It’s hard to find someone who wouldn’t like strawberries. She can rightly be called the queen of desserts. Whatever it is added, the dish gets an appetizing look and exquisite taste. However, strawberries love not only sweet tooth. She is happy to eat people who adhere to the principles of healthy eating. That's because this berry is a storehouse of vitamins and its inclusion in the menu helps to significantly enrich the diet. One of its uses is the strawberry smoothie. You can cook it for a variety of recipes, each time getting a cocktail with a new taste. At the same time, the task is so simple that it does not require the slightest culinary experience.
Cooking Features
Knowing just a few little secrets will allow you to make a delicious and healthy strawberry smoothie, even for a novice cook.
- Smoothies can be made from both fresh strawberries and frozen ones. If you use a frozen product. Let it thaw, but not completely - in this case, the consistency of the cocktail will be more dense, it will be more pleasant to eat or drink. Juice released during the thawing of the berries, you can not pour, and add to smoothies.
- When using fresh strawberries, it is necessary to sort it out, so that rotten berries do not get into the cocktail, which not only spoil the taste, but also nullify the benefits of its use. Enumerated berries are washed and must be dried. Strawberries will dry faster if they are laid out on a towel that absorbs excess moisture.
- Strawberry smoothies are not always dietary, sometimes they are prepared to enjoy the bright taste of berry dessert. This must be considered when choosing a recipe. If you want to enjoy a smoothie and give this pleasure to your guests, then choose recipes with ice cream, cream, bananas. They have a particularly pleasant taste, and they have only one drawback - high calorie content. If it is important for you to maintain harmony and you do not eat meals with high energy value, choose a recipe without the above products. The main ingredient will still be strawberries, and therefore these cocktails will be no less tasty, though not so sweet.
- Strawberry smoothies are usually served cold by decorating a glass with berries or hoar-frost from powdered sugar. To make such a decoration, you need to wipe the edges of the glass with a slice of lemon and dip it in powdered sugar scattered on a plate. If you use just this design option, pour the cocktail into the glass carefully, so as not to damage the beautiful rim.
There are so many recipes for strawberry smoothies that everyone can choose the option that best meets their needs. The taste of the cocktail, regardless of the selected recipe, will not disappoint you.
Strawberry Smoothie with Banana and Orange
Composition:
- strawberries - 0, 25 kg;
- banana - 150 g;
- oranges - 0, 4 kg;
- ice - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Retract the berry by removing the sepals. Wash, blot with a napkin and cut into small pieces. Put the strawberry pieces in the blender bowl.
- Wash and peel a banana, cut its flesh into cubes of medium size and send to strawberries.
- Wash the oranges, wipe and cut in half. Using a citrus juicer, squeeze the juice out of them. Pour the juice in the bowl of the blender products.
- Turn on the blender and beat its contents until it turns into a smooth mass that has a soft and smooth texture.
- Put ice cubes on the bottom of the glass, pour a smoothie into it and serve with a straw.
Despite the fact that the composition of this cocktail includes a banana, it is not contraindicated for those who follow the figure. After all, most of the cocktail is still composed of low-calorie strawberries and orange juice. In addition, a banana, if you do not take into account its high energy value, is a useful fruit.
Strawberry Smoothie with Kiwi and Ice Cream
Composition:
- strawberries - 0, 2 kg;
- vanilla ice cream - 150 g;
- Kiwi - 150 g;
- milk - 100 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Wash and clean the kiwi. Cut the flesh of each fruit into several pieces, place it in the blender bowl.
- Prepare the strawberries by washing and drying them. Do not forget to get rid of spoiled berries before this, remove the sepals.
- Cut large berries into several pieces.
- Move the strawberries to the kiwi.
- Pour kiwi and strawberries with milk, whisk until smooth.
- Add lightly melted vanilla ice cream and whisk fruit and berry mass with it.
Such a smoothie will be pleasant and convenient to eat with a spoon. If you want to get a more liquid cocktail to drink it through a straw, instead of 100 ml of milk, you need to add 150 ml of any berry or fruit juice to it, but it's better not too sour.
