Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Coffee Punch

Coffee Punch 

Required: 
(2 servings) 
300 ml of freshly brewed coffee 
200 ml dry red wine 
50 ml brandy 
4.6 pieces of sugar 
1 orange 


Preparation: 
Cook the strong coffee, as described in the preceding recipe. Wines to warm over medium heat, without boiling. Add hot wine and brandy in his coffee. 
Orange thoroughly wash, dry out. Sugar cubes to rub on the orange peel - to absorb the sugar citrus aroma. Pour coffee into cups, add sugar drink.

Drink Wave

Drink Wave 

Required: 
Vodka 20 ml 
Benedictine Liqueur `` 20 ml 
Dessert white vermouth 20 ml 
Cherries, fresh or canned, 
Ice. 

Preparation: 
All components are mixed in a shaker with ice, pour into tall glass. 
And put it in 4.5 cherries.

Drink Gold

Drink Gold 

Required: 
Cognac 20 ml 
Apricot liqueur 20 ml 
Apricot juice 20 ml 
Orange peel, 
Ice. 


Cposob Preparation: 
Mix all ingredients in a glass with ice with a spoon. The cooled mixture is poured into a narrow conical glass and decorate with a drink of orange peel spiral.

Fruits and vegetables guard health

Fruits and vegetables guard health. Recipes of traditional medicine 

Every day we eat fresh fruits and vegetables, noting their remarkable properties and benefits that they bring to our body. Or add a food processed vegetable products. And of course there is no such person, who did not know about the healing properties of plants or not convinced of their healing power of their own experience. 

Generally, considering the energy and nutritional value of any crop, I try to mention its curative properties. But sometimes something slips from memory, and simply can not happen in one article tell the whole story. And fruits and vegetables has long served as a man not only food but also as medicines. Our ancestors had no idea of the chemical composition of fruits and vegetables, somehow guessed about their ability to positively influence the human organism. And it worked. 

And today the majority of fruit and vegetables along with herbs help us get rid of specific ailments. I tried to find some, may be known, but a little half-forgotten recipes of traditional medicine, and link them in one article. It often happens that for some diseases we do not help any medications. And the pudding some folk remedy - and the pain passes. 

Has long been traditional medicine valued the healing power of turnips. This plant has diuretic, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, healing and anesthetic properties. Turnips used as therapeutic and dietetic care in gastritis with low acidity, colitis, in diseases of the bile ducts and atony of the stomach. Turnip juice, mixed with honey or sugar, used as an expectorant. It is useful in the treatment of pain in the chest cold and cough. 

Cooked and mashed turnip is applied to places bruises, inflamed joints of hands and feet to relieve pain. Infusion of the leaves of turnip used to rinse the mouth with paradontosis, bleeding gums, as well as for the prevention of caries. Prepare it simple: 20 g of crushed leaves of turnip pour 1 cup boiling water and infuse for 30 minutes. 

Broth from turnip roots helps with bronchial asthma and the long exhausting insomnia. 2 tbsp. tablespoons minced root crops, cover with 1 cup of boiling water, boil for 15 minutes, strain. Accepts broth by 1 / 4 cup 4 times a day or two glasses at night. 

Traditional healers are widely used for medicinal purposes celery. This plant enhances physical and mental efficiency, a positive effect on sleep, endocrine and nervous systems. Celery improves appetite and digestion, is useful for gastritis, peptic ulcer and chronic colitis. It is used to normalize the metabolism, improve digestion, stimulate kidney function, excretion of wastes. 

Water infusion, and the juice of roots and leaves of celery are used in diseases of the kidneys and bladder. Mucus contained in the roots of plants, has shielding and anti-inflammatory properties, which is important in the treatment of gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer. Solution of the roots and leaves of celery appoint an edema and constipation, liver and kidney disease, gout, dermatitis, and allergic urticaria. It is also effective in painful menstruation. 

Infusion for the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseases: 1 tbsp. spoonful of shredded celeriac pour 1 glass of hot boiled water, to insist in 4 hours, strain. Ready infusion drink before the meal warm for 1 / 3 cup 3 times a day. 

Broth from the seeds of celery are used in urolithiasis. To make it, pour 1 cup boiling water 2 tsp seeds and simmer over low heat for half an hour. Drink it should be on 2-3 tbsp. spoon 2-3 times a day. 

