Smoothie (English smoothie, from smooth - smooth, homogeneous) - a fruit or vegetable cocktail, or a cocktail made from fruit juice with the addition of milk or ice cream. This healthy and natural product is widely used in diets and vegetarian diets.
Making smoothies is extremely easy. Take an arbitrary amount of berries (fresh fruits or vegetables - your choice), juice and a blender. Combine the ingredients in a blender and pour into glasses. Add a spoonful of honey or sugar - the classic smoothie is ready. The juice can be substituted with cow's or coconut milk and even yogurt.
The best advice for smoothie lovers is to mix and match. There are countless varieties of vegetable, fruit, berry and combination smoothies, and you can try your own signature recipe yourself. For example, one of the secrets of a healthy cocktail is to add seeds, sprouted wheat, celery, or some other not-too-tasty, but extremely healthy product to a delicious cocktail made from your favorite ingredients. This will practically not affect the taste, but it will bring invaluable benefits to the body.
Also, be careful when choosing ingredients. Although the recipe for making a drink is extremely simple, it does not hurt to know a number of some subtleties. For example, • in order to get a thicker cocktail, you need to add more berries.
• To get a more pronounced and rich taste, you should combine sour and sweet fruits, or fruits and vegetables, for example: carrots + peach, spinach + pear, etc.
• All citrus fruits must be thoroughly peeled not only from the peel, but also from the films so that the cocktail does not taste bitter.
• Flaxseeds - a source of valuable fiber - absolutely do not affect the taste, so they can be added to any smoothie.
• If you want the drink to be 100% natural, you can add freshly squeezed juice instead of purchased juice.
• If you're on a diet or don't eat sugar on principle, replace it with honey, fructose, or stevia.
• You can add spices to smoothies such as ground ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon.
Finally - an original recipe for a morning smoothie especially for those with a sweet tooth. Take one banana, half a bar of dark chocolate, half a cup of milk, half a cup of coffee, a teaspoon of sugar, and grated nutmeg. Grind the chocolate with a grater, cut the banana into small cubes, mix all the ingredients and whisk in a blender. An invigorating morning smoothie is ready!
