I’m still making smoothies with whole foods, water, and ice. They are still very tasty. The fresher the foods, the better they taste. I just made a smoothie today that consisted mostly of fruit and 2 handfuls of spinach. Here is the recipe:
* 2 bananas
* 10 large strawberries
* 1 whole pear, diced
* 2 handfuls spinach
* 12 oz. water
* 6 ice cubes
Obviously, this smoothie was a bit sweeter than the ones I had been making previously, but I do enjoy a good fruit-based smoothie. The antioxidants and fiber that I am getting from two 20 oz. cups of smoothie a day are amazingly high. The funny thing is that after doing smoothies for a couple of weeks, I actually gained 5 pounds. I was as amazed as you are. But it’s not like I’m overweight to begin with. I’m 6′1″ 180 lbs. now after the gain. I don’t see a big problem with this as I don’t really notice any gains in my waistline or abdominal level. It is a great meal substitute as it keeps me full for hours. It is probably a good idea to eat these in the mornings because that’s when fruit is most easily digested–on an empty stomach.
The Vitamix is great for two reasons: It is a very large container and it has very fast speeds to properly blend everything together. I have yet to have serious problems with blending, unless the fruit I was using was very soft and it caused the smoothie to be very thick. Soft pears do not make a good smoothie. I just used a very hard and new Bosc pear and it made the smoothie thinner than it has been for awhile. The reason I love the Vitamix so much is that I don’t have to actually eat this food anymore, but I can drink it. I’m not a fan of eating strawberries or blueberries or any fruits because they are very messy. Now I can condense all of them into a shake. Not only that, I do not like eating greens, especially dark greens. So I can just drink my nutrition and it digests much faster than if I were to eat it and it takes much less time. I can make large smoothies and drink them throughout the day. It’s such a great invention and it is the best blender I have ever seen.
There are a million other uses for the Vitamix, but I like to use it for smoothies. You can even make hot soups in it by leaving it on for 10 minutes on high. You can make sorbet with frozen fruit. You can grind coffee or chop onions. It is so versatile and it is 1000 times more useful than the Magic Bullet, mostly because it is so much bigger and so much faster/efficient. It can heal people from diseases. It can improve lives no matter where you find yourself healthwise. What an amazing machine. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in their health and making nutrition that much easier and tastier as well.
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