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Smoothies, what do you think?
Obviously smoothies and Nutri-Bullet are very much in vogue, but what is your opinion? I hardly ever eat fruit so thought this might be a great way to encourage. But will I soon get fed up of dismantling / washing the smoothie maker, or will I be wowed by the many creations?
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You don't need a fancy smoothie maker, a simple blender will do, as long as it can blend ice you're laughing.
And you can put literally anything in a smoothie, the sky is your limit
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Blend ice? I blitz fruit and/or veg with a good (non-plastic) stick blender. If I want it cold, I bung it in the fridge, never have needed to put ice in it. But hey, whatever floats your boat.
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Fruit isn't particularly good for you unless you eat the whole fruit. Fruit-based smoothies are basically a processed sugar-intensive product which plays havoc with your blood sugar levels. And also rots your teeth unless your clean them soon afterwards.
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Fruit isn't particularly good for you unless you eat the whole fruit. Fruit-based smoothies are basically a processed sugar-intensive product which plays havoc with your blood sugar levels. And also rots your teeth unless your clean them soon afterwards.
Best to wait at least 30 minutes |
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Thanks for the above. I do have a stick blender, I hadn't thought of that! I may give it a go.......possibly!
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Not sure a stick blender will do the job, but a normal blender would work.
The fruit would have to be extremely over ripe and mushy for a stick blender to work I would think. I could be wrong |
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Nutribullet is great 'n all but if you snap off the tiny jutting out bits on the plastic cup things then you're screwed. I'm more than pleased with my cheapo $15 Sainsburys blenders (got 3 of them) - don't recall the brand and I'm all comfy so can't check in the kitchen, but anyway... - I only mush up soft fruit and don't mind if my product has lumps so they work fine. When involving carrots I grate them, sure it's an added step but I don't mind. My fav 'discovery' is carrot and banana - but just putting a bunch of bananas in there and 40s later you've got a right gorgeous frothy experience. They are v. noisy btw.
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Using fat free frozen yoghurt will make it nice and cold. They use that at smoothie bars. I should probably invest in a Nutribullet - having gone through quite a few loyalty cards (buy 12 smoothies get the next one free..)
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Obviously smoothies and Nutri-Bullet are very much in vogue, but what is your opinion? I hardly ever eat fruit so thought this might be a great way to encourage. But will I soon get fed up of dismantling / washing the smoothie maker, or will I be wowed by the many creations?
Anyone have any tips or advice? It's just a beaker to clean and a blade to rinse under the tap. End of. |
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"Washing the smoothie maker" is simplicity.
It's just a beaker to clean and a blade to rinse under the tap. End of. |
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Fruit isn't particularly good for you unless you eat the whole fruit. Fruit-based smoothies are basically a processed sugar-intensive product which plays havoc with your blood sugar levels. And also rots your teeth unless your clean them soon afterwards.
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Fruit isn't particularly good for you unless you eat the whole fruit. Fruit-based smoothies are basically a processed sugar-intensive product which plays havoc with your blood sugar levels. And also rots your teeth unless your clean them soon afterwards.
"Processed" sugar is bad for you. Natural sugar from fruit is not bad for you. That's it. Look at what Orangutans eat, fruit. Then there is what you are saying... fruit is not good for you unless you eat the whole fruit? There is no difference between eating an apple (i.e. blending it in your mouth) or getting a machine to do it. Arguably, using your logic, a smoothie is better as you hardly chew it. |
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A career dieter told me the only difference is that a smoothie wouldn't fill you up like actually eating the fruit/veg would.
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A career dieter told me the only difference is that a smoothie wouldn't fill you up like actually eating the fruit/veg would.
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^maybe the whole process of munching on the solids and your stomach digesting the mush sends signals to the brain telling it you are full, whereas if the stomach has only juice to deal with it doesn't have to work as hard and not as much brain signalling goes on.
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I have recently discovered the delights of the home-made fruit smoothie. Mr B will not eat any fruit other than apples so it is a great way to get him to eat vitamin rich fruits like strawberries, kiwis and mango.
