The best recipes for smoothies cooked in a blender

Smoothies are a drink with a rather thick consistency. Prepare this cocktail by hand does not work. Therefore, the obligatory condition for obtaining a real smoothie is the presence of a blender.

The appliance crushes fruits and vegetables, will swallow them into a lush mass. With it, the cooking process does not take long. And that the result was always on top, use the recipes collected by us smoothies in a blender with milk, kefir, yogurt and ice cream.

Smoothing rules

Smoothies are easy to prepare. You just grind the ingredients in its ingredients and beat it in a lush mass. Suitable are a variety of fruits, berries, vegetables, greens. You can combine in one drink different products, fantasize, experiment. And to ensure that the result has always been on top, you need to observe a few simple rules-recommendations. So, how to properly prepare smoothies in a blender?

Cocktail preparation rules:

1. Only ripe fruits and berries are taken.
2. If vegetables have a rigid fibrous structure, it is better to use squeezed juice or pre-cook them.
3. Before you put the fruit in the blender, they are cut into small pieces, in this form they are more amenable to grinding.
4. Frozen berries should be thawed, but not until the end, but only until the stage when pressure begins to stand out juice.
5. For thick smoothies it is necessary to use fruits with dense structure or to add to the drink soaked in milk oat flakes. This cocktail can already be used as a full breakfast.
6. If you want to prepare a low-calorie drink, then dairy products should be chosen with the lowest fat content, and it is best to replace them with water or green tea.
7. It is good to combine opposite foods to taste, so you can achieve a more vivid taste.
   
   
   
8. Fruits, berries and vegetables are ground separately from the liquid, in this case it is possible to obtain a more homogeneous structure of the drink.
9. Ice is added at the very end of the preparation, pre-grinding it in a blender.
10. In order for frozen berries to be better suited to knives, you need to add a little water to the blender, but do not overdo it, otherwise the smoothies will turn watery.

These are just some of the rules for making smoothies in a blender. Observance of these recommendations will help to always get an excellent result. But do not be afraid to experiment. The more and more diverse the composition of the drink, the brighter, more saturated its taste will turn out.

Recipes of milkshakes

Milk is most often used to make smoothies. It perfectly fits almost all fruits and berries, enriches the cocktail with protein and calcium. We offer you to try the following simple recipes for making smoothies in a blender with milk:

Chocolate smoothie

Very delicious chocolate smoothie with milk. The recipe can be supplemented with yoghurt and coconut shavings.

You will need the following products:

• 100 g of milk chocolate;
• 2 bananas;
• 200 ml of milk;
• pinch of cinnamon.

Milk is poured into the blender, a banana cut into slices, grated chocolate, cinnamon is added there. The mixture is whipped into a homogeneous mass. The glass can be decorated with a slice of banana.

Strawberry-milk smoothies

The combination of strawberries with milk always gives excellent results. In addition, it is easy to make such a drink.

You will need:

• strawberry - 100 g;
• milk - 200 ml;
• banana;
• cinnamon - 1h.a spoon.

Strawberries are beaten with a banana in a blender, then add cinnamon, pour in milk and whisk again. Decorate with half a strawberry.

With apricot and raspberry

In smoothies with milk it is good to include sweet berries, for example, such as apricot and raspberry. Such a drink can be cooked without sugar.

Ingredients:

• 200 g of raspberries;
• 150 g of apricots;
• 50 ml of milk.

Raspberries with apricots are ground in a blender, add milk, beaten. If fresh berries are used, then crushed ice is added - 2-3 cubes. Decorate with mint leaves.

Smoothies "Tropical"

Milk smoothies with orange juice can energize for the whole day!

You will need:

• 400 ml of orange juice;
• 4 bananas;
• 400 ml of milk;
• 1 tbsp.a spoonful of sugar.

All the ingredients are beaten in a blender until a homogeneous mass is obtained. The finished drink is poured into glasses and decorated with a slice of orange. If desired, you can add ice.

Tip! Pear badly combines with dairy products, so in a cocktail containing this fruit, it is better to add juice or tea.

Kefir smoothies

Excellent replacement for a light breakfast will be smoothies with kefir. Recipes containing this sour-milk product can include berries and fruits in any combination.

Cherry-banana smoothies

Cherry perfectly combines with yogurt and banana. For the preparation of cherry-banana smoothies you will need the following products:

• 250 ml kefir;
• 50 g of cherry;
• banana;
• 1 tbsp.spoon of honey.

Cherries are removed from the cherry, the banana is cut into small pieces. Beat in a blender with kefir and milk. Ice is added to taste.

Banana

This recipe is so simple that even a child can cope with it.

Required products:

• 3 bananas;
• 300 ml of kefir;
• 2 tbsp.spoons of honey.

All are beaten with a blender and decorated with a slice of a banana.

