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I've tasted a few from mall outlets that cater to the smoothies folks. Was wondering if it is worthwhile using a home blender........... are home smoothies healthy? meaning no bad calories...........
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luv4u said:
I've tasted a few from mall outlets that cater to the smoothies folks. Was wondering if it is worthwhile using a home blender..... are home smoothies healthy? meaning no bad calories.....
Sure - smoothies are awesome. I haven't been doing them so much recently, maybe I'll get back into it. Obviously you get more control over what you put in them so they'll be as loaded with calories as you decide. I was usually a frozen berry, soy/nut milk plus whatever random fruit I had as a staple smoothie. A yummy one was banana, date, peanut butter and soy milk. You gotta chop the date up before putting it into the blender, it will screw up a cheap blender if you don't. But damn it's like liquid snickers There are endless combinations - I wouldn't discount veges either. A green smoothie with a hit of ginger is yum! One tip is clean your blender straight away after using - it's so much easier to rinse it out. [Edited 1/2/15 22:22pm] | |
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There are lots of smoothie recipe books out there! You can always look online for recipes and ebooks too. It can be kinda fun to experiment with combining different fruits - just add your favorites. Coconut water is great a liquid base (or try the flesh of real Thai/young coconuts too), and you can always add things like protein powder, yogurt, frozen yogurt, and (shhh...) ice cream -- but then it becomes a shake. Another tip is to add avocado, much like you would banana. It provides a wonderful thickener and you can make it sweet by adding raw sugar, honey, maple syrup (my favorite), or agave syrup. Good luck and enjoy your new venture! | |
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I choose to make mine with frozen fruit in a bag mangoes, strawberries, or a blueberry pomegranite combo with vanilla yogurt as my base. If I choose to buy out I simply opt for Smoothie King. Their Kale Carrot smoothie is great. Don't laugh at my funk
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smoothies are good. there is a chain out here in california called 'jaamba juice.' i've copied some of my favorites and make my own smoothies at home. i enjoy all fruit smoothies. my base ingredient is frozen berry juice one banana 1/2 cup orange juice about 7 med sized strawberries add about 7 or 8 cubes of ice then blend.
note: i'd recommend a smoothie as a mid day nutrition boost. not wise to drink before or after a meal due to the coldness of the drink and how it may have a tendency to slow down the digestion of the oils in solid food. that's my take on it.
smoothies are great! i use my home blender. it works fine.
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When you get really serious about smoothies you get a [img:$uid]http://i.c-b.co/is/image/Crate/Vitamix750BlenderF12/$web_zoom$&/1308302307/vitamix-750-professional-blender.jpg[/img:$uid] My art book: http://www.lulu.com/spotl...ecomicskid
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Team Vitamix. If you want, pitted dates will add a cinnamony sweetness to your smoothie. Coconut sugar will add a caramel sweetness. I use one or the other when using frozen fruit or when my bananas are not at least spotted. I think smoothie bananas are best when very ripe. What? | |
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^^ I love smoothies! I've never tried making them at home (because I don't even own a blender). But I'm sure the home made smoothies would be way better than the ones you buy at a smoothie store. RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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i find that soy milk makes a nice base for fruit smoothies. add banana and strawberry, blueberry. yummy! | |
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bolthouse farms makes a pretty good variety of juices, and jamba juice is good too. [Edited 1/7/15 6:27am] | |
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Rinse after every smoothie for all those seeds and the fiber that didn't go down. What? | |
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My next purchase will be a Ninja bullet. When I juice I always get a guilt pang looking at all the fiber going in the garbage, and no I'm not making muffins or soup with it that's just too much extra work for something I'm still not going to eat. But I've read, it's best to juice your vegetables and smoothie your fruits, that way you're getting at least some of your fiber as well as nutrients. | |
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I get tired of chewing, so I love that I can get more fruits and vegetables in with juicing and smoothies. Like, I can eat 2 bananas but I can drink 4. Or I can eat 1 bunch of kale but I can drink 2. What? | |
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So, what's the best juicer that grinds up all the good stuff, doesn't break down after a year, and comes at the cheapest price? "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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purplethunder3121 said: So, what's the best juicer that grinds up all the good stuff, doesn't break down after a year, and comes at the cheapest price? Jack Lalanne has good choices. He's like the 'George Foreman grills' of juicers I guess. What? | |
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iZsaZsa said: purplethunder3121 said: So, what's the best juicer that grinds up all the good stuff, doesn't break down after a year, and comes at the cheapest price? Jack Lalanne has good choices. He's like the 'George Foreman grills' of juicers I guess. Just to be clear, are you asking about a juicer or a blender? Juicer - Jack LaLanne. Blender - Ninja. What? | |
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I am currently on the AIP diet and smoothies are the only thing I can tolerate for breakfast unless I eat bacon every morning. I use a cup of organic coconut milk, half a cup of organic coconut yogurt and mix with a banana and frozen berries. I believe it's much better than a mall smoothie and because it's dairy free it's better as well. | |
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Ex-Moderator | I just don't understand smoothies. I want to chew my food, not drink it. I consume all the calories and then I'm still hungry. |
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I have to second what Carrie said in re. drinking a smoothie and still being hungry. If you want a smoothie that's nutritious and not too calorie-laden, you need a pretty good protein source and some good fat in there - and it helps to keep the fruit to low-calorie/carb types like berries.
Back when I was doing a high-protein diet, I would make a smoothie with dry curd cottage cheese (or protein powder), a raw egg yolk, whole milk yogurt, diet cranberry juice and raspberries. I'd throw some flax seeds in there, too - but only if I was going to drink it right away. (Flax seeds get slimy very quickly and will turn a smoothie to sludge in just a few minutes.) It tasted good, but frankly it's a lot easier to just eat what I do now - full fat cottage cheese with a cherry-berry blend that I buy at Trader Joe's. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Hi. I'm the 80 10 10 diet. When I'm not straight eating my foodstuff my smoothies look like this. What? | |
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Lots of good advice here. Gonna try that coconut sugar. | |
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um.... a blender? i have a tiny little blender which works really well. i watched jack lalanne's show and thought about buying a juicer, but than i checked out the movie 'fat, sick and nearly dead' and decided to use a blender like the dude uses. | |
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ufoclub said: When you get really serious about smoothies you get a Or if you serious about blowing loot. If you want this get a refurbished one unless you are opening a Smoothie store. Don't laugh at my funk
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psychodelicide said: ^^ I love smoothies! I've never tried making them at home (because I don't even own a blender). But I'm sure the home made smoothies would be way better than the ones you buy at a smoothie store. I don't know if anyone can make a homemade smoothie as good as Smootie King but as someone mentioned earlier they are generally loaded with sugar. Don't laugh at my funk
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