Smoothies and fruit juices: using the real thing.

I usually keep cashews, almonds and walnuts in the house. I may use one of them or a mixture. Many of the frozen fruits i use i did freeze myself too. But the nuts and soy milk together make such a great taste. I like them thick to so my smoothies are almost like icecream. You have to have a really good blender for that. But mmmmmmm how good they are.

In my country, fruit in season is very cheap but frozen fruit is quite expensive. So I don´t even look at the frozen fruit, unless it is the one I have placed in my freezer.

I have never thought or heard of nuts in a smoothie...what an interesting idea I have used peanut butter, but that's as close as I came. What kind of nuts do you use??

Marg, you can always go for the seedless watermelon. My son loves to eat watermelon, so i need to buy seedless watermelon, so easy for him to eat. Ever tried seedless watermelon?

We don´t have them here. The super sometimes imports watermelons. Each is about $20. When in season, a big chilean watermelon (with seeds) costs maybe $3 to $4. And thw person who sells it, opens it, if we want it, with a big knife and makes a triangle to see the inside. If it´s not just as wonderful as we want it, he selects another one.

I love watermelon, but hate to take out the seeds. As for babanas, they are great. And mango and strawberry. Yummy!!!

I hope things are going better for you now. I'm sure if the ingredients you use are pure you should be ok. Ease into "normal" eating.

Hi Debbie, I will make a mango and milk smoothie tomorrow. I hope it will not do harm to me. After my viral infection I am much afraid to start eating normally again. I´m drinking milk with no lactose meanwhile.

I save fruit as pulp at the freezer when the fruit is in season. Yummy and unexpensive!

Some of the berries you collect could be the very idea. I can imagine a smoothie out of season with those awesome fruits.

That is a lovely idea, I should do that myself, actually.

My father was a biochemist and he said that our body need little amounts of protein (the rest is turned into fat ot carbohidrates by our bodies. The important thing is to have enough off the proteins our body needs. That´s why vegetarians have to eat several legumes in the same day. Did you know that2 small dices of meat are enough as protein goes?

Interesting... Whenever I need to lose a few pounds, I find the best way for me is to up the protein and then I am not as hungry.I also get protein from eggs, milk, cheese but meat is something I eat too.

I always make my smoothies with milk or water, but after this post, I will check the yogurt idea. It must be real yummy! I just haven´t tried it. Powder, of course, is out of the question for me. I don´t like artificial flavorings at all.

Artificial definatly isnt the same. And using yogurt is highly recommended

I shall try to follow your tips to prepare fruit juices.

I am talking about fruit juices. Not about oil or spices

Homemade smoothies are awesome, specially since you can have them everyday if you wish. They are as cheap as any other food you´d have at home. I started making nice food from scratch when I discovered that even a coffee was very expensive, if you go out to have it. So now, I buy my own best colombian and brasilian coffee for special occations and make smoothies at home in Summer, when there are all kinds of unexpensive fruits to choose from.

I love cappuchinos!. The day I went out with my friend for fabrics for turbans and scarves and to have my new glasses made, I invited her to a cappuchino and got one for me although I´m sure it´s not on my chemo diet list. It did not do me any harm though but was I happy!

It's good to enjoy a few things here and there even if it's not allow it!

I drink them depending on what´s in season as fruit goes. If I want to have my vacations every year, I must stay within my budget. I love a mango smoothie, but I can buy a mango once a month maybe. I am staying within muy budget even now, and plan for my vacations until doctors say othewise.

I think the smoothie I love best is mango, but mangos are expensive where I live. Fortunatly, on season. I have lots of unexpensive fruits nearby. Have you tried pineapple, orange smoothie? It´s out of this world. I use only crushed ice instead of water there. It´s the best treat in Summer after gardening.

When I went to the north of Chile (vacations last year) I drank at least 2 mango smoothies a day!!! They grow mangos there and they are not expensive at all. But where I live, mangos are expensive fruit to eat everyday.

My sister makes the same smoothies all the time and they are wonderful. But I prefer to buy whatever fruits are inseason and make a different smoothie evey day. I am now with kiwis and oranges. I also like pears and apples. And a bit of pineapple is also awesome.

And they are so easy to make from scratch! The only work you have is to wash the blender. Fortunatly in my country we have fruits all year around. And I save the pulp at the freezer when it´s on season.

Yes that is true, it is just easy to make one. About the fruits, there is no problem about getting them because we also have them all year round, especially bananas, pineapple, strawberry, oranges, etc. Many to name. I'm greatfull to have this foods at an easy access.

Those are easy to make if you have a blender. You just throw everything in, ice and blend

I make chocolate smoothies, but now that I think of it, it is a powedered chocolate, but it´s the real thing. No additives. I don´t much use vanilla, the natural one (very expensive) or the one in a bottle. I prefer to use grated orange and lemon rinds rinds and other similar natural products to add flavour. But I have fruit pulps in my freezer that I save when the fruit is on season.