As a health enthusiast and food lover, I am always on the lookout for delicious and easy recipes that are not only nutritious but also quick to make. That’s why I decided to compile a list of the best smoothie recipes that only require three ingredients. These recipes are perfect for busy mornings, post-workout refueling, or as a healthy snack in between meals.
- Banana, Peanut Butter, and Chocolate Smoothie
- Blueberry, Yogurt, and Honey Smoothie
- Strawberry, Almond Milk, and Chia Seed Smoothie
- Mango, Coconut Milk, and Vanilla Smoothie
- Pineapple, Kale, and Coconut Water Smoothie
Banana, Peanut Butter, and Chocolate Smoothie
This smoothie is like having dessert for breakfast, but without the guilt. It’s packed with protein and healthy fats, and it’s super easy to make.
What you’ll need:
– 1 ripe banana
– 1 tablespoon of peanut butter
– 1 cup of almond milk
– 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder
– Ice (optional)
Instructions:
1. Add all the ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Add ice if desired.
3. Pour into a glass and enjoy!
Blueberry, Yogurt, and Honey Smoothie
This smoothie is packed with antioxidants, protein, and probiotics, making it a super healthy and delicious choice.
What you’ll need:
– 1 cup of blueberries
– 1 cup of plain Greek yogurt
– 1 tablespoon of honey
– Ice (optional)
Instructions:
1. Add all the ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Add ice if desired.
3. Pour into a glass and enjoy!
Strawberry, Almond Milk, and Chia Seed Smoothie
This smoothie is packed with fiber, protein, and omega-3 fatty acids, making it a great choice for those looking to boost their health.
What you’ll need:
– 1 cup of strawberries
– 1 cup of almond milk
– 1 tablespoon of chia seeds
– Ice (optional)
Instructions:
1. Add all the ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Add ice if desired.
3. Pour into a glass and enjoy!
Mango, Coconut Milk, and Vanilla Smoothie
This smoothie is a tropical delight, packed with vitamin C, healthy fats, and sweetness.
What you’ll need:
– 1 cup of frozen mango chunks
– 1 cup of coconut milk
– 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
– Ice (optional)
Instructions:
1. Add all the ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Add ice if desired.
3. Pour into a glass and enjoy!
Pineapple, Kale, and Coconut Water Smoothie
This smoothie is a green powerhouse, packed with vitamins, minerals, and hydration.
What you’ll need:
– 1 cup of chopped kale
– 1 cup of chopped pineapple
– 1 cup of coconut water
– Ice (optional)
Instructions:
1. Add all the ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Add ice if desired.
3. Pour into a glass and enjoy!
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the benefits of smoothies?
Smoothies are a great way to get a variety of nutrients in one easy-to-consume drink. They are also a great way to sneak in fruits and vegetables if you have a hard time eating enough of them throughout the day.
Can I use frozen fruits in these recipes?
Yes, frozen fruits are a great option for smoothies. They are convenient and can make your smoothie thicker and creamier.
Can I use water instead of milk or yogurt?
Yes, water is a great option if you want a lighter and lower calorie smoothie. However, milk and yogurt can add extra protein and creaminess to your smoothie.
Can I add protein powder to these recipes?
Yes, you can add protein powder to any of these recipes to boost the protein content. Just make sure to choose a high-quality protein powder that doesn’t have any added sugars or artificial ingredients.
Can I make these smoothies ahead of time?
Yes, you can make these smoothies ahead of time and store them in the fridge for up to 24 hours. Just give them a good shake or stir before drinking.
Are these smoothies vegan?
Most of these smoothies are vegan, but some of them include yogurt or honey. If you want to make them vegan, you can substitute the yogurt with a plant-based yogurt and the honey with maple syrup or agave nectar.
Can I use a different type of milk or fruit?
Yes, you can use any type of milk or fruit that you like. These recipes are just suggestions, but feel free to customize them to your taste.
Are these smoothies high in sugar?
These smoothies are naturally sweetened with fruit or honey, but they are not high in added sugars. However, if you are watching your sugar intake, you can reduce the amount of honey or use a sugar-free sweetener instead.
Pros
– Quick and easy to make
– Nutritious and delicious
– Perfect for busy mornings or as a healthy snack
– Customizable to your taste
– Great way to get a variety of nutrients in one drink
Tips
– Use ripe and sweet fruits for the best flavor
– Use a high-powered blender to get a smooth and creamy texture
– Add ice to make your smoothie colder and thicker
– Experiment with different combinations of fruits and liquids to find your favorite recipe
Summary
Smoothies are a great way to get a quick and nutritious meal or snack, and these recipes are perfect for those who want something easy and delicious. Whether you’re a fan of tropical flavors, chocolate and peanut butter, or green smoothies, there’s a recipe here for everyone. So grab your blender and enjoy!
