A couple of months ago I bought Bella Cucina’s Rocket Blender, it’s a 17 piece set which is really just two different blender caps and a bunch of cups for that smoothie party you’ve always wanted to throw. People throw smoothie parties right? Sure. I bought it because one, it was pretty inexpensive and waaaay smaller than a real blender and two, all those cups meant I could leave a few at my office and lose a few and still not run into a situation where I didn’t have any cups around. score.
Anyways, this is the perfect blender for smoothies. I would put smoothies right up there with quiche in the foods every bachelorette ( and bachelor’s for that matter) should have in their kitchen toolbelts.
My style, for breakfast and sometimes lunch (though as a lunch option, I’m always hungry again like an hour later) I mix in a bunch of frozen berries, mangos, bananas or whatever kind of fresh of frozen fruit I have on hand and then sneak attack!!….toss in a good handful of green leafy lettuce, kale or spinach. TRUST me, the fruit especially berries, completely masks the taste of the greens! In one smoothie, I can have a full cup of greens and a full cup of fruit and it simply tastes like a yummy fruit smoothie. Sometimes I go wild and add a little honey or agave to sweeten, maybe even a little bit of flax seed oil for some extra omega goodness. Oh I know….didn’t think smoothies could be so outrageous did you! One warning- sometimes depending on the greens and fruits you use, the smoothie turns a gross color- like brownish, greenish, reddish sludge color. Looks gross, but trust me again, tastes delicious. When this happens, I recommend taking it to the office and drinking in front of your coworkers to freak them out.
Option 2 for smoothies- make milkshakes. Or what I’m drinking now- 1 and half cups vanilla gelato (gelato has less fat than ice cream, still fat there though so don’t get crazy), about a few teaspoons of cocoa-chili powder (sometimes you can buy this already mixed in the spice isle, if not, just mix a good cocoa powder with a few dashes of hot chili powder- it’s a nice little kick) and a tablespoon or two of Patron Cafe (coffee tequila…A-MAZING). blend, drink, sigh with contentment.
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