Smoothie apple kiwi banana in a blender

A real storehouse of vitamins in one glass. Apples, banana and kiwi whipped with a blender with milk are a great and quick drink! If you care about your health, I highly recommend including smoothies in your diet, especially to make it with a blender - in a matter of seconds!

Maria

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Milk

350

Bananas

Kiwi

Apples (sweet and sour.)

Honey (liquid)

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 11 % 2 g

Fats 11 % 2 g

Carbohydrates 78 % 14 g

88 kcal

GI: 14 / 50 / 36

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 30 min

Step 1:
Prepare the ingredients. To prepare a smoothie with kiwi, banana and apple, we will need: ripe kiwi, ripe, but not overripe banana (with a bright yellow peel without black dots), sweet and sour apple (such as Granny Smith, seven), liquid honey and milk.
Step 2:
Peel and slice the kiwi.
Step 3:
Peel the banana and cut into large pieces.
Step 4:
The apple is also peeled and seeded, cut into pieces.
Step 5:
Put the fruit in the blender bowl, add liquid honey.
Step 6:
Pour in the milk at room temperature.
Step 7:
Beat everything thoroughly until smooth. Pour smoothies into glasses and enjoy the fresh fruit flavor. You need to drink a smoothie right away, while it has a beautiful pale green color. Then the ground apples and banana will quickly darken and the color of your drink will deteriorate. Although the taste will not suffer from this.

Smoothie is the same cocktail or..?

It is important to understand the difference between a smoothie and a regular non-alcoholic cocktail, since both can be prepared from fruits with the addition of various bases in the form of milk, ice cream, and are also made in a blender. Then what's the difference? A smoothie is, first of all, a thick drink in which the proportion of fruits (or vegetables) is equal to or exceeds the liquid component (milk, juice, water, etc.). Therefore, smoothies can even be eaten with a spoon if desired. While a cocktail is primarily milk / ice cream / kefir / water with additives from fruits, berries, syrup for taste.

The benefits of smoothies are undeniable. This is a very good source of vitamins with a minimum of calories (unless only bananas are used in smoothies, then carbohydrates will have to be carefully counted). Many studies have shown that a diet that includes fresh fruit reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke. They are a good and natural source of many heart-protective nutrients, such as vitamin C, folic acid and potassium. There is also evidence that fruits containing flavonoids (pigments that give fruits a variety of colors), for example, red apples, oranges, grapefruits, blueberries, can also protect against cardiovascular diseases.

Vegetable cocktails also have beneficial properties. Most of these smoothies contain calcium, omega-3 fatty acids and proteins. The quantity and quality of nutrients depends entirely on what ingredients you add to your drink.