Anyone makes Fruit/Veg smoothies?

[Ready2rage]

Worth getting a blender?

[Gaspaco]

My GF does every morning, but I wouldn't too much work for lazy bastard like me!

...since I drinking it, I wasn't sick once tho...

[swithuk]

yes i def use mine alot . i use mine for protein shakes with fruit as a meal supplement

i use a juicer however for veg as i tried a smoothie/blender with veg and fruit and it was fukin disgusting - juicing is a great way to get alot of veg nutrients (has amazing health benefits too )

id like to know how you make your veg smoothies ?? as the ones i made were just foul tasting slush

[gymjunkie30]

Only mix that I can say I can drink on a regular basis is

Vanilla protein
1/2 Bannana
Handfull of spinach
Cup of ice

Soooo good. But besides that I dont juice much, I dont like to waste my calories by drinking them. Real food is the way to go.

[swithuk]

for fruit and protein smoothie i do
1 cup water and 1 cup soy milk
25 or 50g protien
large bannana
x2 peach or nectarine or 1 cup strawberries or 1/2 cup blueberries
plus x2 apples

for juicing :
large handful of spinach
large handful of kale
1/2 or 1/4 large clove broccoli
half a large red pepper
x2 carrots
x2 apples

[swithuk]

ok thanks
but juicing raw whole veg is not a waste of calories - its the ultimate in nutrients and calorie

[Flagg]

I used to put frozen blueberries or raspberries in my protein shakes.

Tried whizzing frozen rhubarb which was a massive fail.

[V-ROID]

Worth getting a blender?

Yes. Unless you just plan on sucking down sweet, fruity smoothies. I use a Blendtec and Omega 8000. Frozen blueberries, spinach, protein powder smoothies. Juice veggies but not fruit usually. I don't really love the flavor sometimes but enough peppers can make anything drinkable. After all is said and done, I prefer to chew my food. Supposed to chew juice and smoothies down as well. Slamming them down bypasses the digestive juices created by chewing and hinders digestion. Supposedly.

[swithuk]

yup . i use x2 carrots n 1 or 2 apples to hide the taste of the veg

[swithuk]

the documentary forks over knives will blow your mind (i have link if anybody wants)

fat sick and nearly dead is ok too

[V-ROID]

the documentary forks over knives will blow your mind (i have link if anybody wants)

fat sick and nearly dead is ok too

Yah I have seen them both, but you gotta admit, just about anything would be better to eat than what most of the subjects shown chose for their diet. Of course they will get dramatic weight loss and cure what ails them by going on a juice diet.

[swithuk]

sure , i agree

but ive dropped the amount of meat i eat dramatically - id say it takes up about 30% - 20% of my diet now

that research info that correlated the rise in the levels of serious disease in the Philippines with increase of meat

and in the experiments with rats where they raised and reduced the levels of cancer and heart decease , at will , with meat

[Ready2rage]

Any recommendations for a good blender?

is it worth spending $400-500 on one?

[RipOwens]

Any recommendations for a good blender?

is it worth spending $400-500 on one?

For that money you can get a Vitamix, which can do anything you could possibly want in the blending realm. A decent one you can probably get for less than $100.

I have an Oster that I like.

[V-ROID]

For liquifying there are only 2 choices. Vitamix and Blendtec. I chose Blendtec. Frozen thick smoothies can't beat a Ninja but leaves chunks if going for liquid.

[Ready2rage]

Yeah not really keen on spending $400+ on a blender just yet, or though they do look good.

might look at a cheap one see how I like it

[Ready2rage]

How duz that vegie drink taste? sound good that's for sure

[swithuk]

yes my blender only cost about $ 30 refirb on ebay - works fine

however its worth spending on a juicer . id recommend a masticating twin gear $500 and up

[Ready2rage]

yes my blender only cost about $ 30 refirb on ebay - works fine

however its worth spending on a juicer . id recommend a masticating twin gear $500 and up

Don't Juicers waste alot of the good stuff?

[teezer33]

Use a blender for all my shakes and fruit smoothies.

[swithuk]

nope not at all . all thats left is pulp . there will be good stuff in there ,however most of the good stuff will be in the juice - its like when you squeeze an orange yourself . quite alot of stuff is left behind but most of the good stuff is the juice
the amount of veg you can juice is far more than the volume you can consume