A smoothie is a thick drink of fruits, vegetables, or berries chopped in a blender, sometimes with the addition of seeds or nuts. In addition to the solid ingredients, liquids are added. Usually the base is vegetable milk – soy milk, almond milk, coconut milk, and juice or yogurt. Many recipes go with ice.
How to make a smoothie
The cooking method is the same everywhere – chop the ingredients into cubes. First you grind the hard ingredients – nuts, oatmeal. Then – juicy fruits and berries. Then they add viscous ingredients, such as banana. Then liquids, ice. The more powerful blender you use, the more uniform and airy your drink will be. My recommendation is a stationary blender with a power of 800 watts or more.
About ingredients for smoothies
The recipes specify ingredients for 1-2 servings. Ice needs to be frozen in cubes beforehand in molds. It is better to use vegetable milk, as ordinary milk can curdle in an acidic environment. Oranges and grapefruit need to be peeled from the membranes between the slices. I recommend replacing the sugar with either honey, agave syrup or a good sweetener. One scoop of a substitute weighs only 1 g and replaces 1 tsp of sugar. I suggest using pink Himalayan salt. By natural yogurt, I mean unsweetened yogurt without any additives. Here we go.
20 fruit smoothie recipes
1. With banana, apple and strawberries
Ingredients:
Banana – 1 pc.
Apple – 1 pc.
Natural yogurt – 100 ml
Vegetable milk – 100 ml
Sugar – 1 tsp.
Strawberries – 1 cup
Ice cubes – 1 cup
2. Smoothie “Banana-mama”
Ingredients:
Bananas – 2 pcs.
Natural yogurt – 100 ml
Milk – 100 ml
Honey – 2-3 tsp.
Cinnamon – ½ tsp.
Ice cubes – 1 cup
You can use regular milk in this recipe because there are no sour ingredients, the milk will not curdle. I love this recipe for the affordability of the ingredients and make banana smoothies most of the time.
3. “Citraisen.”
Ingredients:
Banana – 1 pc.
Orange – 1 piece.
Grapefruit – 1 piece.
4. Berry
Ingredients:
Raspberry – 0,5 cup
Bramble – 0,5 cup
Strawberry – 0,5 cup
Sugar – 2 tsp.
Ice cubes – 1 cup
5. “Mango-mango.
Ingredients:
Mango – 1 cup.
Nectarine – 1 cup
Banana – 1 piece.
Sugar – 2 tsp.
Yogurt – 1 cup
Ice cubes – 1 cup
6. “Honey melon”
Ingredients:
Sweet melon – 2 cups.
Soya milk – 1 cup
Ice cubes – 1 cup
Honey – 1 tbsp.
7. “King Orange Summer.”
Ingredients:
Grapefruit – 0,5 cup
Orange – 1 cup
Sweet carrots – 2 pcs.
Apple – 0,5 cup
Ice cubes – 1 cup
8. “Frozen.”
To make this icy berry smoothie, you need to pre-cast the banana and berries in the freezer for a couple of hours.
Ingredients:
Banana – 1 pc.
Blueberries – 50 g
Strawberries – 0,5 cup
Yogurt – 1 cup
Vanilla – 1g
Sugar – 1g
9. Watermelon and strawberries
Ingredients:
Watermelon – 2 cups.
Lime juice – 1 tbsp.
Frozen strawberries – 1 cup.
Ice cubes – 0,5 cup
Honey – 2 tsp.
10. Pineapple and turmeric
Ingredients:
Coconut milk – 1 cup
Frozen pineapple – 0,5 cup
Banana – 1 pc.
Turmeric – 1 tsp.
Cinnamon – 1 tsp.
Ginger root – 0,5 cm
You can add chia seeds to this smoothie.