Reach for a smoothie if you need an injection of vitamins and minerals. This refreshing drink, usually prepared from frozen fruit with the addition of juice, will enrich your menu and give you energy. The smoothie is easily digestible and rich in nutrients.
Discovery of the year, Coca-Cola of a new era - these are just some of the terms used forsmoothie .Thedrink, which hit the American market by storm, is now storming the palates of Europeans. What's so special about this refreshing fruitycocktail ? The answer is simple: the fashion for fast-food is ending, we want to be he althier, younger, slimmer and the smoothie fits perfectly into the so-called "He althy Eating". In addition, you can prepare it yourself at home.
Smoothie - a fruity drink with the consistency of a cocktail
Smoothie is a composition of frozen (or fresh) fruit mixed with juice, usually orange. The consistency of the drink resembles a milk cocktail, but the smoothie, unlike the popular "sheikh", does not contain dairy products. Usually no ice cream is added to the drink. The thick consistency is due to the addition of frozen fruit, mixed bananas or - as is the case in the Mediterranean - honey.
Stephen Kunau - creator of the nourishing drink
The creator of the drink is considered to be Stephen Kunau, who developed its recipe at the end of the 1960s. As a teenager, he served milkshakes in one of the American restaurants. Due to various ailments (Kunau was allergic to proteins, he also suffered from diabetes), however, he could not eat them. So he decided to develop a recipe for a nutritious drink based on frozen and fresh fruit. It is the frozen and fresh fruits that make the drink easily digestible and rich in nutrients: carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. It does not contain sugar, so people with diabetes can drink it without fear.
Smoothie recipe - Nutrient-rich fruit drink
Just a handful of frozen fruit and a little imagination. You can mix, for example:
- 7 frozen strawberries, banana, 2 apples, freshly squeezed orange juice
- half a pineapple, a handful of frozen strawberries, blueberries and raspberries, 120 ml of juicepineapple
- handfuls of frozen raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, a handful of fresh blackberries, 120 ml of apple juice