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• Summer fruits of the season in Poland
• Ideas for seasonal fruit cocktails

The holiday season is the perfect time to prepare delicious, refreshing, and healthy cocktails and seasonal fruit smoothies. Access to fresh fruit and its variety is immense in summer and early autumn. This allows us to freely mix and match them and create interesting flavor combinations. A fruit cocktail is an easy way to provide the body with essential vitamins and minerals and also satisfy a small hunger.

During all summer months, seasonal fruit is abundant, which in other seasons is only available in processed or frozen form. Being able to eat fresh, seasonal fruit is invaluable. In addition to its enormous nutritional value, it tastes the best. In summer, new fruits constantly appear: first strawberries, then raspberries, currants, cherries, strawberries, cherries, peaches, apples, and finally pears and plums. You can also eat grapes, apricots, blueberries, blackberries, or gooseberries. Making fresh cocktails with seasonal fruit is a real change from the summer diet.

Summer fruits of the season in Poland

The seasonal summer fruits grown in Poland include:

• strawberries,
• raspberries,
• strawberries,
• currants,
• Blackberries,
• berries,
• blueberries,
• chokeberry,
• Grapes,
• cherries,
• cherries,
• gooseberry,
• apricots,
• peaches,
• apples,
• pears,
• Plums.

The recipe for a seasonal fruit cocktail can be very simple. Simply add your favorite fruit and blend everything into a silky, smooth liquid. It doesn't hurt to add some delicious, refreshing exotic fruits: watermelon, kiwi, or lime. To further spice up the seasonal smoothie and increase its nutritional value, we can add, for example:

• fresh mint leaves,
• Korab orcocoa ,
• Peanut or almond butter,
• Vegetable drink
• natural yogurt,
• bran ,
• Linseed,
• Goji berries ,
• a handful of nuts.

Ideas for seasonal fruit cocktails

Cocktails based on seasonal fruits with additions such as kefir , vegetable drink, or oatmeal are even more nutritious and filling. They not only quench our thirst and provide us with essential vitamins and minerals, but can also successfully replace a light meal when we lack appetite on a hot day. The variety of additions allows the cocktail to taste completely different every day, so we'll never get bored. It's a simple recipe for a nutritious snack or even a naturally sweet dessert with plenty of filling fiber that can replace unhealthy sweets. Here are a few suggestions:

• Forest fruits with milk or vegetable drink

Forest fruits are rich in vitamins and quite tart, making them perfect with sweet milk or vegetable drink, along with a little honey or maple syrup. Optionally, you can add oatmeal or protein powder. Simply mix everything together and you're done:

• half a cup of blueberries or blueberries,
• a glass of blackberries,
• a glass of milk or herbal drink ,
• Maple syrup or honey.

• Strawberries with mint and kefir

Strawberries are an excellent source of vitamin C, while kefir contains a good portion of easily digestible protein. Kefir has a positive effect on our digestive system and intestinal flora. Mint not only has a refreshing taste but also has a positive effect on our nervous system. To prepare this version of the cocktail, we need:

• a glass of strawberries,
• a glass of kefir,
• fresh mint leaves,
• Honey or maple syrup

• Pear and apple cocktail with added peanut butter

This is a very filling version of a summer fruit cocktail that works on slightly cooler and cloudy days and gives us the energy we need.

• 2 pears,
• 2 apples,
• a handful of strawberries, raspberries, currants, blueberries and blackberries,
• 2 tablespoons peanut butter.

Making cocktails with seasonal summer fruits offers unlimited possibilities and complete freedom in the choice of fruit and flavor. We can choose the fruits we have on hand in various proportions, mix them freely, and add ingredients as we please. This allows us to enjoy a completely new taste every day, and cocktails never get boring. Fruit cocktails are very filling due to their high fiber content. We can have them, for example, as part of a second breakfast or for a light but satisfying afternoon tea, or whenever we feel like something sweet. It's a healthier alternative to store-bought sweets, and on hot days, cocktails are a perfect thirst quencher.