When the sand in the kidneys effectively means the following: 1 kg of fresh parsley with the roots and one large celery root cut into small pieces, add 1 kg of natural honey and 1 liter of water, bring to a boil over low heat, stirring occasionally. Infuse for three days. Add another 1 liter of water and again bring to a boil, filter, not allowing the mixture to cool. The resulting mixture was applied to 3 tbsp. spoon before meal (recipe from Ivanka). 

Decoction of leaves or roots of celery are used for the treatment of diabetes. 15-20 g of crushed leaves or roots in the same quantity pour 1 cup boiling water and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Cool, strain. Drink this broth to half a cup 3-4 times a day. 

Celery juice is recommended in rheumatic lesions of the joints, gout, allergic states (for 1 / 3 cup 1-2 times a day an hour after meals for 2-3 weeks). 

Warning Celery is contraindicated in lactating mothers, as well as reduces the allocation of milk. 

Perhaps it would be wrong if we do not even remember some of spicy plants. I mean the parsley and dill. Both in ancient times is widely used in folk medicine in many countries. 

Seeds and grass (stalks, leaves, flowers), fennel contain essential oil, vitamins, carotene, and kampferol phytoncides. Dill stimulates the appetite, enhances digestion, urine, driving gas, stimulates the activity of mammary glands in lactating mothers. In medical practice, and note that dill stimulates the weary heart, dilates blood vessels, lowers blood pressure, and also has aperient action. 

Infusion herb fennel is used as a diuretic for pain and inflammation of the bladder. Tincture of fennel seed has a calming effect on the central nervous system, improves sleep, relieves nervous tension. Preparing the way: 10 g, ie, 2 tbsp. spoons, seeds or herbs are placed in an enamel bowl, pour 1 glass of hot boiled water, close lid and heated on a water bath for 15 minutes. Then 45 minutes to cool at room temperature, filter. Take for 1 / 3 cup 3 times a day for 30 minutes before a meal as a diuretic. 

Tincture of fennel seeds and herbs used in the form of compresses and washing your face with pustular skin diseases. Due to the high content of iron in the dill and carotene and its use in complex treatment of anemia. 

Grass parsley and its seeds have diuretic properties, increase the excretion of salt from the body. Tincture dry parsley, helping with the aggravation of cystitis: 1 tbsp. teaspoon dried parsley 1 glass of boiling water is poured, cooled, strained and drunk for several days. 

Water parsley infusion strengthens the digestive apparatus. Preparing the report as follows: 2 tablespoons. tablespoons fresh or dried parsley roots insist 8-12 hours in two cups of boiling water in a sealed container, and then filtered. Take for 1 st. spoon 4 times daily for 30 minutes before meals. 

Decoction of the roots of parsley and the juice from the leaves, mixed with lemon juice, used for removing freckles and pigmentation. 

"Garlic and onions from seven disease!" - People say. It is hard to disagree, but perhaps not by seven, but on a much larger number of ailments. Hippocrates recommended garlic as a laxative and a diuretic. And modern physicians believe that the use of this plant protects our organism from many diseases. 

Garlic is useful in bodily weakness, hemorrhoids, epilepsy, tuberculosis. Garlic is a member of more than 20 drugs and helps, it is believed, from sixty (!) Disease. Thus, when the epidemic influenza, as a preventive measure, it is enough to put on his neck and thread of the children with a slice of garlic - and you can not worry about health. 

We have already seen the healing power of these plants. But perhaps not all lit up, so will offer a few popular recipes on the basis of these crops. 

If the tooth was ill, attach a cut clove of garlic to the point at the wrist, where to take the pulse, and lock it in a plaster or bandage. Warning If a tooth ache on the left - garlic attach to the wrist of his right hand, and vice versa. 

Treatment of psoriasis 

Method number 1. 2-3 cloves garlic, pound and drop in a glass of boiled water. Draw for an hour and used for lotions. 

Method number 2. Dry the garlic cloves and burn them together with the husk. 1 tbsp. spoon resulting ash mixed with 1 tbsp. spoon of butter and 1 tea spoon of honey. This ointment to lubricate all the sore spots before visiting the steam room. In the bath to sit in a pair, until all cream is absorbed completely into the skin. 

