Strawberries Milkshake and Smoothie

Like many other fruits, strawberries make their claim in history as a luxury item enjoyed only by royalty. On history these  have been enjoyed since the Roman times. Fresh summer strawberries are one of the most popular, refreshing, and healthy treats for season. Strawberries are not actually fruits as their seeds are on the outside. Strawberry plants are runners, and are not produced by seeds. They have an average of 200 seeds per fruit and are actually a member of the rose (rosaceae) family.

Strawberries are an excellent source of vitamins C and K as well as providing a good dose of fibre, folic acid, manganese and potassium. They also contain significant amounts of phytonutrients and flavanoids which makes strawberries bright red. They have been used throughout history in a medicinal context to help with digestive ailments, teeth whitening and skin irritations. Their fibre and fructose content may help regulate blood sugar levels by slowing digestion and the fibre is thought to have a satiating effect. Leaves can be eaten raw, cooked or used to make tea.

Strawberries are a popular addition to dairy products such as ice cream and smoothies.

The vibrant red colour of strawberries is due to large amounts of anthocyanidin, which also means they contain powerful antioxidants and are thought to protect against inflammation, cancer and heart disease.

My parents bought some strawberries for us last month when they were coming from Mumbai tour.  I thought to make Milkshake using this as this is good option with morning breakfast and lucky it was Sunday morning. So prepare this in breakfast with sandwich. This one glass of strawberries Milkshake was so heavy, that with sandwich it worked out as brunch..So tummy full and yummy too. This is so easy to prepare in 5 minutes that you can include it in your breakfast daily. By the way this is healthy options for breakfast.

Same way Strawberries Smoothie can also be made. Only extra ingredients for smoothie is Vanilla ice cream. I have already posted recipe of vanilla ice cream in my blog. So for smoothie, you can just prepare vanilla ice cream first following my recipe then make smoothie or you can use readymade vanilla ice cream too for smoothie if you have lack of time to prepare ice cream.

Here I write both recipe below.

Ingredients :

Strawberries Milkshake : for serving 3 glasses

Single tone Milk : half liter (chilled)
Strawberries: 10 to 12 pieces (keep 2 - 3 pieces apart for garnish)
Sugar: 3 tsp

Strawberries Smoothie : Serving 1 glass

Vanilla ice cream: 150 gram
Strawberries Milkshake: 1 glass

Method of Preparation

Take fresh strawberries and wash it properly 2 to 3 times with water.
Take mixer juicer grinder, put strawberries in it with sugar.

Grind it into a fine paste.

Then add chilled milk in this and just give a small pulse  to grinder jar
Now strawberries Milkshake is ready. Pour it into glasses. Garnish with strawberries and serve it with smile.
Consume it immediately. It can't be stored.

Now you want to make smoothie from this then it is so simple and easy too. Make strawberries milkshake. Take long glass . Fill vanilla ice cream or strawberries ice cream upto half glass. Now pour strawberries milkshake upto full length of glass. Put strawberries fruit on rim of glass Put straw and spoon in this glass. If you want then you can do topping with strawberries sauce and serve it.

Notes:

Use chilled milk for this. Chilled milk enhance taste and good for strawberries too.
Make fine paste of strawberries and sugar. You can use sugar powder also instead of granulated sugar.
Quantity of sugar can be added or reduced as per your taste and health too.