Slimming Smoothie Recipes – What is a Smoothie, How is it Made?

Smoothie is one of the drinks that has just entered our lives. These drinks, which you can easily prepare at home, are also sold in bottled form. But home made smoothies are healthier. You can use whatever ingredients you want according to your taste. The most important feature is that it helps to lose weight. With its nutritional content and taste, smoothies will help you lose weight while meeting your daily nutritional needs. If you want to benefit from smoothie drinks for weight loss, the slimming smoothie recipes I will give you will be very useful.

What is a Smoothie?

A smoothie is a thick, creamy beverage blended with pureed fruit, vegetables, juices, yogurt, nuts, milk or plant milks. You can combine the ingredients according to your taste.

How to Make a Smoothie

Homemade or store-bought smoothies are made by combining different ingredients. The most commonly used ingredients in smoothie drinks are:

• Fruits: Strawberry, banana, apple, peach, mango and pineapple

• Vegetables: Cabbage, spinach, arugula, wheatgrass, micro greenery, avocados, cucumbers, beets, cauliflower, and carrots

• Nuts and seeds: Almond butter, peanut butter, walnut oil, sunflower oil, chia seeds, hemp seeds, and flax seeds

• Herbs and spices: Ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, cocoa powder, parsley and basil

• Herbal supplements: spirulina, bee pollen, matcha powder, protein powder, and powdered vitamin or mineral supplements

• Liquid: Water, juice, vegetable juice, milk, vegetable milk, iced tea and cold brew coffee

• Sweeteners: Maple syrupsugar, honey, seedless dates, juice concentrates, stevia, ice cream and sorbet

• Others: Cottage cheese, vanilla extract, oats

Smoothie Types

Most smoothie drinks fall into one of these categories:

• Fruit smoothie: As the name suggests, this type of smoothie is usually made from one or more fruits mixed with juice, water, milk or ice cream.

• Green smoothie: Green smoothie, leafy green vegetables It is made by blending fruits and water, juice or milk. Although it is generally made with vegetables, fruits can also be added for sweetness.

• Protein smoothie: It is made with fruit or vegetables and a protein source such as water, yogurt, cottage cheese, or protein powder.

Smoothie Benefits

• Antioxidant source.
• Increases fruit and vegetable consumption.
• It provides daily fiber intake.
• It helps to lose weight.
• It provides toughness.
• It meets the fluid needs.
• It helps digestion.
• Strengthens immunity.
• It improves the skin.
• It ensures the removal of toxins.
• Improves bone health.
• It keeps blood sugar under control.
• Balances hormonal functioning.

Smoothie Harms

The difference between a healthy and an unhealthy smoothie is the quality of the ingredients used. Smoothies from the grocery store contain large amounts of sugar. When buying ready-made smoothies, read the content on the label. Choose those prepared with natural ingredients, containing fruits and vegetables, and low in sugar.

Slimming Smoothie Recipes

If you use ingredients that are low in calories and high in protein and fiber, the smoothie drink can replace a meal and keep you full until the next meal. Natural fruits and vegetables, nut butter, low-fat or unsweetened yogurt are excellent weight loss-friendly ingredients. Now let's look at slimming smoothie recipes prepared with low-calorie ingredients.

Green smoothie

• Blend 1 banana, 2 cups of cabbage, 1 tablespoon of spirulina, 2 tablespoons of chia seeds and 1 and a half glasses of almond milk in a blender until you get a smooth consistency. 
• You can add ice if you want it cold. 

Vitamin C smoothie

• Mix half a melon, 2 oranges, 1 tomato, 1 strawberry in a blender with ice cubes in it.
• Serve in a large glass.

Peach smoothie

• Mix 1 cup of peaches with 1 cup of skim milk for 1 minute. 
• After taking it into the glass, add flaxseed oil and mix.

Yogurt banana smoothie

• Blend 1 banana and half a glass of yogurt until smooth. After adding some ice, mix for another 30 seconds.
• Serve in a glass.

