The period between your lunch and dinner is the most vulnerable time for binging. Instead of heading straight to junk food, you can try out these interesting low-calorie drinks.
Cucumber soup
Ingredients - 500 ml curd; 100 ml cucumber juice; 100 grams cucumber ground to pulp; 2 cloves garlic (crushed); 1 tbsp paste of coriander and mint; salt and pepper to taste; pinch of black rock salt.
Method - Blend the curd in a blender. Mix the remaining ingredients. Blend again. Serve chilled, garnished with mint leaves.
Minty apple soda
Ingredients — 150 ml fresh apple juice; 1 tbsp mint juice (15 ml); 2 tbsp grape juice (30 ml); 150 ml chilled soda; crushed ice.
Method— Mix together the grape, mint and apple juices and put in a tall glass. Add crushed ice and pour soda on top. Lightly mix and serve immediately.
Tomato orange drink
Ingredients - 4 medium tomatoes (200 grams); 2 oranges peeled and deseeded; 2-3 tulsi or mint leaves. 1/2" piece of ginger and a pinch of salt(according to taste).
Method - Wash and cut tomatoes into quarters; clean and deseed the orange, wash the tulsi and mint leaves. Peel and wash ginger.
Extract juice of all the ingredients together, through a juicer. Add a pinch of salt and serve immediately in a tall glass, garnished with a small sprig of tulsi and a wedge of orange or tomato.