Today, many adherents of healthy eating know how to make smoothies - a wonderful cocktail that nourishes the body with vitamins. Most often, such a drink is created from those fruits that are easiest to find in the current season. It can be berries, and fruits of fruit trees, and many vegetables, and even table greens.

What is a smoothie?

In general, HLS adherents know what smoothies are and why they need to be prepared. Smoothie is a drink based on berries and fruits, which are mixed with a blender to obtain a dense mass of a homogeneous consistency.

It is allowed to add ice cubes, juice, milk, honey, syrup and spices to the finished composition to taste.

The drink first appeared in the distant 30s, but only gained popularity in the 60s through active advertising and sales in stores that promoted healthy eating and lifestyle. Now there are many recipes for making a health drink, which can be supplemented with a variety of components.

Banana, Kiwi and Pear Smoothie

Banana smoothie with the addition of other ingredients is obtained with a creamy texture, hearty and sweet. Due to the presence of a banana, the cocktail helps to satisfy the hunger for a long time.

For cooking you will need:

  • 1 juicy pear;
  • 3 kiwi
  • 1 banana
  • 200 ml of apple and peach juice;
  • 10 g of chocolate.

Phased production:

  1. Peel the fruit, remove the seeds from the pear. Cut everything into cubes.
  2. Place in a blender bowl and beat until smooth.
  3. Pour juice for a more fluid consistency.
  4. Repeat the procedure with the blender.
  5. Before serving, it is recommended to decorate the cocktail with grated chocolate, which will add a pleasant taste to it.

Kefir Slimming Drink

A low-calorie blend called smoothie is great for losing weight. After all, such a cocktail is perfectly digested, does not leave a feeling of heaviness, is able to replace a full lunch or dinner due to its rich composition.

Experts recommend smoothies to use even for people with problems in the digestive system.

The following ingredients should be used to make a kefir fruit and berry smoothie:

  • 1 tbsp. kefir;
  • ½ tbsp fresh fruit;
  • ½ tbsp frozen berries;
  • optionally honey or maple syrup;
  • flax or chia seeds (Spanish sage);
  • Coconut oil.

Step by step cooking:

  1. Wash fruits under running water.
  2. Place all components in a blender bowl.
  3. Beat until smooth.
  4. Before use, you can put the finished cocktail in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.

Blueberry-banana cocktail using the following products:

  • 1 tbsp. kefir;
  • 0.5 banana;
  • 0.5 tbsp. frozen blueberries;
  • 0.5 tsp cinnamon
  • honey or maple syrup for sweetness - to taste;
  • 1 tsp coconut oil;
  • 1 tsp flax;
  • 0.5 tbsp. l cocoa.

Phased recipe:

  1. Prepare all the ingredients.
  2. Place in a blender.
  3. Beat until a homogeneous composition is obtained.
  4. Chill before serving.

The regular use of smoothies will complement the correct low-calorie diet with a high fiber content, as well as a plentiful drink, consisting mainly of purified still water.

Useful option with avocado.

The calorie content of one portion of the smoothie with avocado according to this recipe is 521 kcal.

To make smoothies in a blender, you need to use the following components:

  • 1000 ml of soy milk;
  • 4 bananas;
  • 0.4 kg avocado fruits;
  • a handful of fresh berries to taste.

Recipe:

  1. Peel the fruit, and the avocado - also from the bone.
  2. Cut into small pieces.
  3. Pour all the ingredients into the blender bowl.
  4. Beat for 1 minute.
  5. Pour the finished cocktail into glasses, garnish with berries.

The recipe is designed for 4 servings.

How to make Frozen Berry Smoothie

To make the berry smoothie not too thick, it is recommended to add purified water to its composition. It is also acceptable to use ice, if you wish, to immediately get a chilled healthy drink.

For the preparation of berry smoothies are used:

  • 1 tbsp. frozen berries;
  • ½ banana;
  • 1 tbsp. milk or water;
  • 2 tbsp. l wheat seedlings.

Cooking:

  1. Prepare all the ingredients.
  2. Place in a blender bowl.
  3. Beat for 20 seconds.

Based on frozen strawberries. Ingredients:

  • ½ tbsp frozen strawberries;
  • a handful of granola with nuts and raisins;
  • 50 ml of water.

Cooking:

  1. Mix all components until smooth with a blender.
  2. Add fluid. Beat again.
  3. Garnish with berries before serving.

With cranberries and gooseberries. Components:

  • 1 orange
  • 100 g cranberries;
  • 100 g gooseberries;
  • 50 g of millet-rice flakes;
  • 3 mint leaves;
  • 100 ml of yogurt;
  • honey.

Step by step recipe:

  1. Squeeze juice from fresh orange.
  2. Remove frozen berries from the freezer.
  3. First beat the mixer with thick ingredients.
  4. Add yogurt and orange juice. Beat again.

A classic recipe adds ice to the smoothie. When a cocktail is created on the basis of frozen berries, they take on this function.

With celery

Making smoothies is a fairly simple process using any ingredients. Including, and a little unexpected. So, for example, there are several recipes for a celery-based drink.

To create a celery smoothie with fruits you will need:

  • 100 g celery;
  • 1 banana
  • 1 carrot;
  • 1 tsp honey;
  • 3 g of cinnamon;
  • 25 ml of kefir;
  • 50 g of parsley;
  • 50 ml of purified water.

Cooking:

  1. Rinse the celery, separate the stem and cut it into pieces, having previously eliminated coarse fibers.
  2. Peel and pit fruits and vegetables.
  3. Slice all components.
  4. Rinse and chop greens.
  5. Add honey, cinnamon and liquid to the blender.
  6. Grind until a homogeneous consistency is obtained.

The finished smoothie is thick and uniform, reminiscent of mashed potatoes in texture.

Strawberry smoothie with yogurt

To prepare a cocktail based on yogurt you need:

  • 6 strawberries;
  • 150 ml of low-fat yogurt;
  • ½ tbsp l liquid honey;
  • 1 sprig of mint.

Step by step recipe:

  1. Rinse the berries, put in a bowl.
  2. Add the rest of the products.
  3. Beat until smooth.

Before serving, you can decorate the cocktail with a leaf of mint.

Green smoothie of vegetables in a blender

To create a carrot drink you should use:

  • carrots - 5 pcs.;
  • ½ cucumber;
  • 2 tsp honey;
  • turmeric to taste;
  • olive oil.

Step-by-step preparation:

  1. Peel vegetables, chop.
  2. Beat all components with a blender.

Garnish with a sprig of parsley before serving.

Green smoothie is prepared on the basis of such components:

  • parsley;
  • basil;
  • dill;
  • cilantro;
  • cucumber;
  • kefir - 150 ml.

Cooking:

  1. Rinse the greens under running water.
  2. Peel the cucumber and cut into cubes.
  3. Beat all products with a blender.

Serve is recommended chilled. Such cocktails satisfy hunger for a long time and saturate the body with useful trace elements.

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