We have two or three a week, mostly at weekends. I simply use the liquidiser attachment on my Kenwood chef and blitz the fruit till its smooth. Add ice cubes just before the end of the blend. Here are some recipes we like: Squeeze the juice out of a large orange and add to the blender goblet. Add half a peeled mango, a few strawberries, two peeled kiwis. Blend then add three or four ice cubes and blend again. The strawberries are the fresh value ones from Tesco ( I slice then first and sprinkle a spoonful of sugar over to draw out the juices - a personal preference). A cup of milk, half a banana, half a peeled mango, half cup blueberries. Blend till smooth and add scoop vanilla ice-cream. Blend again for a couple of seconds. Half cup milk, cup strawberries, cup blueberries, cup raspberries. Blend till smooth. Add scoop ice-cream or ice-cubes. A few hints: Tinned raspberries and tinned strawberries are very cheap. They contain sugar but, hey, yolo. You won't need to add any other juice. Check out supermarkets for cheap overripe fruit such as bananas, mango, kiwi. Buy frozen berries. They keep in the freezer and they are usually in a re-sealable packet. You only need a few for each smoothie. Tesco had packs of 6 kiwi fruits for 69p last week. You only need two for 2 persons and they keep for ages in the fridge. |
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I bought the Aldi version of the nutri bullet. It was 29.99. I think they are sold our now. It's great. So easy to clean. Like someone said earlier, one beaker and the movement which if rinsed straight after use is clean in 20 seconds. I've done banana, plum and apple juice so far. And I've done blueberries, raspberries and strawberries with some water or ice. You do need to add some mind of liquid to the mix so that it 8snt too thick. It's great though
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^maybe the whole process of munching on the solids and your stomach digesting the mush sends signals to the brain telling it you are full, whereas if the stomach has only juice to deal with it doesn't have to work as hard and not as much brain signalling goes on.
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^maybe the whole process of munching on the solids and your stomach digesting the mush sends signals to the brain telling it you are full, whereas if the stomach has only juice to deal with it doesn't have to work as hard and not as much brain signalling goes on.
Doesn't make them taste any less nice though! (I initially thought it had something to do with the production of chyme but i think that's rubbish! ) With regards to op, i use a normal £10 blender and it does the trick nicely! Last edited by petral_gal : 19-03-2016 at 21:37. Reason: getting my facts right. kind of. |
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No, you have let lazy journalism and confusion get the better of you.
"Processed" sugar is bad for you. Natural sugar from fruit is not bad for you. That's it. Look at what Orangutans eat, fruit. Then there is what you are saying... fruit is not good for you unless you eat the whole fruit? There is no difference between eating an apple (i.e. blending it in your mouth) or getting a machine to do it. Arguably, using your logic, a smoothie is better as you hardly chew it. The next point is you'd most likely burn more calories chewing and eating rather than just drinking plus to get a full glass of whatever juice you would want would take more than one piece of fruit. Say fresh orange would take 2 to 3 oranges to get a glass of orange. Normally you wouldn't eat 2 to 3 oranges in one go but it's easily drank. |
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Sugar is sugar, doesn't matter if it's natural or not. People need to get away from thinking natural sugar is good. There is as much sugar in fresh orange or smoothies than there is in soft drinks, its just the fresh orange or smoothies have other health benefits over soft drinks.
The next point is you'd most likely burn more calories chewing and eating rather than just drinking plus to get a full glass of whatever juice you would want would take more than one piece of fruit. Say fresh orange would take 2 to 3 oranges to get a glass of orange. Normally you wouldn't eat 2 to 3 oranges in one go but it's easily drank. |
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Your first point is nonsense.
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I thought sugar was sugar as well, what's the difference?
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Refined sugar is err refined and natural sugar is err natural. The poster I quoted seems to be saying that eating an orange is as bad for you as eating a chocolate bar which is simply not true.
I'm not being argumentative, I genuinely don't know the difference. |
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