Greetings and wishing you the best friends of @amazingdrink, today I bring a special smoothie that I hope you enjoy at some point.

When we give people or objects the qualifier of special is because it is distinguished by something and this smoothie today has the double qualifier, I tell you:

One of my sisters who lives in another country came to visit, we had five years without seeing each other and many things to share, among them drinks that we had not made for a long time and some new ones that she has known where she is.

She already knew this special shake and prepared it here in Venezuela, although the recipe is Lebanese and it is prepared in the house of a family that is a very good friend of hers, it is a very nutritious drink, easy to prepare.

While we were making it, I asked her why do they add garlic? And she laughed and told me the following anecdote:

You know that the older sister is the one who has the habit of making the smoothie and the younger sister, while I was there, once asked her: But why do you have to put garlic in it and the answer she got was: -Because that's the way our mother used to do it:

-Because that's how grandma used to do it.

This is also an addition that makes it special because in the preparation goes the respect and affection towards your ancestors and to keep the original recipe, thinking of them, seems to me a beautiful gesture of safeguarding the family traditions.

On the other hand, the smoothie is prepared with four ingredients: natural or slightly sweetened yogurt, cucumber, yerba buena and garlic, let's talk briefly about the properties of each one:

Yogurt. It is a complete food, its daily consumption guarantees a good portion of protein and calcium that the body requires, its use in the kitchen is versatile, although I consider that the best way to consume and enjoy it is accompanied with fresh fruits, nuts or cereals.

Cucumber. It is rich in fiber and water, so when we add it to juices these are very refreshing. Cucumber is a source of vitamin A, B and C, helps the digestive processes, and its consumption is highly recommended for weight reduction diets and diabetes control.

Peppermint. Apart from its tasty aroma that transforms flavors, peppermint is known as a regulator of stomach functions, being ideal for infusions for digestive processes, its smell and taste bring freshness to the body so its use in cold drinks are described as refreshing.

Garlic. A fruit that is attributed with properties to lower blood pressure and regulate cholesterol, among many other benefits, so in recent years it is common to hear people recommend it as alternative medicine.

Because of its ingredients we can say that this smoothie is special, it is a nutritious and refreshing complement and taking it frequently contributes to preserve our health. Let's see how easy it is to prepare.