Anyway - I usually use veggies that I have from my food share that I get each week - I freeze them if they are starting to not look so fresh at the end of the week. I also usually purchase a bag of frozen strawberries and blueberries from Costco to supplement. I also freeze any bananas that haven't been eaten for the week and use those for shakes as well. I do add 1/2 cup of grape juice and one of the Crystal Light To Go packets to each pitcher, just to sweeten it up a bit. Kale has a pretty strong flavor, so I find it needs a little masking - but you could use spinach and you probably wouldn't need to add the sweeteners so much. We are just swimming in Kale from the food share and need to use it - AND - it's good for you. I also add protein powder, about 1/4 cup of ground flax seed and grapefruit fiber (called Pro-Fibe), but you wouldn't have to I don't think. Although the vanilla protein powder helps the flavor too I think. Just a note that both John and I like adding cucumbers and celery to the shakes - we just didn't have any this morning on hand. They tend to add a real "fresh, clean" taste to the shake, believe it or not!
Once I have added all the ingredients (TIP: add the kale, then the powders, then everything else on top - this keeps the powder from sticking to the sides of the blender and this combination tends to have no problem blending well) and then I fill it almost to the top with cold water. Then I blend. I don't think this would work with normal blenders -the Vitamix is super powerful and well worth the money I think.
This full pitcher makes me 4 servings that I try to drink throughout the day. I use them primarily as snacks every few hours and it helps me get all my fruit and veggies in every day. The last picture is of the rest of my counter, where I shoved everything so I could get the pretty pictures! Now that's reality! :)
Anyway - thought I would share. Maybe now I should go clean up those dishes - NAH.....
Love the reality picture! LOL!
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