Wednesday, September 19, 2012

15 recipes for tasty and healthy smoothies


They approach the richest months of the year with regard to the availability of fresh fruit in season, which can be used not only for the preparation of fresh and varied salads, but also to make at home smoothies really tasty and healthy, rich of vitamins and antioxidants, to be eaten as a snack or breakfast in substitution of beverages and packaged products of various kinds. If you will have organic fruit, not wasting even peel apples, pears, peaches, apricots, plums and more.

Preparing smoothies can become a good daily habit that will require very little time and enabling you to invent variations on the theme like even the smallest.

1) Banana Smoothie

Combine a banana cut into pieces, a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, the pulp of an avocado and a pinch of ginger powder in a blender and control everything for a few minutes until you get the desired consistency. Depending on your taste, you can add to shake the juice of half a lemon.

2) shake to blackberries and raspberries

It will be even better if prepared after a pleasant walk in the mountains spent collecting these small and precious berries are rich in antioxidants, which frullerete simply combining them enough water and, if desired, a teaspoon of brown sugar to sweeten .

3) smoothie fruit and vegetables

Even the dark green leafy vegetables and vegetables such as carrots (previously boiled and allowed to cool) can become part of a smoothie packed with vitamins. Combined as desired and depending on your taste in a blender: the leaves of cabbage and spinach, carrots, slices of banana, greek yogurt or soy yogurt and orange juice enough to get the desired consistency for this drink.

4) Smoothie with avocado and basil
Puree the pulp of a ripe avocado and four fresh basil leaves with a glass of rice milk, a tablespoon of lemon juice and a teaspoon of brown sugar. Add an ice cube if you want to get a refreshing drink.

5) Blender with strawberries

And 'the classic smoothies and will be even tastier if you use strawberries straight from your garden or enrich it with freshly picked strawberries. Puree your strawberries all accompanied with water and ice cubes to be added to obtain the desired consistency. Add the lemon juice and sweetened to taste.

6) smoothie spinach
The spinach smoothie is a simple way to add vegetables to their diet. Together in the blender a handful of fresh spinach leaves, a sliced ​​banana, four stoned dates and a glass of milk plant. Dates and banana should give the smoothie a good sweet flavor, which will allow you to avoid adding sugar.

7) Shakes you 'green
Make this smoothie using unusual ingredients such as green tea has cooled, a handful of lettuce leaves, a sliced ​​banana and a pitted date. This will give you a tasty drink and enriched with antioxidant properties of green tea.

8) to soy milk shake
It is a protein drink you will get blending together 150 grams of tofu cut into small cubes, two tablespoons of peanut butter, a sliced ​​banana and a glass of soy milk natural. You can also add one or two ice cubes.

9) smoothie with blueberries
It will be even more delicious if you have the opportunity to prepare using freshly picked blueberries. Blend 200 grams of blueberries with a banana into slices and some ice cubes, adding water as needed until you get the desired consistency.

10) smoothie with almonds and coconut
You will need: the flesh of a coconut medium-size, 250 ml of coconut milk or almond milk, a handful of almonds left to soak in water overnight and four or five pitted dates. Blend everything pouring a little at a time, the milk plant depending on the density which you want to obtain.

11) Shakes cocoa
This smoothie will become the most popular summer drink by your children. To get it you can just join in the blender 200 ml almond milk or rice, a fish or two plums cut into slices and two tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder. Sweetened with brown sugar or powdered stevia natural, obtained by chopping finely few dried stevia leaves.

12) watermelon smoothie
Blend 400 gr. pulp of watermelon, a handful of strawberries and a tablespoon of lemon juice with a glass of cool water. The drinks can also add plenty of crushed ice, to get a slush all natural.

13) Shakes kiwi

Whisk two glasses of apple juice (preferably freshly obtained with a centrifuge) with two kiwi, apricot and two pears cut into slices. Add some ice cubes and lemon juice to taste.

14) Smoothie with pink grapefruit
You will need: a pink grapefruit, peeled and divided into segments, a glass of rice milk, some ice cubes and a tablespoon rice malt syrup or agave syrup. Whisk everything together and serve fresh.

15) shake with lemon and ginger
You will need: two oranges, peeled and cut into slices, a banana, a cup of yogurt plant, the juice of a lemon, some chopped fresh ginger or a teaspoon of powdered ginger. Sweetened with brown sugar, blend and enjoy.

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