Special Halo-Halo

Halo-Halo is a type of refreshment dessert mainly a mixture of sweetened preserved or cooked fruits, crushed ice, sugar and milk. Halo-halo is a favorite refreshing dessert among Filipinos especially during summer season.

Halo-Halo
Ingredients:
- Sweetened red beans
- Sweetened garbanzos
- Sweetened banana (saba)
- Sweetened kamote
- Sweetened jackfruit
- Sweetened kaong
- Cooked sago
- Pinipig
- Macapuno
- Shaved/Crushed ice
- Ice cream
- Ube haleya
- Leche flan
- Milk
- White sugar


Procedure:
- Half-fill a tall glass with your choice of sweets. Fill with shaved/crushed ice. Top with ice cream, ube jam or leche flan. Serve with milk and sugar.

Banana-Pineapple Milk Shake

Another healthy fruit drink that is so refreshing during summer is Banana-Pineapple milk shake.This will surely quench and refresh your body.

Banana-Pineapple Milk Shake
Ingredients:
- 2 ripe bananas
- 2 cups chilled canned pineapple juice
- 2 cups cold milk

Procedure
- Slice bananas into a bowl, and beat with a banana creamer or a hand or electric beater until smooth.
- Add pineapple juice and milk, and beat or shake until combined.


Yield: 4- 5 glasses

Banana Shake

Bananas are rich in potassium which helps normalize the hearthbeat and regulate the body's water balance. According to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can reduce the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%.

Bananas consist of sugars (fructose, glucose and sucrose) and fiber, which makes them a good source of energy. One of the refreshing and healthy drink during summer is banana shake.

Banana Shake
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 1 banana, mashed
- 1/2 cup cream or evaporated milk
- 1 quart orange ice
- 1 pint cold water
- 1 orange, sliced

Procedure
- Combine lemon juice, banana and sugar. Chill
- Stir in cream
- Add orange ice and water, mix well, and serve at once.
- Decorate with orange slices

Yield: 6 glasses