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Ready smoothie recipes - this, of course, wonderful. If you like to experiment, then you will certainly be interested in the basic principles of collecting recipes of nutritious drinks. And then you will be able to prepare delicious smoothies from what you have at hand at the moment.
Step 1. Add fruit
Please select at least two types of fruit or berries (fresh or frozen) .And in order to make them even more useful, to add a bit of greens or vegetables, such as lettuce, spinach or arugula.
Fruits and berries: bananas, berries, apples, pears, pineapple, peach, kiwi, watermelon, mango, cherries.
Vegetables and herbs: spinach, avocado, beet greens, lettuce, dandelion leaves, arugula.
Step 2. Select base
Add 1 or 2 cups of liquid. The juicy fruits and berries you have selected, the less liquid you need to add.
The basis: milk (cow, goat, rice, soy, almond), fruit juice, cold coffee, cold green tea, coconut milk or water, water.
Step 3. Make it more hearty
Add the ingredients that will make it more creamy in consistency and more nutritious.
Nutritional supplements: peanut butter, ice cream, frozen yogurt, ice, coconut meat, oatmeal /
Step 4. Add flavor
Extra flavor smoothies can be given, not only with spices but also with the help of dried fruits.
Aromatic additives: brown sugar, vanilla or almond extract, cinnamon, maple syrup, nutmeg, figs, herbs (mint, basil), dates.
Step 5. Add the power smoothies
If you want to make your smoothie is not only nutritious, but also very useful drink, use the useful additives (vitamins, oils and the like).
Useful additives: protein powder, fish oil, ground flax seeds, sprouts, spirulina, probiotics, Goji berries (wolfberries), Cocoa, pollen, vitamin powder.
Do not be afraid to experiment. Just try different ingredients in the mixture in small amounts, so that in case no error was a pity to throw out the results of a bad experience. In the summer we tried a mixture of a wide variety of fruits and berries, and always turned out very tasty (strawberry + melon, orange + apple and the like).