Treatment of ringworm 

Wound site must be rubbing gruel garlic for one minute, then in the same place vtiret mixture of activated carbon with milled burdock root (1:1) for 2 minutes. Usually 3.4 is already such procedures give significant effect. 

The juice of onion and garlic is used for colds. For the prevention of influenza is useful to twice a day for 10-15 minutes to inhale in turn one, then another pair of nostrils, fresh slices or grated onion or garlic juice or lubricate their nasal passages and mouth from the outside. 

It is advisable also more likely to have onions and garlic. Or just chew them for two or three minutes several times a day, so as to accept large quantities of onions can not be patient in the acute stage of disease of the gastrointestinal tract, kidney and liver. And get rid of the smell of onions and garlic can easily be worth only eat a little parsley. 

It is useful to rinse the nasal cavity and pharynx infusion of onions with honey (1:1) every hour or by the following solution: a glass of warm boiled water to take half a teaspoon of salt and four drops of 5 per cent tincture of iodine. The solution is put into the nose, and pour out through the mouth. 

You can also the following recipes. 

Peeled garlic, grate and mix with honey (1:1). Take before bedtime for 1 st. spoon, drinking warm water. 

Grate the onion, pour 0.5 liters of boiling milk (not boiling), insist in a warm place to drink at night and half of hot infusions, and the other half - in the morning, too hot. 

These two ways are effective for severe influenza or complications from it. 

Traditional healers recommend a slice of onion rubbed whiskey and neck, ten minutes to lie down with eyes closed, relaxed, if a headache. This method is especially effective for headaches catarrhal nature. You can also eat 2.3 slices of garlic. Headaches helps. 

When cough can cut into small pieces and cook for 10 bulbs, 1 head of garlic in pasteurized milk until soft. Then add a little juice, mint and honey. Take 1 tbsp. substrate during the day. Another way to treat cough: 500 g peeled onions chop, add 400 g of sugar and cook over low heat in 1 liter of water for three hours. Allow the mixture to cool, add 50 g of honey, pour into a bottle and cork. Take of 4-6 tablespoons a day after meals. 

Can also finely chop the onion and cover it with sugar. When the juice, eat this porridge as often as possible within ten days. Or can your heart's desire is onions, baked in the oven. It is believed that he was very useful and tasty. 

Vegetable oil in a glass stand for 30-40 minutes in boiling water, cool. Then 3.4 cloves of garlic and ¼ of the onions cut and fill prepared butter. Mixture insisting for two hours, filter and lubricate the mucous of the nose. 

From cold to shove garlic or onions (slices the size of a pea) in the nose. Nose to shut your mouth and breathe, while sneezing. After 2-3 minutes, according to traditional healers, all passes. This procedure should be done several times. No need to fear, because for 2-3 minutes, the nasal mucosa garlic does not burn. 

Alcohol on garlic helps with osteochondrosis. Preparing the report as follows: in a bottle of alcohol or vodka is placed 200 grams of finely chopped garlic and insisted during the week. Drink of the throat before eating, drinking raw eggs or butter. Before use, the mixture is shaken. 

Tool for strengthening the hair 

Onions grate and mix with honey (the four parts of the bow and one part honey). Rub mixture into the hair roots and leave for 40 minutes. Then rinse with warm water without soap.

Recipe for apple cider

Apple cider - one of the oldest and most famous wines in the world, not counting wine. Recipe cooking apple wine known by the ancient Egyptians, the widespread popularity it once enjoyed in Europe and in England and to this day apple wine is considered the national drink. To make it, you can use the apples of different varieties and degrees of maturity, except that very much green. Before use, the apples need to view, cut rotten place, remove the stalk, and if the apples are worm-eaten, then the wormhole is also desirable to remove, otherwise the wine will get something from beef broth. Sorted the apples are washed, cut into pieces and passed through a meat grinder or other grinder. The resulting cake is put in the cylinder (in the liter-2, and in desyatilitrovy-8 kg), add sugar (100 - 150 g per 1 kg cake), tie the neck with gauze and put the cylinder in a warm place. After 2-4 days cake floats to the surface, and the juice collected in the bottom of the container. His draft, and cake squeeze. To the resulting juice, add sugar (100-150 g per 1 liter of juice), water bottle close the gate and put the juice to 15-20 days for fermentation. When the fermentation is complete, the juice is drained through the siphon and packaged in bottles or cans, which are immediately sealed. Reprinted from the publication: "Billets in store berries, fruits, nuts." Compiled by V. Repetsky type. Oktoober. Tallinn. 1991 On a Sergey Popov added that the need to break up the apples on the "Large", because cake, obtained through the fine mesh grinder, poorly paid juice.

