Quick Smoothie Recipe Guide
Making green smoothie is very easy and quick. You can make your own smoothie recipes in few seconds by mixing greens with fruit and superfoods.
There many good reasons to love smoothie diet. This post will give you quick idea about making your own green smoothie anywhere. All you have to do is follow these steps.
- Step 1: Take 50% leafy greens.
- Step 2: Take 50% fruits.
- Step 3: Add liquid of your choice based on your needs.
- Step 4: Add nuts, seeds or superfood powders
- Step 5: Blend well until all ingredients are liquefied.
Use following chart to pick your greens, fruits and superfood to come up with your own green smoothie recipe.
Leafy Greens 50%
You can choose one of the following leafy greens or even mix and match more than one to make 50% volume, usually two handful of leafy greens.
- Spinach
- Kale
- Collar Greens
- Swiss Chard
- Beet Greens
Fruits 50%
Same way use one fruit or mix and match to make 50% volume for smoothie. With following fruits you will never go wrong with your smoothie.
- Apple
- Avocado
- Banana
- Blueberries
- Cherry
- Cantaloupe
- Cranberry
- Fig
- Grapes
- Guava
- Kiwi
- Mango
- Orange
- Papaya
- Peach
- Pear
- Pineapple
- Plum
- Raspberries
- Strawberry
- Watermelon
Smoothie Boost 1/4 Cup
Try to add 1/4 cup of nuts, seeds or goji berries to smoothie to give extra boost. These top superfoods for smoothies are categorized as: Nuts, Seeds and Super Chargers
Nuts
- Almonds
- Cashews
- Walnuts
Seeds
- Chia Seeds
- Flax Seeds
- Hemp Seeds
- Sunflower Seeds
Super Chargers
- Goji Berries
- Acai Berries – You can use acai berry powder.
I would say smoothie diet is one of the best ways to lose weight and maintain healthy lifestyle.