How to make smoothies, recipes to lose weight smoothies of fruits, vegetables and berries.

Every person who visits a coffee shop or restaurant has tried a drink like a smoothie. Refreshes, tones, provides extra energy for the whole day. But how do you prepare it at home? What products are required for this? Below are smoothie recipes made with different ingredients. Everyone will find their drink in this article.

Smoothie recipes

All recipes will answer the question: how to make a smoothie in a blender. Because it is the most optimal shaking and shaking technique. Fresh dessert made with pieces of fruit and berries chopped with a blender or mixer.

So the first morning invigorating drink: coffee shake. You will need a banana, a pre-made espresso, grated dark chocolate, sugar (to taste), milk (about half a cup), cardamom, and nutmeg for flavor. Everything is placed in a blender and mixed.

It is then poured into glasses and sprinkled on top with additional chocolate chips. This shake will fill you up with energy and a good mood throughout the day!

The second shake is the easiest. It is especially useful in winter when the body needs solar energy. Contains banana, red grapefruit, orange, and ice. Everything is put back in the blender and mixed.

The following recipe is relevant in the summer in the country house. It is good for dessert, as a snack or breakfast. Contains: milk, fresh berries (blueberries, currants, strawberries, raspberries), ice cream. Everything is beaten. You can add a little vanilla for flavor.

If the smoothie is made in a hotel room in some exotic country, then you can try this composition: ripe mango, natural yogurt, vanilla, sugar, a pinch of turmeric. This drink tastes like mango and coconut at the same time.

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In general, there are several types of shakes: light, rich (can be eaten with a spoon), to lose weight, vegetables, fruits and even eggs.

Here are some options for cooking with eggs. A little disclaimer: since the egg is raw in the cocktail, it's best to buy it from reputable manufacturers. So: green apples, peeled and cored, an orange (half), 4 carrots, an egg, a pinch of cinnamon and a little mineral water.

This smoothie has a very interesting taste: banana (2 pieces), egg, honey (2 teaspoons), milk or natural yogurt. It is best served in matte glasses with a small mint leaf for decoration.

The smoothie is not just a drink, it is food. Since this is a high-calorie drink, due to the high content of various components. Therefore, a shake, depending on the composition, may well replace one of the main meals in a person's daily diet.

The next variations will be weight loss recipes and healthy smoothies. The whole diet is based on this cocktail. They only eat and drink smoothies 3-4 times a day for a week. To maintain weight, you can limit yourself to just substituting some of the main foods in your diet for this drink.

Here are some recipes for this diet. First: two peeled red grapefruits, 4 peeled tangerines, a peeled banana, a glass of low-fat strawberry yogurt, a tablespoon of flower honey, a handful of ice. You can also add some fresh ginger here.

Second: a banana without peel, a peeled green apple, half a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, 200 grams of skimmed natural yogurt, a handful of ice. You can also add a tablespoon of flaxseed, previously soaked for several hours, to the composition.

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Third: milk, whatever berries (currants, raspberries, strawberries), a few tablespoons of natural yogurt for density, two teaspoons of honey, two teaspoons of wheat germ or oatmeal.

And one more recipe is very useful, but with a specific taste, "for an amateur": a pear, peeled and cored, fresh spinach, a handful of ice, you can add cardamom and cloves.

The smoothie is a fresh, thick dessert made from pieces of fruit and berries crushed with a blender or mixer with the addition of ice, milk, berries, and other ingredients. This drink has always been prepared in Russia, but no one in Soviet times had any idea that this type of cocktail was very popular in America.

This is where the modern name comes from. Literally translated into Russian, it means smooth and homogeneous puree.

Two large subsections, in which the types of this cocktail can be divided, are the fruit and vegetable smoothies. First, some fruit recipes.

Half a glass of milk, coconut ice cream, cherry or raspberry yogurt (a few tablespoons), pre-frozen watermelon, fresh strawberries, sugar to taste. All ingredients are added to the blender bowl and mixed until smooth.

It will be very nice to offer such a cocktail to the guests on a hot July day. Best served in a tall clear glass with a wide straw and a cocktail umbrella. On the edge of the glass, you can hang a slice of strawberries in the form of decoration.

The following recipe is very simple, but extremely fragrant. To prepare this smoothie you will need: 6 bananas, coconut milk, basil - 1 small bunch, sugar to taste, ice. Peel the basil leaves and chop finely with a knife; peel the bananas.

All the ingredients are placed in a blender and mixed until smooth. Serve cold. You can decorate this cocktail with a basil or coconut leaf.

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And this recipe is suitable for people who do not like milk very much. Contains flower honey (1-2 tablespoons), a glass and a half of kefir, cherries (you can use frozen), a banana, vanilla sugar. Kefir gives the drink a certain spiciness and slight acidity. Serve with a sprig of mint.

A very original and healthy recipe for a pumpkin seed smoothie. Its composition is as follows: soft tofu, about 200 grams; fresh flower honey, berries (strawberries, raspberries, black currants, blueberries), pumpkin seeds (1 small handful), orange, lemon.

Peel and chop the citrus. Combine the tofu, berries, and citrus in a blender. Pour the mass into glasses and add honey there. Grind the pumpkin seeds in a grinder and sprinkle the cocktail on top.

Vegetable smoothies are prepared in the same way as fruit smoothies. But they can be used in place of lunch or dinner, especially on hot summer days.

Below are some recipes for its preparation. It should be noted that the taste of vegetable smoothies is very different from that of fruits.

The first option is a tomato, cucumber, celery stalk, ice cream smoothie. All these ingredients are beaten in a blender. The dough is poured into bowls or cups. Then salt, olive oil and a mixture of dried herbs are added. That's it, the drink is ready!

For the sweetness, there is another of the smoothie options with citrus and honey. To prepare it you need: pumpkin, grapefruit, cinnamon, three lemons, fresh honey. The pumpkin is peeled, peeled and cut into small pieces. After that, it is steamed for 10-15 minutes and allowed to cool.

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Meanwhile, grapefruits and lemons are also peeled and peeled. Then the juice is made from citrus fruits.

The pumpkin, along with the cinnamon, is ground in a blender, then freshly squeezed juice and honey are added. Once again, everything is beaten. After that, you can put ice in the glass and pour the drink. The top can also be decorated with ground cinnamon or runny honey.