Would you like to know how to make smoothies from vegetables, fruits, super foods, wild plants, seeds, nuts, herbs and juices? Would you like to make irresistible raw pates, dips and soups? Here you'll find STEP-BY-STEP instructions and everything you need to start blending.
Smoothies are a terrific way to boost your health
Now, let's get started!
How to make smoothies
Wash the vegetables & fruits.
Pre-cut the vegetables.
Put food with the highest water content (i.e. apples) first.
Make sure you add enough (purified) water for blending. This usually means that most food is covered with water. If you don't use enough water, the produce, nuts or seeds don't blend well.
Blend long enough so your foods will be really smooth, but not so long that they get warm. (Unless you'd like to make a warm soup of course).
You could warm up soups or drinks by blending for a few minutes.
Benefits of Blending
If you use a high speed blender such as a Vitamix or Blendec blender, the blending will break the cell walls of the produce. Even the cells of tomatoes and carrots break. Thus, you'll absorb the lycopen and beta-caroten easily. This way you make it easy for your body to absorb all the wonderful nutrients of the vegetables and fruits.
A smoothie uses the whole food, no waste.
Unlike juicing, with a smoothie you keep all the fibers of the food.
Smoothies are a great way to eat your vegetables. Greens are the most alkalizing, mineralizing and healthiest foods. But not always the most palatable. By blending them, you can combine them with fruits or herbs for delicious tastes.
Blending is the quickest and easiest way to prepare (large amounts of) raw food. Virtually no preparation time. You can make the most delicious smoothies in just minutes.
No pans to scrub. Blenders are very quick and easy to clean.
Blending is easy to learn and recipes are easy to make and adapt.
What to Watch Out For
The best blenders are quite expensive. You can get cheaper ones, but they won't give you the same health benefits and generally, break down quickly if they have to blend greens.
Blenders might make quite some noise when you use them.
Best Raw Food Blender
If you'd like to learn how to make smoothies, you need to know what blender to use. What is the best blender for making smoothies? Hight speed blenders that can break through the cell wand of green vegetables. Because then, you will get much more out of your smoothie and can easily absorb vitamins, minerals and other important nutrients.
Therefore, Vitamix and Blendec blenders are an absolute must when you're serious about raw food. They're also the most popular amongst raw foodist. These are the only blenders that break the sell wand and are powerfull enough to handle tough fibers - like those of ginger - well. The best selling Vitamix an Blendtec blender are relatively expensive raw food tools though. However, if you compare to a stove, think about how often you'll use it, and the enormous health benefits, it's not that much... .
Smoothie Recipes
There are many delicious smoothie recipes. On this website you'll find breakfast smoothie recipes, fruit smoothies recipes and green smoothie recipe. Try them!
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