Now is the perfect time for different desserts like this healthy apple pie smoothie recipes.
A beautiful balance of juicy apples, cinnamon powder, ground nutmeg, and cloves gives this healthy smoothie a wonderful apple pie flavor we all love so much.
There is an old saying most of us are familiar with - ''an apple a day keeps the doctor away''.
This fantastic fruit is directly responsible for various important health benefits and which earned them a reputation of ''miracle food''.
Most doctors and nutritionists agree that an apple is among the top ten healthiest foods on the planet.
They are an extremely rich source of different antioxidants, dietary fiber, and flavonoids.
These substances directly help reduce the risk of various types of cancer, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, cardiovascular problems, digestive problems, and many more.
Many studies done on apples prove their enormous effect on improving the neurological health, reducing the risk of stroke, dementia, and preventing different neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease.
This miracle food lowers the bad cholesterol levels (which in return balances hormones in the body among many other things), reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes, and prevents breast cancer.
When it comes to the nutritional values of q calcium, potassium, phytonutrients, and dietary fiber. And above all, their flavor is truly mind-blowing.
All of this should be reason enough to include apples in your everyday diet – you can eat them fresh, prepare different smoothies, bake them, cook them, or whatever sounds good.
This recipe is a fantastic opportunity to use your apples and prepare something wonderfully delicious – apple pie smoothie.
Besides all the benefits apples will provide through this smoothie, avocado, Greek yogurt, and milk will complete and balance the nutritional values of this recipe and provide your body with everything it needs to stay healthy. Give it a try!
Serves: 2
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 large Zestar apple
- ½ avocado, peeled and cut into chunks
- 1 cup ice cubes
- 3 tbsp Greek yogurt, vanilla flavored
- 1 cup milk (can be replaced with reduced fat coconut milk)
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- ½ tsp cinnamon, ground
- ¼ tsp nutmeg, ground
- 1/8 tsp cloves, ground
Preparation:
Rinse apples and pat dry with some kitchen paper. Place on a clean work surface. Using an apple corer, remove the center membranes and seeds.
Transfer to a blender along with the remaining ingredients and pulse until smooth and creamy. Optionally, add ¼ tsp freshly grated ginger.
Serve immediately and enjoy!
Nutrition information per serving:
Calories: 358, Protein: 8.6g, Total Carbs: 56.4g, Dietary Fibers: 9.2g, Total Fat: 13.5g