I just got my first Vitamix, and I’m itching to get it working out.
What’s your favorite smootie when HP isn’t an issue?
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Blueberry with banana, a small amount of juice . Apple, orange … Greek yogurt , a bit of milk to thin and honey .
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Thanks! Rough proportions? Ice?
Nice!!
Note that a vitamix can acramble heat stuff if you let it blend a while, so using a few frozen ingredients is a good idea for a cold smoothie- I don’t like adding ice because it melts and the smoothie gets watery.
A great more sweet one i like is approx a cup frozen mango, about 1/2c plain greek yogurt, a huge handful of fresh spinach (or kale since the vita will obliterate it, just rmv stems), and a splash of orange juice
Oooh! You can use nuts! I always has to soak cashews first, but use about 1/4 c or so raw cashews, approx a cup and a half frozen berries, or whatever fruit, some fresh basil or mint is nice, and a big splash of almond milk or whatever milk you have
Not into the ice anymore . Changes the texture for me and would rather have the temp to be cool rather than cold . Proportions are just what you like , I hardly ever measure anything in cooking or mixing .
1 scoop whey protein powder, one frozen banana (I keep a bag of frozen chunks in the freezer), 1/2 cup mixed frozen berries, 1 Tbs almond butter, and a splash of water. Sometimes I add a handful of spinach and a dash of cinnamon.
Use frozen fruit instead of ice…icy cold without watery mess…and most fruit blends to a gorgeous creamy consistency.
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frozen strawberry, mango, spinach, and pineapple, with a little OJ. I eat my protein on the side (nuts)
I freeze fruit in season, so always have it handy.
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Agreed. BTW, I broke in my Vitamix with an actual Vitamix recipe for whole fruit margaritas. I’m sure you can find the exact recipe on line, but basically you peel and seed a lemon, an orange and a lime and toss them in with a handful of ice, tequila, Cointreu and sweetener. Best margaritas ever.
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Almond milk, whey protein powder (chocolate), peanut butter, banana, berries (frozen or fresh), coffee ice cubes. Almost every morning.
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I always keep frozen fruit in the freezer because I don’t like adding ice either. All the fruit mentioned below is frozen.
Raspberries, blackberries and/or blueberries, plain or vanilla greek yogurt, honey, milk
Banana, cocoa powder, almond butter, milk
Pineapple, coconut water
At Rose Bakery, I had a smoothie with apple, lime and ginger, exceptional.
I like this one too from their book (Don’t think you need a Vitamix):
Lime, grapefruit and ginger smoothie
3 spoonful (table) of sugar, 2 spoonful (table) of freshly grated ginger, juice of 2 lime and juice of 2 grapefruit. Heat up 1 cup of water with sugar and ginger for 5 minutes. Stop the heat, let it infuse and cool it down. Add the other fruit juice.
Lazy one, but I like it.
Chocolate banana smoothie
Add Dark Chocolate ice cream, 1 banana and milk, mix everything
Ooooh, this will happen this weekend. Thanks!
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One of my fav things in the vm is what I call velvet corn. Fresh corn off the cob pureed til very smooth. So good, way better than polenta. We love it with grilled salmon. Sometimes, I also mix niblets into the velvet for a change. In the winter frozen packs of this stuff in my tamale pie crust recipe really up the corniness.
OK, back in the smoothie game after reacquainting myself with a gym. Here’s what I’ve been blending lately (and in an Oster bar blender, not my VM). Makes two servings. Definitely not dessert in a glass, but not bad.
Leftover cold coffee, about 8oz.
A cup of whatever berries are around.
A heaping Tablespoon of yogurt
1/2 teaspoon of beet powder
2 scoops vanilla whey isolate powder
2 Tablespoons minced walnuts
A large leaf of kale, de-ribbed
A teaspoon of coconut oil
Half a green banana
Generous dash of cinnamon
I also add two other powdered supplements that are workout-specific. I’d also add some fiber, but I prefer capsules to powder
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Pondering the definition of “smoothie”…
Recently drank a delicious juice bar citrus ginger. Three attempts to repeat at home using less whole fruit are unacceptably fibrous for the family. (Knowing the benefits of fiber, esp citrus, I enjoy it). Even home-juiced orange (pulp discarded) with whole ginger root is foamy
Enjoy your new spendy blender!
(I love mine)
Oh, this isn’t technically a smoothie but it’s my favorite use of the blender: we’ve made it side-by-side with stick blender vitamix and sand prefer the later
Interested to see this thread resurface, as we’re frozen fruit smoothie fans.
I like to use at least 2/3 parts frozen fruit to 1/3 part whole-milk yogurt. Sweetener (with restraint) to taste.
I see comments often about how smoothies are not worth the calories. My response is “more fruit, less yogurt”.
Am I the only one that puts either rum or tequila in smoothies?
That makes it a daiquiri, hon, but I like the way you think!
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I’m not about to debate whether a milkshake qualifies as a smoothie, but there is some continuum. Years ago there was a Seattle coffee shack that sold an eponymous blueberry smoothie called a Purple Cow that I loved. But it was more of a milkshake–tasted too good, creamy and sweet to be super healthy.
Now, years later and making my own, I need to include certain ingredients that may not be great tasting alone or together. The challenge is to kinda hide those things under other flavors.
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