We recently bought a Vitamix.
Yeah! Smoothies, fresh juice, salsa, peanut butter, ice cream, soups, the list is endless right? I use it every day, and know we are getting our money’s worth out of it in the amount of fruits and veggies we now can consume. I will say though, that it’s not as easy as the road show guy makes it look. I love the way he just tosses all kinds of stuff in there and out comes something amazing. When I get home though, and start throwing various flora into the machine, the results are not always positive. I can’t tell you how many smoothies I’ve tossed because no one will drink them, myself included.
“Too tart.”
“Too sweet.”
“Too watery.”
“Something bitter in there.”
“What IS this?!”
I know they give you a recipe book, but a lot of those recipes have something like 20 ingredients or just 1 ingredient that I never seem to have. Obviously, it’s been a learning process.
But today . . . . . .
Today, I made a 10.
A drink it all, lick out the glass 10.
A “where have you been all eight weeks that I’ve owned a Vitamix?” 10.
A “there’s no way this can be healthy” 10.
(And no, I didn’t add any alcohol!)
It’s THAT GOOD!
Okay, so maybe I’m exaggerating a TINY bit. Maybe you aren’t gonna go slap your momma after drinking it or anything, but it IS yummy. It’s especially yummy after so many mistakes and failures. So you wanna know what was in it? Of course you do! It’s actually not anything earth shattering, but I think for me it’s the consistency and sweetness that’s always been off, so the STATE of the fruits here is what made it work out. Here you go.
1 orange, peeled of course (taste it first, make sure it’s a good orange. Bland oranges make bland smoothies)
5-6 fresh strawberries
1/4 C fresh, peeled cucumber
1/4 C FROZEN watermelon
1/2 FROZEN banana
1/2 C apple juice (if you have the time, do fresh pressed in your vitamix and strain it, if not, you can use store bought-it’s only 1/2 a cup)
That’s it! Blend it up for 30-45 seconds and BAM! Yummers. Makes one HUGE serving, for a carry around cup, or a 2-3 modest servings.
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