Berries are the leaders in the content of many vitamins and some other elements, a number of which are generally not found elsewhere. However, they do not have a high energy value: they can be eaten by handfuls and at the same time lose weight. However, not everyone can consume a large amount of these natural vitamins in its pure form. First, they will be bored. Secondly, they can cause heartburn. Much tastier, healthier and more pleasant for the stomach are in the composition of other dishes. Many health-conscious people have long discovered the berry smoothie - a thick cocktail of fresh or frozen berries in the company of fruit, sour-milk drinks and other ingredients.
Cooking Features
Making a berry smoothie with a blender in the house is a simple process. However, there are still a few points about which you should know if you want to get a really tasty and healthy cocktail.
- Smoothies can be used both fresh and frozen. Fresh berries need to be picked before use, getting rid of all kinds of litter and spoiled specimens, then washed and dried. They dry out faster if they are scattered on a towel that absorbs excess liquid. Whether to wait when the frozen product thaws depends only on your desire. From the frozen and non-thawed berries the cocktail turns out to be colder and thicker, from the thawed ones - more liquid and warm.
- Berry smoothies are often sour. To make the taste more pleasant, you can add sweet fruit (such as a banana) or honey. Often, sweetened cocktail advise sugar or ice cream, but you need to understand that these ingredients will not add benefits smoothies.
- To make the berry smoothie more nutritious, you can add bananas, yogurt, skim milk, oatmeal or buckwheat flakes to it. With them, the cocktail will be even healthier, even though its caloric content will increase slightly.
- If in order to get a more liquid consistency of the berry smoothie, the recipe suggests using juice, preference should be given to freshly squeezed.
- The berry smoothie will be tastier and healthier if it is drunk immediately after preparation. Therefore, it is not necessary to stockpile it for future use in quantities larger than you can use at a time.
- If the smoothie is not to drink, but to eat with a small spoon, saturation will come faster. This technique allows you to replace the berry smoothie with one of the snacks.
There are a lot of recipes for berry smoothies, because you can take different products for its basis and mix them in different proportions, thereby changing the taste of the cocktail. Such an abundance of options for making smoothies from the berries allows you to choose a dish for almost everyone.
Strawberry Smoothie
Composition:
- strawberries (fresh or frozen) - 0, 2 kg;
- kefir - 0, 2 l;
- vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
- rosehip syrup - 5 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Go through the strawberries, tear off the sepals. Drain the berry by sprinkling on a towel. Put in a bowl blender. Especially large berries can be cut into 2-4 pieces. Frozen berries give the opportunity to thaw at least half.
- Add vanillin to strawberry, pour syrup over it. Add strawberry juice. If you use enough sweet fresh berry, you can not add syrup.
- Fill the berries with kefir.
- Beat the contents of the jug until a smooth pink color is obtained.
Strawberry smoothies are tasty and sweet enough even without using syrup. It is especially good when chilled. You can use it at any time of the day, including in the evening. So if you really want to eat at the time when dinner is over, you can consider this option.
Smoothies made of raspberry, blackberry and red currant
Composition:
- red currant - 100 g;
- raspberry - 100 g;
- blackberry - 50 g;
- milk - 0, 2 liters.
Method of preparation:
- Remove currant berries from a branch, at the same time getting rid of damaged specimens.
- Go through the blackberries and raspberries, at the same time checking that they do not have rods left from the sepals, if necessary, remove them.
- Wash the berries, place on a napkin so that it absorbs excess moisture. If at the same time they are mixed, do not worry.
- Put dried berries in a jug of a blender, fill them with milk. If you want to get a soft drink, it is better to cool the milk before it in the refrigerator.
- Beat the berries with milk.
When served, smoothies can be decorated with whole berries - any of those that are included in it.
Wild Berry Smoothie
Composition:
- raspberry - 100 g;
- blackberry - 150 g;
- blueberries - 150 g;
- unsweetened yogurt - 0, 3 l.
Method of preparation:
- Sort through, remove the berries from the twigs. Wash and dry.
- Put them in a beater bowl, cover with yogurt. The smoothie will be more useful if you take the savory and not too fatty dairy product, ideally - homemade. However, if your goal is to make a sweet berry dessert, you can replace it with yogurt with the appropriate berry filling.
- Beat the ingredients until smooth.
A smoothie made according to this recipe combines the power of three wild berries, therefore it is very useful.
Berry smoothie with honey and cinnamon
Composition:
- raspberries (preferably frozen) - 150 g;
- blueberries - 100 g;
- honey - 20 ml;
- berry juice - 40 ml;
- ground cinnamon - a pinch;
- crushed ice - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Prepare the berry by sorting it by washing and drying it. If you have it fresh, put it at least half an hour in the freezer. Remove the frozen berries from the freezer for 10-15 minutes before preparing the cocktail and leave it to lie at room temperature.
- Melt the honey to a liquid state and let it cool slightly.
- Into the bowl of the blender pour lightly melted berry, add honey and berry juice to it. Crush.
- Add crushed ice and whisk with it.
When serving, sprinkle cinnamon on the smoothie. Cocktail prepared according to this recipe is very refreshing. He will cheer you up on a hot day, give you strength for new accomplishments.
Berry smoothie with walnuts
Composition:
- blueberries - 0, 3 kg;
- raspberry - 100 g;
- blackberry - 50 g;
- walnut kernels - 60 g;
- apple juice - 40 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Rub an apple and squeeze the juice.
- The kernels of walnuts break into large pieces, peel off the films.
- Sort through, wash the berry. Dry it by spreading it on a towel.
- Put the berries and nuts in the bowl of the blender, pour juice and chop, first turning on the device at a slow speed, then at fast.
The smoothie made according to this recipe strengthens the immune system and increases hemoglobin. It can be cooked not only in summer, but also in winter, when the body especially needs support. In this case, have to use frozen berries. It is better to give her the opportunity to completely thaw out and warm up, and the juice that has flowed out of it will be used during the preparation of the cocktail - they can be replaced or supplemented with apple juice. If you want to sweeten the drink, use honey.
Cranberry Smoothie
Composition:
- strawberries - 150 g;
- black currant - 150 g;
- cranberries - 100 ml;
- lemon juice - 20 ml;
- honey or wild rose syrup to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Having touched and washed the berry, let it dry and put in a beater.
- Pour lemon juice and syrup over berries.
- Beat at frequent speeds until smooth.
A smoothie made according to this recipe will strengthen the immune system better than pharmacy vitamins, because it contains foods especially rich in vitamin C.
Berry smoothie - one of the most useful options for a thick cocktail. After all, the berries are rich in various vitamins, including vitamin C. And let the consistency of such cocktails turn out to be not completely smooth, it is a pleasure to drink or eat them.
