Among supporters of healthy eating, smoothies are becoming increasingly popular - thick cocktails made from fresh vegetables, berries, and fruits. Each drink is good in its own way. Apricot smoothies are especially useful for those who have irregularities in the work of the cardiovascular system, vision problems. They help strengthen the immune system, prevent vitamin deficiency. Replacing snacks like cocktails, you will improve the general condition of the body and say goodbye to a few extra pounds.
Cooking Features
Apricot smoothies can be prepared according to different recipes, and not all versions of this drink are dietary. To make a delicious and healthy apricot smoothie, you need to know and take into account a few points.
- Delicious apricot smoothies are made with cream, powdered sugar, and ice cream. But such desserts calories. They can be included in the diet only to those who do not have problems with excess weight.
- If you are looking to lose weight on apricot smoothies, do not sweeten them. If without this cocktails seem to you tasteless, replace the sugar with a low-calorie sweetener or honey.
- To make the smoothie more thicker, add yogurt, cottage cheese, oatmeal, bananas. Fruit juices, skimmed milk or kefir, mineral water without gas will help make the drink more liquid.
- If you supplement an apricot smoothie dinner, you will not lose weight. To get rid of extra pounds of this cocktail should be replaced by a snack or one of the meals.
- To make the feeling of saturation when eating a smoothie come faster, you should not drink it. It is better to eat a cocktail with small spoons.
- Be sure to peel apricots. During this procedure, you will be able to weed out and wormy fruit.
A blender is required to make an apricot smoothie. Some variants of the cocktail can be made without it, wiping the products through a sieve, but with the help of kitchen equipment it will be much easier to cope with the task.
Classic Apricot Smoothie Recipe
Composition:
- pitted apricots - 150 g;
- apricot juice - 100 ml;
- unsweetened yogurt - 100 ml;
- crushed ice - 50-100 g.
Method of preparation:
- Wash, dry apricots, towel, cut in half, removing the bones.
- Fruits halves put in the bowl of the blender. Pour with apricot juice.
- Turn on the blender and turn the apricots into mashed potatoes with it.
- Add yogurt. Beat until the contents of the blender bowl have a uniform consistency.
- Add ice, beat for another 10-15 seconds.
- Pour the smoothie into the glass. When serving, it can be decorated with a sprig of mint.
Apricot juice in this cocktail can be replaced with orange or peach. An interesting option is obtained with raspberry juice. It is important that the drink be freshly squeezed, without sugar. Apricot store nectar with sugar is a high-calorie product that cannot be compared in taste and benefit with natural home-made fruit juice.
Smoothies made from apricots and peach
Composition:
- apricots - 100 g;
- peach - 100 g;
- milk - 100 ml;
- unsweetened yogurt - 0, 2 l.
Method of preparation:
- Wash fruits, blot them with napkins. Cut in half, remove the bones.
- Cut the peach into slices, put in the freezer for 15 minutes.
- Place chilled peach pieces and apricots in a blender container.
- Fill the fruit with cold milk.
- Using a blender, chop the fruit to a puree state.
- Add yogurt. Mix the products with a blender until a homogeneous composition.
The peach-apricot smoothie is fragrant and sweet even without the addition of sugar and other sweeteners.
Smoothies made from apricots with a banana
Composition:
- pitted apricots - 150 g;
- banana - 150 g;
- kefir - 0, 25 l;
- cinnamon - a large pinch;
- sugar or honey (optional) - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Peeled apricots piled into a blender bowl.
- Peel the banana, cut it into circles, place it against the apricots.
- Add cinnamon, sugar or honey, 50 ml of kefir.
- Turn on the device and chop the fruit to a puree state.
- Add the remaining kefir, whisk until a homogeneous consistency is obtained.
Bananas give the smoothie a unique aroma, thickness and sweetness, therefore, it only needs to be sweetened if the kefir is too sour.
Smoothies made from oatmeal apricots
Composition:
- apricots - 100 g;
- oatmeal - 30 g;
- banana - 0, 2 kg;
- milk - 0, 2 liters.
Method of preparation:
- Oatmeal pour warm milk, leave for 15 minutes.
- Wash apricots, dry with a napkin, cut in half, remove the stones.
- Peel the banana, cut it into circles.
- Place all ingredients in a beater.
- With a blender, turn into a homogeneous mass.
Smoothies for this recipe is so thick and filling that it can replace breakfast. Before use, it does not hurt to cool.
Apricot Smoothies with Ice Cream
Composition:
- pitted apricots - 80 g;
- ice cream (ice cream) - 60 g;
- cream - 30 ml;
- orange juice - 60 ml;
- honey - 5 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Peel apricots, cut, put in a blender bowl.
- Pour over melted honey.
- Add cream.
- Turn on the blender and chop the apricots until mashed.
- Add ice cream and fresh orange juice.
- Beat the food for 30 seconds.
Smoothies made from apricots and ice cream are an exquisite dessert that can deliver true enjoyment. The disadvantage of the delicacy is only one - high calorie. This smoothie should not be used by those who are on a diet.
Apricot smoothie is prepared quickly and at a relatively low cost during the harvest season. Thick cocktail well satisfies hunger and refreshes. Regular consumption of the drink will strengthen the immune system, prevent vision problems, and reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. If you choose low-calorie options smoothies and replace them with more high-calorie snacks, you can lose a few extra pounds.
