{"id":10478,"date":"2018-10-29T17:14:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T17:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/?p=10478"},"modified":"2018-10-29T17:14:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T17:14:28","slug":"lio-licious-freeze-dried-ingredients-for-your-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/lio-licious-freeze-dried-ingredients-for-your-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Lio Licious &#8211; freeze dried ingredients for your kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love adding fruit and vegetables to my cooking and I was very excited when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lio-licious.com\/\">Lio Licious<\/a> asked me to try out their Freeze dried fruit range. I must admit, I was rather intrigued because hitherto, I had always used fresh or frozen produce, never freeze dried. This range of whole and sliced fruit brought endless possibilities to my mind.\u00a0The products come in a wide range- blackberries, blueberries, strawberries and raspberry all in sliced, whole and powder form.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lio-licious.com\/lio_en\/freeze-dried-fruit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10493\" src=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/P1180883-575x431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/P1180883-575x431.jpg 575w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/P1180883-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/P1180883-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/P1180883-940x705.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These come in small pouches that\u00a0are resealable, which means the products can be kept in the cupboard without going soft and stay very fresh.<\/p>\n<p>However I thought that the cost might outweigh the benefits, but then I realised how much money was saved, because these don&#8217;t go off, can be stored easily and are accessible and usable instantly. What more can you want?<\/p>\n<p>I used them in baking muffins, easy peasy- just add in a handful to any standard muffin recipe and the options are endless . You can have any fruit combination that you like.<\/p>\n<p>The most delicious thing that we made though, was a fabulous dessert- Caramel Digestive Frappuccino- so thick you could eat it with a spoon.<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 cup large ice cubes<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 shots espresso, cooled (or \u2153 cup strongly brewed coffee, cooled)<\/li>\n<li>2 Digestive biscuits<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">\u00bd cup milk, cold<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 tablespoon caramel sauce<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">3 tablespoons caramel syrup (45ml)<\/li>\n<li>handful of sliced Lio Licious strawberry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Method:Blend together in Vitamix for about 30 seconds. Pulse and blend.<\/p>\n<p>To serve, top with a handful of slice Lio Licious strawberry. It&#8217;s so good, I have no words to describe. I dunked a few of the strawberry slices into the drink, so that they re-hydrated and gave the drink a fabulous texture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10480\" src=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_6838-575x431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_6838-575x431.jpg 575w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_6838-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_6838-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_6838-940x705.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As an alternative, you could also reduce the amount of ice cubes and make a thicker mixture that could be eaten as a dessert. This is how the rest of my family eats it.<\/p>\n<p>Of course as an easy option, you could always put a handful over your daily cereal. Simple and delicious.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10483\" src=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_6841-575x431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_6841-575x431.jpg 575w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_6841-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_6841-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_6841-940x705.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10487\" src=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_6845-575x431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_6845-575x431.jpg 575w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_6845-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_6845-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_6845-940x705.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tempting, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>These can be bought at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dgrocery&amp;field-keywords=lio+licious&amp;rh=n%3A340834031%2Ck%3Alio+licious\">Amazon<\/a> very easily. Try it, won&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>These products were sent to me for review purpose. The views and opinions expressed are as always, my very own.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love adding fruit and vegetables to my cooking and I was very excited when Lio Licious asked me to try out their Freeze dried fruit range. I must admit, I was rather intrigued because hitherto, I had always used fresh or frozen produce, never freeze dried. This range of whole and sliced fruit brought [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[271,291,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10478"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10501,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10478\/revisions\/10501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}