SMOOTHIES!!! (I love my new bullet blender!)

According to Dr. Joel Furham, in his book Eat to Live, you should eat 4 servings of fruit each day. A serving is a whole piece of fruit such as apple or orange, or pint of berries, etc. So you really do need to eat quite a bit. And of course the more variety you consume, the more nutrients you will get.

Thanks to my friend Cheryl, who told me about bullet blenders, I have recently become addicted to fruit smoothies for breakfast. Drinking fruit smoothies turns out to be a great way to get about 3-4 servings of fruit, with plenty of variety, in one fell swoop! And to top it off, it's really, really delicious!!!

I have found one of the keys to making fruit smoothies is to have a good supply of both fresh and frozen fruit on hand.

I try to always have a good supply of the following:

Fresh strawberries

Fresh bananas

Frozen or fresh blueberries

Frozen raspberries

Frozen tropical mix (includes peach, strawberry, pineapple, and mango)

Vanilla almond milk

Of course sometimes I add different fruits depending on what I happen to have on hand such as melon, apples, or kiwis, and even some veggies, such as cucumbers, read leaf letuce, or spinach. Once you get the basic recipe down, experiment to see what combination you like the best!

IMPORTANT NOTE: I have found with my blender that if I use too many frozen ingredients, the blender just can't quite handle it.

I try to use approximately a 1/4 frozen to 3/4 fresh fruit ratio. I usually put fresh strawberries and some of the frozen tropical mix in the cup and into the fridge the night before. Then in the morning I add the frozen berries, the banana and the almond milk. Doing the prep work the night before, means the morning routine only takes just a few minutes--much quicker and healthier than going through the fast food drive through!!!!

According to Dr. Joel Furham, in his book Eat to Live, you should eat 4 servings of fruit each day. A serving is a whole piece of fruit such as apple or orange, or pint of berries, etc. So you really do need to eat quite a bit. And of course the more variety you consume, the more nutrients you will get.

Thanks to my friend Cheryl, who told me about bullet blenders, I have recently become addicted to fruit smoothies for breakfast. Drinking fruit smoothies turns out to be a great way to get about 3-4 servings of fruit, with plenty of variety, in one fell swoop! And to top it off, it's really, really delicious!!!

I have found one of the keys to making fruit smoothies is to have a good supply of both fresh and frozen fruit on hand.

I try to always have a good supply of the following:

Fresh strawberries

Fresh bananas

Frozen or fresh blueberries

Frozen raspberries

Frozen tropical mix (includes peach, strawberry, pineapple, and mango)

Vanilla almond milk

Of course sometimes I add different fruits depending on what I happen to have on hand such as melon, apples, or kiwis, and even some veggies, such as cucumbers, read leaf letuce, or spinach. Once you get the basic recipe down, experiment to see what combination you like the best!

IMPORTANT NOTE: I have found with my blender that if I use too many frozen ingredients, the blender just can't quite handle it.

I try to use approximately a 1/4 frozen to 3/4 fresh fruit ratio. I usually put fresh strawberries and some of the frozen tropical mix in the cup and into the fridge the night before. Then in the morning I add the frozen berries, the banana and the almond milk. Doing the prep work the night before, means the morning routine only takes just a few minutes--much quicker and healthier than going through the fast food drive through!!!!