I make my smoothies in a large ‘super-blender’ (mine is the HealthMaster brand, often seen on TV infomercials being endorsed by Montel Williams). You can adapt these recipes to any such blenders, including VitaMix, Ninja, Bullet, etc.
NOTES:
*I peel and cut up pineapple whenever I find them on sale, or find organic ones. I keep the core intact, since it’s full of flavor, and it will get ground up completely in my smoothies anyway. I pack about 2.5 to 3 inch slices, cut into big chunks, into each quart size container or bag, and freeze them.
*I also take every darkened or black banana that ends up in our house, and peel them and cut them into chunks, again, freezing them in bags or containers.
*I keep frozen organic berries on hand at all times.
All these are great additions to smoothies!
*In addition, I keep equal parts of hemp seeds, flax seeds, and chia seeds in a container, so that I can add them to every smoothie I make.
Here’s the recipe of the day!:
HAPPY NEW YEAR SMOOTHIE!
appr. 2 inches of pineapple slice, core and all
1/4 of a large lemon, complete with peel
1 large naval orange
1 cup banana chunks
1 medium size apple, cored (I used a gala this time)
1 large carrot
1/2 large pomegranate, (the seeds extracted from the rind, of course)
3/4 cup organic blueberries
generous handful of raw spinach leaves
1/3 cup hemp, flax, chia seed mix
2 cups (give or take, depending on how fluid you want your smoothie) coconut water
I put all the ingredients into the blender container and blend until completely smooth. It is sometimes necessary to use the ‘plunger’ to push down the fruit until it is incorporated fully and ground up completely.
