Don’t knock it till you try it oh. I remember “in those days” when I was ill momsy would make a rich ugu drink, she go add milk and I think malt, I used to love it! Now back to this smoothie, you go like am and all you need to make it is readily available. The English name for Ugu/Ugwu leaves is fluted pumpkin.
INGREDIENTS
Ugu vegetable
1 small Pineapple
2 Limes
1/2 cup Water
PREPARATION
- Wash Ugu leaves to get rid of dirt and sand.
- Cut pineapple into chunks
- Squeeze the juice of the limes and set aside
- In a blender add Ugu, pineapple and the lime juice. Also add water. Blend till it is smooth.
Place in the fridge and serve chilled.
Yummy! My mum always makes this for us back then too, she adds peak milk to it, it's quite delicious and healthy, very good for the body and very good for pregnant women too. Funny enough I wrote about it on my blog yesterday.
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Sisiyemmie did you sieve it?
Nice one Sisi yemmie…could use a bit of detox in my life as it is. Thanks for sharing x
Everything is easy to find so I'm up for this.Plus I need some detoxification in my life.
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Nice! I notice you didn't add any sweetener. How do you make it taste sweet? – http://www.mochaandfemme.com
It should be good. Sisi Yemmie nice to know about your blog through Angel Eze. By the way, I am just coming from the personal blog of Angel Eze she shared her personal experiences of her travelling around the world with a lot of beautiful pictures. Click on the post tittled "My Personal World Travelling Experiences" Just Google "Angel Eze's Blogvine" to go into her personal lifestyle blog. Angel Eze's Blogvine is awesome guys! Sisi Yemmie when are you coming to London? Would love to host you.
This won't be bad to try oo been taking too many sweet things lately #sisiyemmieblogaddict#
I remember I always hated dis drink as a kid cos it just feels like medicine to me, sisi walai I will pass for dis one, i am sooo not interested.
I THINK the pineapple would serve as the sweetener.
Try it again as an adult, the pineapple makes this very sweet o
You should, you just might like it
Yay! That's why I've been drinking it
The pineapple is the sweetener…makes it very sweet depending on how ripe and sweet the pineapple is
I did not sieve it
Thank you Jay, I'm glad you like it
I used to really like it…it was so creamy.
Awesome. .I tried this, this morning.I feel good but I hope I don't spend the rest of my day in the toilet
I've heard a lot about ugu smoothie, I think it's time to give it a try. At least with the pineapple I can take it. xx
It's Munastic
Can we use spinach in replacement of the ugwu leaf?
hello sisi yemi
I was expecting you will tell us, if its sweet/taste, after adding milk and malt.
Also what are the health benefit of ugwu drink {please don't mind me for asking all this question}
Well done ma
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It will then be spinach smoothie…you can try that too
Pineapple makes it really sweet….the more, the merrier. Try it.
I'm glad you liked it! It's good detox if you spend the day in the toilet lol 😂😂😂
Hey Kay, I'll update the post to reflect that….thanks!
This is worth trying. Kudos Sisi Yemi!
wow…healthy!
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wow. Is this drink okay for a nursing mother as well?
please what's its benefit
I take the ugu smoothie every morning,i add cucumber, banana and sometimes chunks of apples. It's really healthy and yummy.
I take the ugu smoothie every morning, I add banana, cucumber and sometimes apples to the leaves. It's yummy.