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The Ribena Team has been busy whizzing up some mouth-watering berry recipes in the Ribena kitchen, and this fruit smoothie from our friends at The Blackcurrant Foundation is a delicious and easy way to get some tasty red and purple berries into your daily diet.

Using a mixture of fresh and frozen berries makes this fruit smoothie refreshingly cool and thirst-quenching.

Prep time

5-10 mins

You’ll need:

• 20g frozen blackcurrants (alternatively, you can use summer fruits containing blackcurrants)
• 20g fresh blueberries
• 40g fresh raspberries
• 20g pitted fresh or frozen cherries
• 100ml grape juice

Method

Blitz or blend your ingredients together and, hey presto, your smoothie is ready to drink! We’d love to see your smoothie pictures on our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/RibenaUK.

We love finger knitting! It’s fun and safe for everyone to try because no needles are needed. All you need is a ball of wool and some fingers to have a go!

You can share pictures of your woolly creations over on the Ribena Facebook page and if they’re purple knits then even better.

Right, let’s get started…

1.    Hold the end of the wool between your thumb and forefinger

2.    Weave the wool over your forefinger, behind your middle finger and over your ring finger.

3.    Wind the wool anti-clockwise behind and around your three middle fingers.

4.    Pull the lower loop on your ring finger over the upper piece of wool and away from you, over the top of your finger.

5.    Move the wool held between your thumb and forefinger to between your forefinger and middle finger so that it goes over the wool in front of all three fingers.

6.    Wind the long end of wool attached to the ball anti-clockwise, behind and then around your three middle fingers, and behind your little finger.

7.    On your ring finger, pull the lower loop over the upper piece of wool and then over your finger again so it sits behind your finger. Repeat this on your middle and forefingers so you can see three loops left on your fingers.

8.    Repeat the last two steps until you have knitted as much as you need. You can tighten the knitting by pulling the short piece of wool behind your fingers at any time.

9.    Cast off (finish) by leaving about 15cm of wool free and then cutting with scissors. Thread this end through the three loops on your fingers then remove and pull tight.

Voila, your finger knitting creation is complete!

Want to cause a splash at Halloween?

Why not serve up the family their favourite drink as a spooky fruit punch?

Simply choose your Ribena squash flavour then pour into a bowl and add water.  Then add chopped fruit, such as apples, oranges and strawberries to make a creepy punch, plus jellied spider sweets and candy eyeballs to add a real Halloween edge.

Make sure you serve your Ribena into bowls with a ladle for a witch’s brew effect and we’d love to see pictures of your spooky fruit punches over on our Facebook page.

Happy Halloween!

Get your creative juices going and build your very own Ribena rocket.

Simply print off this step by step guide to create your rocket. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to build a Ribena rocket, just ready and raring to go!

To get started all you need is an empty one litre bottle of Ribena, some paint, some card, a pair of scissors and then….5,4,3,2,1 berry blast-off!

Don’t forget to share your big Ribena rocket launch with us at www.facebook.com/RibenaUK.

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This fruity Ribena jelly recipe is fantastic for birthday parties and is simple and fun to make, so you can get the children involved too!

Prep time

5 minutes

You’ll need:

Sugar free raspberry (or strawberry) flavoured jelly

100ml Ribena Blackcurrant or Strawberry squash

Strawberries or raspberries (a handful)

Method

1. In a medium pan, bring water to the boil.  Pour the jelly into the water gradually and stir until dissolved.
2. Turn off heat and keep stirring for about five minutes, until the bubbles disappear and the mixture becomes clear.
3. Once mixture is slightly cooled, add Ribena squash and stir well.
4. Place berries into a glass and pour jelly over.
5. Leave to cool then chill in fridge overnight.
6. Top with vanilla yoghurt, serve and enjoy!

You can also find a tasty Ribena jelly recipe at http://blessedhomemaker.blogspot.com/2010/01/ribena-konnyaku-jelly.html with a Japanese twist!

We’d love to hear how your recipes turn out.