If you want to push your weight loss efforts up a notch or two, be sure to add these five Fat Burning Smoothies to your meal plan. Smoothies can be very hit or miss if you don’t know how to make them right, so finding a tried and tested recipe that is healthy and good for you makes adding smoothies to your recipe repertoire so easy.

The following recipes include one or more ingredients to help you burn fat as part of a balanced diet.

Matcha Mint Smoothie

This energising smoothie contains mint which can stimulate your digestive enzymes to help absorb the nutrients and fat from the smoothie, along with the chia seeds which are an excellent source of protein and fibre, both of which are weight loss friendly nutrients.

Ingredients

1 cup spinach

½ pear, seeded

½ avocado

1 tsp Matcha green tea powder

1½ cups of unsweetened almond milk

6-8 mint leaves

1 Tbsp chia seeds

1 tsp raw honey (optional for added sweetness)

One Serve

Berrylicious Smoothie

This smoothie is packed with berries and whey protein which will help to burn fat. Just toss the ingredients in your blender and process for just a few seconds. You will need:

Ingredients

• 2 cups strawberries – You can use fresh but using frozen berries will help to eliminate the need for ice
• 1 cup blueberries
• 1 cup cherries
• 1 cup milk
• 30 gms whey protein

Two Serves

Cool Cucumber Smoothie

This rejuvenating cucumber smoothie has the health benefits of cucumbers along with the fat burning qualities of Greek yoghurt. Just put everything in the blender and process. To make it you will need:

Ingredients

 2 small cucumbers – the seedless variety is the best choice

• 170 gms Greek yoghurt
• 2 teaspoons honey or agave nectar – for sweetening
• 3 mint leaves
• Juice from ½ of a lime
• 3 ice cubes
• Just a pinch of black pepper

One Serve

Melon Kale Smoothie

This fat burning, energy busting, melon smoothie combines yoghurt with kale and honeydew melon. Just blend all ingredients until smooth To make it you need:

Ingredients

• 1 cup kale leaves
• 1 cup baby spinach leaves
• 1 banana – this needs to be frozen
• Cubed honeydew melon – about 12 to 14 cubes should do it
• ½ cup milk
• ½ cup Greek yoghurt – plain works best
• 4 or 5 ice cubes

 One Serve

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