Summer Time Cold Smoothie Recipes

The expected sunny summer days have arrived. Now it's time to enjoy the sun! But although we love the warmth of the sun, the days when this temperature rises can sometimes be overwhelming. So what to do? Although we cannot always find jump into a pool, we can produce cooling solutions in our own kitchen at home. Cold smoothie recipes that will us feel cool from the inside. You too can make great smoothies with foods you love and are high in nutritional value. Now it's time to explore the recipes.

Things to Consider While Making Smoothies at Home

If you are thinking about how to make smoothies at home, we are here for the right information. If you know the points you need to pay attention to when making smoothies, you can create great mixes.

First of all, getting a good blender will be very helpful. It is very important that the fruits and vegetables become homogeneous in the best way.

When making smoothies at home, you should be careful to use your healthy food sources as a base. For example, among the foods that you will use as a base, the most effective ones are; water and milk. Apart from these, yogurt is also a good option. 

It is not always good to use vegetables and fruits together. The combination of two very juicy fruits and vegetables will not give very good results. For this reason, if you prefer juicy fruits when making smoothies at home and you want to add vegetables to your recipe, the vegetable you choose should not be watery. By balancing this way, you can get great consistency.

Pay attention to the order of the ingredients. When making smoothies at home, first mixing the liquid ingredients and then the solid ones through the blender will give excellent results.

Now let's say cold smoothie recipes! 

1. Green or Green Cold Smoothie!

Materials

• 1 handful of spinach

• 1 handful of cabbage
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• ½ cup pineapple
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• Half of an apple

• 1 glass of squeezed orange juice

Fabrication

First of all, you can mix pineapple, apple, and orange juice in a blender. After you get a homogeneous look, you can add spinach and cabbage and continue mixing. If you wish, you can add a few pieces of ice to add lots of coolness to the mix. In addition, you can consume the mixture after keeping it in the refrigerator.

2. Refreshing Pink Smoothie

Materials

• 1 and a half cups of skim milk
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• 1 cup frozen strawberries
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• 1 cup frozen raspberries
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• 1 orange
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• 1 medium carrot
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• 1 medium beetroot
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• half a banana

Fabrication

You can blend the milk, peeled orange, chopped carrot, and quartered beet in a blender. Then you can add strawberries, raspberries, and bananas to complete the smoothie. You can consume the pink mixture you will get after keeping it in the refrigerator or after adding ice to it. If you want, you can make the mixture in the morning and fill it in your thermos and carry it with you.

3. Energetic Mint Smoothie

Materials

• half cucumber
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• 1 cup of coconut water
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• 1 cup of strawberries
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• 1 cup pineapple or pineapple juice
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• 6 fresh mint leaves

Fabrication

You can blend coconut water, chopped cucumber, and pineapple in a blender. Then you can add the strawberries and add the mint after mixing. After mixing all the ingredients, the cold smoothie is ready.

Time to cool off with cold smoothie recipes at home. You can make both healthy and refreshing smoothies by making great mixes with a few ingredients.

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