Cucumber drink perfectly satisfies thirst therefore it needs to be prepared in summer hot days. Besides, it positively influences a metabolism. Drink cocktail, lemonade or smoothie from cucumbers instead of a dinner and you will get fine-molded forms without the exhausting feeling of hunger and bad mood soon.
The refreshing cucumber drink
Ingredients (for 4 portions):
- 1 l of the filtered or spring water; - 1 large cucumber;
- 1 lemon; - 20 cm of ginger; - 30 g of leaflets of mint. Clean a root of ginger and rub on a small grater. Cut with thin circles a cucumber and a lemon. Put everything in a jug, fill in with water and add mint leaflets. Close a vessel a leaky cover and put in the fridge for 8-12 hours. This drink has not only a pleasant flavor, but also fat-burning effect. Drink it daily and soon you noticeably will lose weight and you will get rid of hypostases.
Cucumber lemonade
Ingredients (for 1-2 portions): - 250 ml of water; - 1 large cucumber; - half of orange; - half of lime; - 3 tablespoons of honey; - 2 branches of rosemary. Cool water in the fridge. Cut a cucumber on any pieces and put in a blender bowl. Squeeze out juice of orange and a lime there. Pound everything to a condition of uniform puree. Sweeten it with honey, part with cold water and properly stir. Serve drink with a rosemary branch. It is a fine alternative to sweet sparkling water in which there are a lot of harmful chemicals.
Soft cucumber drink
Ingredients (for 2 portions): - 400 ml of water; - 2 cucumbers; - 50 g of sugar. Rub the cleaned cucumber on a small grater. Pour water in a small pan or a stewpan, bring to the boil and dissolve in it sugar. Shift vegetable weight in syrup and you cook 10 minutes. Cool broth, filter through a sieve or several layers of a gauze and remove in the fridge for 1 hour. Pour it in the portions, decorate in own way and insert a straw.
Cucumber cocktail with yogurt
Ingredients (for 2 portions): - 1 cucumber; - 200 ml of a drinking fat-free natural yoghourt; - 20 g of parsley; - 1 tablespoons of linseed oil; - 10 ml of lemon juice; - pinch of a black sprinkling pepper; - salt; - several leaflets of mint. Cut off a peel from a cucumber, cut it on pieces and put in blender capacity together with yogurt, linseed oil, parsley and mint. Shake up everything, season to taste with pepper and salt, drip a little lemon juice and pour in glasses. This useful drink from a cucumber – a great option for light day or evening having a snack.
Cucumber smoothie with fruit
Ingredients (for 3-4 portions): - 5 cucumbers; - 1 banana; - 2 averages or 5-6 small apples; - leaves of a melissa and parsley. Miss cucumbers and apples via the juice extractor. Cut banana on cubes and crush in the blender with greens. Implicate vegetable and fruit juice in puree and shake up. Drink smoothie freshly cooked.