Smoothies are satisfying and healthy drink suitable for losing weight and kicking start the metabolism. Low-calorie and nutrient-laden contained in these healthy drink can make full for a long day. So, you can be avoided from being starving. The ways to make these drinks so simple, you just need to blend the ingredients in a blender.
Here are some smoothie recipes for weight loss you can try.
Recipes for balanced smoothies
Firstly, we are going to discuss the recipes of green smoothies come from the combination of some fruits and some leafy greens. Scientifically, either fruits or leafy greens contain rich of amino acid, minerals, antioxidant, vitamins, and phytonutrients. Those substances can enhance the immune system and reduce the risk of threatening diseases.
The green smoothie recipes for weight loss are pretty simple to do.
Ingredients
• Two measuring cups of leafy greens (spinach, mint, and kale)
• 2 cups of water
• 3 cups fruits (combinations of banana, orange)
Steps
• Make sure that the leafy greens are clean and toss them into blender
• Pour the water and start to blend
• Add the fruits and blend again until looks smooth
• Pour the green smoothie into jar
In making green smoothies, you can add any other fruits or green vegetables like broccoli as long as you like. Then, other healthy smoothie recipes for weight loss that you can try are by combining the dairy product which contains low-calorie and some fruits.
For example, you can make blueberry and yogurt smoothie. The followings are the steps.
Ingredients:
• ½ cup soy milk or skim milk
• 6 oz Greek yogurt
• 1 cup of fresh blueberries
• 1 cup of ice (if you want)
• 1 table spoon of virgin olive oil
Steps
• Put all the ingredients except olive oil into a blender and blend for one minute
• Transfer smoothies into mason jar
• Add the virgin olive oil and stir
• The yogurt blueberries smoothie is ready to drink
Last, the best smoothie recipes for weight loss can be called as detox smoothies.
To make detox smoothies is not so different from the green smoothies. It is because the detox smoothies also contain the leafy green mostly even choosing the dark leaf ones. Here we are going to make a recipe of smoothie for detoxification
Kale smoothie recipe:
Ingredients
• 2 cup of kale
• One banana fruit
• 1 cup of pineapple
• 1 cup of coconut water
Steps
• Add all the ingredients into a blender
• Blend these ingredients for 1-2 minutes until getting smooth
• Pour the kale coconut pineapple smoothie into a glass
Also, in making smoothie recipes for weight loss, you need to note the ingredients to avoid. The canned vegetables or fruits, protein powders, dairy with high calorie, sweeteners and fruit juice also had better be ignored. Then, adding plenty of sweet fruit for smoothies is not better; it can spike the blood sugar as well as other sweeteners
Overall, those are some of the smoothie recipes for weight loss you can try.
All these recipes are extremely easy to do. Next, you just need to consume these smoothies routinely for breakfast or snacking. No pain no gain, no success without any efforts. Keep sip up and calorie down.
From: carbswitch.com
