Many people are aware of the benefits of sea buckthorn, but very few people include it in their daily diet. The problem is that not everyone knows what can be cooked from it. A simple solution is a smoothie with sea buckthorn. This thick cocktail turns out tasty, well quenches thirst and hunger, contains a lot of valuable substances. You can add other berries, fruits and vegetables, and dairy products to the main component of the sea buckthorn smoothie.
Cooking Features
Sea buckthorn smoothies are easy to make if you have a blender in your home and know the general principles for making such cocktails.
- Sea-buckthorn and other berries used for making smoothies should be picked, washed and dried before use.
- When chopping berries, add a little liquid to the blender bowl, then it will be easier for the device to cope with the task.
- Strain the sea buckthorn flesh after grinding to get rid of the bones.
- Sweetening a smoothie is preferably not sugar, but honey or low-calorie sweetener. Another alternative are sweet fruits, which include bananas. They will help give the drink a more pleasant texture.
- In order to get a thick smoothie, add bananas, cottage cheese, yogurt, oatmeal or other cereal. Milk, kefir, water, fruit and berry juices will help make the composition more liquid.
- If you are on a diet and pay attention to the caloric content of the food you eat, you should not make sea buckthorn smoothie with ice cream, cream, condensed milk, chocolate and similar products that have high energy value.
- Smoothie with sea buckthorn will help you lose weight if you replace one of the meals or at least a snack. To make the feeling of saturation come faster, do not drink a cocktail, but eat it with small spoons.
Smoothies with sea buckthorn can be made according to proven and author's recipes. Coming up with your own version of the drink, do not forget that sea buckthorn can be combined not only with fruits, but also with vegetables. Spicy herbs and spices will improve the taste of the cocktail without increasing its caloric content.
Smoothies with sea buckthorn, banana and orange
Composition:
- sea buckthorn - 100 g;
- orange - 150 g;
- banana - 150 g;
- yogurt or kefir - 0, 2 l.
Preparation Method:
- Go through, wash the sea buckthorn. After drying, put it in the jug of the blender.
- Wash, peel the orange. Divide it into slices. Peel off the pulp, remove bones. Put orange pulp to sea buckthorn.
- Turn on the unit, turn the sea buckthorn and oranges into a homogeneous composition. Strain.
- Add the sliced banana pulp. Turn on the instrument again. Turn bananas into mashed potatoes, at the same time mixed with other ingredients. The drink will acquire a smoother and more dense texture.
- Top up the fermented milk drink, whisk it all together for 10-15 seconds.
From the amount of ingredients indicated in the recipe, you will get 2 servings of sea buckthorn cocktail. Sea buckthorn, banana and orange smoothies have an optimistic color, energizing and uplifting.
Smoothies with sea buckthorn, apple, oatmeal and greens
Composition:
- sea buckthorn - 100 g;
- instant oatmeal - 40 g;
- apples - 0, 3 kg;
- yogurt - 150 ml;
- honey - 10 ml;
- walnut kernels - 20 g;
- parsley - 25 g;
- fresh mint - 2 sprigs.
Preparation Method:
- Pour oatmeal with yogurt, leave to swell and soften for 15 minutes.
- Wash the sea buckthorn. When it dries, chop it with a small amount of pure water (20-30 ml). Strain.
- Wash apples, peel, cut cores out of fruit. Put it in the blender bowl. Turn into mashed potatoes.
- Add sea buckthorn juice to applesauce. Turn the contents of the blender bowl into a uniform composition.
- Wash the greens, shake off the water, finely chop, add to the apple-sea buckthorn mixture.
- Put down walnuts with tolkushkoy, pour into the blender capacity to other ingredients.
- Pour melted honey into liquid.
- Turn on the blender, beat the contents until it is smooth.
- Add yogurt with oatmeal. Beat it all together for 15 seconds.
A smoothie made according to this recipe is obtained not only thick, but also very satisfying, capable of charging the body with energy for a long time. They can replace not only snacks, but also the main meal. It’s a good idea to make this cocktail for breakfast.
Smoothies with frozen sea buckthorn and pineapple
Composition:
- pineapple pulp - 150 g;
- frozen sea buckthorn - 100 g;
- banana - 75 g;
- milk - 100 ml.
Preparation Method:
- Peel the pineapple, cut the flesh into small cubes, put it in the blender jar. Canned fruit can be used only if the problem of excess weight for you is irrelevant.
- Remove the sea buckthorn from the freezer in advance so that it has time to thaw at least half. Rub through a sieve, add to the pineapple.
- Grind ingredients to a puree state.
- Peel the banana, cut into circles, add to the rest of the ingredients.
- Add milk. If you are on a diet, you can replace it with purified water.
- Turn the unit on and beat the contents of the blender jar for 20-30 seconds until it is completely homogeneous.
The smoothie made according to this recipe is very refreshing, suitable for snacking. It can be done at any time of the year.
Smoothie with sea buckthorn and pumpkin
Composition:
- sea buckthorn - 100 g;
- banana - 150 g;
- butternut squash (pulp) - 150 g;
- cinnamon - to taste;
- water - 100 ml.
Preparation Method:
- Mix sea buckthorn with water, grind to a state of mashed potatoes, strain.
- Pumpkin pulp cut into small pieces, dip them in sea buckthorn juice.
- Add large sliced banana and cinnamon.
- Turn on the unit. Beat the products until they are homogeneous in consistency.
Only muscat variety of this vegetable is suitable for making smooth pumpkin smoothie. Cocktail turns out very useful and quite pleasant to the taste.
Sea buckthorn smoothies are healthy and tasty. They are prepared with the addition of berries, fruits, vegetables, dairy products. Thanks to the yellow-orange color, these cocktails look especially appetizing.
