Green smoothie with kiwi, melon and spinach

Lately, I haven't had much time for blogging, and sadly not for cooking either.  When I'm revising for my exams, I pretty much barricade myself in my bedroom (also home to my desk). The boundaries between night and day are erased, I live in my pyjamas, and I only come out of the bedroom for the occasional bowl of yoghurt. Yesterday however, I found a gap in my busy schedule, giving me just enough time to produce one delicious and nutritious smoothie!

Whenever I have leftover, ripe fruit, I always freeze it before it goes bad, and then use it for smoothies. I cut it up into small chunks before freezing it - that way it can go straight from my freezer and into my blender. Yesterday my freezer offered frozen banana and kiwi, and they became the starting point from which my smoothie took form! If you don't have any frozen fruit, I'm sure throwing a few ice cubes in there would do the trick.

Green smoothie with kiwi, melon and spinach:

A small tin of coconut milk (160 ml)

Half a frozen banana, peeled and sliced

1 frozen kiwi, peeled and chopped

A quarter of a galia melon, peeled and chopped

2 handfuls of fresh spinach 

Place all the ingredients in a blender an blend until smooth. To change the consistency, add more coconut milk, any other type of milk or fruit juice.

Perfect sunny afternoon!

Rumour has it that rainy weather is heading our way some time tomorrow, so I thought I'd make the most of the sun and 20+ degrees that I've been enjoying since just before the weekend, by doing my revising in the garden with an ice-cold iced coffee and a plateful of melon and strawberries. It's days like these I really enjoy being a student!

Iced coffee:

I brew a shot of espresso on my stovetop espresso maker, stir in a few spoonfuls of cane sugar and leave it to cool down (in the fridge if I want coffee fast).  Once it's reasonably cold, I pour about 75 millilitres of coffee into a glass with ice and top up with milk. Drink immediately, preferably with a side of sunshine!