What is more refreshing than a cold drink? If you are looking for a delicious and healthy snack your kids will love, then a smoothie is a great option. Or if you want to serve refreshments to the guests at your summer cooling, and then a frozen drink is a real party pleaser. But there is more to it than just throw the ingredients in blender. Follow these secrets to making the perfect fruit smoothie or frozen drink and you’ll become an expert! 1. Freeze the fruit ahead of time. No matter whether your smoothie recipe tells you to do this or not, this little trick will make for a thicker smoothie. Wash the cut fruit into small pieces (slice bananas), which extends over a baking sheet in single layer and freeze. When the fruit is frozen, can be packaged in a bag or container in the freezer. For best results, use within 2 weeks. 2. Use fresh ripe fruit for best flavor. 3. When the recipe for ice, crushed ice is best. If you do not have crushed ice, you can always put ice cubes in a resealable plastic bag on a cutting board and “crush” the cubes with a hammer, roller, pan, etc. 4. The order of mixing is important. First add the cold liquid and then the fruit, and finally add the frozen yogurt (or ice cream) or ice. 5. Taking into account using a Smoothie Maker. It really works! Unless you have a powerful blender, labor when pulverizing ice. How to Fix a Less Than Perfect Recipe Make smoothies and frozen drinks is not an exact science. You can start with a recipe and always change and improvement. Here are some basic tips to adapt any smoothie recipe to your taste and needs. To make it thicker: Add more ice, frozen fruit (especially bananas), frozen yogurt, ice cream or sorbet If it is too thick: Add milk, water or juice and mix again. Be careful about adding a lot of juice, because it will change the taste of frozen drinks. To make it creamier: Use ice cream, frozen yogurt or vanilla yogurt instead of ice. To reduce calories: Replace whole milk with skim milk. Use frozen yogurt or sherbet instead of ice cream. Add fresh fruit instead of fresh frozen fruit. Use a sugar substitute. Choose nonfat plain yogurt in the yogurt regularly. To make it sweeter: Add honey, maple syrup, a little sugar (superfine or powdered sugar mixes best) or Splenda. If too sweet, add a little lemon juice or even lemonade. To make it healthier: Add protein power or brewer’s yeast available to the health food or vitamin store (and some supermarkets). To add fiber: Add the ground flax seeds, wheat bran, wheat germ, and leave the skin of the fruit. To make a frozen drink with alcohol: Substitute rum, vodka and fruit liqueur for an equal share of juice or other liquid called for in the recipe. Pour into a margarita or hurricane glass and garnish with fresh fruit. However, if a frozen drink calls for alcohol and prefer a non-alcoholic beverage, simply substitute juice, milk or water to the spirits. To add more flavor: Use very ripe, fresh fruit quality. A little cocoa powder gives it a chocolatey flavor. Try a few drops of almond extract or some other fruit extracts sold in the baking section of supermarkets. Add a dash of cinnamon or nutmeg. Recipes to get started: (Mixture of each of these as shown above) Strawberry-Banana Smoothie8 oz cups vanilla or strawberry yogurt1 1 / 2 fresh strawberries, all banana1 frozen1 tablespoon honey orange cup Orange Smoothie1 CREAMSICLE juice1 / 4 milk2 cup orange cups sherbet3 / 4 cup vanilla frozen yogurt cups Smoothie2 Peach peach nectar (juice) 1 cup peaches yogurt1 / 2 banana1 1 / 2 cups frozen peaches slices1 cup vanilla frozen yogurt cup melon orange juice1 Smoothie1 tablespoon teaspoon vanilla2 honey1 cups cantaloupe, cut into pieces, a scoop of vanilla ice cubes frozenheaping to thicken the yogurt cup made coffee1 Smoothie1 Cappuccino cup milk 1 / 3 cup granulated sugar 1 cup vanilla ice cream 2 cups crushed ice or ice cubes Garnish with whipped cream and a pinch of cinnamon
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