Making Smoothies

Making smoothies is pretty straight forward. Throw everything in a high powered blender and hit the button until it looks like a smoothie! There are some things you need to know though to get the best results.

Order of Ingredients

Always add the liquid first. You can’t blend anything without a liquid base. I like to add my greens to the liquid first and blend to make sure they’re no green bits floating around before adding everything else.

Always add your frozen ingredients last. If you add frozen fruit or ice too early it can turn the consistency to ice cream and make it harder to blend everything else.

BLENDING 101

1. Add Liquid 2. Add Dry (Oats, Flax, etc.) 3. Add Greens 4. Add Fats (Nut Butter, Oils) 5. Add Fresh Fruit 6. (Blend 20-30 seconds) 7. Add Frozen Fruit or Ice 8. (Blend Again) 9. Add more liquid if needed 10. (Final Blend)

Smoothie Consistency

You may notice that sometimes you follow one of my recipes and you don’t get the right smoothie consistency. It may be too thick or too thin. There are a lot of things that effect the consistency. How much frozen produce or ice you are using, the ripeness of the fruit, the liquid type and amount, and what other liquid absorbing ingredients you are using like oats, flax or wheat germ, and lastly the power of your blender.

Because of that, you may have to do some adjusting to get it right. After you finish blending the smoothie, pour a little bit into a glass to see the consistency and taste. If it is too thick, add a little more liquid 1/4 cup at a time and blend again. If you find that it is too thin you can try adding some ice and blending again. Most of the time thin smoothies are perfectly fine to drink as is but the “thick as mud” ones will need some additional liquid.

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