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rhoner

Was urged to post my smoothie recipe here...

Been a Vitamix cultist for a few years, this is my go-to, every morning shake if I am skipping breakfast (or feel absolutely terrible from the night before):

The Jesus Juice (because it dies for last night's sins)

Loaded up whole or halved, in order:

  • Handful of my frozen berry medley (yeah Oregon livin')
  • A good sized beet
  • Half a cup of frozen mango chunks
  • Frozen sleeve of Acai puree
  • 2 Carrots
  • Apple
  • Handful of spinach
  • 4 leaves of Purple and Black Kale
  • 1 leaf Rainbow Chard
  • 2 ribs celery, "deveined"
  • A nubin of ginger
  • Banana
  • A handful of grapes
  • A kiwi
  • A quarter of a lemon

Once loaded I fill with water til the level reaches about halfway. I use a programmable model on Smoothie mode but I cut it after about a minute. On a manual you would od the usual, start on 1, kick it to 10, shut it down at about 1 minute. If loaded properly (no pushing) you can even leave the tamper in the drawer. Makes about 45 to 50 ounces. Sticks to the ribs.

Posted Feb 8, 2012, 7:59 PM UTC

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sethky•

Sounds good. All you need is some kefir.

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rhonerOP•

that does sound good, will pick some up this evening... thanks for the tip.

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shazwazzle•

Do you peel the kiwi?

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rhonerOP•

Nope. I am a seeds-and-skin-and-all kind of guy.

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nikiverse•

What is veinless celery? Does putting celery in the Vitamix eff it up? How do you devein celery?

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dreadneck•

I put regular celery in my Vitamix every day. It gets liquified.

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rhonerOP•

This was a tip from a chef friend of mine that came after a bout of me bitching about how I hate celery's taste:

Grab the bottom of the rib and break it "backwards' (i.e. away from the concaved side one would fill with peanut butter) right were it transitions from white to green. Now pull it toward the other end of the rib. Pull slow and it will rip the "veins" that run up and down the back of the stalk out and take them with it. This is way to hard to articulate, I'll post a picture if this doesn't make sense.

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