Hello 2018, we are ready to kick goals this year! After an indulgent festive season, we’re ringing in the New Year with a healthy twist on our Cocktail Friday column. Tune in each Friday in January and be inspired to blitz, blend and shake up healthy cocktails that’ll make you feel great from the inside out. We think our January cocktails are perfect to enjoy on your wedding day while getting ready, or at the recovery party the next day; let’s call them the healthy answer to the hair of the dog!

This week the lovely Lola Berry blitzes up her summery slushie and tells us, “I love to whip up this slushie when I’m after something really refreshing in a hurry. If you feel like a more adult creation, try adding a dash of vodka to this!”

Ingredients 

1 Lebanese cucumber, roughly chopped

1 mango, flesh roughly chopped

1⁄2 bunch of mint, leaves picked

Zest and juice of 1 lime

1 cup ice cubes

Method

Pop everything into your blender and blitz it up to a slushie-like consistency. Pour into glasses and enjoy!

Serves 2

Images by Armelle Habib

Recipes and images extracted from Beauty Food by Lola Berry, published by Plum, RRP $24.99, available in all good bookstores from 31 October.

About Lola Berry: Leading Australian nutritionist Lola Berry appears regularly on television shows such as The Project, The Today Show and A Current Affair. She is a spokesperson on nutrition and general wellbeing in print and on radio, and has a huge and interactive online following. She is the bestselling author of nine cookbooks: Inspiring Ingredients (2010), The 20/20 Diet (2012), The 20/20 Diet Cookbook (2014), The Happy Cookbook (2015), LolaBerry‘s Little Book of Smoothies and Juices (2015), The Happy Life (2016), Lola Berry‘s Summer Food (2016), Food to Make You Glow (2017) and Beauty Food ( November 2017).