Cucumber Smoothie

Cucumber Smoothie

Cucumbers are among the lowest-calorie foods. This is not surprising, because they are 96% water. However, do not think that eating cucumber smoothies is like drinking water. Cucumber juice is a specially structured liquid filled with a mass of vitamins and useful trace elements. It helps to eliminate toxins, improve skin and hair moisture. Therefore, cucumber smoothies not only dull the feeling of hunger and refresh, but also improve the overall condition of the body, positively affect the appearance. In addition, such a snack does not threaten a set of extra pounds.

Cooking Features

Cucumber smoothie is easy to prepare, but knowing a few secrets will make this cocktail the most delicious.

  • Large cucumber seeds, caught in a drink, will not add to its taste and attractiveness. For this reason, it is better to use young vegetables for smoothies. If you still decide to make a cocktail of overgrown cucumbers, be sure to clean them, cut them into 4 pieces along and cut off the areas with large seeds to use only tender pulp for smoothies.
  • To peel cucumbers, you can decide for yourself. If you chop vegetables together with a skin that contains a lot of fiber, a smoothie will be more useful. If the peel is removed and only cucumber pulp is used to make a cocktail, then the consistency of the drink will be more tender and pleasant. What is more important to you is up to you.
  • Cucumber smoothies are good to drink cold, as they are most often used as refreshing drinks. Therefore, it is not bad to add crushed ice to the cocktail. In this case, it is added last, after the remaining ingredients are already well mixed.

Although cucumber is a vegetable, it has a fairly neutral taste. For this reason, it combines well with both vegetables and fruits and berries. Do not be afraid to cook sweet cucumber smoothies - they have a harmonious taste and are well refreshed.

Cucumber Smoothie with Lime and Mint

Composition:

  • cucumbers - 0, 5 kg;
  • lime - 1 pc .;
  • honey - 20 ml;
  • fresh mint - 25 g.

Method of preparation:

  • Wash cucumbers, dry with a napkin. Cut off the tips from them. Using a vegetable peeler, cut a thin layer of skin.
  • Cut the cucumbers into large cubes and place them in the blender bowl.
  • Put a spoonful of honey on the cucumbers. Before that, it can be slightly submerged.
  • Wash lime. Cut in half and squeeze the juice. To do this, it is better to use a citrus juicer, as this will allow you to get more juice and eliminate the need to remove the bones from it.
  • Wash the mint, tear off the leaves and put them in the bowl of the blender, where honey and cucumbers are already located.
  • Top everything up with lime juice.
  • Beat the products with a blender and grind them at the same time.

If desired, add a bit of crushed zest to a smoothie. Before filling, it is recommended to put a drink glass in a freezer for some time, and to put several ice cubes at the bottom of it. This smoothie will refresh well in cool weather, quench thirst.

Cucumber smoothies with kefir and oatmeal

Composition:

  • cucumbers - 0, 3 kg;
  • white cabbage - 50 g;
  • oatmeal - 30 g;
  • fresh dill - 10 g;
  • kefir - 150 ml;
  • salt (optional) - a pinch.

Method of preparation:

  • Oatmeal grind in a coffee grinder to a state of flour.
  • Wash cabbage and finely chop.
  • Peel cucumbers, cut into small pieces.
  • Put cucumbers and cabbage into the bowl of the blender, add the oatmeal and salt, add a few dill sprigs and fill it with kefir.
  • Start the blender and chop the ingredients while mixing them.

If you are preparing a cucumber smoothie for a snack, this recipe will suit you perfectly. Cucumber cocktail, prepared on it, has a thick enough texture to satisfy hunger. The feeling of satiety after eating it will be even more obvious if you don’t drink smoothies, but eat with spoons. Thanks to this unusual snack you will not only not recover, but also be able to lose weight.

Cucumber and apple smoothie

Composition:

  • cucumber - 150 g;
  • green apple - 150 g;
  • apple juice - 100 ml;
  • Kiwi - 100 g.

Method of preparation:

  • After cleaning the cucumber, cut it into circles and place it in the blender bowl.
  • Apple wash. Cut the core, remove the peel with a knife. Apple pulp cut into medium-sized slices.
  • Peel Kiwi. Cut into medium pieces of arbitrary shape.
  • Fold the fruit to the cucumber pieces.
  • Pour juice.
  • Turn on the blender and chop the fruit and vegetable mixture.

Perhaps at first the taste of the fruit-cucumber smoothie will seem a little unusual to you, but you will quickly get used to it. It is possible that in the end this recipe will be one of your favorites.

Vegetable cucumber, pepper and green onion smoothie

Composition:

  • sweet pepper - 0, 2 kg;
  • green onions - 20 g;
  • tomato juice - 0.5 l;
  • cucumbers - 0, 2 kg;
  • salt (optional) - to taste.

Method of preparation:

  • Sweet pepper wash. Cut the stalk, remove the seeds. Cut pepper into large quarters of rings or cubes.
  • Wash green onions, pat dry, finely chop with a knife.
  • Peel the cucumbers, cut their flesh into cubes.
  • Fold the vegetables into a blender, chop.
  • Pure the vegetable puree with tomato juice and beat. If the tomato juice is already salty, you do not need to salt it. However, salt can be dispensed with anyway.

Before serving, in a vegetable cucumber and bell pepper smoothie, it is recommended to add a handful of crushed ice and beat again. If you like vegetable juices, this recipe will almost certainly not seem to you superfluous.

Cucumber and Melon Smoothies

Composition:

  • cucumber - 150 g;
  • melon - 150 g;
  • lemon juice - 20 ml;
  • water - 0, 2 l;
  • fresh greens - 50 g.

Method of preparation:

  • Peel and dice the melons, put them in the freezer for several hours.
  • Wash cucumber, cut off its tips. Peeled, cut into large pieces.
  • Put pieces of frozen melon, cucumber, crumbled greens with a knife into the bowl.
  • Add an incomplete glass of water and a tablespoon of lemon juice.
  • Beat with a blender until you have a homogeneous consistency.

Before pouring the drink in glasses, put some ice cubes in them. Cucumber-melon mix has an unusual, but at the same time harmonious taste, so many people like it.

Cucumber smoothie with unsweetened yogurt

Composition:

  • unsweetened yogurt - 0, 2 l;
  • cucumber - 150 g;
  • milk - 100 ml;
  • honey - 20 ml.

Method of preparation:

  • Peel and chop the cucumber.
  • Put the cucumber cubes in a blender, pour melted honey on top.
  • Pour milk over yoghurt.
  • Beat until smooth.

Serve cucumber smoothies with yogurt, preferably chilled. If desired, add some crushed ice to the finished mixture and beat it with a mixer again.

Cucumber Smoothie with Pineapple and Raspberry

Cooking method:

  • cucumber - 0, 2 kg;
  • canned or fresh pineapple - 0, 2 kg;
  • frozen raspberries - 100 g;
  • milk - 100 ml;
  • ice (optional) - to taste.

Method of preparation:

  • Chop the cleaned cucumber with a blender.
  • Pineapple cut into pieces, put to the cucumber puree, cover with milk. Whisk it all together.
  • Pour a handful of frozen raspberries into each glass before serving.

Such a cocktail looks very appetizing, has an unusual taste that lovers of tropical fruits will surely like.

Instead of raspberries in this recipe, you can use another frozen berry, which has a small size, such as blueberries or cranberries. This will get a smoothie with a new taste.

Due to the fact that the cucumber has a neutral taste, it can be mixed with a variety of berries, fruits, vegetables, creating their own smoothie recipes.

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