Smoothies - a new popular drink

More and more popular in recent years become a drink with an interesting name "smoothie". What is it? How and why to cook? Read about it in this article.

Smoothies, like so much else from the menu of modern man, came to us from the United States - where he is known and loved a long time ago: invented this drink was there in the middle of the last century. Today's menu increasing number of cafes and restaurants you can see the name - "smoothies", but still not everyone knows that it is.

Smoothies - a mixture of crushed blender fruit and / or fruit with ice (often), yogurt (slightly less), or milk, juice, honey, sugar, eggs and other products. Classic American smoothies cooked very simply and quickly: fruit or berries are crushed using a blender with crushed ice and served in large glasses with wide tubes.

Americans just love to quench their thirst in the heat smoothies, as we like to drink in the hot summer days are cold brew.

To date, there are plenty of recipes for smoothies, to the classic recipe which began to add cream, ice cream, milk, etc. All varieties of this drink can now be divided into the following types:

• milk and milk products (there are hearty, light, sweet, neutral, not very prepared with acidic ingredients)
• refreshing (they are prepared without sugar, mixing sweet and sour products)
• saturating (very thick)
• very cold (ice)
• vegetables (served as a light meal or a quick lunch)
• egg (with egg white or whole egg)
• Dessert (sweet, sugar or honey added, chocolate, etc.).

Of countless recipes smoothie today there are only a choice. But those who try to cook and use it as a drink for the first time, you can suggest one thing - cook it from your favorite fruits and berries are not afraid to experiment.

Love bananas and strawberries? Mix these products, add crushed ice, orange juice, unsweetened yogurt or any other third ingredient pyuriruyte all blender - and your smoothie is ready!

What is the difference from the smoothie smoothie? In thicker consistency - from smoothies she really thick because of the fact that any ingredients pyuriruyutsya whole, excluding large bones.

Cooking Recipes Smoothies

As we have noted, smoothie recipes exist today if not thousands, then hundreds - that's for sure. We have tried to collect for you the most affordable, simple and interesting ones.

Fruit smoothie recipe "Classic"

You will need: 4 large sweet oranges, 3 bananas, 1 red grapefruit and a handful of ice.

How to cook a classic fruit smoothie. Squeeze the juice from the oranges and grapefruit. Clear bananas, chop them arbitrarily, to connect with the juices in the bowl of a blender, add ice and pyurirovat all until smooth. Garnish with fruit pieces before serving.

Recipe for chocolate-coffee smoothie

Need: 70ml chilled strong coffee, 50g of dark chocolate, 1 banana? cup milk, 1 tsp sugar, 1 pinch of nutmeg and cardamom.

How to cook chocolate-coffee smoothie. Peel and slice the banana, combine in a bowl with the blender coffee and cold milk, add the grated chocolate, nutmeg, cardamom, sugar, pyurirovat using a blender until smooth.

Simple berry smoothies

You will need: 500g of frozen berries of any (or a mixture of single berry) 450ml cranberry juice.

How to cook a simple smoothie berry. Put frozen berries and pour into the bowl of a blender juice pyurirovat all until smooth.

Recipe ginger watermelon smoothie

You will need: 2 oranges (juice), 1.5 cm grated ginger root,? watermelon (pulp without skin and seeds).

How to prepare a smoothie from watermelon and ginger. Place the watermelon seedless pulp in the blender bowl, pour the orange juice, add ginger, beat until smooth. Pour the smoothie into a glass with ice.

Recipe smoothies for breakfast

You will need: 1 cup low-fat yogurt? cup of muesli with nuts and raisins on? glass of milk and strawberries, 2 tablespoons water.

How to prepare smoothies for breakfast. Pour over cereal with milk. In the bowl of a blender put the strawberries, add the yogurt and water, whisk until smooth, add to cereal, stir and serve.

Strawberries in this recipe can be replaced by any other berries or fruits.

Vegetable smoothie recipe

You will need: 240 ml of orange juice, 75g spinach, broccoli florets 4, 2 oranges, 1 large apple and carrot.

How to cook vegetable smoothies. Prepare foods, carrots and an apple cut into slices, orange slices to make out. Combine in a bowl with the juice blender carrots and broccoli, pyurirovat until uniform. Next, put in a blender to a stirred remaining products and pyurirovat again until smooth and serve a smoothie immediately.

Recipe smoothie melon

You will need: 100 ml water, lemon juice, crushed ice, melon.

How to cook melon smoothie. Slices of melon peel and seeds, cut arbitrarily put in the blender bowl, pyurirovat to foam, pour water, add lemon juice (a little) and crushed ice until smooth pyurirovat and immediately apply.

Smoothies - it's quick, easy and delicious! Try to prepare a drink for children, and they will absolutely love it, however, as any adult - smoothies made with favorite foods like absolutely everyone!