Fermented milk products help to restore intestinal microflora, normalize its peristalsis, help to eliminate toxins from the body. Due to the high content of calcium and other trace elements, they strengthen the teeth, nails and hair. If you drink them regularly, those extra pounds go away, and your general well-being improves, the appearance becomes more attractive. Kefir is a product that is included in various diet plans for weight loss. You can drink it separately, but it is more useful in the “company” of fruits, berries and vegetables. Kefir smoothies are popular among those who care about their health and the health of loved ones.
Cooking Features
The benefits of kefir smoothies will be greater if they are prepared and used correctly.
- Any kefir can be taken for a smoothie, as long as it is fresh. But you need to understand that a product with a low percentage of fat will be less caloric, though more liquid.
- If you add sugar or salt to a smoothie, it will turn from a healthy drink into a harmful one. Not enough salt - try to improve the taste of the cocktail with the help of spices that will simultaneously help disperse the metabolism. Need to sweeten - use honey or fruits with a high sugar content.
- The effect will be more noticeable if you do not supplement kefir smoothies, but replace them with a part of the usual menu. Eat a smoothie for breakfast or dinner, eat them instead of pies, and the result will soon please you.
- For people who are overweight, the question of how to eat enough in small portions is relevant. On it there is a simple answer: you need to eat slowly, with small spoons. This also applies to the use of smoothies. Its dense structure allows it to eat, not drink.
Not all kefir smoothies are equally tasty, sometimes the taste is sacrificed to the good. However, it is possible to make drinking a cocktail if it is flavored with spices, greens, berries and fruits with a bright smell. Having decorated a glass with a berry or a sprig of mint, you will also make kefir smoothies more appetizing and desirable.
Kefir and vegetable smoothies
Composition:
- kefir - 0, 25 l;
- tomatoes - 0, 3 kg;
- Bulgarian pepper - 0, 2 kg;
- cucumber - 150 g;
- fresh dill - 50 g.
Method of preparation:
- Wash and dry the tomatoes with a napkin. Boil them and clean them. Coarsely chop the tomato flesh and send it to the blender bowl.
- Peel the red bell pepper from seeds by removing the stem. Cut into small pieces of arbitrary shape, put to the tomatoes.
- Wash the cucumber, blot it with a cloth, cut off its tips. Using a vegetable peeler, remove a thin layer of peel. Pulp cut into cubes of medium size.
- Chop the dill with a knife.
- Crush the tomatoes and peppers in the blender bowl, turning them into a uniform thick mass.
- Put the vegetable puree in glasses designed for smoothies.
- Wash the bowl of the blender, pour the kefir into it, add the dill. Beat and pour into glasses, being careful not to damage the bottom layer.
- Grind cucumbers separately in a blender, lay them on top of kefir.
The original striped kefir smoothie will be happy to eat, not only adults, but also children. Surprisingly, to most of them it will seem very tasty, even though there is no sugar or salt in it.
Kefir smoothies with beets and carrots
Composition:
- kefir - 0, 25 l;
- beets - 150 g;
- carrots - 0, 3 kg;
- cucumber - 150 g;
- apple - 0, 2 kg;
- celery stalk - 50 g.
Method of preparation:
- Wash vegetables.
- Peel raw beets and carrots, cut into small cubes and chop into a blender. Technique at this stage, you can not use, turning vegetables into a mash with a grater.
- Squeeze juice from vegetable puree folded in several layers of cheesecloth.
- Wash the celery. Remove coarse fibers from the stem. Cut it into small pieces.
- Clean the peeled apple. Cut into slices, cut out of them areas with seeds. Cut each slice into several pieces.
- Peel and dice medium-sized cucumber.
- Place solid ingredients in the blender bowl: celery, apple, cucumber.
- Grind to puree.
- Pour kefir and vegetable juice. Whisk.
Smoothies prepared according to this recipe are liquid, it is convenient to drink it through a straw. The cocktail will seem tastier if you put several ice cubes in your glasses.
Kefir smoothies with cranberries, apples and bananas
Composition:
- kefir - 0, 25 l;
- cranberries (fresh or frozen) - 100 g;
- green apple - 0, 2 kg;
- stem celery - 50 g;
- banana - 150 g;
- fresh parsley - 50 g.
Method of preparation:
- Wash the celery and cut into small pieces.
- Wash the apple. Cut the core. For a delicate texture, clean the apple. Cut into cubes.
- The banana, peeling, cut into circles.
- Pick the cranberries, rinse them in running water and let dry. Frozen berries should be thawed out by about half.
- Chop parsley with a knife.
- Put parsley, apple and celery in a blender container. Crush them.
- Add kefir and bananas. Beat the ingredients together.
- Enter the cranberries and whip the cocktail again.
Smoothies according to the above recipe are so tasty that even children eat with pleasure. Even useful, but not too beloved parsley in this case does not cause rejection, because it is almost not felt in the cocktail.
Kefir smoothies with honey and pear
Composition:
- kefir - 120 ml;
- milk - 120 ml;
- pear - 0, 2 kg;
- honey - 5 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Wash the pear. Peel it, cut it into 4 parts, cut out the areas with seeds.
- Cut pearl pulp into small pieces and put it in the blender bowl.
- Pour a spoonful of liquid honey over the fruit.
- Pour kefir, beat until smooth.
- Pour in milk and whisk again.
The sweet taste and aroma of this cocktail will win the heart of any gourmet. It would be worth trying, even if it were not useful.
Kefir Smoothie with Banana
Composition:
- kefir - 0, 25 kg;
- shortbread - 20 g;
- banana - 100 g;
- honey - 5 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Break the cookies, fill them with kefir and allow it to soak.
- Peel and cut the banana.
- Melt the honey.
- Put bananas in the bowl of the blender, pour honey, add kefir with baking.
- Beat until smooth.
This kefir smoothie is able to replace dessert. If you are on a diet, you will have to simplify the recipe a bit by removing cookies from it. Instant oatmeal will help you to make a cocktail tighter. They need to pour a fermented milk product for 15 minutes, then cook the same way as a cocktail with cookies.
Kefir smoothies with berries and cottage cheese
Composition:
- low-fat cottage cheese - 0, 2 kg;
- kefir - 0, 25 l;
- raspberry - 50 g;
- red currant - 50 g;
- strawberries - 50 g.
Method of preparation:
- Pick the berry, removing litter and sepals, removing currants from the twigs. Rinse and dry by spilling on a towel.
- Pour the berry into the blender jar and chop.
- Add cottage cheese and kefir, whip them together with berries to obtain a homogeneous composition.
Smoothies with cottage cheese and berries are not only tasty, but also nourishing. At the same time its caloric content is not at all high. He has only one drawback - it can be done only in summer, since in winter it will be difficult for him to get the ingredients, even if you look for frozen ones.
Kefir smoothies with persimmon
Composition:
- persimmon - 0, 2 kg;
- kefir - 0, 25 l;
- lemon juice - 5 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Peel the persimmon and cut it into pieces.
- Place the persimmon slices in the bowl of the blender, pour with lemon juice, add kefir.
- Turn on the blender and turn the food into a homogeneous mass.
Such a cocktail can be prepared in the winter. Persimmon is useful, and as part of kefir smoothie acquires a unique taste.
Supporters of a healthy diet appreciate the healthy properties and pleasant taste that make the diet comfortable.
