Making a homemade smoothie in the morning or afternoon is a delicious way to promote health. The following are some of the most common errors. If you avoid them, you'll be one step closer to master the technique of this fashionable drink worldwide.
Not beat enough. Smoothie comes from the English word smooth, which means smooth, smooth, fluid… Give your blender the time it takes to mix all the ingredients without leaving any lumps. Of course, if the process takes more than two minutes, you may want to consider buying a better prepared machine for homemade smoothies.
Do not add a thickener. A good smoothie must have body. Always use fruits that guarantee a creamy result, such as peach, mango or banana. Another option is to include a tablespoon or two of flax or chia seeds (having soaked overnight), which will add a good dose of omega 3.
Add ingredients like crazy. Resisting adding all the superfoods we have in the kitchen can be difficult (too many potential benefits to ignore), but make an effort and limit yourself to just three or four of them, whose flavors go well together. Otherwise, the result in the mouth of your smoothie can be quite rare, especially if it contains vegetables.
Using fruit that is too green. Do not add a green banana to your homemade smoothie, in the same way that you would not eat it for lunch. When the fruit is not ripe, it doesn't mix well and gives the smoothie a bad taste. On the other hand, the blender jar is a good place to deposit all those slightly more ripe pieces of fruit, which you might not eat as is, but which are an excellent addition to smoothies and avoid wasting food.