RASPBERRY AND TIGER NUT SMOOTHIE

Serves 2 (Makes 480ml). Preparation time: 12 minutes, plus overnight soaking. A nutritionally dense and delectable smoothie. Depending on the sweetness of the fruits used, you could ditch the dates.

50g tiger nuts, soaked in 70ml water overnight 200ml water 10g chia seeds, soaked in 60ml water overnight 150g raspberries 2 dates, pitted ¼ tsp vanilla paste, powder or the vanilla seeds from a pod

80ml water 1. Remove tiger nuts from the overnight water. Mix nuts with 200ml fresh water. Blend for two minutes, until the nuts are crushed. 2. Strain the nut milk through a fine sieve. 3. Add chia seeds, plus the water they’re soaked in; plus the raspberries, dates, vanilla and 80ml water. Blend smoothie and drink fresh.

reciPe adapted from Plant Milk Power, by Dr Aparna Prinja and Shital Shah (£15, Meze Publishing).