Pineapple has many beneficial properties. It strengthens the immune system, contributes to the preservation of youth, helps breakdown fat and accelerate metabolism. People of any age eat it with pleasure, regardless of whether they adhere to the principles of healthy eating or not. This fruit is included in the composition of salads, desserts, used to make hot appetizers. Pineapple Smoothies are a variety of thick cocktails unlike each other. Among them you can find both high-calorie delicacies and low-calorie drinks. Choosing the right recipe and eating a pineapple smoothie correctly, you can lose a few pounds.
Cooking Features
Cooking pineapple smoothies with a blender in the house is not a difficult task, you just need to know a few things.
- Canned fruits are not the best choice for a smoothie. They are less useful than fresh, but have a higher energy value.
- Choose ripe pineapples that have not had time to spoil. Such fruits smell pleasantly, soft enough, but resilient to the touch, the leaves from their “tufts” are pulled out almost without effort.
- You can peel pineapples in different ways. You can choose any of them: in preparing a smoothie, the shape of the pieces of pineapple pulp does not play any role. It is only important to remove the "eyes" and the central core.
- Pineapple juice may cause irritation of the skin and mucous membranes, and allergy to this product is possible. Pineapple smoothies should not be used by people who are allergic to this fruit, as well as in the presence of certain diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and mouth.
- Smoothies with pineapple can be prepared for dessert or used as a dish for diet food. When the calorie content of the finished cocktail is not important, you can choose recipes with cream, ice cream, sugar. When observing the diet, preference should be given to drinks that do not contain high-calorie ingredients, they can only be sweetened with honey, but this product should be used in a minimum amount.
- If you want to lose weight by eating pineapple smoothies, replace them with one of the snacks.
- The feeling of fullness will come faster if you do not drink a smoothie, but eat it in small spoons.
- Pineapple smoothies can be prepared not only with fruits, but also with vegetables and greens.
Recipes for smoothies with pineapple are varied, but the technology for their preparation is similar. Having learned how to make a cocktail according to popular recipes, you can create original versions of pineapple smoothies.
Smoothies with pineapple, banana and yogurt
Composition:
- pineapple pulp - 0, 2 kg;
- unsweetened yogurt - 0, 2 l;
- banana - 150 g;
- vanillin - at the tip of the knife.
Method of preparation:
- Wash, peel the pineapple. Cut the washers, remove the "eyes". Cut into small cubes, put in the bowl of the blender.
- Peel the banana, cut it into circles, put it to the pineapple.
- Turn on the blender and chop the fruit to a smooth mash.
- Add vanilla and yogurt. Whip smoothies for 10-15 seconds.
When serving pineapple smoothies to the table, it does not hurt to decorate the glass with a slice of tropical fruit.
Pineapple smoothie with ginger, cucumber and grapefruit
Composition:
- pineapple pulp - 100 g;
- grapefruit - 0, 2 kg;
- cucumbers - 0, 2 kg;
- ginger root - 10 g;
- water - 100 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Peel the pineapple, cut a piece of pulp of the right size, cut into cubes, place in a blender bowl.
- Wash the grapefruit, cut it in half. Spoon extract the pulp, put it to pieces of pineapple.
- Wash, blot cucumbers with a napkin. Clean by cutting off the tips. Pulp cut into small pieces, put to the fruit.
- Pour in cold clean water.
- Beat the contents of the blender tank until it has a uniform consistency.
When serving, a smoothie made according to this recipe can be decorated with mint leaves. This drink is good thirst quencher, refreshing.
Smoothies with pineapple, celery and lemon juice
Composition:
- pineapple pulp - 150 g;
- celery stalks - 100 g;
- lemon - 1 pc.
Method of preparation:
- Wash celery stalks, remove coarse fibers. Finely chop the stalks, transfer them to the blender container.
- Squeeze juice out of lemon, fill it with celery.
- Grind celery to a puree state.
- Pineapple pulp cut into small pieces, add to celery.
- Turn on the device and turn the contents of its jar into a homogeneous mass.
A sprig of celery greens can serve as a decoration for this drink.
Smoothies with pineapple and basil
Composition:
- pineapple pulp - 100 g;
- fresh basil - 25 g;
- ginger powder - a large pinch;
- honey - 5 ml;
- unsweetened yogurt - 0, 4 l.
Method of preparation:
- Place the sliced pineapple flesh into the blender bowl.
- Chop basil with a knife, add to pineapple.
- Melt the honey so that it is liquid. Pour over the products.
- Add ginger powder.
- Turn on the unit, chop the contents of its bowl.
- Add the yoghurt, beat the smoothie for 20 seconds.
Cocktail made according to this recipe, well refreshed, invigorates, speeds up the metabolism.
Smoothies with pineapple and avocado
Composition:
- pineapple pulp - 100 g;
- avocado pulp - 0, 2 kg;
- orange - 150 g;
- water - 100 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Peel pineapple, cut into small cubes, place in a beater.
- Cut the avocado, remove the bone. Pulp cleaned from the peel, cut into cubes, put to the pineapple.
- Peel the orange, sort into slices. From all slices remove the film, put the pulp to the other fruits.
- Add clean chilled water.
- Turn fruit platter into a smoothie.
The cocktail according to this recipe is thick. It is well saturated, but it has a moderate calorie content. Such a dessert will not harm your figure.
Pineapple Smoothie - a delicious cocktail that is both healthy. This dessert is often chosen by those who seek to lose weight. Pineapple is combined not only with fruits, but also with vegetables, which allows to diversify the menu.
