How do you make your smoothies?

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I was just grocery shopping, and I noticed that a particular brand of bottled fruit smoothie costs like $8 for a small bottle. I also noticed that it listed the ingredients on the back, so I just went around and grabbed everything that was listed. I ended up with:

-Apples
-Bananas
-Kiwi
-Mango
-Spinach
-Broccoli

Came home, tossed all that shit into a blender (plus a little apple juice), waited for a bit, and then tried to drink it. It tasted alright, but the texture was horrible. I couldn't even swallow it I was gagging so bad.

What do you guys put in yours? Maybe I just put too much of one ingredient in.
 


Buy some apple juice or pineapple juice and poor about a cup of it in the mix. Add a little ice too.

/I do see you added apple juice, but maybe not enough?
 
thin that shit holmes! lol!

spinach and broccoli are going to be pretty crazy... and apple juice over apples. really, i can only imagine the type of slurry that you tried choking down.
 
AMagz said:
Strawberries (a little over a cup) + Banana + a few spoonfuls of Vanilla Yogurt + Ice = Yummy.
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If you go with frozen strawberries you don't need the ice. Plus you can get a big bag from Costco/sam's club and it's way cheaper. Vanilla yogurt sounds like a good idea though.
 
3 ice cubes, ~5 frozen strawberries, ~10 frozen blueberries, 1 banana, ~1/4 cup of oats, few spoons of vanilla or plain lowfat yogurt, and a dash of pretty much any juice in the fridge. sometimes I will put baby spinach in there as well. this makes about 12 oz.
 
try a little hazelnut coffee creamer (liquid, not powdered)

get one of those Total Blenders (see Will It Blend? | Presented By Blendtec) those will seriously blend anything you put in it. My wife got one at costco for like $375 and thought she was crazy, but we use it all the time and is worth ever penny

I use it to make smoothies, ice cream, soup, and grind my coffee. thing is made of bullet proof plastic too

support is awesome too, had a small issue with mine a few weeks after I bought it and the asked for my address, shipped me out a brand new one no questions asked.
 
Really good smoothie recipe my wife and i have been using

1 cup fat free milk
1 cup fat free low sugar strawberry yogurt (I think its called light n Fit)
6 Strawberries
1 Bananna
2 Tbsp Peanut Butter
1 Cup Ice

Blend for 20 seconds
 
Good smoothies start with frozen fruit, whatever you like but it's better to keep it simple with 2 or 3 fruits IMO (you can better enjoy the flavors), plus plain or vanilla yogurt, and a bit of orange juice.

You can buy a bunch of fruit, spend an hour cutting it up and freezing it in individual portions, ready mixed in the combination you like. Toss a bag of fruit in the blender, a small tub of yogurt and a half a cup of juice, blend and you have a smoothie in a minute.
 
Handful of frozen strawberries
Half a banana
1 cup milk
1 scoop whey vanilla protein powder
Crushed ice

Tastes great and you get your protein as well
 
Day 2: GREAT SUCCESS

Ok, I think ice was the missing factor. Today's health smoothie included:

-1 Apple (Protip: Peel the apple first)
-1 Banana
-2 small broccolis
-Handful of spinach
-Ice
-Splash of orange juice

Tastes pretty good.
 
alexb said:
Ok, I think ice was the missing factor.
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You don't need to add ice if you freeze the fruit first. The frozen fruit turns creamy when blended and is your thickener. Ice is also a thickener, but why just add frozen water?

Try:

strawberry, pineapple, banana
strawberry, kiwi, banana
strawberry, mango, banana

Go buy yourself a decent smoothies book at Amazon. Links don't want to work here. Search in books for smoothies and sort by relevance. There's a bunch of good ones on the first page.
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