Whether you like your smoothies to give you a boost in the morning, serve as a healthy snack or as a sweet dessert, they are a great way to make sure you’re getting enough fruit and vegetables in your diet.
Along with your five-a-day, however, smoothies can sometimes be loaded with sugar and saturated fat. The best way to reassure yourself that your smoothie is healthy is to make it yourself. All you need is a few ingredients and a blender and you’re good to go.
The perfect smoothie will contain a mix of foods that provide protein, fibre, vitamins and minerals. The great thing about preparing them at home is that you can change the ingredients depending on your own tastes and requirements. We’ve picked out a few recipes to get you started in this summer smoothie season!
Power Shot Smoothie
Irish model Roz Purcell has come up with her own power shot smoothie to help wake you up in the morning. It contains ginger to aid digestion, mint to reduce stress and anxiety, beetroot to lower blood pressure, and blueberries to protect the nervous system and promote positive brain function. What better way to start your day? Click here for the recipe.
Summer Smoothie
If you like strawberries you’ll love this smoothie – packed with vitamin C but sweet enough to make a delicious dessert. Click here for a step-by-step guide on how to make it.
Mum’s Morning Smoothie With a Twist
A nutritious green smoothie for busy mums, which can also work as healthy ice lollies for the kids. A great way to get them to eat spinach, which contains iron, vitamin C and vitamin A. You can find all the ingredients here.
Banana and Berry Smoothie
A yummy way to use up over-ripe fruit, which goes perfectly with a vanilla ice-cream float. An ideal summer treat! Find out how to make it here.
Green Smoothie with Seaweed
Don’t be put off by the seaweed! This is a super-healthy smoothie which contains iron-rich greens as well as flax seeds, which have been known to help combat depression, high cholesterol, hypertension and skin cancer. Check out the recipe here.
Kayla Walsh