Strawberry Banana Smoothie

• Blend 1 diced banana, ½ cup of strawberries, ¼ cup of orange juice and ½ cup of low-fat yogurt in a blender until smooth.
• Serve in a glass.

raspberry smoothie

• Blend half a cup of plain yogurt, a quarter cup of whole milk, half a cup of raspberries and half a cup of strawberries until smooth.
• You can optionally add ice after pouring into the glass.

Apple smoothie

• Chop 2 apples and 1 dried fig.
• Put it in the blender and add the juice of a quarter lemon and mix it.
• Serve in a glass.

Orange lemon smoothie

• After peeling 2 oranges, chop them and put them in the blender.
• Add 2 tablespoons of lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of flaxseed and mix well.
• Serve in a glass.

Celery pear smoothie

• Take 1 cup of chopped celery and pear in the blender and mix.
• Add 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and mix once more.
• Serve in a glass.

Carrot watermelon smoothie

• Mix half a glass of carrots and a glass of watermelon.
• Take the smoothie in a glass.
• Add half a teaspoon of cumin.
• Mix well before drinking.

Cocoa Banana Smoothie

• Mix 2 tablespoons of peanut butter, 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder and 250 grams of yogurt in a blender. 
• Slice a banana, add to other ingredients and mix again. Sprinkle cinnamon powder on it. 

Tomato grape smoothie

• Chop 2 medium tomatoes and put them in the blender. Add half a glass of green grapes and mix.
• Take the smoothie in a glass and add a tablespoon of lemon juice.

Cucumber plum smoothie

• Mix 2 cups of cucumber and half a cup of plums in a blender.
• Take the smoothie in the glass. Add 1 teaspoon of cumin and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
• Mix well before drinking.

Apple lettuce smoothie

• Take 2 cups of green apple and 1 cup of iceberg lettuce into the blender and mix.
• Add half a glass of cold water.
• Stir again and pour into glass.
• Add 2 tablespoons of honey and mix.

Avocado banana smoothie

• Cut an avocado in half and remove the core. Take the pulp with a spoon.
• Chop a banana and blend until you get a smooth consistency.
• Take it in a glass and add 2 tablespoons of flaxseed.

Strawberry grape smoothie

• Blend half a glass of strawberries, 1 glass of black grapes and a small ginger root in a blender.
• Take the smoothie into the glass and add 1 teaspoon of cumin.
• Mix well and drink.

Spinach Banana Peach Smoothie

• Mix 6 spinach leaves, 1 banana, 1 peach and 1 glass of almond milk. 
• Serve after obtaining a smooth drink. 

Beet black grape smoothie

• Mix half a glass of chopped beetroot, 1 glass of black grapes and 1 handful of mint leaves in a blender.
• Take it in a glass and drink it by adding 2 tablespoons of lemon juice.

Avocado apple smoothie

• Core and chop an apple. After removing the seed of an avocado, take the pulp with a spoon.
• Take 2 tablespoons of mint with the juice of 1 lemon into the blender and mix until it becomes a smooth mixture.
• Serve in a glass.

Pomegranate tangerine smoothie

• Throw half a glass of pomegranate, 1 glass of tangerine and a small chopped ginger root into the blender and mix.
• Serve in a glass.

Spinach orange smoothie

• Mix 7 spinach leaves, the juice of 3 oranges, two kiwis and 1 glass of water until you get a smooth drink.
• Serve in a glass.

Spinach apple smoothie

• Blend 7 spinach leaves, 1 green apple, 2 cabbage leaves, juice of half a lemon and 1 glass of water in a blender until you get a smooth drink.
• You can have it for breakfast instead of a meal.

Green smoothie

• Blend 4 spinach leaves, 2 bananas, 2 carrots, ½ cup plain nonfat yogurt and some honey until smooth.
• Serve with ice.

Avocado yogurt smoothie

• Remove the core of an avocado and scoop out the pulp with a spoon.
• Add 1 glass of milk, 1 glass of yogurt and ice and mix for 2 minutes.
• Pour the mixture into a glass.
• Finally, add 5 almonds and 2 tablespoons of honey and serve.

Lime spinach smoothie

• Mix the zest of 2 limes, the juice of 4 limes, 2 cups of spinach leaves, ice and 1 tablespoon of sunflower oil until it thickens. 
• Serve in a glass.

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