast Food project.

They are super-mega-healthy fruit smoothies for kids, that look kind of disgusting, but actually taste pretty good. The lime and the ginger in the Pirate Grog even cure scurvy and seasickness, respectively.

I think they would also work really well for themed kids parties (like a pirate party, or a Monsters Inc. party, or maybe even a Halloween party).

Or add some booze to them, and have them at themed non-kid parties (the grog is just asking to be turned into a rummy daiquiri).

Pirate Grog
500 ml vanilla almond milk
250 ml pureed fresh kiwis
250 ml pear juice
zest and juice of one lime
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp spirulina

Put everything in a blender and blend!
Serve chilled. Makes apx. 1 litre juice.

Monster Goo
500 ml vanilla almond milk
250 ml pureed fresh or frozen blueberries
250 ml pear juice
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp spirulina

Put everything in a blender and blend!
Serve chilled. Makes apx. 1 litre juice.

Warning: If you add in the Spirulina, it will significantly boost the health quotient of these beverages BUT it is very expensive and will turn these from bright fun colours (lime green and purple) into dark foreboding ones (slime green and black). That’s kinda the look we were going for (stomach turning actually - although the ginger acts as a natural and highly effective anti-nauseant) as we were capitalizing on the current, incredibly successful, trend in gross-out marketing for kids (bloody zit slushie anyone?). But if you want to save a bit of money, and your stomach, you may want to skip it.