Smoothie, recipes with summer vegetables – Italian Cuisine


Not only with fruit, smoothies are delicious even if prepared with vegetables. In summer, the choice is really wide. Here are three recipes that will help you recharge your batteries on the hottest days

In the summer the variety of vegetables at our disposal is really wide. And then, why not indulge in excellent smoothies based on vegetables? Colorful, velvety and inviting, they are also rich in vitamins and mineral salts, useful alternatives to fizzy drinks or fruit juices to fight thirst and exhaustion due to heat. Not to be confused with smoothies and centrifuges, smoothies do not contain milk, rarely yogurt, mainly ice, water and vegetables which can also be frozen. To make the compound more homogeneous, in some cases a portion of vegetable milk, rice, soy or almond is added, for example.

Smoothie "green", a charge of mineral salts

The "green" smoothie is one of the most popular. It is based on green leafy vegetables (lettuce, rocket, spinach, basil, parsley in summer, cabbage or chard in winter) that I am rich in iron and antioxidant properties. The ingredients to prepare it are two large lettuce leaves, 150 grams of spinach, half a banana, half a cucumber, a stalk of celery and 200 ml of coconut water. Wash the lettuce and spinach, dry them gently and place them in the mixer. Add the pieces of banana, cucumber and celery, previously frozen. Stretch with coconut water and whisk well.

Not only green, but also spicy

In this smoothie, in the power of vegetables is also added that of spices. As a result one flavor bomb it's a full of energy. The vegetables we need are a stalk of celery, a cucumber, 50 grams of parsley, 100 grams of rocket, 30 grams of mint leaves, a slice of ginger. To these ingredients must be added the juice of half a lemon, a pinch of chili pepper, 15 grams of cumin seeds, 45 grams of chia seeds and 200 grams of kefir, a drink rich in lactic and probiotic ferments obtained from the fermentation of milk. Put the vegetables in the mixer first, after having washed and dried them, then add the kefir, the spices, the lemon juice and whisk well.

Tomato smoothie with coriander and avocado

The coriander, not to be confused with parsley, it has a slightly more aromatic flavor and is a precious ally for health. IS rich in vitamins and minerals, like all green leafy plants, besides being excellent fiber source and to contain one good dose of antioxidants. To prepare this smoothie you need 90 ml of water, 300 grams of cherry tomatoes, 50 grams of coriander leaves, half an avocado, the juice of half a lime, a pinch of salt, one of chilli powder and 250 grams of ice cubes. Put the water and the tomatoes in the mixer first, blend coarsely, add the other ingredients including the ice and finish the preparation.

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