Veggie Smoothies? Are They Any Good?

Getting our daily quota of vegetables need not be a solemn undertaking. It can be a delight. This summer, check out a variety of veggie smoothies.

Take wheatgrass for instance. You can grow it at home and put it into your masticating juicer, and you get an emerald liquid. If you are of the "Yuck" persuasion, you might hold your nose and chug the juice. You understand it is loaded with nutrients, micro-nutrients, anti-oxidants, etc., etc. That's why you drink it, but you are not an admirer of the taste. Put that liquid in a smoothies maker like the Margaritaville Fiji frozen concoction appliance, fill the ice hopper, select "Smoothie" in the dial and press "GO". In seconds, that just a little harsh, incredibly concentrated greenness has actually become a frosty, milder infusion you linger over. Even the wheatgrass juice aficionados appreciate the variety a smoothie affords.

A vegetable smoothie need not be merely vegetables. By having a juicer like the Omega vrt330 or the Breville BJE510XL you have all the variety of the universe to take advantage of as the base for your smoothie. Vegetables with a touch of fruit can be remarkably low-calorie while maintaining natural sweetness. Adding the shaved ice perfectly blended into restaurant-quality smoothness, a smoothie gives you an exceptional breakfast-time start, or an end-of-the-day relaxer sans alcohol.

Check out this Red Wonder Smoothie--Juice 3 carrots, 1 cored apple, 1 cucumber, 1 beet, 1 stalk of celery, and a small piece of ginger root. Pour into the smoothies maker pitcher, fill the ice hopper, set the appliance to "smoothie", and press "GO". In seconds, the bright red liquid turns a pleasing pink. The taste of the liquid--dominated by the earthy beet--will mellow. Sipping this may leave you in the pink.

Juicers offer you excellent flexibility. It's straightforward to blend a selection of ingredients. (Be careful not to combine too many things at a time, however, or you get a muddy taste, along with a muddy color.) Consider including a bit of sour cream or plain yoghurt to a veggie juice smoothie, especially one heavy on cucumbers. If you have a fruit juice with a little vegetable undertone--oranges, pineapple, and a sweet yam--you may well wish to use some vanilla yoghurt, or even ice creams. Don't forget, natural herbs are able to go into the liquids and will definitely jazz up the smoothies. The different mints are sure fire additives. Basil could really perk up that cucumber/sour cream smoothie. The world of tastes lie at your fingertips as you push the easy-operating switches of juicers and smoothies makers.

Check out some vegetable smoothies this summer time.

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