We are blessed to have a powerful blender. The thing actually grinds wheat into flour! Anyway, one of our favorite things to do with this blender is made whole fruit/vegetable smoothies. Now, this might sound odd but fresh smoothies really taste great and are guiltless, too!
We have two favorites. One of the uses broccoli, spinach, kiwi, apple, pear, grapes, and fresh orange juice. We turn all that into thick juice, add enough ice to further grind it into a cold, slushy drink. No sugar, no yogurt, no ice cream. It is amazing how one of these at lunch time really zips up your energy the rest of the day.
Our second favorite incorporates peeled, raw carrots, cranberries, strawberries, apples, pears, grapes, kiwi, and fresh orange juice. Oh, yeah, we freeze strawberries during the summer when they are on sale!
Either of these smoothies will be extra good if you throw in a banana, too.
I used to enjoy the fruit smoothies that can be found a various juice places until I saw the calorie count from some of the additions. I like knowing for sure what is going in my drink and we save a lot of money making them at home, now.
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