Healthy smoothies could be your best-kept weight loss secrets. Filling and satisfying these blended drinks can provides an easy way to load up on tons of important nutrients.

I’m talking about fiber, proteins, and healthy fats to keep you full until your next meal.

These healthy smoothies recipes contain a wide range of ingredients like strawberries, turmeric, granola, Chia seeds, honey, pineapple, Greek yogurt and kale.

In this collection of healthy recipes, you’ll find something to satisfy your craving. It’ll also surely please everything from a sweet craving to an big, empty stomach.

And the best part is, your perfectly healthy, delicious smoothie literally takes seconds to make.

From a smoothie novice to a regular blender, here are simple, easy steps to making the perfectly blended nutrition powerhouse.

How to make a smoothie

Making a smoothie is fairly an easy fair.

Here a few basic steps to making a perfect smoothie.

• Step 1: Combine the frozen ingredients (fruits, vegetables, ice cubes, etc) in the bowl of a blender. Add other dry ingredients such as chia seeds, avocado, dark chocolate (or cocoa powder), raw honey, nut butter and such.
• Step 2: Fill the blender with liquid ingredients like almond milk, coconut water, or water. Blend until smooth and creamy.
• Step 3: Add toppings (optional). Coconut flakes, sesame seeds, chia seeds, crushed nuts and ginger slices make a wonderful addition to your healthy smoothie. Drink it up while cold.

Pretty easy right?

If you feel good about the steps to make a smoothie, read ahead for the 5 delicious weight loss smoothie recipes.

Without further adieu, here are 5 Super Easy Healthy Smoothie Recipes that are perfect for weight loss.

So let’s get started!

 

1. Strawberry Banana Smoothie

This strawberry banana smoothie recipe is so easy to make, delicious to drink and nutritious and satisfying to your body.

It’s also perfect for those who have very little time to prep vegetables and fruits for smoothies.

All the ingredients take literally zero prep time, and you can omit dirty dishes by throwing everything into the blender straight out of your fridge.

 

Ingredients:

• 1 cup strawberries
• 1/2  banana
• 2 tablespoons sliced raw nuts (any nuts of your choice. Almonds, cashews, and walnuts are all excellent sources of good fats and protein)
• 1 teaspoon chia seeds
• 1/4 cup granola (choose unsweetened one)
• 1 cup unsweetened Greek yogurt
• 1 teaspoon honey (optional)

2. Pineapple Kale Green Smoothie

If you are anything like me, you can definitely appreciate a nice refreshing shake after your morning workout routine.

While it’s easy to disregard the importance of your post-workout foods, they are just as essential as a meal.

What that means is, the wrong kind of post-workout meal can completely undo your efforts in the gym while the right one with the good balance of carbs, protein and fats can restore energy, rebuild muscle and aid in recovery.

This energy boosting kale smoothie from Erin at Well Plated is just that right kind of post-workout smoothies that helps you refresh, replenish and renourish after a workout.

Kale Green Smoothie (serving:1)

• 2 cups raw kale leaves, stems removed
• 3/4 cup almond
• 1 banana, cut into chunks
• 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 1/4 cup raw pineapple pieces
• 2 tbsp peanut butter (unsweetened)
• 1 to 3 tsp honey, to taste

Directions

1. Add all ingredients in your blender.
2. Blend all the ingredients until smooth. Adjust liquid to create your preferred consistency.

 

3. Turmeric and Ginger Tropical Smoothie

What better way to kick start your morning than with this clean eating tropical smoothie from Flavor and Savor, made with banana, mango, turmeric, ginger and cinnamon.

Cleansing your body doesn’t always have to be a 7 full-day plan where you live off of detox drinks all week long.

By incorporating little things like rebooting your body and metabolism with weight loss smoothies that contain toxin flushing ingredients like ginger into your routines can go a long way for your health and weight loss.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup almond milk
• ½ fresh or frozen banana
• ½ cup fresh or frozen mango chunks
• ½ tsp. each ground turmeric, ginger, cinnamon and cardamom
• 1 tsp honey (unless your fruit is really ripe and naturally sweet)
• 1 Tbsp. chia seeds
• dash of sea salt or pepper
• a few ice cubes, if you find it is too thick

 

4. Dark Chocolate Banana Smoothie

Got a sweet tooth and sugar craving that’s about to undo all your weight loss efforts?

Don’t. There is a better way.

Ali from Gimme Some Oven has the perfect fix that requires no comprise on your health, weight loss and taste.

It’s one solution chocolate lovers can certainly appreciate.

Her Chocolate Banana Smoothie is oh-so-decadent; it’ll be your go-to treat once you taste it.

In fact, you’d want to memorize her recipe, just so that this jaw-dropping banana smoothie is just at your fingertip whenever you need it (which proves to be every waking moment!).

Ingredients:

• 1 banana (frozen)
• 1 cup raw spinach
• 1 cup almond milk
• 3 Tbsp. chia seeds
• 2 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• (optional: 1 Tbsp. honey, if needed to sweeten)

5. Blueberry Avocado Mango Smoothie

This plant-centric power smoothie from Will Frolic For Food is last on our list but certainly not the least in the nutritional value or tastiness.

It’s definitely one of my favorites and the one I routinely make.

This mango smoothie is the closest thing to the perfect weight loss smoothie housing as many super foods as it possibly can. On Renee’s ingredient list, you’ll see blueberry, mango, maca, chia seeds, avocado and more.

Definitely not a usual smoothie combination but it works so wonderfully in such an odd, surprising way.

Ingredients: 1 serving

• 1 cup blueberries
• 1½ cups mango
• ½ avocado
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds
• 1 teaspoon maca powder
• 1 tablespoon raw honey
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened almond butter
• 1½ – 2 cups coconut water

There you have it! 5 fiercely delicious yet wonderfully healthy smoothie recipes for weight loss.

 

 

Source: Fitwirr
“5 Easy Healthy Smoothie Recipes for Weight Loss” by:Misato Alexandre