Juicing, smoothies etc

[Anonymous]

I'm looking to kick-start some healthier eating. It's been too many weeks of cold weather/indoors/making hot chocolate and I'm feeling lousy! Does anyone have some tips on healthy smoothies or juices I can make at home. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

I have a fruit smoothie for breakfast - it's literally just fruit and ice. I have a ton of frozen fruit that I use for this - I actually like target for frozen fruit as they have some nice combinations of tropical fruits that would otherwise require several large spendy bags.

When I get home from work, while making dinner, I tend to have a vegetable smoothie that is usually 1-2 carrots, 1-2 stalks of celery, a bell pepper, a couple handfuls of spinach and some canned tomatoes, plus water and sriracha and salt, if it needs it. Between us, my husband and I will drink that whole list of vegetables before we even start dinner, which results in no one even entertaining the idea of seconds.

We got some blender that is specifically designed for smoothies, not a really expensive juicer, and have found it to be perfectly sufficient. It's not going to "juice" things the way a Vitamix would, but I actually prefer it this way. I think it was like $30.

[Anonymous]

MIL got us a Nutribullet for Christmas. We have been making smoothies for breakfast and pre-dinner snack. Frozen berries & mango chunks (no sugar added) + OJ is plenty sweet (and much cheaper than Jamba Juice). We throw in some spinach or carrots and it still tastes good.

[Anonymous]

I like spinach, cucumber, mint, lime, and coconut water. I'm not a huge fan of fruit smoothies, not sure why, but I'll occasionally throw frozen berries in juices/smoothies.

Frozen bananas give an amazing consistency to smoothies.