Revile Blend Active - Review and Recipes

For my birthday this year I asked for the Breville Blend Active and I was very happy to find out that I had received, which I was very happy about. I have wanted one of these for a long time as I really enjoy smoothies and think they are a great way to get a boost of vitamins especially in those winter months. We already had a blender that my parents had bought but it wasn’t as good as this and the blades weren’t as sharp as they once were.

When I first heard about the Blend Active through advertising it hadn’t really appealed to me and at the time it hadn’t really bothered me but as I got more and more into making smoothies I wanted a proper smoothie maker. One of my friends who’s in University owns one and told me that she really liked it and that it was definitely worth the money, so I looked into it online and put it on my wish list for my Birthday.

The one thing that really appealed to me was he fact that it crushes ice, which our old one has a real problem with. I also like to idea of the bottle being the blending container which came in very useful as it meant less washing up as well as an easy travel bottle. The product I got came with two 600ml sports bottles and lids, the blade, the blender itself and a booklet of how to use it which also included recipes.

I really liked the idea of how the blade is not built in and it screws onto the bottle and this is where the lid then screws on once it is blended. This makes it super easy to clean and also the product is dishwasher safe, although I haven’t tried putting it in the dishwasher yet this is a very good thing.

Below is an image of one of the first smoothies I made which included rolled oats, Greek style yogurt, milk, honey and about a handful or two of frozen summer berry mix which included raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and red currents. I’m afraid that I don’t have any measurement for this as I did it by eye due to personal preference and in all fairness who actually follows measurements when it comes to making smoothies and milkshakes?

Note: I would advise putting the oats and yogurt in last because it did get stuck at the bottom but once shaken it was fine.

Below I am going to provide some recipes of milkshakes and smoothies that you could either use in the Blend Active or in any blender that you own:
Vanilla Milkshake
• 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream
• 300ml chilled semi skimmed milk

• For a Chocolate Milkshake add 2 tablespoons of cocoa
• For a Strawberry Milkshake add a handful of washed and fresh strawberries
• For a Berry/Fruit Milkshake add a large handful of mixed fresh or frozen fruits.

Super Thick Berry Smoothie
• 300ml chilled apple juice
• 100ml plain natural yogurt
• 1 small ripe banana
• 1 handful of frozen berries
1 tbsp. honey (optional)
To buy one click here

Annie xx

p.s. This is not a sponsored post :) 

Outdoor Cooking - BBQ

Something I really wanted to do this year was have a barbecue with a friend or a group of friends. At the beginning of the year one of my good friends had purchased a small outdoor barbecue from Waitrose, so one day in July we took the barbecue along with food to a field next to where she lived and looked out onto the lake that her house backed onto. We had a really lovely time and the barbecue she brought was really good and worked a treat!
Earlier on in the day we had gone to W.F. Chapman Traditional Family Butcher where we purchased their beef burgers and pork sausages along with some bacon.
We first cooked the burgers along with the bacon and once the burgers had cooked on both sides we placed a slice of cheese on in the hopes of having a cheese and bacon burger, which was absolutely delicious!! We ate this in a roll along with lettuce and tomato and of course tomato ketchup.

While we are the burgers we let the sausages cook and after eating all this food we were well and truly stuffed but it was definitely worth it! 

This was a really nice idea and as popular as barbecues are, doing one with a really good friend on a really nice evening was really enjoyable.

Hope you have a lovely day!

Annie xx

Welcome

Hello reader,

My name is Annie and I'm a 16-year-old girl from England. I've just finished my GCSE's and this year I will be going into my first year of A-levels. One of the subjects I will be carrying on is Food Technology.

When I'm older I would really love to work in the food industry, and I have an interest in food photography, packaging design and recipe testing. I've always enjoyed cooking, especially baking, and I love making cakes and treats for my family.

For as long as I can remember I have really enjoyed cooking, especially baking and the purpose of this blog is to share some of my favourite recipes, things I have cooked and reviews of some of the purchases I make.

I am hoping to upload to this blog as frequently as I can but as I am a student, education does come first.

From Annie xx