Live healthier, get a blender.
If you have a regular blender, one of the key things you need to do is chop up your fruit and vegetables
really really small.
You always want to core your apples too.
Apple seeds are one of the few types of seeds that actually aren't that good for you.
But most seeds are so there's a little bit more prep time when it comes to using a regular blender.
But you can still get smooth green smoothies, just make sure that you give that time to prep it.
Other wise, you'll probably burn out your blender.
So this particular Oster blender is the 300 watt blender.
The typical regular blender is between 300 - 700 watts.
Where this Blendtec blender over here is 1560 watts.
We're actually making Kimberly Snyder's glowing green smoothie today.
You've had that one right before Kel?
I have, it's lovely.
It's a classic because you know, you can really change up the greens or the fruits.
And she's got all the basics.
And of course you can find the recipe on BlenderBabes.com
Alright so, it's a little bit of extra work but as you can see I've chopped up all
the fruits and vegetables.
So you're gonna have no chunks in your green smoothie.
Just to let our community know, with a Vitamix Blender or a Blendtec blender, you don't really need to chop
things up which saves a lot of time and I'm starting out here with water in the blender as you can see.
And we're just gonna start throwing in the greens
And you always want to put the hard stuff on the top.
We're gonna show you how to make a super smooth green smoothie with a regular blender
because a lot of our Blender Babes community don't have one yet.
To start, there is definitely an order to your ingredients.
The first step, is always liquids first
For a regular smoothie, I usually use about a cup.
That's like for a fruit smoothie.
For leafy greens, veggies, or lots of frozen fruit, in a regular blender, I usually use about 2 cups of water.
Blender Babes recommends filtered water or spring water, your favorite milk substitute, organic milk, or juice.
Coconut water.
I know you love that!
I actually like to do half juice and half water.
To kinda keep the sugar content down.
And I like acai and pomegranate juice because of the added antioxidants.
Next, you're gonna want to add your fruit.
And don't forget that if you plan to use yogurt, make sure and add it after the fruit and before the greens.
Now, if you have a pulse button, here's where you're gonna want to use it.
So we're gonna lightly pulse our liquids and our fruits.
This is just gonna help start chopping up the ingredients.
So now you're gonna want to add your greens.
and what we're gonna do, with our regular Oster blender is usually want to start from low
and then you're gonna switch it to high.
So we've got it here on low and we're gonna use the puree and on high, it's on liquify.
Most blenders are pretty similar.
Now we're going to switch it to high.
So at this point, if you're having any issues, you might want to add some more liquid.
And I'm also gonna add some more ice.
Ice or frozen fruit, and you're gonna do the same thing.
So we're going to go back to low.
And go from low to high.
I'm gonna have my green smoothie, are you gonna have your green smoothie?
Of course!
Let's see how that Blendtec handles that.
So, as you can see we've made pretty nice green smoothies there.
But definitely not as smooth as a high power blende but it's definitely drinkable.
You guys at home can definitely do our green smoothie challenge.
All the recipes are on the site.
You're gonna get all the resources that you need for free.
So sign up at livegreensmoothiechallenge.com
We have group challenges all throughout the year.
We have a special private facebook group we're we all do it together and it's super fun.
And thanks for watching! Bye guys!
Cheers!
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