Keto Smoothies Recipe
What makes a good keto smoothie? The answer is: ingredients which are low in carb and high in fat. For the best keto smoothies recipe avoid high carb components, such as sweet fruits, honey, high carb yogurts and cow milk.
Tips on How to Make Keto Smoothies
Make sure you add this items to your grocery list:
- Unsweetened almond, coconut, or cashew milk
- Greek yogurt or any other high fat low carb yogurt
- Double heavy cream
- Ice-cubes
- Keto-friendly sweetener
- Keto-friendly berries: blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries (fresh or frozen)
- Peanut butter or any other fat butter
- Avocado, kale, spinach
- Flax, pumpkin or any other keto-friendly seeds
- High speed blender
- Keto protein powder – if you like to add thickness texture to your smoothies
Peanut butter chocolate smoothie
- One and a half glass of almond or coconut milk to your taste
- 50 grams of peanut butter
- 30 grams of unsweetened cocoa powder
- Keto-friendly sweetener (optional)
Blend all ingredients, if you like your smoothie cold you can add ice cubes.
Strawberry smoothie
- Greek yogurt
- One and a half glass of coconut or almond unsweetened milk
- Strawberries fresh or frozen
- Ice cubes optional
Blend all ingredients, for strawberries carbs and right amounts for keto you can find more information here: Carbs in Strawberries
Blueberry smoothie
- Unsweetened coconut milk – 1,5 glass
- Fresh or frozen blueberries (blueberries are keto-friendly but if you want to get more information about its carbs and nutritional value read here: Carbs in Blueberries
- Peanut or almond butter
Blend all ingredients, add keto-friendly sweetener to your taste.
Smoothie without fruit and berries? It is possible 🙂
Avocado smoothie
- Half of avocado
- One and a half glass of unsweetened almond milk
- 1 cup of spinach
- Optional: lemon juice and ice cubes
As with previous keto smoothies recipes, preparation is very simple: you just need to blend all ingredients together. If you want your smoothie to be thicker and more fulfilling you can add keto protein powder to it. You can find more information about protein keto powders here: Keto Protein Powders
How long can you store smoothies?
You can keep a fresh keto smoothie in the fridge for 1-2 days, in the freezer for up to 3 months.
The best way to store a smoothie is to use a glass container with a lid that seals well.
Keeping smoothies in the fridge or freezer does not decrease their nutritional value: you will still get all those vitamins of fresh ones if you store them properly as oxidation does not happen in the freezer. It does happen in the fridge though but if you use proper containers and do not exceed storing time you literally risk nothing.
If you like coffee you might like this Keto Coffee Smoothie:
- 1 cup of liquid coffee
- ½ cup of double cream
- 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder
- Optional: ice cubes, keto-friendly sweetener, vanilla extract
Blend all ingredients and enjoy your keto coffee smoothie!
Now you have a basic idea on how to make keto smoothie: the beauty of it is that you can add and mix different ingredients and experiment with it. Just remember that not all fruit or berries are keto-friendly and also look out for total daily carbs you consume: you should remain under magic 50 grams of net carbs per day in order to remain in ketosis and make your diet journey successful.
Adding extra pure water to smoothies is a good idea – you can use water ice cubes for it. Remember that drinking plenty of water daily is the base of any diet.
Keto smoothie could be a good breakfast option or a snack between main meals.