Fruit smoothies in a blender: the best recipes
Tasty and healthy fruit smoothies are an excellent option not only to diversify the diet, but also to get a lot of vitamins during breakfast or a simple snack. Drinks satisfy hunger well and will help girls who want to lose weight to refrain from eating sweets.
Basic cooking rules
The basis of such cocktails is liquid. For drinks prepared in a blender, you can use milk or water. Some people like desserts with apple, orange or pineapple juice. If the treat is too thick, you can add a little liquid. Another option is green tea without sugarwhich should be refrigerated before use.
Other ingredients (fruits, berries) can be purchased frozen, but it is best to use fresh ones. Additional ingredients in fruit smoothies can be low-fat yogurt or soft cottage cheese.
Best Recipes
There are a large number of simple and original ways of making a cocktail that you can please both yourself and your guests.
With apple juice
To make a healthy dessert, you should prepare 200 grams of ripe banana, 200 grams of kiwi, 200 grams of pear, 100 grams of powdered sugar, 250 milliliters of apple juice and 20 grams of crushed dark chocolate. Fruits are well washed, peeled and cut into pieces of any shape. Next, the crushed fruits are placed in a blender and turned into a homogeneous mass. Powder and juice are sent to them. The ingredients are mixed until they become liquid.
The delicacy is poured into pre-prepared tall glasses and sprinkled with chocolate. The cocktail must be served with a long straw.
From strawberry and peach
To make a strawberry-peach smoothie at home, you need to take 400 grams of ripe and juicy peaches, 600 grams of strawberries and 300 milliliters of water. The ingredients are thoroughly washed, the peaches are peeled and pitted, cut into slices and sent to a blender. The berries are moved and placed there too. The components are well ground to get a homogeneous puree. The process takes about five minutes. Water is added to the mass. After the dessert is poured into prepared glasses.
With kiwi and grapes
Need to take 400 grams of sweet and sour apples, 300 grams of kiwi, 300 grams of banana, 250 grams of seedless grapes, 250 milliliters of chilled green tea, 50 grams of flower honey, 10 grams of ginger powder and a few sprigs of fresh mint.
Apples are washed, peeled and pitted, cut into slices and sent to a blender. Other fruits are also washed, peeled and cut, and sprinkled with apples. Washed grapes are poured there. Fruit puree should be made by chopping food in a blender for about five minutes. After that, tea is poured there and honey and ginger are added. The ingredients are thoroughly whipped for a few more minutes. The drink is poured into tall glasses, decorated with mint and a straw. Serve immediately after preparation.
fruit and vegetable
The drink is prepared from the minimum number of components: 300 grams of pumpkin, 300 grams of carrots, 1 liter of water, a few oranges, a lemon, a banana and a few spoons of honey. Vegetables can be frozen. Pumpkin and carrots are crushed with a grater.After they are filled with water and put on a small fire. When the liquid begins to boil, the vegetables are boiled for about five to seven minutes, the fire is turned off. Then they are crushed with a blender until they become a homogeneous mass. The workpiece must cool down.
The lemon is washed, cut and sent to a blender. It should turn into gruel, which is then placed with vegetables. The same should be done with oranges. That's where the juice comes in. Banana is cut into slices, added to other components. The workpiece in the blender turns into a homogeneous mass, which then needs to be ground with a sieve. The density of the drink can be removed by adding water to it.
To make the delicacy sweeter, honey is added to it.
With blueberries and avocado
A nutritious smoothie is a good option for breakfast. For its preparation it is necessary to prepare 250 milliliters of water, 250 grams of blueberries, banana, half an avocado (slices), some spinach, a tablespoon of agave and ice. These components are prepared and sent to a blender, crushed until smooth.
With dark berries
Must be purchased 3 bananas, 2 handfuls of black currants and cranberries, 300 milliliters of orange juice, as well as nuts, seeds and protein. Fruits and berries are sorted, washed, cleaned, crushed. All components are placed in a blender and ground until they become a homogeneous mixture.
with sea buckthorn
A delicacy with a lot of vitamins needs to be prepared from 100 grams of almonds, 100 grams of fresh sea buckthorn, 100 grams of strawberries, 100 grams of condensed milk, 400 grams of yogurt, a teaspoon of lemon juice, 50 grams of vanillin and two glasses of water. Almonds are washed and poured into a plate, poured with liquid and placed on a not too strong fire.When the water begins to boil, it is drained, the product is washed, cleaned and poured into a blender.
The berries are washed and also sent to the blender. The components are poured with yogurt, sprinkled with vanilla, mixed and ground until smooth. Then juice is added. The treat is ready.
Green
Cooking dessert from two bananas, a bunch of any greens and 250 grams of water. The greens are washed, torn by hand into pieces and sent to a blender. Pour in liquid, grind for about 30 seconds. The fruits are peeled, cut into pieces and poured into a green gruel. The ingredients are mixed in a blender until they become a homogeneous mass. The drink can be poured into glasses.
Based on kiwi
For cooking, you need several branches of mint and parsley, 2 teaspoons of honey, 2 kiwi, a little lemon and 100 milliliters of water. Kiwi is washed, peeled, cut into small slices and chopped in a blender. Other components go there as well. Everything is whipped and the finished delicacy is poured into glasses.
with ice cream
Delicious milky fruit dessert being prepared from 150-200 grams of ice cream, 2-4 pieces of kiwi, pear, banana and 100-200 milliliters of milk. Ice cream is whipped in a blender, a banana is sent to it, and the mass is poured with milk. The ingredients mix well.
With kefir
The apple and banana are peeled and finely chopped, poured into a blender. It pours there 300 milliliters of kefir and 2 tablespoons of bran are sent. The ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
With vanilla ice cream
300 milliliters of milk are mixed with fruit juice, poured into a blender. It also holds 200 grams of ice cream.. Everything is well mixed.
Helpful Hints
- To make dessert sweeter and tastier, you should add a little honey or vanilla to it.
- To enhance the taste, various spices are used, for example, cinnamon and ginger.. But it must be remembered that if there are too many fragrant ingredients, the cocktail will turn out tasteless.
- For a sweeter taste, it is recommended to use overripe bananas.
- In order for the taste to be rich and creamy, and the consistency to be thick, it is necessary to prepare a delicacy from mango, banana, peach, pear or apple.
- Can be added to too sweet drink a small amount of fine iodized salt.
- Drink such drinks immediately after preparation, because after time they will not be so nutritious and healthy.
For information on how to make a fruit vitamin cocktail in a blender, see the following video.