Delicious smoothies are ideal for at home spa ideas and home spa parties

If you’re looking for at home spa ideas: smoothies could be just the ticket before you start relaxing. A smoothie resembles a milkshake and is made from natural ingredients like fresh fruits and ice. If you’re having a home spa party with friends, a smoothie is perfect for a healthy treat or a meal replacement with the right types of ingredients.

Smoothies are easy to make, but require a bit of preparation. Too make smoothies for your next home spa party you’ll need a blender, or a food processor, or a smoothie maker. If you have a blender and a food processor, experiment a little see which one makes the better smoothies.

What Ingredients do you need?

Almost any soft fruit/vegetable can be used to make delicious smoothies in minutes. Frozen fruits or fresh fruits are suitable, but if you’re using room-temperature ingredients you’ll need some ice or frozen yoghurt if you want the chilled.Next, it’s simply a matter of peeling the skin and removing seeds. Some people even enjoy dried fruits like raisins, dates or apricot slices in smoothies- it’s completely up to you. If you do choose to use dried fruits make sure you soak the in water overnight.

You can make a smoothie as healthy as you want it to be. Ice cream tastes great, but isn’t a healthy ingredient like low-fat yoghurt. Remember this is home spa, so it’s about getting healthy and feeling good, not feeling guilty afterwards.

At Home Spa Ideas for Smoothie Ingredients

Water: if you are using frozen fruits for your smoothie, the flavor can sometimes be very intense. Try using some drinking water to take away that intensity. Water is an important ingredient for staying healthy.

Milk: if you prefer to use milk, then try to go for skimmed milk instead of full-cream milk, just to keep your at home spa party healthy.

Soy milk: Some people prefer the taste of soy milk.

Yoghurt is, without doubt, the most popular ingredient in smoothies.

Ice-cream: Flavored ice-cream may overpower the fruit so don’t overdo things. Low-fat or non-fat ice cream is the best option, but it’s your party. Just remember you don’t want to be left feeling guilty afterwards.

Nut or seed milk: You can purchase these from your local health food stores. Almond milk is popular.

Fruit or vegetable juice is very popular but depends on your taste. Coconut juice is really tasty in a smoothie.

Green tea is an option. Steep the leaves/sachets in boiled water for about 4 to 5 minutes, strain the leaves and leave it to cool before using for your smoothie. Tea is a perfect ingredient for a home spa smoothie.

Just Add Flavor

You can use natural sweeteners in your home spa party smoothies like dates, raisins, fruit juice concentrate, honey, maple syrup, ground cinnamon, cocoa powder, grated coconut, coffee powder, half a lemon or lime, mint syrup, ground nutmeg, vanilla extract and lots more.

You may also add other ingredients that are helpful to your diet. With some adventurous thinking you can actually turn your smoothie into a substitute meal full of added fiber, complex carbohydrates, healthy monounsaturated fats and fat-soluble vitamins.

Oats have a higher level of soluble fiber and are helpful in lowering cholesterol, so try adding some to your smoothie.

Peanut butter from the health food store is much better for you than many of the supermarket varieties. Add peanut butter to the kids smoothie recipes and they will love it!

Tofu is a good source of protein. Tofu has no taste but it adds a creamy texture to your smoothies.

Sesame seeds: Add some sesame seeds into your smoothies for its anti-oxidant properties.

Any kind of nuts: Finely grind nuts like almonds, cashew nuts, hazelnuts, peanuts, pecans, etc to be added to your smoothies for the thick smooth taste.

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