Berry

In a smoothie with kefir you can put any berries that will only be in the house. If they are frozen, then they must be unfrozen beforehand. For the preparation of kefir and berry smoothies you will need the following ingredients:

• a glass of berries;
• 100 ml of kefir;
• honey - 1 tbsp.a spoon.

First, the berries are crushed, then kefir, honey is added and whipped until lush. If you want to get a low-calorie drink, then kefir should be taken with zero fat content.

"Green" smoothies

Kefir is perfect for cooking low-calorie smoothies.

Ingredients:

• celery - 2 pcs.;
• fresh herbs - 100 g;
• low fat kefir - 200 ml;
• olive oil - half a teaspoon.

In the blender, the greens are ground, then add butter, kefir and whisk. You can decorate with a sprig of parsley.

Tip! Ice in recipes can be replaced with berries from the freezer, or freeze fruit juice in molds. Then the taste of the cocktail will be greatly enriched.

Ice cream cocktails

Smoothies with ice cream are so popular with children! Glad them with this delicious and healthy drink. Try the following cocktail recipes:

Banana

This is one of the easiest ways to make smoothies with ice cream. The recipe is good because it can always be supplemented with a handful of berries, nuts or spices.

You will need:

• banana;
• 100 g of vanilla ice cream;
• 200 ml of milk;
• 1 tbsp.a spoonful of sugar.

Banana is beaten in a blender with milk and sugar, at the end add ice cream. The glass is decorated with a sprig of mint.

Fruit

Fruity smoothies with a filling and coconut shaving are worth a try. Impressions of the drink will last for a long time.

Required products:

• 100 g of a seal;
• 2 quinces;
• 3 bananas;
• apple;
• orange;
• 2 teaspoons of coconut chips;
• 1 tbsp.spoon of honey.

Preliminary from the quince, orange, apple should squeeze juice. Then add the sliced ​​banana, honey and whisk everything. Mass poured into glasses at 2/3, top put ice cream. The cocktail is decorated with coconut shavings.

With chocolate ice cream

For chocolate lovers, we suggest you try to make smoothies with chocolate ice cream. For its preparation, the following products will be needed:

• 300 g raspberries;
• 300 g chocolate ice cream;
• 70 ml of cranberry juice;
• 5 dices of frozen chocolate milk.

Raspberries are crushed with milk ice cubes, then add the juice, ice cream and whisk. To obtain ice, it is necessary to freeze the chocolate milk in the freezer.

Smoothies with yoghurt

Cocktails with yogurt are very delicate in consistency and taste. In addition, they improve digestion and are healthy.

With banana and blueberries

Banana-blueberry yogurt is good for vision and digestion.

Essential products:

• blueberry - 100 g;
• banana;
• yogurt - 100 ml;
• honey - 0.5 teaspoon.

Sliced ​​banana, blueberries, yogurt and honey in a blender. If desired, you can add flax seeds, oat flakes, nuts.

With strawberries

This cocktail really wants to be called "Charm", so tender and fragrant it is!



Ingredients:

• strawberry - 100 g;
• yogurt - 100 ml;
• milk - 100 ml;
• granulated sugar - 2 tbsp.spoons;
• vanillin - 2 teaspoons.

All ingredients are beaten with a blender in a lush mass. Glasses with a drink are decorated with a sprig of mint.

Rules for choosing a blender for smoothies

. It would seem that it's very easy to make smoothies. Put the food in the blender and voila! The cocktail is ready. However, not all so simple. The result may not be what you expected. The cause of failure, as a rule, is the wrong choice of the device for grinding. What kind of blender for cocktails and smoothies is the best way to cope with its task? What parameters should he have? Let's try to figure this out.

First of all, let's clarify the differences between the mixer and the blender. The mixer is an electrical appliance designed exclusively for stirring and whipping. As a working part it is equipped with a whisk. Blender is an electric chopper with more possibilities, it has blade blades and is able to grind products with a sufficiently dense structure. Accordingly, the mixer can not cope with its work, if you try to make it smoothies made of solid fruits, vegetables, greens. But blenders are also different. Consider the available types of devices and choose the best.

Types of household blenders:

• stationary
• submersible
• combined.

Stationary blender is a plastic or glass container, at the bottom of which are knives. Such a chopper is most often purchased for making smoothies. It has enough power to grind solid fruits and vegetables. The downside of such a device is its cumbersomeness.

The submersible blender looks like a "leg", which is lowered into a container. For smoothies, it is not very suitable. With its help, it is difficult to achieve the uniform consistency that is obtained when using a stationary device. However, with a submerged blender, it is convenient to grind greens, grind sunflower seeds and dried fruits.

The combined blender combines the functions of submersible and stationary instruments. It is convenient to use, but not everyone can afford, as its price significantly exceeds the cost of the previous two options.

When buying a blender, it is also necessary to pay attention to the power of the appliance, as well as the number of attachments in the kit. It is clear that the more of them, the higher the functionality. As for power, the same rule applies - the more powerful the device, the better.

A clear example of how to prepare smoothies in a blender can be seen in this video: