Smoothies

Thistle

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I started drinking smoothies for breakfast when I was pregnant and I have picked it up again with our crazy mornings.

Looking to upgrade to a better blender that can handle frozen fruits and apple skins.

Anyone have any recommendations?

9 years ago

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Latest reply was from Marilyn

Meredith

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A topic near and dear to my heart! I have an Oster Versa (found a great deal at Tuesday Morning, so it was around $150) and have been very happy. Apple peels, kale,etc blend nicely. I'm sure the Vitamix would blend even better, but $100s of dollars better? I don't mind a bit of grit here and there and overall the results are very smooth. Yesterday I strained an apple smoothie through fine mesh (added a date, forgot to remove the pit!) and there was very little fiber remaining in the mesh.

And sorry to hijack, but everyone should also share their favorite recipes! I need variety! My go-to is a handful of spinach, a cup of water, a tablespoon of chia, a pear, and a few mint leaves. I'm currently experimenting to create a Mayan chocolate smoothie! Yay smoothies!

9 years ago

Diana

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I have a Vitamix and I love it. That said, it was a wedding gift and I'm not sure I'd spend that much money on it if I were buying it myself. It is a really impressive blender though.

9 years ago

Thistle

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I have considered splurging for the Vitamix, just not sure it's worth it.

9 years ago

Thistle

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My current favorite smoothie is
1 Apple
1 frozen banana
1 cup almond milk
1 pinch nutmeg
1 pinch clove
1/4 tsp cinnamon

Easy, fast and yummy

9 years ago

crutcher

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I am just back from a short vacation to Florida...I rented a condo that was furnished with the best blender for smoothies..an Oster and I don't have the model...However, it was TDF...I came home spoiled...

9 years ago

Mann

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Infrequent poster here. I too love smoothies in the mornings for breakfast, and we recently upgraded to Vitamix. I wanted to throw in vegetables (carrots, beets, etc) to smoothies in addition to fruit, and our previous blender couldn't handle that. In fairness, we enjoy making things from scratch and also use Vitamix to make nut butters (almond butter etc) and almond milk, ground flour (oat flour etc) and use it as a sort-of food processor for quick chopping of vegetables for cooking, so it's worth the hefty price tag for us.

9 years ago

carter

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I love my Ninja from Costco. It was somewhere around $100. I've made smoothies, soup, cauliflower rice, and pizza dough in it.

9 years ago

Glory

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I have a magic bullet and it does the trick for me. My kids also love using it.

9 years ago

jackiec

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Vitamix. Definitely worth it. Especially as your kids get older. Not a single chunk or fleck of what you don't want them to see.......I love mine.

9 years ago

Anonymous

Another vote for the Vitamix. It liquifies everything . It's a major investment, but worth every penny .

9 years ago

Marlene

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I have both a NutriNinja AND a Vitamix. Love both. Use both.

My current breakfast smoothie recipe:
1 cup rice milk
1 tbsp hemp heart seeds
1 scoop protein powder (plain)
1 scoop supergreens powder (chocolate flavor)
6 frozen strawberries
3/4 cup frozen blueberries

As a family, we have experimented with many different types of protein powders and have settled on Isopure brand. Very smooth. Not sweet. My husband likes the chocolate flavor. I prefer the unflavored which has basically no flavor at all.

9 years ago

Jjsloane

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We got a Vitamix last Christmas (gift to ourselves) and love it. I put anything I have in there. Haven't even tried anything too exciting. Most mornings:
1 fuji apple
1 granny smith apple
chia seeds
coconut water
grapes
banana
carrots
clementines or orange
sometimes strawberries or other berries, sometimes spinach or kale
ice
I figure if I start the day with this much fruit and veg it cant' be bad. I can usually get the kids to join in (unless the color isn't pleasing - like blueberries and kale)

9 years ago

K.M.

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I'm drooling over the smoothie recipes here.

I have an Oster--can't remember the model, but I know it was less than $ 100. For the price it's a pretty amazing blender. My smoothies come out smooth enough for my taste (I've used frozen fruits and ice cubes, but not unpeeled apples), and I've made cashew cream and almond milk with it too.

One day, after years of regular use, the motor began to have issues--I can't remember if it was an odd noise or an odd smell. I got in touch with Oster--more than five years after purchase--asking where I could take it to be repaired. And you know what they did? They REPLACED the whole base of the blender (i.e. the blender minus the jar and lid) FOR FREE. (And paid for the shipping of my old base.)

I was seriously impressed by the customer service.

My favorite smoothie:

- Almond milk
- Cocoa powder
- Cashew butter
- Strawberries
- Maca powder

Very silky, nutty, and rich.

But I also love just whizzing frozen berries with a little sugar and water for a refreshing slush.

9 years ago

greycat6

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Another vote for Vitamix. Costco sometimes them on an in store demo/promotion and "extra" stuff is thrown in to make the high price tag a little easier to swallow. They seem to be at my Costco 2x/year, usually around Mother's Day and Christmas, though don't quote me on that timing.

My favorite smoothie recipe:

1 avocado
1/2 bunch kale leaves
1 TBSP honey (more or less)
2 cups frozen mixed berries
water

9 years ago

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Neutrabullet-
- frozen blue berries
- half apple
- chia seeds
- diatomaceous earth (worth looking into if you're not familiar with)
- orange juice
- berry juice (I do cranberry/rasberry)

Need to get back on this but I find it difficult to drink a frozen drink when I'm frozen. The diatomaceous earth has cleared up psorasis for both of my sisters-in-law.

9 years ago

Anonymous

I make smoothies all the time, and can wholeheartedly recommend the Waring X-treme. This is the model I own and have used daily for the past several years:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ.....d_s=lpo-to

9 years ago

rebekahphoto

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love my vitamix! we have had it a little over a year, and have used it nearly every day. I try to do a 60/40 fruit/veg

This is one of my favorite green smoothies, it has a nice fresh quality (2 serv):

1 apple
1/2 banana or 1/4 avocado
1/2 cup frozen pineapple or melon
2 cups spinach
1/8th lemon
fresh ginger, 1/4" piece
small handful parsley
water

Another morning fav, & you dont really notice the greens

1 apple
1 scoop chocolate protein powder
1 cup frozen blueberries
2 cups spinach
1 T flax seeds
1/2 banana

9 years ago

keruchina

Active Member

Vitamix! They have refurbished ones on the website. They are insanely overpriced but worth it and wear like tanks.

9 years ago

Sharon

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I make up a batch of stewed apple and pumpkin puree and freeze it in 1/2cup portions. Then for a smoothie:
-1 portion pumpkin/apple puree
- cinnamon
-1 scoop vanilla protein powder
-1/4 cup greek yogurt
-1/4 cup milk
-ice
Blitz until smooth. Yum.

9 years ago

chadya

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Not a smoothie drinker, but QVC offers the Vitamix as a TSV constantly and HSN the same with the Nutribullet,
not sure how the prices are when compared with Costco/BBBeyond.

9 years ago

anne

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Not really a smoothie drinker but Sharon, yours is the first I've heard that sounds appealing to me. Tell me more about your pumpkin/apple puree?

9 years ago

Marilyn

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I also have the Oster Versa and love it. Lots of reviewers say it works just a well at the very expensive Vitamix.
I can thow in hard veggies like raw beets and carrots and I don't get any lumps. I use the smoothie setting and then crank it to high for an extra 30 seconds.

I've been drinking green smoothies pretty much every day since October for either lunch or breakfast. My goal was to get more fruits and veggies into my diet and improve my energy level. As an added bonus I have dropped a jean size. I get 5 to 7 servings of fruits/veggies depending on what goes in. I also add chia seed for the omega fats and protein.

9 years ago

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