Today is the 1st day in a while since I used my vita mix. My family and I are all set on loosing weight so we are looking for recipes. We range in age from 44 to 8 mon. old. If you have any suggestions please feel free to chat or leave a message on my wall.
Until next time. Aloha.
The only thing better than using your Vita-Mix yourself is the day your child wants to use it.
This is my son's favorite smoothie recipe.
Ingredients:
Frozen banana
Frozen strawberries
Apple juice
Directions:
No set amounts, he just eyeballs it.
Put all ingredients in your VM.
Turn to 10, then to high.
Enjoy.
I've made tomato juice for years the old fashioned way peeling tomatoes and putting them through a food mill....well I checked out the Vita Mix cookbook this morning and found their juice recipe. I did an experimental batch and can't tell you all how much I LOVE THIS MACHINE!! Easy, easy, easy even for beginners. I put the juice in the fridge and we will drink this batch but plan to do more. I did thin it out with about 2 cups of water to reach the consistency I wanted and added 1 t Kosher salt and a little fresh ground pepper. This is a new tradition around here, sorry Mom and Grandma we have a new dog in the house!!
We have been in love with our Vitamix since 2000. We love creating various sauces, soups, stews, dressings, smoothies and now nutrient dense baby food. Vitamix assists conscious food parents in starting their kids immediately with sound health via food. Our baby loves all the various foods we have lovingly created for him in our Vitamix (and what he does not finish we do, which does not happen often).
Does anyone leave the greens on the top of the strawberries? Perhaps I'm getting lazy, but with the addiction to pulverization, I have a desire to leave the green leaves on the top instaed of cutting them off! :)
Any input?
After many requests, here it goes...my awesome "Divine Green Smoothie" recipe: 1 cup green grapes, 1/2 peeled orange, 1/2 peeled banana, 1/2 slice peeled pineapple, 1/2 slice peeled cantaloupe...now begin vegetables - 3-4 small carrots, 1-2 slices of yellow squash and zucchini, 1/2 slice white cabbage, 1 cup spinach, 1 cup kale and 1 cup collard greens... 2-3 squirts of honey, 3 sprinkles of cinnamin spice and 1 1/2 cups of ice cubes. Finally, in your Vitamix 5200, begin on low speed and variable speed 1 and quickly increase to 10, then move low speed to high. Blend for 45-50 seconds until solid green color. Do not blend longer than 60 seconds to avoid heating of your green smoothie. Ready to serve.
Enjoy your Divine Green Smoothie...!
Do you need a dry blade if you're just using regular whole wheat flour? Does the regular wet blade handle the kneading, etc.?