Grape Smoothies

Grape Smoothies

People who are prone to diseases of the cardiovascular system, doctors often recommend eating grapes. This berry not only helps to clean the blood vessels, improve the blood supply to the brain, but also helps protect the body from the harmful effects of the environment, as it is rich in antioxidants. Significant content of vitamins and microelements in it turns the smoothies from grapes into the elixir of beauty and youth, which is useful at any age. The presence of a large number of recipes of this vitamin cocktail allows you to choose the option for every taste.

Cooking Features

Most smoothies are cooked simply, especially with a blender in the house. However, each berry has its own specific features that you need to know in order to make the drink from it as tasty and useful as possible. Grape smoothie is no exception.

  • For grape smoothies, table grapes with thicker flesh are more suitable. In this case, preference is given to the berries without stones. If they are with stones, they will have to be removed before being placed in the blender, and this process is quite laborious.
  • Grapes contain significant amounts of glucose, so sweetening cocktails made from it is not recommended with sugar. In a pinch, you can add some honey.
  • A single grape smoothie will turn out to be liquid. In order for it to acquire an optimal consistency, it is desirable to include in its composition fruit with more dense pulp, such as peaches, bananas, avocados. You can also thicken a cocktail with fermented milk products, oatmeal.
  • Grape smoothies can be made not only with berries or fruits. Interesting cocktail options are obtained by mixing grapes with herbs, vegetables.

Grapes, for all their benefit, are not shown to everyone. It increases blood sugar levels, is not recommended for patients with diabetes, is undesirable for those who are prone to obesity.

Grape smoothie with apple and ginger

Composition:

  • apple - 0, 2 kg;
  • Kiwi - 100 g;
  • banana - 100 g;
  • grapes - 100 g;
  • green tea - 100 ml;
  • grated ginger - 5 g;
  • honey - 10 ml.

Method of preparation:

  • Wash fruit and grapes, wait until they dry, or blot with napkins.
  • Remove the grapes from the twigs, if necessary, remove the bones from them, cutting the berries in half.
  • Fruit peel. Cut a core out of an apple.
  • Brew strong green tea. After he infuses, strain and refrigerate - by the time he is added to the cocktail he should cool down completely.
  • Cut the kiwi into medium-sized cubes.
  • Cut apple flesh into small pieces.
  • Cut banana pulp into small circles.
  • Place fruit and grapes in a blender container.
  • Rub the ginger root and put to the rest of the ingredients.
  • Sprinkle with liquid honey. If the product of beekeeping is with you for a long time and managed to sugar bee, it will first have to be melted. It is better to do this in a water bath so that it does not lose its beneficial properties.
  • Turn on the blender, chop the fruit and grapes until mashed.
  • Add green tea and whisk. If you want to get a more liquid texture, you can add more tea than indicated in the recipe.

A grape-smoothie made with this grape recipe is energizing and refreshing on a hot day.

Grape Smoothie with Oatmeal

Composition:

  • instant oatmeal - 20 g;
  • seedless grapes - 150 g;
  • honey - 20 ml;
  • unsweetened yogurt - 0, 25 l.

Method of preparation:

  • Pour the oatmeal into the blender bowl and grind to a state of powder.
  • Remove the grapes from the twigs, wash and dry them, scattered on a towel.
  • Place the grapes on the oatmeal, pour the honey melted to a liquid state and chop.
  • Add the yogurt and whisk the contents of the blender bowl until smooth.

Such a smoothie option can replace breakfast or one of the snacks. For better satiation, eat it better with small spoons. If you want the cocktail to be more liquid, a part of the yogurt can be replaced with milk or not too sour kefir.

Grape smoothie with celery and basil

Composition:

  • grapes - 80 g;
  • water - 120 ml;
  • fresh basil - 10 g;
  • celery stalks - 100 g.

Method of preparation:

  • Prepare the grapes by washing them out, dried, and cleaned of the grains.
  • Wash the basil, tear off the leaves.
  • Filter the water.
  • In running water, wash celery stalks. Blot with napkins. Remove the coarsest fiber. Cut into small pieces.
  • Place celery and basil in the blender bowl. Grind them until smooth.
  • Add grapes, turn on blender for another half minute.
  • Add water, whisk.

If you like grapes, but are afraid that eating it will negatively affect your body, pay attention to the recipe for smoothies made from this berry with celery. Such a cocktail will almost certainly not harm you.

Smoothies from grapes with pomegranate and green tea

Composition:

  • pomegranate grains - 50 g;
  • seedless grapes - 100 g;
  • apple - 0, 2 kg;
  • honey - 20 ml;
  • water - 40 ml;
  • green tea - 0, 25 l.

Method of preparation:

  • Separate the pomegranate grains, place them in a gauze folded in several layers, ceiling and squeeze.
  • Dilute the juice with water.
  • Peel the apple, cut the core out of it.
  • Cut the apple flesh into medium-sized slices and put it in a blender jar.
  • Pour with pomegranate juice, add honey.
  • Beat until a homogeneous composition is obtained.
  • Add grapes and whisk together.
  • Pour in freshly blended and cooled green tea, after having filtered it.
  • Beat again.

This cocktail quenches thirst and refreshes. This effect will be more noticeable if you put ice cubes on the bottom of the glass.

Cherry and mint grape smoothie

Composition:

  • grapes - 150 g;
  • frozen pitted cherries - 100 g;
  • dried dates - 2 pcs .;
  • fresh mint - 150 g;
  • water - 150 ml.

Method of preparation:

  • Boil water, pour clean mint with it. Refrigerate to cool.
  • Extract pits from dates. Cut into pieces.
  • Wash and dry the grapes. If it has stones, remove them.
  • Put the softened mint leaves, grapes and dates in the blender bowl.
  • Grind the ingredients.
  • Add the frozen cherries, after allowing it to thaw out about half.
  • Grind it while mixing it with the rest of the ingredients.
  • Pour in the water in which the mint was drawn. Whisk.

Before serving, a cocktail made according to this recipe is well decorated with a sprig of mint. It is well invigorating and refreshing in the summer heat.

Grape smoothie has tonic properties, has a beneficial effect on the body, but is not recommended for people suffering from diabetes. If you have no contraindications to eating grapes, you can safely include cocktails from it in your daily diet. Preparing them will not be difficult if you know the recipes. From the kitchen equipment for this you need only a blender.

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