Half the fun of making this concoction is deciding which fruits to drop in. It’s also the perfect choice if you happen to have leftover fruit salad.
1 frozen banana
2 cups fresh fruit (such as grapes, strawberries,
blueberries, raspberries, pear and apple slices, kiwi)
3/4 cup orange, pineapple or white grape juice
Combine the fruit and juice in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth. Serves 1.
Recipe Source: Family Fun
What can you do when you’re in the mood for homemade pumpkin pie, but you’re squashed for time? Whip up a batch of these thick and tasty pumpkin smoothies.
Ingredients
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
3/4 cup milk or vanilla yogurt
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. nutmeg
2 tsp. brown sugar
4 ice cubes
Directions
Combine ingredients in blender and puree until smooth.
Pour the smoothies into small glasses (this drink is rich) and garnish each with a dollop of vanilla yogurt or whipped topping. For a fun touch, add a pinch of cinnamon or a few colored sprinkles. Serves 2 or 3.
Recipe Found at Family Fun
For this tropical smoothie, select a mango that’s ripe but firm enough to peel and slice.
Ingredients:
1 cup mango slices
1 dash white grape juice
Directions:
Combine the mango slices, grape juice and frozen yogurt in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth. Serves 1.
Recipe Found at Family Fun
Do you love your Vita-Mix blender?
Have you always wanted to be a ‘TV Star’?
If you answered yes to those two questions then you have to check out this contest (information below). They’ll be giving away over $20,000 in total prizes, including the $10,000 grand prize, to discover the next great Vita-Mix TV demonstration star.
Here is a press release with the details:
Vita-Mix Announces “Pitch Me!” Video Contest to Find the Next TV Infomercial Star
OLMSTED FALLS, OH – November 4, 2009 – Credited with creating the very first infomercial in the U.S., Vita-Mix, the world leader in high-performance blending equipment, today announces “Pitch Me!” -a national video competition to discover the next great Vita-Mix TV demonstration star. The winner, voted on by the public and chosen by Vita-Mix, receives a Grand Prize of $10,000 and may star in upcoming Vita-Mix television commercials and web-based videos.
Participants must showcase their skills with a Vita-Mix blender and are
judged on their video’s creativity, popularity and overall quality. As the
competition progresses, Vita-Mix will air highly-rated submissions on
national commercials, to drum up support for the leading videos and further publicize the contest. Vita-Mix is offering over $20,000 in total prizes including the single Grand Prize of $10,000 cash.
In 1949, Vita-Mix created the world’s first television infomercial during
which Vita-Mix Founder William G. “Papa” Barnard demonstrated everything the Vita-Mix machine could do and began America’s love affair with the infomercial. A commitment to personal demonstration continues to guide Vita-Mix’s marketing efforts to the present day; Vita-Mix demonstrates its professional-quality machines in over 2,000 shows every year in the U.S. alone.
The newest Vita-Mix machines certainly lend themselves to demonstration since they do the work of 10 kitchen appliances and perform over 50 different processes. These include five that no other single kitchen appliance can execute as flawlessly: making ice cream, grinding grains to make flour, kneading dough, making whole food juice, even making piping hot soups heated by nothing more than the blades spinning at 240 MPH.
For more information on “Pitch Me!” or to submit a video, visit
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About Vita-Mix Corporation
Based in Olmsted Falls, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, family-owned and
operated Vita-Mix Corporation was founded in 1921 by William G. “Papa” Barnard, an early promoter of the whole foods lifestyle and a direct marketing pioneer. Since introducing the first Vita-Mix blender in 1937, Vita-Mix has set the standard and is currently the world leader in high performance blending equipment for home and commercial use.
Vita-Mix equipment is found in leading smoothie bars, coffee houses and restaurants, and is universally praised by professional chefs and consumers alike for both durability and performance. The company’s commitment to a healthy lifestyle is evidenced by its support of health and fitness projects and generous employee benefits and wellness programs that further better, longer lives. Vita-Mix products are sold in over 80 countries and are made at the corporate headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio.
For more information, please visit www.vitamix.com. Vita-Mix.a better life.
Ingredients:
1 medium banana
1 cup lemon or vanilla yogurt
2 tablespoons honey
1 package instant oatmeal (cinnamon spice)
1 1/2 cups milk
3 peaches – peeled and sliced
Directions:
Puree all ingredients in a blender until smooth. Serve in chilled glasses. Serves 4.
Ingredients:
1 cup frozen fruit
6-8 oz plain yogurt
1 teaspoon honey
1/2 of a banana
4-5 ounces soy milk
dash of vanilla
Directions:
Place all ingredients into a Vita-Mix blender.
Make sure lid is tightly in place.
Blend on high until smooth.
When I found this recipe it made me crinkle my nose. It doesn’t sound very appetizing but who knows it might be really good, I just haven’t been ‘brave’ enough to give it a try. Please leave a comment if you try it. I’m curious as to what others have to say about the flavor of it.
Ingredients:
1 cup cilantro
8 large strawberries
1 cup almond milk
4 dates
1 cup papaya
1 cup coconut water
Directions:
Place all ingredients into Vita-Mix blender and blend on high until smooth.
This recipe is full of ‘berry’ ingredients – raspberries, blackberries and strawberries – so not only will it be naturally sweet (berries have a natural sweetness to them) but you’ll also get great health benefits as well.
All three of the berries, in this recipe, each contain vitamin C which is an important vitamin we need to help keep our immune system built up so it works properly to fight off sickness and disease. Aside from the vitamin C you will also find some minerals that are important for your body such as potassium, magnesium and folate in these berries.
And just one more benefit or using these berries? They are all super low in calories and have very few, if any at all, grams of fat!
Ingredients:
1/2 cup blackberries
1/2 cup strawberries
1/2 cup raspberries
1/4 cup milk (low fat or fat free)
1 cup berry flavored yogurt
2 cups ice
Directions:
Place all ingredients in Vita-Mix blender.
Make sure lid is on and secured tightly.
Mix on high until smooth or desired consistency is reached.
Here is a healthy recipe to get you going in the morning.
Ingredients:
1 pack Silken Tofu
1 banana
1 tablespoon honey
1 cup Silk Very Vanilla Soymilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup Tropicana Orange-Pineapple Juice
12 packets Splenda
2 cups strawberries
Directions:
Place all ingredients in a Vita-Mix blender and blend on high until smooth.
The almonds and dates in this recipe both add a little twist to this recipe. The dates will add a hint of sweetness where the almonds will add a unique flavor. If you don’t like dates don’t worry there aren’t enough of them in here to be all that noticeable. They are mainly used to add sweetness.
Ingredients:
3 dates
1 cup water
1/2 cup strawberries
1/4 cup almonds
Directions:
Important: Make sure to soak the dates and the almonds (separately) for several hours and then rinse.
Place dates, water, strawberries and almonds into a Vita-Mix blender and blend on high until smooth.