Recipes of the World Famous: cocktails

If you approach the question of the world's first cocktail recipes only in terms of chronology, the palm can be sure to give the Chinese. Three thousand years ago, they were drinking beverages made from natural berry juices, mixing them with snow and ice. But to call juice, mixed with ice, cocktail venture far from everyone, because we know some of the drinks are prepared from more than ... two hundred different components! 

The word "cocktail" is probably of European origin. The British maintain that before the so-called "cock beer» (cock-ale) - a mixture of hard-alcoholic drinks and bitter liqueurs, which was used to raise the spirit of fighting cocks before the fight. And the French from the province of Bordeaux have expressed the view that it comes from the word «coquetel» - «a mixed drink." 

Serve cocktails at various receptions and festivities began about another two hundred years ago, but the universal popularity of these drinks have earned only after the adoption in the U.S. "dry" law. In the 20 years of the last century, not all owners of American bars and restaurants dare to take risks and offer visitors a "pure" alcohol, but the mixture of drinks could also add the rum and whiskey, and brandy, and tequila ... then without risking to be found to be illegal actions. 

Not difficult to guess that there are huge number of different classifications of cocktails, but first and foremost all the mixed drinks are divided into alcoholic and nonalcoholic. Many recipes have found their own after the invention of "life" and are now known to us under their original names. 

For example, the grog - is an invention of British sailors. In the XVIII century, all who served in the Royal Navy of Britain, every day, issued a strong dose of rum. However, when the command of British naval forces took Admiral Edward Grog, this tradition has been seriously disrupted. In order to save, he ordered the sailors to issue rum diluted with water. And since many drinks based on rum in his honor called "grog". 

Here is one recipe grog: a glass of strong sweet tea, add a teaspoon of brandy and a tablespoon of rum. After that, the components are mixed, bring to a boil and pour into cups. Grog - a hot drink, so it is served hot. 

Name another famous cocktail, punch, comes from the ancient Indian word "lady", which means "five". The structure of this punch must include five major components - the wine, rum, fruit juice, sugar or honey and spices (cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bucket or other). Punch as well as a hot drink grog, but during the preparation did not boiled (wine and spices can not be heated above 80 ° C). 

To prepare the punch in an enameled saucepan heated wine with sugar (honey) and spices. At the same time in separate dishes squeezed lemon juice or orange, and some citrus only cut into wedges. When the wine reaches the desired temperature, it is poured into a pre-warmed bowl and mix it with juice, pieces of fruit and rum. 

Punch usually made of light table wines, which add to the fruit (any), sugar, cognac and champagne. Drink it always cold. Fruit is carefully selected for the drink, shift into a glass or porcelain vessel and evenly lace the sugar, then cover with a lid and put on ice. Then should not wait until they will not let fruit juice, and sugar has dissolved completely. 

Ten minutes before you serve the drink on the table container and pour in chilled fruit wine and a small amount of brandy or rum (for flavor). And already at the table before you pour a drink by the glass vessel is added to a little very cold champagne. Punch poured a large glass or porcelain spoon, grasping with a liquid and a little fruit. 

Another well-known recipe for a cocktail called mulled wine. This is a hot drink and cook it from the wine with sugar, fruits and spices. To make good mulled wine should take a bottle of semi-sweet red wine and pour it into an enamel saucepan. Then the wine is usually added 50-70 grams of raisins, a little cinnamon, ginger, cloves and cardamom. Also in the mix is put 100-150 grams of sugar and the peel of one lemon or orange. After this mixture is heated to 80 ° C and allow to steep for an hour. 

Mulled wine - a great drink for patients in recovery from infectious diseases, some fans drink it, even after suffering flu. But the disease - not the best excuse to experiment with different drinks, because they enjoy the wonderful flavor and can be as healthy and spirit, and body.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Fresh juices. Recipes.