Strawberry Smoothie with Kefir
Composition:
- strawberries - 0, 2 kg;
- kefir - 0, 25 l;
- vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
- sugar - 5 g (can be replaced with honey).
Method of preparation:
- Go through the berry. Wash by removing sepals. After drying, cut into pieces.
- Put the berry in a jug of a blender, add sugar or honey to it. If you adhere to the principles of healthy eating and follow the figure, preference is given to honey.
- Add vanillin.
- Pour kefir over strawberries. To get a thicker and delicate texture, smoothies kefir can be replaced by yogurt, but it should be savory, without filler.
- Beat the strawberries with kefir to make a cocktail without pieces of berries, that is, smooth, uniform.
Such a strawberry cocktail will not bring you anything but good. They can add breakfast, replace one of the snacks. He will help you out, if you really want to eat something, and the time is nearing night - such a delicacy will not spoil your figure, unless they are greatly abused. For better saturation, do not drink cooked according to this smoothie recipe, but eat it with small spoons.
Strawberry Smoothie with Oatmeal
Composition:
- strawberries - 0, 25 kg;
- oatmeal - 40 g;
- milk or unsweetened yogurt - 0, 25 l.
Method of preparation:
- Pour oatmeal with yogurt or milk, leave for a while to soak them. If you are preparing a strawberry smoothie for breakfast, you can even heat up the milk.
- While the porridge is soaking, prepare the strawberries, sifting through and washing them. Dry the berries with a napkin, cut into small pieces.
- Put the strawberries in a blender container, cover with a mass of milk and oatmeal, whisk together to make a smooth cocktail.
A smoothie made according to this recipe will be an excellent alternative to breakfast. If desired, you can also add crushed nuts, flax seeds. If you want to get a dish with a sweeter taste, although it is not necessary for breakfast, at the preparation stage, that is, before beating the ingredients, you can add a teaspoon of honey melted to a liquid state in a smoothie.
Strawberry and Apple Smoothie
Composition:
- strawberries - 0, 25 kg;
- green apples - 0, 4 kg;
- honey - 20 ml;
- water or milk - 150 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Wash apples, cut off the peel from them. Remove the seed boxes. Pulp cut into small cubes.
- Strawberries, sifting and freeing from sepals, wash, let it dry. Cut the berries into several pieces.
- Melt the honey to a liquid state, then let it cool to room temperature.
- Put apples and strawberries in a whipping bowl, pour honey over them, then pour over milk or filtered water.
- Grind with a blender, then whisk until smooth.
Smoothies made according to this recipe will strengthen the immune system, prevent the occurrence of anemia. In the same recipe, you can make a smoothie from baked apples.
Strawberry smoothie for 5 minutes: a recipe with a photo
Composition:
- 500 ml of starter;
- 150 g strawberries;
- 3 pinches of ground cinnamon;
- 1, 5 tbsp. l Sahara;
- fresh mint to serve.
Cooking:
1. First you need to prepare strawberries for a smoothie - sort out the berry, tear off the stem and wash it with running water. It is most convenient to rinse strawberries in a colander, and then let the excess water drain. Spoiled berries should not be used, and slightly crumpled ones will be fine.
2. Transfer the strawberries to a container in which you will make smoothies. Add sugar to it. If strawberries are very sweet, then sugar is optional.
3. Now pour fresh sourdough into the strawberries - it can be chilled (from the fridge) or at room temperature. Add ground cinnamon.
4. Using an immersion blender, grind all the ingredients at medium or maximum speed until the smoothie is completely homogeneous.
5. Pour a delicious dessert in glasses, garnish with fresh strawberries, mint leaves, chocolate chips and serve.
Strawberry smoothies, even made according to the simplest recipe from dietary products, are always an exquisite dessert, which is enjoyed by both children and adults. It not only nourishes the body with vitamins, but also gives pleasure from eating, improves mood. Make it so easy that even a child can handle it.
