Smoothie Juice

Smoothie Juice is just an easy way of referring to the pulp and juice that has been blended up in the blender or smoothie maker. Basically it is what is left after you’ve taken a piece of fruit stuck it in the blender and blended.

In recent years blending and making smoothies at home has become increasingly popular making smoothie juice more of a household word than a restaurant word. With the current offering of blenders, smoothie makers and recipes making smoothies from home are not only easy but also much more economical.

Smoothies really are one of the most delightful and interesting snacks around. It is an easy breakfast, quick lunch or nutritious dinner. Smoothie juice is fully customizable so you drink exactly what you want without feeling like you've put on a few more pounds in the process!

Smoothie Juice is a healthy and tasty alternative to all the other fattening snacks we have at home now a days. Instead of your kids reaching for a Twinkie, cookie or ice cream after school just have them drop a couple of pieces of fruit into the blender or smoothie maker and create a fun, delicious and nutritious snack that they will be ranting and raving about.

This ease of consumption means now that literally anyone can enjoy the delights of these wonderful smoothies. Studies show that this is the best way to consume many of the harder to chew fruits and vegetables, unlocking from the fiber of the fruit many of the vitamins that are not accessible in any other way.

The sky is the limit in creating new recipes and combination's of juices. I prefer to use fresh fruit and vegetables and in their season. I love the summer months and going around to the farmers markets or even picking fresh produce out of my own small garden.

Smoothie Juice is a foolproof way of getting high quality foods into your system with the least effort possible.

Green Smoothies

Green smoothies are becoming a hit across the country because they’re a great way to eat something that is healthy, tastes great and doesn’t take a really long time to make.

HOW TO MAKE A GREEN SMOOTHIE-

Green smoothies, like any smoothie have a variety of recipes to choose from. One of my favorites is the grapefruit cilantro booster.

Recipe-

2 ¾ cups water/ice

2 cups cilantro

10 dates pitted

Spinach, added until mixture reaches 6 cup line

½ tsp. of ground cinnamon

1 large pink grape fruit (peeled)

1 pear

2 bananas frozen in chunks

¼ lime unpeeled

2 cups frozen mixed berries

Now that’s just one to get us started off. There are a number of great books with some great green smoothie recipes. The recipe above came from The Green Smoothies Diet a great book about the health and nutrition in green smoothies.

If you’re looking for more recipes on green smoothies to try we have tons of them.

WHY GO GREEN

The number one reason why people don’t eat healthy is because they say they don’t have the time. Let’s face it, when given the choice of popping something in the microwave for thirty seconds or making a fresh meal, although many of us may even prefer the fresh meal we just don’t have the time to make it.

The convenience of the microwave and other junk foods in general has just made eating right a tougher thing for many of us to do.

And that’s the big reason why so many people are turning to smoothies for nutritional diets. They’re quick, easy and usually the only things you have to clean are the blender and the cup you drank out of.

Green smoothies in particular have proven to be extremely popular because they’re a great source of raw greens. Now you get your greens on the go and with the right recipes they’ll be good for you and taste good.