Recently got into a little cafe, specializing exclusively in healthy juices. As it turned out, there people rushing with terrible force. I also bought a cup. Vkusnischaaaa - incredible. And the price - on the contrary - as much $ 5. Not long thinking, we went and bought a juicer. The houses have the same juice and were pleased. 

So, actually, recipes. 

Cocktail "Tropic" 

2 grapefruit, 1 pineapple, 2 small apples 
Pineapples should choose heavy, because they contain more moisture and the fruits of these more juice. Peeled and chopped fruit put in a juicer. Juice is a nice mild sweet-sour taste, remarkably refreshing in the heat. Serve with ice cubes. 

"Green Country" 

1 large cucumber, 2 celery stalks, 1 small clove garlic, a piece of root ginger (1cm) 
Peel garlic clove and remove the skin from the ginger. Cucumber and celery cut into pieces (if you peel the bitter, cucumber is better to clean). Ginger and garlic are fed into the juicer along with the cucumber. A great cocktail in order to keep skin healthy and beautiful. 


Vitamin punch 

2 yellow peppers (paprika), 3 oranges, 2 apples, 2 pears, 1 / 2 grapefruit 
Clean the peppers from seeds and skip along with the fruit through the juicer. This cocktail will help strengthen the immune system before the onset of autumn. 

"Purple rain" 

2 medium beets, 2 carrots, 1 lemon, 3 apples, ginger root about 5cm long 
Beets and carrots better clean, but if you take a young vegetables from the summer, then they can be just a good wash brush, and have even left a little bit of beet tops. Lemon cleanse from cover, remove the skin from the ginger. Wring out the juice from vegetables. Be careful - beet juice leaves stubborn stains. But the resulting cocktail can be considered a true energy drink. 

"Summer Afternoon" 

1 small pineapple, 1 / 2 ripe melon, 1 large apple, 2 oranges 
This cocktail is very loved by children, as it turns out, refreshing and at the same time sweet. Excellent tool for preventing colds (cocktail is rich in vitamin C). 

Nectar Druids 

1 / 2 cups of broccoli inflorescences, 3 medium carrots, 1 apple, handful of parsley, 1 / 2 peeled lemon 
The resulting drink is rich in calcium, which makes it particularly useful for children. 

Siesta 

3 peaches, average bunch of green grapes, 2 carrots 
The juice turns a beautiful yellow-orange color and is rich in beta-carotene. 

To derive the toxins from the body, which has accumulated because of the fumes, well helps grape juice. 

To recreate: 
1 orange, 1 / 4 grapefruit, 1 / 4 lemon with peel, it is recommended after receiving abundant heavy meals or after a long stressful working day at work. 

Cold: 
1 large orange, 1 / 2 lemon with peel, 1 / 4 cup of mineral water, for decorating, add an orange slice. 

To reduce weight: 
1 / 2 pink grapefruit, 2 apples, if you feel hungry, drink between meals 

To cleanse the blood: 
3 sweet apples, 8 strawberries. Juice remarkable color and pleasant taste. 

To improve the complexion: 
8 strawberries, 2 sprigs of green or black grapes. 

Very good for health: 
1 persimmon, 1 slice of chopped pineapple, 1 pear. 

To maintain the immune system: 
3 carrots, 1 bunch of celery, 1 apple, 1 / 2 beet with leaves, leaves sprouted wheat, a small bunch of parsley. 



To strengthen the nervous system: 
1 / 2 tomatoes, 100 grams of cabbage 2 bunches of celery. 

To improve the condition of the skin: 
6 pcs. carrots, 1 / 2 green pepper, especially recommended for adolescents. 

To enrich the blood iron: 
5 pcs. carrots, 6 spinach leaves, 4 leaves of lettuce, 1 / 4 turnips, 4 sprigs of parsley. 

For the removal of toxins: 
If you eat a lot of meat, you recommend this juice: 2-3 pcs. carrots, 1 / 2 cucumber, 1 / 2 beet with leaves. 

Favorable effects on the stomach: 
1 / 2 tomatoes, 100 grams of cabbage 2 bunches of celery. 

