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Smoothies are a favorite at our house. Over the past few years I have learned a few tips to making a better smoothie. One reason I love our Vita-Mix<\/a> is that it does a great job of blending everything together so it tastes good! The tips below will work for any blender.<\/p>\n

Freeze your fruit<\/h3>\n

Colder smoothies tastes better. I usually freeze almost brown bananas as well as other fruit I am able to purchase on sale. If you don’t have frozen fruit remember to add ice.<\/p>\n

Add liquid<\/h3>\n

In our house we prefer orange juice, milk or yogurt. You can add any kind of juice depending on your preference.<\/p>\n

Add veggies slowly<\/h3>\n

If you want to make your smoothie healthier add the veggies slowly. Once my husband went all out on a veggie smoothie, putting in almost every veggie we had in the fridge. Needless to say it was pretty gross. He drank it because he will eat and drink anything, but I wouldn’t recommend this method. When I am “sneaking” veggies into a fruit smoothie I add a little and see what the response is, if it is positive I might add a little more the next time. I continue to do this until the smoothie tastes too healthy for my kids. Then I scale back the veggies.<\/p>\n

Go bananas!<\/h3>\n

Bananas help mask the taste of most veggies. If you add a few bananas to your smoothie you can probably tolerate more veggies.<\/p>\n

Blend, blend and blend<\/h3>\n

Many smoothies are not blended long enough to thoroughly mix up everything. I don’t know many people who like a chunky smoothie.<\/p>\n

If you have leftover smoothie (although we never do) you can always use this idea provided by my sister-in-law. Popsicles!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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