with these 6 tricks,
and your blender will be your new best friend!
When making smoothies, you learn many tips and tricks along the way to get the most out of your blender — and, as this is most likely a daily activity, it doesn’t take long to discover what works best for you. Within a few weeks, you’ll have invented many of your own tricks! In the meantime, here are some handy tips to help you improve the taste and quality of your smoothies.
Your Blender Wants You to Learn About Ingredients
Read up on your favorite fruits and vegetables so that you can know their unique benefits, and as you become attuned to your body’s needs you’ll be able to tell what which ones to add — or combine — with your recipe. With a high quality blender that has a super strong motor, you’ll be surprised what you can toss in and have it come out in milkshake-like consistency!
You’ll want ingredients that are high in the following:
A Good Blender Loves Ice
Before adding ice to the ingredients, blend what you have and do a taste test. Ice will water down your smoothie a bit, so tasting beforehand will give you a better idea of how much ice you’ll really want. Once again, the better the blender, the more easily it deals with ice.
Your Blender Wants You to Start Slowly
When blending, use the slowest setting first and then speed it up. This stops the larger chunks of frozen fruits and vegetables from overworking or jamming your motor.
Use Natural Sugars Only
A smoothie can be so sweet it’ll be a dessert. Using sweet fruits can really satisfy your sweet tooth — without resorting to unhealthy man-made, overly refined sugars. You really won’t need to sweeten your drink with honey or agave if you put the right amount of fruit in. (And, down the road, after you become adept at smoothies, you’ll even find that you need less fruit, and that you prefer more vegetables! But for most people, that comes later.)
Balance Your pH
It’s recommended that you keep your diet 80% alkaline and 20% acidic. Most popular store items are acidic but you can use your smoothie to help find balance by making it out of all-alkaline vegetables.
Alternatively, if you have a good balance of acid/alkaline in your diet you can make 20% of your smoothie out of acidic items like strawberries to stop yourself becoming too alkaline. (If this part sounds complicated, no need to worry! The experimenting part of smoothie-making is what makes it fun, and by listening to how your body feels after having each smoothie, over time you will develop an intuitive sense of what ingredients and ratios are working best for your own unique chemistry.)
With a Good Blender You Can Minimize Liquid
To stop your smoothie from being too watered down only add enough liquid base to cover the blades at first. Once you’ve blended it you can then add more liquids to find the consistency and taste you enjoy.
Here are some ideas for what you can use for your liquid base:
Share Your Tips
What have you learned from your smoothie-making so far? Let us know in the comments section a trick, technique or tip that you’re using to make an easy and nutritious smoothie!
thanks to Sean Cameron for his help with this feature and video
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