Adding health supplements to spike the nutritional content of meals is fast becoming a popular culinary trend to offset diet deficits, while leaving your taste buds and stomach satiated at the same time.

Koplina has collaborated with Chef Kenjiro 'Hatch' Hashida, a Japanese sushi chef known for his flagship restaurant in Mandarin Gallery, Hashida Sushi Singapore, to present the perfect balance of beauty and health, flavour and nutrition. Through a series of simple yet sophisticated recipes, Chef Hatch fortifies whole foods with Koplina's signature beauty supplements, paying tribute to the joys of delicious cuisine as well as outstanding health and skin.

In this blog post, we share the first recipe that the talented Chef Hatch has come up with.

Koplina Melon CoQ10 Jelly Watermelon Appetizer

Difficulty: Easy

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

• 2 strips of Koplina Collagen Jelly with CoQ10
• 2 cups of cubed watermelon
• 4 tablespoons of Ricotta cheese
• 1 large spicy sausage (cubed)
• black pepper (to taste)

Steps:

1. Toss the cubed watermelon with the Ricotta cheese.
2. Plate the watermelon and sprinkle with pepper.
3. Cut the jelly and arrange sausage cubes and jellies onto plated watermelon.
4. Enjoy the easy but delicious appetizer that is savoury and sweet with a spicy kick.

In this recipe - Koplina Collagen Jelly with Coenzyme Q10

What it does for your skin: Treat yourself to Coenzyme Q10, which is vital in the protection of energy needed for cells to grow and stay healthy, and is a natural substance that declines with age. It comes with a slew of health benefits that include: promoting skin repair and regeneration; stimulating collagen production; and acting against damage caused by free radicals.

Other health benefits of this dish: Watermelon is a refreshing, low-calorie fruit and a good source of Vitamin A, fibre and potassium. Besides being chock-full of anti-oxidants, it is also known to aid digestion, combat inflammation and muscles soreness, and prevent dehydration. Ricotta cheese is rich in protein, calcium and Omega fatty acids.