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Magic Bullet MBR-1701 17-Piece Express Mixing Set $44.99 Taking up no more space on the counter than a coffee mug, this convenient mixing system replaces a food processor, blender, and coffee grinder. Keep it handy on the countertop for instant meals and snacks. The 17-piece set includes a high-torque power base with a stainless-steel cross blade and flat blade, a tall and a short bullet cup, four party mugs with colored lip rings, a shaker top and a st… |
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Cuisinart CPB-300 SmartPower 15-Piece Compact Portable Blending/Chopping System Meet the Cuisinart SmartPower Compact Portable Blender – the compact powerhouse that does it all! Use the streamline blending cup to make smoothies in a flash! Mince herbs in the chopper cup and whip up custom drinks right in the “To-Go” cups – we’ve included four of them so everyone can have their favorite! Designed of fit anywhere, the Compact Portable Blender delivers big blender performance wi… |
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Magic Bullet Deluxe 25 pc Set Blender Mixer $49.50 The Magic Bullet Hi-Speed Blender/Mixer System- 22 Piece Set.This versatile machine will do virtually any job in the kitchen in 10 seconds or less, yet it takes up no more space on your counter than a coffee mug. It’s so easy you’ll use it every single day of the week!! The Magic Bullet replaces a food processor, blender, electric juicer and coffee grinder.It stays handy on your countertop for ins… |
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ACME Replacement Plunger / Pusher for Model 6001 or 5001 $14.95 ACME Juicer Replacement plunger / pusher for Acme Model 6001 or 5001 Features & SpecificationsReplacement plunger / pusher for the Acme 6001 and 5001 modelsReplacement Plunger / Pusher for ACME Model 6001 or Model 5001. This is for the newer models of these machines.This is approximately 5 3/8 inches long. These new parts go approximately 4″ into the juicer chute.*This Plunger / Pusher will o… |
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Sundesa Blenderbottle with Blenderball Blender Bottle Blender Bottle Black 20 Oz Misc. Non Foods at HerbsCity store…. |
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Organic Wheatgrass Growing Kit – Grow & Juice Wheat Grass: Trays, Seed, Soil, Instructions & More $34.95 Contains 5 1 lb. bags of wheat, 5 trays, 2 5 lb. bags soil, 1 azomite, Book : Wheatgrass, Sprouts, Microgreens and the Living Food Diet” by Living Whole Foods, Inc., Instructions… |
Smoothie Juicer!
Garden & Fruit Smoothie – Organic food overload, beats juicing
Smoothie Juicer Questions
do i need a juicer or is a blender enough?can you suggest a cheap (<60$) juicer?
I have been using a blender to make smoothies since last 6 months but now i have got bored of the smoothies……can u suggest a good juicer which is cheap and easy to clean…also if u can suggest a few juice ideas,it will be great
Well, a lot depends on what you want to make juice from.
You can buy a citrus juicer quite cheaply.
Apples and grapes can be boiled with water and pressed and strained. Use the pulp to make fruit butter or leather. Pineapple, plums and any other juicy fruits can be made the same way.
Watermelon, strawberries, raspberries can be blended and strained.
But if you want to do carrots and other vegetables, I think you have to spend the money on a good juicer. Watch the sale flyers for a good price.
A Recipe For The Best Juicer And Smoothie Makers
Apart from carrots and peas I’ve never liked the taste of boiled vegetables. Difficult for my parents when they were trying to get me to eat other types of vegetables for the goodness in them, but I came up with what I thought was the perfect solution.
I like the taste of raw vegetables so I asked for my portion of vegetables not to be cooked and served to me with the dinner instead of boiled vegetables. What we didn’t realise at the time was that by eating my cabbage, parsnips, broccolli, spinach, turnips, sprouts, cauliflower etc. raw I was eating healthier than the rest of my family who had theirs cooked. That was because some vitamins and nutrients are destroyed with heating.
I never used to eat as much fruit as I should. It was considered a luxury when I was growing up and we were limited to one portion a day. As an adult I still didn’t like the taste of most boiled vegetables, though lately I have developed a liking for roasted vegetables which were never an option when I was young.
I could hardly blame my kids when they started to pull faces at the vegetables on their dinner plates, and as we have all been made aware of the recommended 5 portions of fruit and veg or more a day for better health I needed to come up with a way of getting us all the nourishment that we need from them. That was why I bought a combined juicer and smoothie maker.
Some think that the drinks made with it are expensive, but I work in a shop that sells produce and I’m usually around when the reducing is done on the stock that is almost out of date so I grab the bargains. I think that you will find that most shops that sell fresh food items have a regualar time for reducing where you can save money.
Our family favourite fruit juice recipe is what we call the fruity combo. Basically we combine apples, melon, peaches and oranges without their skins and serve on a bed of ice. Absolutely refreshing, full of goodness, great for slimming or detoxing. We adults use it to make an assortment of alchohol based drinks, our favourite being a variation of a Tropical Vodka Smoothie. The recipe for that is:
- 200ml coconut milk
- 100ml Vodka
- 150ml chilled low fat yoghurt (we use vanilla ice cream instead sometimes)
- 1 lime
- 100ml chilled pineapple juice
- 1/2 chopped and peeled pineapple
- 6-8 ice cubes
- 2 teaspoons icing sugar (we don’t use this)
Just place everything into the blender except for the lime. Use a zester to pare the lime and save that until later. Squeeze the juice from the lime and add to the mixture. Set to ‘Mix’ for 10 seconds and ‘Smooth’ for 30 seconds. Decorate with the lime zest to serve.
That’s the basic recipe but we have experimented with different fruits and especially strawberries, raspberries and blackberries. At least when we are having an alcholic drink we are partaking of something good for us at the same time!
I feel healthier and more lively than I did before the combined juicer and smoothie maker came into our lives, and my family say that they feel the same. So that purchase has turned out to be a really good one.
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