Friends, this is it: the last recipe from the Lab Farewell Cookbook! It's the last one for me to try, placed last in the book itself, contributed by the last person who'd ever cook for anyone in the Lab. Pauline is the beating heart of this workplace; always trusted to know what's going on, and how to help, with a sympathetic ear or a joyous laugh as the occasion calls for it, and the most wicked commentary subtly inserted into her group emails. Pauline does not cook, and firmly retreats when the Lab Culinary Competition rolls around each year.
Can you imagine my delight when Pauline made an exception and added a recipe to my book? It's deceptively simple and perfectly useful for everyday eating - the fruit smoothie. There are two elements here that I especially like. First, mango makes it especially sweet and juicy! ('Tisn't the season, so I bought mango in a can.) Second, a couple tablespoons of muesli give it some bulk and round it up to a full breakfast.
Unfortunately our blender is still out of action, so I was relying on our less hardy stick blender for my first few smoothies. It did an admirable job, and this made for multiple very handy breakfasts on the work-from-home winter workdays that I slept late and needed to eat at my desk.
Pauline's world famous smoothie
(a recipe from the Lab Farewell Cookbook)
Ingredients: banana, mango, berries, muesli, dairy-free yoghurt (I used coconut), almond milk.
Recipe: chuck everything in the blender and process the life out of it.
Bonus points: soak the muesli in a little almond milk ahead of time to soften its texture.
Congratulations on getting through the whole book!
ReplyDeleteI always have frozen mango on hand for smoothies, because I love my smoothies super thick and cold, but you'd definitely need a proper blender in action for that! I love the idea of adding muesli. I recently made a smoothie that had some granola added, which was a lot of fun.
Thanks, Susan! In the past my favourite smoothie add-in has been peanut butter, but I'm going to bring in muesli or granola more often.
DeleteHi Cindy, I was just on the baking Slack channel (which I'm now a member of!) and saw your post about the recipe book and the link. When you emailed me I didn't want to get carried away by looking every day to see whether you'd posted my recipe but you did it fairly soon afterwards by the looks! Thanks for the lovely words and I'm proud to be included! I've already mentioned it at the lab drinks so will be reminding everyone about it next week! Thanks again and happy cooking xx Pauline
ReplyDeletePauline, what a treat to have you visit here! Thanks for the ongoing promotion. :D
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