Many supporters of healthy eating have long since included smoothies in their ration - thick drinks based on fresh berries, fruits and vegetables. On the one hand, smoothies are not high in calories, so they do not contribute to weight gain. On the other hand, they are nutritious enough to satisfy hunger between main meals. In addition, with these drinks in the body enters a huge amount of useful elements, especially vitamins. In August, you should try to make a melon smoothie. It has a pleasant aroma and is very refreshing. The taste can be changed, including in the composition of the cocktail other vegetables, fruits, milk and dairy drinks, honey and other products.
Choice and preparation
To make a smoothie sweet, melon needs to be able to choose the right one.
- Ripe melon does not have a “tail”, and if it is, it looks dried. Fresh green "tail" says that the melon did not have time to ripen.
- Feeling a melon, ripe, you can easily determine by the fact that its skin is lined.
- The pronounced melon smell also most often indicates that the melon is already ripe.
- Be sure to inspect the melon for damage, otherwise you cannot be sure that its pulp does not become the breeding ground for harmful bacteria.
- Avoid acquiring melons and gourds at retail outlets near highways. The seller’s lack of a product certificate should also alert you.
- Having chosen a melon, to make a smoothie, it should be peeled. Seeds also need to extract. After that, the flesh can already be used to make cocktails, but they will be tastier if the melon is cooled in the freezer.
Smoothies can be made not only from fresh melons, but also from frozen ones. Cut the melon pulp into pieces, spread it on a board and send in the freezer. Frozen pieces can be put in a bag and returned to the freezer. Here they can be stored for several months.
Classic Melon Smoothie
Composition:
- melon pulp - 0, 6 kg;
- lime - 2 pcs .;
- sugar - 60 g;
- mint - 20 g.
Method of preparation:
- Melon wash, peel. Pulp into cubes and send for half an hour to the freezer.
- Squeeze juice out of lime, leaving half of the fruit to decorate a glass with a smoothie before serving the cocktail to the table. Instead of lime, you can take a lemon, but its juice should be taken about one and a half times less, since its taste is more pronounced.
- Wash mint, dry and chop in a blender. Several leaves can be left for decoration.
- Break the melon with a blender.
- Add the lime juice, sugar and mint to the melon, whip the resulting mixture again and pour into glasses.
Decorate the drink while serving at the table with a circle of lime and a mint leaf. The fresh taste and aroma of this cocktail make it especially desirable on hot sunny days.
Banana Melon Smoothie
Composition:
- melon - 0, 2 kg;
- Greek yogurt - 0, 25 l;
- banana -150 g;
- crushed ice - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Cut the melon flesh into large cubes, fold into the blender bowl.
- Peel and slice the banana into large pieces, put it to the melon.
- Pour in yogurt.
- Beat the mixture. Ready smoothie should be thick and uniform.
- Pour some crushed ice on the bottom of the glasses (you can do without it if you wish). Pour smoothie.
Serve a smoothie made according to this recipe better with a thick straw. This recipe is worth taking note of those who do not really like fermented milk drinks, but is aware of their benefits. In particular, such a smoothie will easily fill the child, even if he hates unsweetened yogurt or kefir. Yogurt in the recipe can be replaced by any other fermented milk drink (ryazhenka, yogurt).
Melon Smoothie with Cucumber and Grapefruit
Composition:
- melon - 0.5 kg;
- grapefruit - 0, 5 kg;
- mint - 20 g;
- cucumber - 0, 2 kg;
- ice cubes - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Wash grapefruits. Using a citrus juicer, squeeze the juice out of them. Put the juice in the fridge.
- Wash cucumber, cut into cubes. It is not necessary to shallow much, because the pieces will still have to be mashed.
- Melon flesh, too, cut into cubes the size of about one and a half centimeters.
- Mix the melon, cucumbers and mint and break in a blender.
- Mix melon-cucumber mashed potatoes with grapefruit juice.
- Before pouring the smoothies into glasses, put 2-3 ice cubes in each.
Melon smoothie with cucumber and grapefruit juice perfectly quenches thirst and refreshes well. It contains no sugar, so even those who are on a diet can safely drink it.
Melon and Orange Smoothies
Composition:
- melon flesh - 0, 4 kg;
- orange juice - 0, 2 l;
- honey - 20 ml;
- crushed ice - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Cut the melon flesh into large pieces, break it with a blender.
- Prepare orange juice. Best used freshly squeezed.
- Melt the honey and mix it with orange juice.
- Put a glass of juice for half an hour in the fridge. There also send for a time the crushed melon.
- After the indicated time, combine the melon puree with orange juice, add crushed ice and whisk in a shaker.
It remains to pour the drink in glasses and serve. If you decorate a glass with a slice of melon, the smoothie will look even more appetizing.
Banana-Peach Melon Smoothie
Composition:
- melon pulp - 0, 4 kg;
- peaches - 0, 3 kg;
- bananas - 0, 3 kg.
Method of preparation:
- All ingredients that make up the cocktail, cool.
- Wash peaches and remove bones from them. Cut into small pieces.
- Peel bananas, cut into 2 cm columns.
- Cut the melon's flesh into large cubes.
- Put everything in a saucepan and blend with a blender. If desired, add a handful of crushed ice.
Smoothies with peaches and bananas have an attractive sunny shade, have a seductive aroma, and are well refreshed. At the same time they can quench not only thirst, but also hunger.
Melon and Watermelon Smoothies
Composition:
- melon - 0, 3 kg;
- watermelon pulp - 0, 3 kg;
- powdered sugar (optional) - 20 g.
Method of preparation:
- Peel the melon from the seeds and peel, cut into cubes.
- Remove the seeds from the watermelon, chop the flesh.
- Spread pieces of melon and watermelon on the board and send for half an hour to the freezer.
- After the right time, put the pieces of melon and watermelon in the bowl of the blender, add a little icing sugar and whisk.
Icing sugar can also be used to decorate the rim of glasses. Such a “frost” will give a cool drink an even more seductive look.
Melon Smoothie with Figs and Black Currants
Composition:
- melon - 0, 3 kg;
- figs - 0, 3 kg;
- black currant - 100 g;
- honey - 20 ml;
- mint - for decoration.
Method of preparation:
- Cut the melon flesh into small pieces and freeze.
- Rub black currant through a sieve or chop with a blender. In the first case, the consistency of the smoothie will be more tender.
- Spoon remove sweet pulp from figs. Mix it with currants.
- Melt the honey and pour into the container with black currant and fig mashed potatoes.
- Smash a melon with a blender, combine with a fruit and berry mass. Whisk it all together.
When serving, it is recommended to put mint leaves in each glass with a melon, fig and black currant smoothie.
Melon Smoothie with Chocolate and Cinnamon
Composition:
- melon pulp - 0, 3 kg;
- fig peaches - 0, 3 kg;
- ground cinnamon - 5 g;
- dark chocolate - 10 g.
Method of preparation:
- Cut the flesh of the peaches and melons into pieces and chop them up with a blender.
- Chocolate rub.
- Fill smoothie glasses.
- Sprinkle smoothies of cinnamon and chocolate chips before serving.
Smoothies made according to this recipe will easily replace dessert. However, it does not harm the body and will not cause weight gain.
Melon smoothie is a delicious and very aromatic cocktail. On the one hand, it quenches thirst well, on the other hand, it can serve as a light snack.
