LOSE WEIGHT WITH SMOOTHIES: 6 POUNDS IN 6 DAYS

Quickly prepared, delicious and ideal to tackle the fat deposits: even mixed smoothies are real figure-flattering. So that the pounds drop, simply replace two meals a day with a smoothie.

Even if seasonal ingredients are always the first choice, you can also get frozen goods in winter, for example with spinach or berries. Unlike food in jars or cans, they have the most nutrients.

The filler

Ingredients for 4 servings

• 1 untreated lime
• 75 g raisins
• 2-4 stems of peppermint
• 300 g frozen raspberries
• 500 ml kefir
• 30 g wheat bran
• 4 tablespoons honey

preparation

1. Wash the lime hot, grate dry, cut the fruit in half and squeeze out half of the juice.
2. Cut the remaining lime into thin slices.
3. Soak the raisins in lime juice and 75 ml water overnight.
4. Wash mint, shake dry, pluck leaves. Puree raspberries, kefir, raisins, mint, except for a garnish, wheat bran and honey in a blender.
5. Arrange in glasses, garnish with mint and lime.

Approx. 230 kcal, 7 g E, 5 g F, 36 g KH per serving

The fat burner

Ingredients for 4 servings

• 2 apples
• 1 banana
• 500 ml soy milk
• 2 tsp chia seeds
• ground cinnamon
• fresh mint to garnish

preparation

1. Wash apples, grate dry, quarter, remove the core.
2. Cut the pulp into large pieces.
3. Peel and roughly chop the banana.
4. Put the apple and banana pieces with the soy milk in a blender, mash them finely.
5. Stir in the chia seeds and season with cinnamon.
6. Arrange the smoothie garnished with mint leaves.

Tip: Of course, the smoothie can also be made with cow's milk, but soy milk with its ideal combination - lots of protein, little fat and calories - boosts fat burning and saturates for a long time. In order for the fat killer spice cinnamon to work properly, at least 1 g, ½ teaspoon, must be consumed daily.

Approx. 117 kcal per serving, 5 g E, 3 g F, 14 g KH per serving

The green energizer

Ingredients for 4 servings

• 4 kiwi fruits
• 2 apples
• 125 g baby spinach
• 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger

preparation

1. Peel the kiwi fruit, remove the hard stalk in the middle, chop the pulp roughly.
2. Wash apples, grate dry, quarter, remove core, roughly chop pulp.
3. Wash, select, spin dry spinach.
4. Peel and chop the ginger. Put all prepared ingredients in a blender with about 500 ml of water and mash them finely. Spread the smoothie over four glasses.

Tip: If you add 2 tablespoons of chia seeds to the apple-kiwi smoothie and let it steep for about half an hour after preparation, it will have a pudding-like consistency. So it can be spooned with relish and saturates even longer.

Approximately 117 kcal, 3 g E, 1 g F, 22 g KH per serving

The detoxifier

Ingredients for 4 servings

• 500 g radishes
• 500 ml buttermilk
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• salt
• Paprika powder, noble sweet
• 1 bed of garden cress

preparation

1. Clean, wash and quarter the radishes.
2. Puree with buttermilk and lemon juice in a blender. Season with salt and paprika.
3. Arrange the smoothie on ice cubes.
4. Cut some cress from the bed and garnish the smoothie with it.

Good to know: Rich in essential oils, radishes push digestion and wash water out of the body. In addition, they contain the slimming vital substances vitamin C and magnesium. The aromatic, slightly hot cress leaves attack the fat deposits and give new energy.

Per portion approx. 63 kcal, 6 g E, 0 g F, 8 g KH per portion

The vitalizer

Ingredients for 4 servings

• 4 dried dates
• 2 oranges
• 2 bananas, frozen in the freezer for at least 3 hours
• 1 pear
• some lemon balm to garnish

preparation

1. Soak dates in water for about 1 hour.
2. Peel oranges and separate the fillets.
3. Thaw the bananas briefly, then cut them into large pieces.
4. Wash the pear, grate dry, quarter and remove the core. Also cut the pulp into pieces.
5. Put the prepared fruits with the dates and 300 ml of water in a blender and puree everything.
6. Spread the smoothie over four glasses and garnish with lemon balm.

Tip: Dates are great for sweetening smoothies. In addition to sweetness, they also provide lots of fiber, vitamins and minerals.

Per approx. 177 kcal, 2 g E, 0 g F, 40 g KH per serving

The morning greeting

Ingredients for 4 servings

• 2 apples
• 2 kiwi fruits
• 2 bananas
• approx. 100 ml soy drink
• 1 handful of lemon balm leaves
• 1 ripe mango
• 1–2 tbsp honey

preparation

1. Roughly chop the pulp.
2. Peel and chop the kiwi and bananas.
3. Puree the fruit with ice cubes (approx. 300 g), soy drink and half of the lemon balm leaves in a blender.
4. If the smoothie is to be even creamier, add another shot of soy drink.
5. Peel the mango, cut the flesh from the stone, then cut into cubes.
6. Place the mango cubes on 4 wooden skewers and drizzle with honey. Fill the smoothie into four glasses, add the mango skewers.
7. Garnish with other mint leaves.

Tip: If the smoothie is vegan, replace honey with maple syrup.

Per portion approx. 96 kcal, 2 g E, 1 g F, 19 g KH per portion

Sea buckthorn is full of vitamin C.

The berries of the sea buckthorn bush have almost 10 times the vitamin C content of lemons and are good for smoothies:

Ingredients:

• 2 bananas
• 2 carrots
• 250 ml sea buckthorn juice
• 500 ml carrot juice
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil

Preparation:

1. Peel and chop the bananas and carrots.
2. Puree with sea buckthorn and carrot juice and olive oil in a blender.