Drinks to combat the summer heat there are many, but not all of them can be called useful. An exception are fruit and berry smoothies, which can be drunk in a company of a couple of ice cubes or even frozen in special forms and eat instead of a creamy filling.
Watermelon smoothies - recipe
This is the basic recipe for watermelon smoothies, in which the main role belongs entirely to the flesh of the striped berry. A little lemon juice, soda water, maybe honey , and a soft drink is ready.
Ingredients:
- watermelon medium size - 1 pc .;
- juice 2 lemons;
- carbonated water - 1 item;
- honey - to taste.
Preparation
Cut the watermelon in half and take the juicy pulp with a spoon. Remove the bones and put the pieces of watermelon in the bowl of the blender. Pour the pulp with water and add the citrus juice. Whisk all the ingredients together until the smoothie becomes homogeneous, and then try and sweeten the drink with honey if necessary. Watermelon smoothies certainly provide the company with several ice cubes.
Watermelon-banana smoothies
If you decide to freeze part of the mix for smoothies, then choose the one that contains the banana in its composition. After whipping, the banana becomes viscous, acquires a creamy consistency and does not turn into a solid ice block after freezing.
Ingredients:
- watermelon (medium size) - 1/2 pcs .;
- banana - 2 pieces;
- yogurt - 120 ml.
Preparation
Freeze the peeled banana. Separate the pulp from the watermelon peel and peel it from the seeds. Put in the bowl of the blender pieces of watermelon and banana, whisk them together and pour into the smoothies yogurt. Repeat the whipping and follow the consistency: if it is too thin, put a few more pieces of the banana, and if on the contrary - add a watermelon.
Watermelon-melon smoothies
Ingredients:
- frozen strawberries - 2 items;
- banana (medium size) - 1 piece;
- pieces of melon - 1 1/2 st .;
- pieces of watermelon - 1 1/2 items;
- pinch of ground ginger.
Preparation
After removing all the bones from the pieces of watermelon, and also having rid the watermelon and melon from the rind, transfer the pulp to the bowl of the blender and add the banana next. Send frozen strawberries, sprinkle a little ground ginger and whisk everything at maximum power until a puree mixture forms. If the smoothies are too thick, add a little more watermelon or water.
How to make a watermelon smoothie with beets?
Neutral taste and unobtrusive sweetness of watermelon make it an ideal companion even for products with such unusual properties as beets. A thick drink will be filled with benefit and an amazing ruby color.
Ingredients:
- 3/4 medium-sized watermelon;
- beet - 1 pc .;
- leaves of kale cabbage - 5 pcs .;
- handful of mint leaves.
Preparation
Clean the pulp of the watermelon from the bones and whisk the blender into a thick, uniform mush. Cut the peeled beet and pass it through the juicer together with the leaves of cabbage kale. Pound half of the mint greenness in a mortar and add the scraped leaves into the drink along with the juice. Combine the juice and watermelon puree, pour over the glasses and add ice
Watermelon smoothies with ice cream
Smoothies with ice cream resemble a real summer milkshake that can cool not only with taste, but also with benefit.
Ingredients:
- watermelon flesh - 3 items;
- ice cream - 130 g;
- milk - 180 ml.
Preparation
After cleaning the watermelon from the pits, pre-freeze it and then purify it by adding milk and ice cream to the berry. As soon as the smoothies get the necessary density, try it and add the sweetener (honey, sugar) if necessary. Then you can pour the drink on glasses and serve.