Minimalist Baker S Everyday Cooking
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Author by : Dana Shultz
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2016-04-26
Publisher by : Penguin
ISBN :
Description : The highly anticipated cookbook from the immensely popular food blog Minimalist Baker, featuring 101 all-new simple, vegan recipes that all require 10 ingredients or less, 1 bowl or 1 pot, or 30 minutes or less to prepare Dana Shultz founded the Minimalist Baker blog in 2012 to share her passion for simple cooking and quickly gained a devoted worldwide following. Now, in this long-awaited debut cookbook, Dana shares 101 vibrant, simple recipes that are entirely plant-based, mostly gluten-free, and 100% delicious. Packed with gorgeous photography, this practical but inspiring cookbook includes: • Recipes that each require 10 ingredients or less, can be made in one bowl, or require 30 minutes or less to prepare. • Delicious options for hearty entrées, easy sides, nourishing breakfasts, and decadent desserts—all on the table in a snap • Essential plant-based pantry and equipment tips • Easy-to-follow, step-by-step recipes with standard and metric ingredient measurements Minimalist Baker’s Everyday Cooking is a totally no-fuss approach to cooking for anyone who loves delicious food that happens to be healthy too....
Simple Green Smoothies
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Author by : Jen Hansard
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2015-11-03
Publisher by : Rodale
ISBN :
Description : Jen Hansard and Jadah Sellner are on a fresh path to health and happiness--deprivation not included. In their book, Simple Green Smoothies, these two friends invite you into a sane and tasty approach to health that will inspire and energize you on your own journey toward a happier life. The Simple Green Smoothies' lifestyle doesn't involve counting calories or eliminating an entire food group. Instead, it encourages you to make one simple change: drink one green smoothie a day. Simple Green Smoothies includes a 10-day green smoothie kick-start to welcome you into the plant-powered lifestyle, with shopping lists included. Follow it up with 100+ delicious recipes that address everything from weight loss to glowing skin to kid-friendly options. Hansard and Sellner are two moms raising their own families on healthy, whole-food recipes. They've seen the amazing health benefits of green smoothies firsthand--from losing 27 pounds to getting more energy. Their wildly popular website has changed the lives of over 1 million people and made them the #1 green smoothie online resource. Simple Green Smoothies will empower you to take control of your health in a fun, sustainable way that can transform you from the inside out. Ready to join the plant-powered party?...
Healthy Quick Easy Smoothies
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Author by : White, Dana Angelo MS, RD, ATC
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2018-11-13
Publisher by : Penguin
ISBN :
Description : Satisfy your anytime cravings with a smoothie! On a summer day, after an intense workout, or on a lazy afternoon, nothing refreshes better than a cold smoothie. Unfortunately, it can often take a lot of time and effort to make and enjoy them. But not the smoothie recipes in Healthy, Quick & Easy Smoothies. You won't need more than 10 minutes and no more than 5 ingredients to make any smoothie in this book--and they're all under 300 calories! Healthy, Quick & Easy Smoothies includes these features: - 100 mouthwatering recipes for tropical fruit, berry, combination, and green smoothies. -Complete nutritional data to help with your weight loss goals. - Expert information from Dana Angelo White, nutritionist for the Food Network, on why smoothies are better than juices and how to best make smoothies. Every recipe contains complete nutritional data to help you plan your meals and meet your daily dietary needs. Many recipes also offer modifications you can make - but the healthy, quick, and easy promises never change. And because you have so many delicious smoothies to choose from, your blender is sure to occupy a permanent place on your countertop!...
The Messy Baker
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Author by : Charmian Christie
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2014-08-26
Publisher by : Rodale
ISBN :
Description : Since when did every cookie on the plate have to be just like the next? Or each layer of cake exactly the same height? Each piecrust an impeccable work of art and encircled by stunningly perfect pastry leaves? To the uninitiated, all that fastidious, spotless baking is intimidating, not to mention exhausting. The Messy Baker celebrates baking as it happens in the real world--sweet, messy, fun, not always gorgeous, but a way to show love. Which doesn't make it any less delicious; to the contrary, Charmian Christie's flavor combinations rise far above the ordinary. Why have a raspberry galette when you can enjoy a raspberry-rhubarb galette with drippy, unctuous walnut frangipane? Or how about a Brie and walnut whiskey tart? It's all yours without the rigid perfectionism or complicated instructions of other gourmet cookbooks. Christie's warm, irreverent voice brings the fun back into baking at a time when home cooks--pulled from pillar to post by jobs and errands--need to have fun. The Messy Baker is a full-service book that not only guides the reader through simple, delicious recipes but is also there to help out when things go wrong. For anyone who gave in frustration when that cake collapsed or the frosting smeared, Christie's practical advice is here to rescue even the worst disaster and inspire the baker to try the next recipe....
