In the kitchen with Henny: Keep cool in the kitchen

Inexperienced mint smoothie (photographer: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)

Inexperienced Mint Smoothie

Everybody enjoys recent smoothies to chill them off when the warmth is excessive. I get pleasure from experimenting with totally different fruits and veggies to see what blends work the perfect. This mix is so refreshing and likewise very cleaning that you just really feel your physique temperature plummet and the sweat simply melts away with these recent components.

Yields 2 servings.

1 inexperienced apple
3 cucumbers
½ cup of mint leaves
I cup of ice cubes
Juice of 1 squeezed lemon
1 Tbsp honey or maple syrup

Minimize the inexperienced apple into chunks and take away the core, slice up the cucumbers and place all of the components right into a blender moreover the honey. Pulse on and off for the primary minute or two after which put the blender on excessive pace one minute at a time till it is extremely nicely blended, for a minimum of 6 or 7 minutes. You could have to cease and shake the blender a bit to get all of the components easy, then add within the honey. Serve immediately and revel in. If you wish to put together this forward of time, after it’s all blended place it in an hermetic container and freeze. Take away it from the freezer 2 hours earlier than serving, and reblend it to provide it a smoothie-like texture.

Fruit soup (photographer: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)

Fruit Soup

Soup is tremendous besides after we’re feeling sizzling and sticky! Contemporary chilly soup cools us off and is a superb starter for any summer season meal! I used frozen strawberries, recent watermelon slices, and pure orange juice. The lemon juice actually brings out the flavors and retains this recent within the fridge for about 3-4 days.

Yields 4 servings.

4-6 slices of watermelon
2 cups of frozen or recent strawberries
1 ½ cups of orange juice
½ tsp. salt
Juice of ½ squeezed lemon

Minimize the watermelon slices into chunks and take away all of the pits. Place the watermelon, strawberries (if utilizing frozen strawberries allow them to sit out for quarter-hour to barely defrost) and 1 cup of the orange juice into the blender and pulse on excessive for about fifteen seconds at a time, then add the remaining orange juice. Mix for about 5 minutes, stopping and stirring often. Place in a container with a lid and let chill earlier than serving.

Iced espresso (photographer: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)

Iced Espresso

After I deal with myself to an iced espresso on a very popular day, I actually really feel an unbelievable quantity of gratitude to God for having created this drink of heavenly bliss! You could assume I’m overdoing it, however it’s critically one of many best ice-cold drinks that provides me large happiness and one thing tells me I’m not the one one.

I needed to strive my very own try at iced espresso and see the way it compares and I used to be fully shocked at how easy it was to make and the wonderful, delectable outcomes.

Yields 2-3 servings.

1 tray of espresso ice cubes
1 tray of milk ice cubes
I tray of ice cubes
1 cup of milk or almond milk
¼ cup of chocolate syrup
3 Tbps. of sugar/sweetener

Make a robust cup of espresso after which pour it into an ice dice tray, pour milk into one other ice dice tray (you should utilize almond milk if you wish to make it parve). Put them each within the freezer for a minimum of two hours or till frozen. Place the espresso, milk and common ice cubes within the blender with 1 cup of milk. Begin by pulsing on and off for about 2 minutes after which add the chocolate syrup and sugar and mix for an additional 3-5 minutes. Pour into tall glasses and add in a thick straw. Take a breath and really feel the gratitude as you sip away at your good summer season drink of bliss!

Chilly beef salad (photographer: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)

Chilly Beef Salad

OK, so we blended a lot of refreshing stuff, and it’s all good – however the place’s the meat?? This salad is very easy to organize and is an superior dinner, take to work lunch and is fancy sufficient for a cool Shabbat meal – after which there’s no have to carry on a Shabbat sizzling plate! You may put together the steaks and peppers on Thursday in addition to the dressing so it can take solely two minutes to place collectively on Shabbat morning.

Yields 4 servings.

3 grilled steaks (spices of your selection)
3 cups of child leaf lettuce
3 peppers, totally different colours
½ tsp. coarse black pepper
1 tsp. olive oil

Dressing

1 Tbsp. mustard
2 Tbsp. mayonnaise
1 Tbsp. olive oil
2 tsp. apple cider vinegar
1 tsp. granulated or crushed garlic
Sprint of salt and pepper

Slice up the peppers and place them in a bowl, then drizzle olive oil and black pepper and blend nicely – put aside. Spice the steaks to your liking, I take advantage of black pepper, a touch of kosher salt and granulated garlic. Grill the steaks to medium forward of time so that they cool fully, then slice into strips. I grilled mine in a grill pan on the range for 4-5 minutes on all sides. Utilizing the grill pan from the steaks or a sauté pan on excessive warmth, add the pepper strips for about 4-5 minutes mixing often. Take away from the pan and let cool.

Make the dressing by placing all of the components collectively in a small container, combine it very nicely and preserve refrigerated.

Place the infant lettuce on a flat plate, add the peppers and steak strips and drizzle on the dressing. Be at liberty so as to add different veggies like cherry tomatoes, or scallions. Dig in, preserve cool and revel in!