Q&A for How to Make a Smoothie

It's really up to your individual taste, but I mix pineapple with apple juice, banana, spinach and avocado. It's delicious.

If you refrigerate a smoothie for a day it might get really thick and won't really be a smoothie anymore. It's best to finish it the day you make it.

Yes. The more fruit you add, the thicker it will become. However, fruits that have a high water content, such as watermelon and strawberries, will cause less thickness.

Slice up some strawberries, and add them to a blender with milk or yogurt. You can add some ice cubes or use frozen strawberries instead. For some tasty recipes, check out How to Make a Strawberry Smoothie .

Add a tablespoon of honey for less froth and foam to form on the smoothie.

It depends on what smoothie you're trying to make. If it's a regular smoothie, then it's around 3 to 4 ingredients.

Add in yogurt to it to make it thicker. Don't overdo the yogurt, however.

You will need ice for a smoothie in order for it to be a smoothie. Otherwise you are just freezing liquids and making ice.

It depends on the kind of blender you have. Some have a button made especially for ice, others will break if you put ice in them.

Put three large scoops of vanilla ice cream into your blender or mixing device. Next, add 1 cup (235 ml) of milk to the ice cream. Now add three (or more if you prefer) Oreo cookies. Secure the lid tightly over your blender and blitz the mixture until smooth. Pour into a serving glass and enjoy!

If you only want a strawberry smoothie, just put in strawberries and skip any other fruit. The smoothies in this article are just a few examples. You can use whatever fruit you want.

It's really a matter of personal preference, it won't affect the end result either way. You may find that the ingredients are blended better prior to adding the milk.

It depends on the type of smoothie but healthy smoothies can help weight loss if they they include nutritious ingredients such as fruit and vegetables.

Yes. Dates are a great alternative sweetener. The dates naturally have less sugar than honey. Everyone believes that honey is a 'healthier' option than sugar but honey is just liquefied sugar.

It depends on what you put inside. If you put in healthy foods from your normal diet, your weight will probably stay the same. It also depends on how much of it you drink. I suggest doing a little bit more research.

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Blender. Most recipes are made for blenders.

It all depends on what type of smoothie you make and what ingredients you add.

If you're on a diet, focus on vegetables, not fruits, in your smoothies. Fruits are higher in calories with lots of sugar, both of which can be detrimental to a diet. Try making green smoothies with ingredients like spinach, kale, chia seeds, etc. For flavor, you can add some fruit yogurt or small amounts of fresh fruit. As long as the recipe isn't heavy on sugar or dairy, you should be okay.

Make sour milk or sour cream yourself by adding 2 to 4 teaspoons of lemon juice or apple cider vinegar per cup of milk or cream. Allow it to stand undisturbed for a few minutes so it can thicken before use. Another acidic replacement for yoghurt is cultured buttermilk.

Yes, you can use whatever ingredients you would like to use.

In order to make an orange smoothie, all you need to do is just to blend orange juice, milk, vanilla yogurt, and ice. Blend the smoothie to your desired texture and serve.

No, you don't have to cook them. It might be helpful to chop them up a little though.

Yes. It would ad a tartness and a bit of apple flavor to your smoothie.

Just take the blades out and scrub it like you would a regular dish. If it’s not that dirty, just running it under the faucet will do.

Yes, but your smoothie might melt a little and become thinner.

No, you don't.

Simply blend a few bananas, some yogurt and either a juice (like apple juice) or some milk (like almond milk). If desired you can add banana protein powder or use banana-flavored yogurt.

'Smoothie' means whatever you're drinking has a smooth texture. A smoothie is still a smoothie if it's water-based, milk-based or ice-based. A milkshake must contain milk before it can be called milkshake. And I don't think all ice blend beverages are smoothies, since some cocktails are served with (a lot of) blended ice. So in the end, if the main ingredient is fruit and the texture is smooth, that's a smoothie.

There's no specific brand of honey you need to use in order to make a smoothie. Add in your favorite.