Best Blendtec pitcher and recipes?

travisstrick

I'm going to get smoothie goodies today. I've burnt through every piece of fruit and veggie in the house.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

nolaegghead said:

I'll give it a shot.  Mangos suck to seed and skin.

They are good. I go organic when I can but I'm not that picky about it. They are really bright and flavorful. I do it that way just why you say, they are a PIA to seed and skin. Also, you don't need to add ice when you add frozen fruit. As a matter of fact, don't, it will be way too icy. I nuke them for about 30-60 seconds and that seems to be the magic number for perfect frozen drink texture. Just add tequila............think I might tonight

When I do a full batch of smoothies, I do 8-10oz water and 1.5 cups frozen fruit and blend it up. Creamy, but not thick. can pour but clings to a spoon. Seems to work ok for me. Would need to adjust the water for amount Triple Sec and Tequila added. Think I'll try tonight and will let you know. I have a big bag of mango staring at me as we speak.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

travisstrick said:

I'm going to get smoothie goodies today. I've burnt through every piece of fruit and veggie in the house.

I buy the CM Organic Mixed Berries from HEB for my smoothies. nuke the bag for 60 seconds then add to 8-10 oz of water. Hit the smoothie button and it will be perfect. If you add powder, I do it in a few quick pulses after the fruit is ready.

Buy some frozen strawberries and frozen mango and do 50-50 strawberry mango smoothies (or margaritas as discussed above) the same way. Cash money.

travisstrick

Dalla dalla bills, y'all.

Eggcelsior

travisstrick said:

Dalla dalla bills, y'all.

that made me think of this

Eggcelsior

Throw in some spinach to everything, the only thing it changes is the color but it adds a ton of that "good for you" stuff. 

Vitamins and Minerals FTW!

nolaegghead

We buy the frozen mixed berries too.  They blend up nice, but never did like the grit from the seeds.  I can live with it. 

Mangos are probably our favorite in smoothies and dakkeries.

SWMBO does a smoothy with greek yogart that's really good.

Little Steven

Truth up. Rum in the smoothies?

SkinnyV

Smoothies and baby food is our main use. We also have the twister jar which works really good when you dont want too much liquid. 

travisstrick

I just spent $180 at HEB. Half wine and half frozen/fresh fruit. 

Thanks again everyone. 

Snausages01

I've done frozen and fresh, but never really got the results I wanted. I think if I would have added less mango and some Limeade, that may have worked. I've tried a mango reduction with sugar then made daiquiris from that, but the consistency was more of a smoothie than daiquiri. The more I think about it, I'm betting there was some sort of mango extract/concentrate added to the ones we had in Mexico, which is why it had less of a smoothie consistency.

lwrehm

GLOW STICKS!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l69Vi5IDc0g

Skiddymarker

travisstrick said:

I just spent $180 at HEB. Half wine and half frozen/fresh fruit. 

Thanks again everyone. 

$90 on adult beverage, $90 on fruit, nothing like a balanced diet. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Skiddymarker said:

travisstrick said:

I just spent $180 at HEB. Half wine and half frozen/fresh fruit. 

Thanks again everyone. 

$90 on adult beverage, $90 on fruit, nothing like a balanced diet. 

Hardly balanced if $45 of that fruit goes into adult bevs. More like 75-25.

travisstrick

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

travisstrick said:

I just spent $180 at HEB. Half wine and half frozen/fresh fruit. 

Thanks again everyone. 

$90 on adult beverage, $90 on fruit, nothing like a balanced diet. 

Hardly balanced if $45 of that fruit goes into adult bevs. More like 75-25.

Just dont tell the wife lady. 

Eggcelsior

At 3:1, at least he's spreading the wealth. Less than half the calories will be empty, mind you!

nolaegghead

I stay out of domestic disputes

Skiddymarker

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

travisstrick said:

I just spent $180 at HEB. Half wine and half frozen/fresh fruit. 

Thanks again everyone. 

$90 on adult beverage, $90 on fruit, nothing like a balanced diet. 

Hardly balanced if $45 of that fruit goes into adult bevs. More like 75-25.

Whoa. It is on a transaction basis, so $90 for wine (Adult beverage), $90 for fruit is balanced, the net result if you will, is $0, healthy vs "unhealthy". The next shopping trip might be $90 for adult beverage, $90 for Cheerios, fruit and brisket, still balanced and the result is still $0. You have to think like an accountant, it is not the truth it is what answer do you want?

travisstrick

Skiddy, the wife lady is an accountant. She only wanted to know when I planed on drinking all the wine. I hit "smoothie" on the blender and pretended I couldn't hear her.