The Best Smoothies with Less than 300 Calories

María José García 15 December, 2019 Sweet Recipes Leave a comment

Here you have recipes to make Smoothies with less than 300 calories

If you like doing exercise regularly or if you are an athlete, it is not enough to know the fitness trends to stay in shape. Physical exercise is fundamental if you want to gain muscle mass, improve your resistance and your health overall. However, it is not the only factor that you need to bear in mind in order to reach your goals.

Apart from following a good workout routine, you need to be careful with what you eat. Moreover, you will have to go to the doctor frequently and, without any doubt, you will have to start eating differently. Drinking smoothies with less than 300 calories will definitely help.

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What is a Smoothie?

A smoothie is a drink made of juice or fruit or vegetable bits with yogurt, milk or ice-cream and/or food supplements.

Even though they have become quite popular lately, this drink has actually been used for a long time in South America for its refreshing and nutritional properties. This region has a tropical climate where there is a wide range of different fruit.

We do not know when the Native Americans started blending and mixing these ingredients with water to obtain this pleasant drink.

This tradition – like anything else – was perfected with the passing of time. In the 60s and 70s, it became quite popular when people started adding other ingredients such as sugar and milk. Moreover, thanks to the invention of the blender, the juices finally became smoothies

Healthy Smoothies

The idea of smoothies was born towards the 60s when vegetarianism was starting to become popular. In fact, people started to remove soda drinks from the diet and preferred fruity drinks with yogurt and milk.

But its final name would be coined when an adolescent who was lactose intolerant started to experiment and became so successful that he founded his own company. The Smoothie King was the reason this formula became so popular by including vitamins and protein.

This drinks have earned a place in the market of a healthy lifestyle. Right now, there are flavors and textures that include ingredients like spinach and carrots, apart from protein, vitamins and a low fat content. Moreover, there are smoothies with less than 300 calories that adapt to your needs, specially if you want to lose weight.

These smoothies are meant to complement your diet but they should not replace any of your meals

Delicious combinations

Depending on the ingredient combination, smoothies can be:

Classic: these are made of several fruits, yogurt or milk and sweetened with honey.
Detox: these smoothies are made of detox vegetables and fruit such as pineapple or cucumber, to name a few.
Antioxidant: apart from fruit, this drink includes superfoods (powder) with antioxidants and healthy fat.
Recovery: these ones provide the necessary nutrients after an intense workout routine or competition.

Tips to make Smoothies

Apart from knowing what types of smoothies are there, we also need to know some tricks to make them properly:

First of all, it is crucial to pick the right fruit, which has to be ripe. Wash it properly. You can still use it even if it is too ripe. Try to use fruit of the season and remove the darkest parts.
If you want to make a smoothie with citrus fruit, we suggest replacing the milk for natural yogurt or ice-cream. This ingredient will provide a very creamy texture.
If you pick fruit like strawberries, apples or pears, mix them with milk, soy drink or ice-cream. This also works with spinach or raw veggies.

Smoothies with less than 300 calories

This type of drinks with less than 300 calories are good for anyone. Particularly due to its nutrients supply and low calorie content

Here, we will show you how to make some:

Refreshing Smoothie

The first recipe is a Green Smoothie, which is one of the most popular ones.

Recipe Tips: Refreshing Smoothie

Preparation time: 1 minute
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Portion size: 1 Glass
Number of servings: 1
Cooking style: American

Ingredients

100g of pear
100g of kiwi
1/2 banana
100g of spinach
20ml of lemon juice
125g of natural yogurt
100g of ice

Nutritional Information per serving
Calories:	226.9kcal
Fat:	5.3g
of which saturates:	3.3g
Carbohydrates:	36g
of which sugars:	13.9g
Fiber:	5.5g
Proteins:	8.9g
Salt:	0.4g

How to make: Refreshing Smoothie

Clean the spinach leaves properly.
Peel and cut the fruit. Blend with the yogurt, lemon juice and ice.
when you get a creamy texture, serve in a glass recipient. If you want, sweeten it with honey, stevia...