10 Day Green Smoothie Cleanse
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Author by : JJ Smith
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2014-07-01
Publisher by : Simon and Schuster
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Description : The New York Times bestselling 10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse will jump-start your weight loss, increase your energy level, clear your mind, and improve your overall health as you lose ten to fifteen pounds in just ten days. Made up of supernutrients from leafy greens and fruits, green smoothies are filling and healthy and you will enjoy drinking them. Your body will also thank you for drinking them as your health and energy improve to levels you never thought possible. It is an experience that could change your life if you stick with it! This book provides a shopping list, recipes, and detailed instructions for the 10-day cleanse, along with suggestions for getting the best results. It also offers advice on how to continue to lose weight and maintain good health afterwards. Are you ready to look slimmer, healthier, and sexier than you have in years? Then get ready to begin the 10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse! If you successfully complete the 10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse, you will… • Lose 10–15 pounds in 10 days • Get rid of stubborn body fat, including belly fat • Drop pounds and inches fast, without grueling workouts • Learn to live a healthier lifestyle of detoxing and healthy eating • Naturally crave healthy foods so you never have to diet again • Receive over 100 recipes for various health conditions and goals...
The Oh She Glows Cookbook
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Author by : Angela Liddon
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2014-03-04
Publisher by : Penguin
ISBN :
Description : The New York Times bestseller from the founder of Oh She Glows "Angela Liddon knows that great cooks depend on fresh ingredients. You'll crave every recipe in this awesome cookbook!" —Isa Chandra Moskowitz, author of Isa Does It "So many things I want to make! This is a book you'll want on the shelf." —Sara Forte, author of The Sprouted Kitchen A self-trained chef and food photographer, Angela Liddon has spent years perfecting the art of plant-based cooking, creating inventive and delicious recipes that have brought her devoted fans from all over the world. After struggling with an eating disorder for a decade, Angela vowed to change her diet — and her life — once and for all. She traded the low-calorie, processed food she'd been living on for whole, nutrient-packed vegetables, fruits, nuts, whole grains, and more. The result? Her energy soared, she healed her relationship with food, and she got her glow back, both inside and out. Eager to share her realization that the food we put into our bodies has a huge impact on how we look and feel each day, Angela started a blog, ohsheglows.com, which is now an Internet sensation and one of the most popular vegan recipe blogs on the web. This is Angela's long-awaited debut cookbook, with a trasure trove of more than 100 moutherwatering, wholesome recipes — from revamped classics that even meat-eaters will love, to fresh and inventive dishes — all packed with flavor. The Oh She Glows Cookbook also includes many allergy-friendly recipes — with more than 90 gluten-free recipes — and many recipes free of soy, nuts, sugar, and grains, too! Whether you are a vegan, "vegan-curious," or you simply want to eat delicious food that just happens to be healthy, too, this cookbook is a must-have for anyone who longs to eat well, feel great, and simply glow!...
The Blender Girl
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Author by : Tess Masters
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2014-04-08
Publisher by : Ten Speed Press
ISBN :
Description : The debut cookbook from the powerhouse blogger behind theblendergirl.com, featuring 100 gluten-free, vegan recipes for smoothies, meals, and more made quickly and easily in a blender. What’s your perfect blend? On her wildly popular recipe blog, Tess Masters—aka, The Blender Girl—shares easy plant-based recipes that anyone can whip up fast in a blender. Tess’s lively, down-to-earth approach has attracted legions of fans looking for quick and fun ways to prepare healthy food. In The Blender Girl, Tess’s much-anticipated debut cookbook, she offers 100 whole-food recipes that are gluten-free and vegan, and rely on natural flavors and sweeteners. Many are also raw and nut-, soy-, corn-, and sugar-free. Smoothies, soups, and spreads are a given in a blender cookbook, but this surprisingly versatile collection also includes appetizers, salads, and main dishes with a blended component, like Fresh Spring Rolls with Orange-Almond Sauce, Twisted Caesar Pleaser, Spicy Chickpea Burgers with Portobello Buns and Greens, and I-Love-Veggies! Bake. And even though many of Tess’s smoothies and shakes taste like dessert—Apple Pie in a Glass, Raspberry-Lemon Cheesecake, or Tastes-Like-Ice- Cream Kale, anyone?—her actual desserts are out-of this-world good, from Chocolate-Chile Banana Spilly to Flourless Triple-Pecan Mousse Pie and Chai Rice Pudding. Best of all, every recipe can easily be adjusted to your personal taste: add an extra squeeze of this, another handful of that, or leave something out altogether— these dishes are super forgiving, so you can’t mess them up. Details on the benefits of soaking, sprouting, and dehydrating; proper food combining; and eating raw, probiotic-rich, and alkaline ingredients round out this nutrient-dense guide. But you don’t have to understand the science of good nutrition to run with The Blender Girl—all you need is a blender and a sense of adventure. So dust off your machine and get ready to find your perfect blend....
