Ingredients: 2 frozen bananas ½ cup coconut milk 1 tsp acai powder 1 tbsp honey Granola Fresh Meon Coconut flakes Method: Blend frozen bananas, coconut milk, acai and honey in a blender until consistency is thick and smooth with an ice cream texture. Top with granola, fresh cuts of melon […]
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Papaya Bars
For the base: ¾ cup plain flour 2 tbsp light brown sugar ¼ cup diced unsalted butter ¼ tsp salt For the filling: 1/4 cup white granulated sugar 1 1/2 tbsp plain flour 1/4 tsp salt 3/4 cup papaya puree (blend fresh papaya in a food processor) 2 large eggs […]
Five audits in ten days for Egypt
Blue Skies Egypt has surpassed itself once again by undergoing five audits in a month! It not only achieved the best possible result for their BRC Food Safety audit with an AA+ score, but it also achieved zero non conformances in an ethical audit carried out against the new SMETA […]
Foundation projects near completion
The Blue Skies Foundation is well on the way to completing all its 2017 projects. The Foundation, now in its eighth year, has over 60 projects runnning which have impacted more than 280,000 people. Projects completed so far this year include a latrine for the Kwakwakrom, a pineapple farming community […]
Easy Almond and Pomegranate Tart
Ingredients 1 store-bought refrigerated piecrust flour for dusting 8 oz cream cheese, softened to room temperature 8 oz mascarpone cheese 1/2 cup vanilla Greek yogurt 1/4 cup honey 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon lemon zest 1/2 cup sliced almonds, lightly toasted 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds […]
Pina Colada Baked Oats
Ingredients • 2 cups oats • ½ cup dessicated coconut • ½ cup unsalted cashews • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon • pinch of salt • 1 pack of Blue Skies Pineapple Chunks • ½ cup coconut milk • 2 eggs •1 tsp vanilla extract • ¼ cup coconut oil • […]
Pomegranate Granitas
Try this refreshing Pomegranate Granitas recipe from Maiken Fortes. Ingredients 400 ml pomegranate juice 2 tablespoons caster sugar 125ml pouring cream 1/4 tsp finely grated orange rind 1 cup pomegranate seeds from Blue Skies Fresh mint leaves, to serve Method: Combine the pomegranate juice and sugar in a large saucepan over […]
Albert Heijn’s AHFrika comes to Ghana
This year the Albert Heijn Foundation reaches its tenth year. As part of the celebrations, Albert Heijn have sent four employees to Africa on an expedition called ‘AHFrika’ to discover where some of the Foundation’s fresh produce comes from and to find about the impact their projects are having on […]
Tropical Breakfast Sorbet
Another delicious recipe for you to try from Maiken Fortes Ingredients 2 cups frozen pineapple (about 2x 200g of Blue Skies fresh-cut pineapple) 2 cups frozen mango (about 2 x 200g of Blue Skies fresh-cut mango) 1 Lime 1/4 cup coconut cream 1 cup granola Method: Placed freshly cut pineapple […]
Mango Chili Salad Recipe
A Mexican-inspired sweet and savoury colourful side dish by Maiken Fortes Ingredients 2 x 200g packs of Blue Skies mango 1 lime 1 tsp Chili powder Unsweetened coconut flakes Lettuce Himalayan Pink Sea Salt Method: Arrange mango on bed of lettuce. Garnish with chili powder, lime, coconut flakes and a pinch […]