Juicer???

[baymule]

What was the texture like? A slushy? Did the bullet really blend it to liquid? Thinking about getting rid of the Jack LaLane juicer and getting a nutrabullet.

 

[thistlebloom]

I just got a text from a friend of mine who makes smoothies in a Ninja blender. The text was a picture of her 4 year old foster son with a big smoothie mustache on top of his big grin.

This is what she puts in hers: Spinach, kale, beets, beet greens, cucumbers, black cherries, pineapple, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, banana, ginger, cinnamon, Greek yogurt and flaxseed.

 

[canesisters]

Bay - it was thick but not chunky. Not completely liquid, but no 'chewable' bits either. I suppose if I had run it a little longer it might have gotten a little smoother but I didn't want to kill it on the first try.
I was trying to decide between a juicer and one of the super-blenders when I started this post. I had read a ton of reviews - mostly focusing on the bad ones - and it seemed that there were some quality and long use issues with everything I looked at.

Thistle - I'm going to try a little beet in the next one. Beets, like carrots, are something I'v neer been able to eat raw. I wish I could put a ton of things in but the bullet only has drinking cup size containers. I started off with the smoothie blade but it didn't seem to make it very smooth. So I switched to the grinder blade and that seemed to do a better job.
It's cool that her little one is already getting a love for veggies!

 

[bobm]

My wife uses her good old Oster blender that she got as a weding present 44 years ago for everything. She blended a blueberry / ice cream smoothy last night. I even use it to blend all types of seed for the baby cage birds and ice cubes to add to drinks. Works just great with all original parts, even today, for all these years .

 

[so lucky]

Bobm, this is off topic, but what kind of cage birds do you raise?

 

[bobm]

From canaries, to zebra finches, societies, Lady Gould, parakeets, cockateels, etc. I despersed them a couple years ago for our move to PNW.

 

[canesisters]

breakfast today:
spinach, apple, carrot, beet, coconut water

(tiny, dark phone-camera picts...)

Need to add some spice or something.. a little bland - could use some 'heat'.

 

[thistlebloom]

Looks like your little blender does a good job of liquifying all those veggies Cane. You could add a bit of cayenne to give it some kick and benefit your circulation too! Or ginger,.... or cinnamon....or all three! Whoo! Better than caffeine to get you awake.

 

[canesisters]

skipped the apple and tossed in some raisins ... added celery, cinnamon, dash of salt...



Been sipping for 1/2 hr - can't drink this. Just nasty.
Thinking I might need to look up some 'recipies' instead of just tossing in things...

 

[thistlebloom]

I think my friends are a little more heavy on the fruit. And a lot of the berries are frozen, so it's colder and sweeter.