Allium B Kitchen: Homemade fruit smoothies

With hints of Summer now appearing one of the top things on our list is to get into the swing of making smoothies throughout the week, to either drink on the way to work, or sip in the garden for Breakfast. There are lots of different concoctions you can make, but we find that keeping it simple is the way forward. Above we have made a mixed fruit smoothie, and it's normally purely what we have in the house that day, but for the above drink we used this recipe-

1 cup of bananas
1 cup of strawberries
1 cup of blackberries
3 ice cubes
1/2 cup of milk

Put all of the above in a food processor and whizz until smooth. Luckily fruit is great mixed together whatever the amount, and you can use anything you have in the fruit bowl.

It is the best way to start in the day in our books :)

It's 5 o'clock somewhere

With that in mind, this is the perfect excuse to grab these few ingrediants and snuggle in front of the TV on a Friday night, or invite a few friends round to share (maybe)

This very easy recipe first appeared on A Beautiful Mess by the lovely Elsie & Emma

For your own spiked Apple Cider Float you will need (serves one)

2 cups apple cider
Ground Cinnamon
Ground Allspice
Maple Rye Whiskey
Vanilla Ice Cream

1. Simmer apple cider with a pinch of allspice and  ground cinnamon. Heat until warm. 
2. In a glass, combine apple cider, 2 ounces whiskey and 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream. 
3. Sip with a paper straw and enjoy!

(recipe & photos from A Beautiful Mess)

Allium B Kitchen: Apple Cocktails

1. Apple ginger cocktail from A Beautiful Mess // 2. Pomegranate-apple cocktails from Country Living // 3. Apple Cider cocktail from Sugar and Charm

Autumn brings beautiful colour, snuggly jumpers and lots of apples. The tree in my garden is bursting with apples ready for a picking, and after 2 Autumns of never using them, it's about time this changed. First up a few ideas for some apple cocktails to warm our bellies, whilst the temperature drops outside. 
What's your favourite autumn drinks recipe? Let us know

Allium B kitchen: Summer drinks

We can just about see summer around the corner. It has teased us a few times, but to make sure we are prepared for when that gorgeous day does happen; here are some recipes so you can sit back in the garden and relax with a refreshing drink.



Refreshing lemon, mint & cucumber water,
2 slices of lemon
2 slices of cucumber
handful of mint leaves
crushed ice
glass of water
(full recipe here)




Citrus sangria
2 cups Riesling wine
2 cups grapefruit juice
1/2 cup orange liquor
2 cups champagne
Fresh citrus slices such as lemons, oranges, grapefruit, clementine
Fresh mint for garnish
(full recipe here)



Lime Punch
2 quarts lime sherbet
2 liters ginger ale
1   (46-ounce) can pineapple juice
Lemon slices
Lime slices
Maraschino cherries
(full recipe here)



White Peach Cooler

1 oz. (2 tbsp.) of peach puree

1 oz. (2 tbsp.) of peach vodka, such as absolut

1 tsp. lime juice

Splash of club soda

(full recipe here)