Are you on a keto diet because of your uncontrolled diabetes? Well once you begin this lifestyle of high protein, low carb diet, initially the choices seem minimal. To help you not give up this path and keep going on your keto journey, here are a few quick and easy smoothie recipes that are both nutritious as well as filling.

Keep up with the ketogenic diet with these smoothies that are definitely diabetic-friendly.

Superfood Smoothie

This is a low carb, gluten free and ketogenic recipe made out of all the best superfoods.

Ingredients:

Unsweetened almond milk – ¾ cup
Blueberries – ½ cup
Strawberries – 1/3 cup
Avocado – ½
Flaxseed -1 tablespoon
Spinach – handful
Berry yogurt – 100g/1 small container
Chia seeds – 1 tablespoon
Protein powder of choice – 1 scoop
Ice cubes – ½ cup

How to prepare:

Blend all the ingredients together in a blender to enjoy the superhuman goodness, and serve cold.

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Berry smoothie

This recipe is a berry smoothie without bananas, which is commonly used as a usual sweetener for most smoothies, but ultimately increases the sugar content. This however, has a calorie content of about 200 calories.

Ingredients:

Blueberries – 1 cup
Blackberries – 1 cup
Raspberries – 1 cup
Frozen mango chunks – ½ cup
Unsweetened, pure coconut water – 2 cups
Kale leaves – 3
Flax seeds – 1 tablespoon

How to prepare:

Blend all the ingredients in a high-powered blender until smooth consistency is achieved.
Serve cool and top with some more fresh berries and ice as well.

Peach smoothie

This quick 5 minutes recipe packs in about 100 calories and is sure to help you kill the hunger pangs that ask for junk and unhealthy food.

Ingredients:

Fresh, peeled, pitted, and chopped peach – 1
Skim milk – ½ cup
Non-fat vanilla yogurt – 1 small
Ice cubes – 1 cup
Ground cinnamon – pinch

How to prepare:

To a high-powered blender add the peach, milk, yogurt and ice and blend until smooth. Stop in between to scrape off the sides of the blender and blend again.
Serve in glass with some cinnamon sprinkled over it along with a garnish of strawberries.

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Green smoothie

Again a quick 10-minute smoothie, this one is the dreaded green colored smoothie that freaks out many. This one however is a nutritious, yummy smoothie tonic that along with kale or spinach contains apple, pear and grapes that gives it a twist in its taste.

Ingredients:

Water – 1 1/2 cups
Green apple (chopped) – 1
Pear (chopped) – 1
Fresh kale or spinach (chopped) – 2 cups
Fresh mint (chopped) – 1/2 cup
Green grapes – 20
Ice cubes – 1 cup
Cinnamon – 3/4 tablespoon
Stevia or agave nectar – 1 tablespoon
Lime juice – 1

How to prepare:

Blend the apple and pears in progression with 1 ½ cups of cold water till the mixture is thoroughly liquid.
To this add the greens and mint gradually as well till all of the greens blend together.
Finally add the grapes along with the ice cubes, cinnamon, agave or stevia and lastly lime juice and blend it for at least 1 minute to reach a smoothie texture.
Serve cold and fresh.

Chia seed, Coconut & Spinach smoothie

To keep you motivated to maintain your diet while experimenting with low carb but nutritionally dense smoothies, this smoothie will definitely be a boost. It has around 250 calories, which may come down if sugar can be avoided.

Ingredients:

Coconut milk – 1 1/4 cup
Chia seeds – 2 tablespoons
Spinach – 1 cup
Vanilla protein powder – 1 scoop
Ice cubes – 2
Stevia or agave nectar – 1 tablespoon

How to prepare:

Take all the above ingredients and add them to the blender and blend for a consistent smoothie.
The addition of sugar is purely optional, and this would taste just as good without it.
Serve cold and fresh with more ice if you like.