Spinach has many unique properties. The main one is the high content of various micro and macro elements. This plant is one of the leaders in the concentration of iron, it also contains a lot of zinc, manganese, selenium, copper, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium. Virtually all the vitamins, including B vitamins, ascorbic acid, retinol, tocopherol, are represented in one or another quantity. A large amount of fiber also makes this product popular among supporters of a healthy diet. Another property of this useful greenery earned her the respect of cooks. The fact is that it goes well with vegetables, and with fruits, and with many other ingredients. For this reason, spinach smoothie is both tasty and healthy, and therefore very popular.
Cooking Features
Any smoothie with a blender is easy to prepare. However, with the apparent simplicity of the technology of making thick cocktails of fruits, berries, vegetables and greens has its own characteristics, which does not hurt to know.
Benefit will only bring smoothies made from fresh and high-quality products. Sluggish and especially rotten spinach leaves will not add any usefulness or taste to the cocktail.
- Before putting products into the blender tank, they should be ground with a knife. This also concerns spinach leaves. Otherwise, turn them into a puree will not be easy.
- Of all the ingredients spinach is desirable to be among the first. Heavier components will crush the leaves, due to which the amount of greenery will decrease. Otherwise spinach will have to be tamped down.
- Spinach smoothies will be more beneficial if diluted with water, but with juice.
- If you include a smoothie with spinach in your diet to lose weight with it, it is better not to use it as an addition to lunch or dinner, but instead of one of the snacks that you make during the day. Another option of drinking a cocktail is in the morning on an empty stomach, about an hour before the main meal - then it will help cleanse the body of toxins and toxins. In any case, spinach smoothie is better not to drink, but to eat with a small spoon. As a result, it will give you a feeling of fullness, while you will not get a lot of calories with it.
- Spinach contains a lot of oxalic acid. This ingredient is contraindicated in many diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, before you include a spinach smoothie in your diet, you should consult your doctor. And if you intend to eat such a cocktail on an empty stomach, be sure to point out this fact, since in this case it can inflict damage as tangible as possible. But even if you do not have contraindications to the use of spinach smoothie, you should not drink more than 200 ml of a cocktail from it during the day. If the recipe contains too many ingredients, you can offer a smoothie to someone in the family or reduce the number of ingredients, keeping the proportions.
Having mastered the general principles of preparing a spinach smoothie, you can easily cook it according to well-known or author's recipes.
Smoothies with spinach, cherries and almonds
Composition:
- peeled almonds - 50 g;
- pitted cherries - 150 g;
- spinach - 100 g;
- oranges - 0, 5 kg;
- bananas - 0, 2 kg.
Method of preparation:
- Soak almonds in clean water for 6-12 hours.
- Wash oranges, cut in half. Using a citrus juicer, squeeze the juice out of them.
- Wash the spinach, let it dry. Cut with a knife or tear it with your hands.
- Wash the cherries, remove the bones from it. For a cocktail, you can use frozen berries. In this case, they must be allowed to thaw before use.
- Peel bananas, cut into not too large circles or halves of circles.
- Put the nuts in the blender bowl and fill them with half of the orange juice. Turn on the blender and smash the almonds to form a homogeneous mass.
- Add the spinach, pour the cherry on it, place the bananas on top.
- Pour all the remaining orange juice.
- Blend the ingredients to create a thick, appetizing pink cocktail.
The cherry-almond aroma and bright color make the smoothie prepared according to this recipe a seductive dessert that will appeal not only to healthy food supporters, but also gourmets.
Spinach Smoothie with Citrus Fruits
Composition:
- oranges - 0, 3 kg;
- tangerines - 100 g;
- spinach - 100 g;
- pineapple - 100 g;
- banana - 150 g;
- flax seeds - 10 g.
Method of preparation:
- Wash the spinach, shake it off, chop it with a knife.
- Cut fresh pineapple, separate the flesh and cut into small cubes. Canned fruits can be used, but it is undesirable: they are less useful, but more calorie.
- Peel the mandarins, divide them into slices. Remove the film from each lobule, then break the lobules into several pieces.
- Peel bananas and cut into cubes of medium size.
- Oranges, washed, cut in half. Squeeze the juice out of them. To do this, it is better to use a juicer designed to produce juice from citrus fruits.
- Place pineapples on the bottom of the blender container and place the spinach on them.
- In any order, pour flax seeds, bananas and tangerines into the container.
- Fill all with orange juice.
- Grind the ingredients to a state of uniformity, then whip the cocktail at high speed.
Smoothies made according to the above recipe strengthens the immune system well. It is also useful for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. At the same time, the cocktail has a pleasant taste and a fresh aroma, so even children agree to eat or drink it.
Smoothies with spinach, yogurt and oatmeal
Composition:
- spinach - 150 g;
- oatmeal - 30 g;
- unsweetened yogurt - 100 ml;
- banana - 150 g;
- blueberries or blueberries - 150 g;
- fruit or berry juice - 0, 25 l.
Method of preparation:
- Pour the oatmeal with yogurt and leave for 15 minutes.
- Peel a banana, cut into cubes of medium size.
- Pick a berry, wash it and dry it, scattered on a towel.
- Chop fresh spinach, not necessarily finely.
- Put all the ingredients in a jug of a blender, whisk until you get a thick mass that has a uniform consistency.
- Pour in juice and whisk again.
Such a smoothie can be a substitute for a light breakfast. If you cook it between meals, you will forget about the feeling of hunger for several hours. The added benefit of this cocktail is to strengthen the vision, especially if spinach is paired with blueberries.
Smoothies with spinach and vegetables
Composition:
- spinach - 100 g;
- parsley - 50 g;
- cucumber - 100 g;
- avocados - 100 g;
- lemon - 0, 5 pcs .;
- vegetable juice - 0, 2 l.
Method of preparation:
- Wash, shake off greens from water, chop it up.
- Wash the cucumber. Cut off his tips. If desired, remove the peel. Cut into cubes.
- Squeeze juice out of lemon.
- Prepare the avocado pulp by separating it from the skin and cutting it.
- Put the ingredients in the bowl of the blender, pour vegetable juice. You can use cucumber, tomato, carrot, pumpkin, beet or mixed. It is important that the juice was fresh, not squeezed In this case, preference is given to juice with pulp.
- Beat the contents of the blender, at the same time grinding the products. The result should be a mixture that has a uniform consistency.
This spinach smoothie is one of the lowest-calorie ones. It is especially suitable for those who want to lose weight.
Spinach smoothies, no matter what recipe you make, have a balanced taste and are pleasant to drink. For this reason, losing weight with this cocktail does not turn into torture. However, it does not hurt to try a little to give the drink a more appetizing look and make the pleasure of its use even more vivid. To do this, it is enough to decorate the glass with a sprig of fresh mint, berries or a circle of orange.
