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A great smoothie is usually made up of liquid, fruit, vegetables and crushed ice. The veggies and fruits you put inside could be frozen or no. These are transformed into a homogeneous liquid with the aid of the blender. But how can you make a smoothie without a blender?
Now, there are quite a couple of reasons for which you might not have one. Whether if it’s because you’re living on your own, and you’re running on a tight budget, or simply because you’ve borrowed it to one of those friends that tend to forget the returning part, there are countless reasons for not having one at your disposal. No need to worry though, making a smoothie without a blender is quite possible, and we will make sure to break down all the alternatives you have.
There are several tricks that can get up your sleeve in order to make no blender smoothies, and we will make sure walk you through all the steps to make a smoothie:
What Will You Need?
In order to learn how to make a smoothie without a blender, first you have to step away from all those hard vegetables. Unless you want to chew your drink, you should avoid the raw textures of carrots, potatoes, cucumbers, etc. If you are keen on including them in your drink, you might want to hit a store where they serve pre-make smoothies instead. As for what you can actually use, the list is pretty simple:
- Soft Fruit: you should go for those fruits that are softer by nature, and also ripe. Great examples are bananas, strawberries, raspberries, kiwi, blueberries, blackberries, oranges peaches or mangoes. As for their softness, it shouldn’t concern you. The softer they are, the more flavor they will have.
- Something to Mash: in the absence of a powerful stirring machine, you will need to get your hands on a kitchen item that has a firm surface. The best things you can go for are potato mashers, large spoons, spatulas or rolling pins.
Few Easy Ways to Make No Blender Smoothies
Until you get your hands on the best blender for smoothies out there, there are quite a couple of easy ways to prepare this sort of drink, without one. They only require regular household items and foods that you can buy from the closest supermarket. But first things first:
Use Other Tools to Blend
As we’ve already established, any kitchen item with a firm surface can successfully get the job done. That is as long as the job doesn’t include hard vegetables or frozen fruit. The potato masher is the first thing you need to secure and, in case you like adding chia seeds in smoothies, a pestle and mortar can come in quite handy. They are by far the perfect way of grinding nuts and seeds manually.
Also, if you happen to own one of those manual choppers, that’s even better. They are literarily hand-powered food processors that will make your life so much easier. Lastly, you could consider using a sieve to push food through it, but this is more recommended for pureed veggies and fruits. They are still a great alternative if you like to make smoothies thicker.
Liquids/Powder/Yoghurt
There are two main liquids needed for a delicious smoothie. First, you need a pre-made juice, which you can find at the grocery store. Vanilla and chocolate favors would be your best option.
Then you need milk, and here everything comes down to personal taste. However, if are also looking for a healthy drink, not just a delicious one, then you should consider using either almond or soy milk. Alternatively, you can opt for protein flavored powders. These are great for bulking up the texture, and they will also significantly improve its taste. And now that you’ve gotten this far, you could also apply the same techniques to make a milkshake without a blender.
Lastly, you can use low-fat yogurt or Greek one for your liquid smoothie mixes. These are much healthier than products with a high content of sugar, and they will allow you to control exactly how sweet you want them to be – generally 20g of sugar should do the trick.
Mashed Soft Fruit
How to make a smoothie without a blender? Easy, as long as you go for ripe and soft fruit, you will have no trouble mashing them together into a homogenous mixture. Don’t be afraid to choose those unaesthetic brown bananas that everyone avoids at the grocery store! Those undesirable mushy avocados and kiwis are now your best friends. The riper a fruit is the more flavors it will add to your drink.
Steps to Make a Smoothie
And now that you’ve learned the basic principles and with what to replace an electric food processor, you can easily make a smoothie without blender. All you have to do is follow these 5 easy steps and you will have a perfectly textured smoothie ready to be savored in no time:
- Step 1: Mash the soft fruits and vegetables.
- Step 2: Choose your smoothie ingredients, and stir them along to the mashed fruits and vegetables.
- Step 3: If you prefer a foamy texture, shake the smoothie thoroughly with crushed ice inside.
- Step 4: Adjust the thickness by adding your liquid of choice.
- Step 5: Sit back, relax, and enjoy a perfect cold smoothie.
Summary
And this pretty much sums everything up on how to make a smoothie without a blender. We hope you have enjoyed this detailed MyKitchenAdvisor guide as much as we have enjoyed putting it to a test and into practice. Let us know if you made use of it instead of buying a new blender and, if you have any delicious manual smoothie recipes you would like to share, we are all eyes and years.
