smoothie / smoothies recipes

JessicaFishy

yer- agree with competitions cafe. I use orange juice, a banana (for thickness), and then whatever else. strawberries and mango are good additions...

competitionscafe

I recently started using my juicer again (just a cheap £25 Kenwood one) as I realised that it's not actually that much of a nightmare to clean IF you stick all the parts into a washing up bowl of hot water to soak as soon as you have 'juiced'.

Current faves:

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Carrot, apple and kiwi:
4 carrots
1 or 2 apples
1 kiwi fruit
handful of fresh parsley

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Carrot, apple and ginger:
5 or 6 carrots
2 apples
thumb sized piece of fresh ginger
juice of 1 lime

they taste much nicer than they sound, honest!

Ticklemouse

I have a juicer and the carrot, apple and ginger is one of my faves. However, as a juice only counts as 1 portion, however much you drink, I have taken to making smoothies. No fancy new gadgets for me - I use my trusty stick blender but I did buy a plastic jug with a lid that has a small removeable piece in the centre, from Netto for £1.99 - thus no splashing banana and strawbs up my jim jams whilst making my brekkie smoothy

Currently my fave is 1 banana, large portion of strawberries, 2 nectarines or peaches, blitzed with a glug of skimmed milk - voila, 4-5 portions in a glass. I have also used kiwi instead of necatrines. As the strawberry season is ending,I have a supply of frozen berries which I shall be putting to good use soon.

ps. never frozen them - always drunk at once, but they should make nice ice lolly type things

Kippsy

Sure this is an obvious tip to regular juicers but always use ripe fruit where you can as it gives a much better flavour!!

I also have a question though, is it better to eat a piece of fruit or a drink a large smoothie... always wondered this, just curious.

misesther

I want to start making smoothies. Can I use my blender or do I need a special machine?

jazzyjustlaw

You can use your blender - we do. Just had one actually. yum yum

squeaky

Hiya, we have a thread on smoothies that might help you.

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Ticklemouse

Stick blender, jug, add fruit and milk/yog, whizz, there ya go

Had one for brekkie - yum

AussieLass

Just off track here a wee bit but I bought myself a stick blender on Tuesday. Bargain at $10. In the arv, whizzed soup up that I had cooking and don't quite know how I did it but lifted it up accidently and soup was sprayed all over kitchen bench, tiles and myself.:D But yes, I will use it for smoothies as well. I'll make sure that I turn it off before lifting up next time.

make_life_easier

I have been looking at a russel hob smoothie blender in currys today reduced to £24.99 from £49.99. I think I will go back and buy it tomorrow as I really need to get more nourishment. :laugh:

I have been reading the you are what you eat monthly magazine and it says you can use vegetable in it. Has anyone got any new recipes? :beer: