Cottage cheese is among the most useful and dietary products needed by the body. It is rich in calcium, and in a well digestible form, other elements, as well as proteins necessary for the formation of muscle mass. It is recommended to athletes, pregnant women, the elderly and children. However, not everyone loves this fermented milk product. There is a way out in this situation - to make on the basis of it some tasty dish, mixing, for example, with berries, fruits, greens. This dish is a smoothie with cottage cheese - thick berry, fruit or vegetable cocktail, light and healthy. In addition, its low energy value allows it to be included in the diet, even those who diets and dreams of losing weight.
Cooking Features
The technology of making smoothies from berries, fruits or vegetables is simple and of the same type: the ingredients are cold worked (sorted, washed, dried, crushed with a knife, cleaned), then folded into a blender bowl, poured with juice, milk or a fermented milk product, other components are added and whipped homogeneity. The process of making a smoothie with cottage cheese differs little from the one described above, but knowing the few subtleties in its preparation will not hurt.
- The most useful is cottage cheese, which has a low fat content. It has more protein and fewer calories at the same time. And the content of calcium and other trace elements, it is not inferior to fat. For this reason, it is better to include in a smoothie.
- Juicy granular cottage cheese for a smoothie is better suited than a soft one, since with it a cocktail is made thicker and tastier.
- You should not use the sweet curd mass for making smoothies. There is a lot of sugar in it, so that it will turn a cocktail into a useless, but high-calorie dessert.
- Carefully study the composition of the fermented milk product that you purchase in the store. The fact is that now on the shelves you can find cottage cheese products prepared with the use of milk fat substitutes. According to their useful properties with this cottage cheese they can not be compared.
- Smoothies with cottage cheese can replace breakfast or snack. In order to saturate its use came sooner, it is better not to drink, but to eat in small spoons.
There are many recipes for cottage cheese smoothies, and in some cases, the technology of making a cocktail has its own characteristics. For this reason, you should not ignore the instructions accompanying the recipe, even if you understand the general principle of cooking without it.
Smoothies with cottage cheese, banana and orange
Composition:
- orange - 0, 2 kg;
- bananas - 0, 3 kg;
- cottage cheese - 100 g.
Method of preparation:
- Peel an orange, disassemble it into slices. Remove films from slices, break them into several parts.
- Peel the bananas and cut them into slices.
- Fold the bananas with oranges in a blender container, add the curd.
- Turn on the unit and beat the ingredients until they turn into a homogeneous mass.
Juiciness smoothies will give orange juice, but it may not be enough. In this case, add a little milk or kefir, whisk again.
Smoothies with cottage cheese, oatmeal and strawberries
Composition:
- strawberries - 150 g;
- instant oatmeal - 40 g;
- cottage cheese - 70 g;
- milk - 150 ml;
- honey - 5 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Boil the milk.
- Pour oatmeal with hot milk and leave for 15 minutes.
- Sort through, wash the strawberries. Pat dry with paper towels. Remove the sepals. Cut the berry into medium sized chunks.
- Put the strawberries and cottage cheese in the blender bowl. Add the oatmeal steamed in milk.
- Put honey.
- Grind the ingredients, turning into a homogeneous mass.
Oatmeal in this recipe can be replaced by any other, such as rice or buckwheat, you can also use multi-cereal porridge. This smoothie option is perfect for breakfast. Having eaten a portion of this thick and nourishing cocktail, you will not experience feelings of hunger until dinner.
Smoothies with cottage cheese from pomegranate and black currant
Composition:
- grenades - 0, 3 kg;
- black currant - 150 g;
- cottage cheese - 100 g;
- honey - 5 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Pomegranate wash, dry with a towel. Cut off a piece of skin, make incisions along the white films with a sharp knife. Break and tap the peel to dislodge the pomegranate grains.
- Fold the pomegranate grains in a bag, go over them with a rolling pin to squeeze the juice.
- Strain the juice formed in the bag, squeeze the grain through cheesecloth, getting a little more juice.
- Remove the currant from the twigs, wash and reassemble. Let it dry out by spilling on a towel.
- Put the currants in the bowl of the blender, chop.
- Add cottage cheese and liquid honey, cover with pomegranate juice and whisk until a homogeneous composition is obtained.
It is difficult to find a cocktail more useful for strengthening the immune system and improving the composition of the blood. This useful cocktail will invigorate you and energize you; you will feel a surge of strength and an improvement in your mood. They can add breakfast or lunch, replace snacks.
Smoothies with cottage cheese, apple and banana
Composition:
- green apple - 0, 2 kg;
- banana - 150 g;
- lemon juice - 20 ml;
- cottage cheese - 70 g.
Method of preparation:
- Wash and peel the banana. It is better to take slightly overripe fruit, as it has the most suitable structure for making a smoothie and has a sweeter taste.
- Cut the banana flesh into small pieces of arbitrary shape.
- Peel the apple, cut the core out of it. Cut the flesh into small cubes.
- Fruits put in the bowl of the blender, add cottage cheese and lemon juice to them. It is better to use freshly squeezed fresh lemon.
- Beat until the contents of the blender bowl become uniform.
Smoothies prepared according to this recipe will help strengthen the immune system and prevent the occurrence of anemia. If it tastes too sour, add some honey. The apple in this recipe can be replaced or supplemented with kiwi, the taste of the cocktail will not suffer from this, but outwardly it becomes even more appetizing.
Smoothies with cottage cheese, cucumber and greens
Composition:
- cucumber - 150 g;
- fresh basil - 20 g;
- fresh parsley - 20 g;
- fresh coriander - 20 g;
- celery stalk - 50 g;
- kefir - 150 ml;
- cottage cheese - 100 g.
Method of preparation:
- Wash greens, shake off water and chop with a knife.
- Wash celery stalk in running water, remove coarse fibers from it. Crush the petiole with a knife.
- Wash the cucumber, blot it with a napkin. Using a vegetable peeler, remove a thin layer of skin from it. Cut off the tips.
- Cut the cucumber into small cubes.
- Put the greens in the blender bowl and place the cucumber cubes and celery pieces on it. Add cottage cheese, pour kefir.
- Beat the contents of the blender bowl until a smooth drink is homogeneous in consistency.
The green smoothie helps cleanse the body of toxins and saturate it with useful trace elements. It is recommended to drink it in the morning, before breakfast. If desired, they can completely replace the first meal. Cottage cheese and other dairy products are perfectly combined with greens, so that the cocktail has a harmonious taste. If you want to improve it, you can add ginger and spices, but you shouldn’t salt it, because salt contributes to fluid retention and reduces the benefits of the green smoothie to nothing.
Smoothies with cottage cheese, carrots and orange
Composition:
- carrots - 0, 2 kg;
- orange - 0, 2 kg;
- kefir or unsweetened yogurt - 0, 2 l;
- cottage cheese - 150 g;
- honey - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Peel the carrots, chop them finely, chop them in a blender.
- From the orange squeeze the juice, fill them with carrot puree.
- Add honey, cottage cheese and yogurt.
- Beat until smooth.
The optimistic orange color of this cocktail is unlikely to leave anyone indifferent. It invigorates, improves mood and improves the body's resistance to infections.
Smoothie with cottage cheese is hearty and light at the same time. Its use does not threaten the addition of extra pounds. And this cocktail will appeal to even those who do not like curd too much.