To strengthen the bones: 
5.6 pc. carrots, 4 cabbage leaves, 4 sprigs parsley, 1 / 2 apple (recommended for children). 

To strengthen nails: 
6 pcs. carrots, 1 / 2 parsnips (from portions of carrots). 

To improve sleep: 
5 pcs. carrots, 2 celery stalks, a bunch of parsley. 

Useful for your health: 
6 pcs. carrots, 1 / 2 beet with leaves. 

Drink to the beautiful state of health: 
Highly energetic juice: 6 pcs. carrots, 1 / 2 beet with leaves, 3 bunches of parsley. 

To remove the tiredness of the eyes: 
6 pcs. carrots, 1 / 4 cabbage (relieves redness of the eyes). 

If discomfort in the stomach: 
120 gr. fennel, 30 gr. beet leaves, 2 apples. 

Useful for your health: 
1 slice of chopped potatoes, 5 pcs. carrots, 1 apple, a bunch of parsley. 

Juice yields startling results: 
5 pcs. carrots, 1 apple, a bunch of parsley. 

Drink to your appearance: 
Highly energetic juice: 6 pcs. carrots, 1 / 2 beet with leaves, 3 bunches of parsley. 

To clear the lungs of toxins: 
5 pcs. carrots, 4 sprigs parsley, 1 / 4 of the total servings of potato products, 4 sprigs of water cress. 

To strengthen the immune system: 
6 pcs. carrots, 2 celery stalks, a bunch of parsley, two heads of garlic is recommended as an antiviral agent. 

To strengthen nails: 
1 small cucumber, 4 pcs. carrots, 3 leaves of cabbage, 1 / 4 servings of whole green pepper. 

It gives the skin a smooth appearance: 
5 pcs. carrots, 1 apple, ginger. 

To improve the work of the pancreas: 
4 pcs. carrots, 1 apple, 4-5 leaves of lettuce, 60 gr. Brussels sprouts. 

To raise the energy of tone: 
6 pcs. carrots, 5 sprigs parsley (especially for boys). 

Calming the nervous system: 
2 rings of pineapple, 2 stalks of celery. 

One of the best juices for health: 
5 pcs. carrots, 1 apple, 1 / 4 of the entire portion - beets with leaves. 

Anti-cold remedy: 
5 pcs. carrots, 1 apple, ginger. 

To cleanse the skin: 
6 pcs. carrots, 3 pc. green peppers, a little cabbage, spinach, turnip leaves. 

To restore the body: 
2 pineapple rings, 3 radish and dandelion (especially useful after the winter season) 


Cocktail Energy 

- 2 cups chopped carrots 
- 1 / 2 cup cucumber 
- 12 leaves of spinach 
- 1 peeled lime 
- 1 cup chopped celery 
- 1 apple 
- 1 tomato 
- 2 tablespoons honey 

Treat all products except for honey, in a juicer. Add the honey and mix well. Serve immediately after cooking and added at the request of a few ice cubes. 

Fruit Mix 
- 4 selected apricot of medium size 
- 2 cups diced melon purified 
- 1 large apple without the core 
- 1 peeled orange 

Process the fruit in a juicer, mix well, add a few ice cubes and immediately serve. 

Temptation 
- 6 picked apricots 
- 2 cups purified melon 
- 1 / 2 cup orange juice 

Process the fruit in a juicer. Mix well received extract. Add 6 ice cubes. 
Go to the table in a medium-sized glasses, garnish strawberries or maraschino and orange slices. 

"Pink Cloud 
- 1 cup strawberries 
- 1 whole peeled orange 
- 1 cup diced pears without core 
- 1 small chopped carrot 

Process in juicer. Thoroughly. 
Go to the table. Add a few ice cubes. 

"Miraculous extract" 
- 1 cup diced peeled pineapple 
- 1 cup diced apple without the core 
- 2 small carrots, chopped 
- 1 peeled orange 
- 2 chopped celery stalks 
- 1 peeled lime 

Process the fruit in a juicer. Carefully 
mix. Add a few ice cubes. Go to the table. 

Juice from pineapple, peaches and pears 
- 1 / 2 peeled and cut in half pineapple 
- 2 pears halved, pitted 
- 2 small ripe peaches, pitted 
Process the pineapple, peaches and pears in a juicer. Go to the table.