smoothies and liposomes

Never heard of the liposomes. Will check that out.

I have at least 1 smoothie a day and it usually is 2 milkshake glass fulls. Try frozen bananas, organic cocoa and almond milk. Yummy like a choc banana milkshake. Another good one is apple juice and frozen peaches. It i usually just make a whatever concoction that I pull out of the freezer, elderberries, blackberries, watermelon, cantaloupe, banana andsomehting liquid to mix all these frozen fruits up. When you make your green smoothies, do you juice them or just toss it all in a blender? Ginger, carrots, beets and half an apple is delicious.

 

I'm hooked on Blackberry & lime cordial ...

(and) the lemon balm & honey puree.

And the ... well you get the picture.

lol

 

Try kale in your fruit smoothies.
My blender is a vita mix, love it. It seems to be like yours. You can make soup in it and everything. In the summer I made veggie ones with carrots, but it is way to pulpy for me. Fruit I like thick, veggie ones, I like them watery.

Andi, if I ever have one of those you will be picking me up off the floor

 

It's not bad ... the Blackberry & lime cordial is just blackberries, lime juice and a little sugar. (simmer the berries, add juice, mash & strain then heat till sugar is dissolved.)

 

I've been wanting a vita mix.

 

I was trying to decide if I wanted one and so I borrowed one from a family member. OHMYGOSH! It is so loud. It is basically a jet engine with a container over the blade. That doesn't make it a bad thing, it just means that you can't use it while everyone else is in bed. Mine also doesn't like to seal completely and I have a hard time figuring out how to put it on low power, but on the plus side it will grind anything, so that is a definite plus and to me at least, outweighs all of the negatives.

 

Yeah, I think 'get the job done' would be nice especially when blending.

Immolatus: is your's loud?

 

I'd love to hear more suggestions on smoothies from everyone. I'm just getting into veggie-based smoothies.

 

My vita mix is only loud when I grind flour. I use to take it outside and grind enough flour for a long time and then f Reese the flour to last.
I love mine. Makes terrific soup and no pot needed. It whips so fast it heats it up on its own. I also make out own mayo in it.

From some of the lectures I have taken they say never to mix your fruit and veggies together. Your body can't break it down properly. Not sure if that is true it I try not to mix them. You can mix fruit and leafy veggies ( kale, lettuce, spinach, etc) and veggies can only be mixed in with apples.

 

Didn't know that about veggies and fruits, so I googled

http://www.all-about-juicing.com/mixing-vegetables-and-fruits.html

Seems like it may cause lots of gas. . Exception is carrots and apples.

 

I just bought a Vitamix at Costco.

Guy at customer service told me this...

When Vitamix or Blendtec come and do demos, and if you like the one they are offering better, just bring the one you are buying now back in and we will give you your money back and you can get the other one, up to a year.

Something they've got going with vitamix I think...

I was looking at blendtecs and that digital preset stuff looks good and easy but I was thinking too much could go wrong there. This vitamix appears more "manually" operated.

 

You will love it, DJgang. If you come up with any good recipes, let us know and definitely try to make peanut butter.

 

Gonna make tomato alfredo sauce tonight for hubby to justify the buy

Oh and I just cleaned it, the motor is not that loud. I was expecting jet force sounds.

 

Maybe mine is loud because it is so old. We have gotten a lot of our appliances second hand or refurbished. Our food processor is a tiny 1 cup from the early 70's, but it still works fantastically.

 

I do like broccoli. I'm doing the green thing tomorrow and see what happens. Got spinach, broccoli and carrots for my veggies. Got all kinds of fruits... So I'll be playing around tomorrow with this thing.

I made the sauce, my husband said ' wow it's fresh !!!' We are use to canning so much, this was a pleasent surprise for him. I'll try to figure out a good v8 type of drink for him and his bloody Mary's.

 

Justified buying a Nutribullet by saying it'll be easier for the kids to customize their own smoothies & shakes, but truth is I just wanted one, so into the cart it went. Experimenting with lots of leafy green/fruit combos.
Spinach, mango, pear, apple with some ice and water.
Baby lettuce mix, spinach, pineapple, banana, flax seeds, ice and water.
I'll try to remember to post other good combos as we try them.