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[mtmouse]

I'm soooo getting a dehydrator asap. Toona crackers sound like the best thing in the world to me.

Well, you can actually dehydrate in your oven. It's a little tricky keeping it down near 100, but it can be done.

Mtmouse, how do you do the cabbage and carrots and such in your blender? And apples? how does that work?

I do all that exactly the same way as I first described. I put a little liquid in the blender, cut the veggies up fairly small (well, the cabbage I just put in in chunks, because it's soft, but the beets and carrots and apples [and tomorrow broccoli] I chop small enough so the blender is more likely to mush 'em up good), and blend them first.

Then I usually transfer that to my food processor for adding the rest of the fresh/frozen fruit and nuts, because I want them fairly coarse so there's still something to chew on. (I'm still pretty attached to chewing, LOL.) Obviously, with just a blender and no desire to chew, you could then just add the other stuff to the first stuff.

Enjoy!

[HealthyBiz]

OK, Peanutterb - Here's one recipe with garlic and it comes highly recommended by Res Since I found it in the "After the Cleanse" thread, I hope no one minds my copying it here:

Oh, this is SO good I can't describe it but I'll try!!!

1 mango sliced and into the *blender
small handful of raw spinach in with the mango (to keep it company)

2 bunches of raw spinach into the *Juicer
1 apple
1/2 lemon
1 clove garlic
a manky peach
Finish off with a zucchini -

POUR into the blender with the mango and handful of spinach. Frapee.

While Frapeeing throw in a large handful of frozen blueberries and watch... TOXIC GREEN turns into DEEP DARK CHOCOLATE PUDDING BROWN. It's kind of scary at first....I will hold the comment I was going to make... :

Pour into a fancy wine glass or something similar and enjoy. It can be improved on but OH it's so tasty. No one would EVER know they're drinking spinach and zucchini. Mmmmmmm

Oh Kathy - Mmmm... thanks for sharing the oven secret. I'll give that a try!

Well, I guess I do have my limits because, although I love my green smoothies (don't try stealing them from me now!) drinking my salad - with dressing included - turns my stomach. Ugh! LOL!

[peanutterb]

thanks. I use the blender and still make it chewy.
also i bet apple and broccoli would taste good together. yummy.

Found this recipe online - brocolli, ginger and apple.

Apparently Kylie Minogue (remember her from when I lived in London) likes broccoli smoothies.

[peanutterb]

thanks for the recipe. don't have a juicer or peaches or the zucchini. but i'll try something. i have kinda gotten used to just biting into a clove of garlic, painful as it is, i feel the results almost immediately.

my bf told me about the oven too but said it takes forever. i don't mind investing in a dehydrator. i spend too much money on clothes anyway.

lol healthybiz, the salad doesn't include dressing. here are the ingredients of the Salad In A Glass, by Arden's Garden - Carrot, Beet, Parsley, Celery, Cucumber, Spinach (http://www.ardensgarden.com/menu.html)
any one of us could easily make that. except it's mostly juice in theirs and like i said before - no juicer.

[mtmouse]

Well, I guess I do have my limits because, although I love my green smoothies (don't try stealing them from me now!) drinking my salad - with dressing included - turns my stomach. Ugh! LOL!

HealthyBiz, you don't know what you're saying! Believe me, if Res says it's good, it's gotta be worth trying! That kid is as recalcitrant as they come, LOL!

Though I will have to add, I tried raw garlic in my smoothies and didn't like the taste or the way I felt with it, so now I cut it way down or leave it out.

[HealthyBiz]

Yeah, I guess that's why I like the Pesto recipe and others that let me get my raw garlic in for the day without having to drink it. I wouldn't mind it in my smoothies if I'm under the weather, but on a normal day, it's not my preference. I still haven't figured out what my favorite smoothie is because I have so many more to try out!! BTW, I really like it with watermelon - adds a nice juicy and sweet taste. Hmmm... Now, how did I get from garlic to watermelon?! Food on the brain!

[mtmouse]

Yeah, I agree. If it were a "medicinal" smoothie, I could take the garlic. But "yummy" it ain't--at least, not to me.

I'll have to wait until next summer to try watermelon! Or just go bankrupt now, I suppose. Of course, with organic watermelon I'd go bankrupt even in the summer, LOL!

[sopheetsa]

gosh: everyone is scaring me with: "TOXIC GREEN turning into DEEP DARK CHOCOLATE PUDDING BROWN", from garlic to watermelon to garlic in my smoothies,, Salad In A Glass, dehydrating in your oven (I'm already dehydrated as it is!)...and as for "Chewing being overrated"-- did I mention that Boutenko has invented and is selling a "chewing device"-- NOT JOKING-- to exercise the jaw: especially for folks who are blending all their food!

All I can say is: yes I agree I like it CHUNKY mtmouse and as Res said a long time ago-- "I'd rather EAT MY SALAD!". This is the kale salad I made today, but didn't eat because they whisked me away (who said there are no UFO's!):



the ingrediants are in the picture, and I've posted 'em before. YES there is garlic. plenty of it! (oh and in case you can't tell-- also bok choy.)

MY LOVE TO YOU ALL.

[mtmouse]

Oh Soph,

Of course you're dehydrated! Poor dear. But the oven is such a warmer place to be!

LOLOL

And enjoy your wilted salad tomorrow!

[peanutterb]

mango is my new fav thing in a smoothie and at $2 each it's really hurting me. and to think, i grew up with 6 mango trees in my yard. if my mother heard I paid for a mango she'd probably beat me.

i think i might leave the garlic out of the smoothie and make it in something else. or just keep chewing on it. maybe i can add a little avocado and pretend it's guacamole.

i want to try an avocado smoothie but i'm nervous about the texture. i have a problem with foods that are puddingy or apple saucey in texture. bleh on flan. bleh on custard. bleh on jello. i don't even like yogurt or oatmeal, but i mix my silk yogurt or oatmeal with fresh fruit, granola or crushed nuts and raisins and that gives me enough substance and chewiness.

none of the recipes i found online really interested me.

Apple and Avocado Smoothie
1 Granny Smith apple, cored, skin on
1/2 ripe Hass avocado
1/2 apple juice
1/2 cup ice
3 sprigs mint leaves
1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lime juice
Citrus Avocado Smoothie

• 3 Sunkist® oranges juiced
• 1 avocado, peeled
• 2 bananas
• 3 tbsp. honey
• 1 cup plain, non-fat yogurt
• 2 cups ice cubes

Avocado Smoothie
Modification of an Indonesian quencher.
1/2 cup ice
1 ripe avocado
2 Tbs sugar, to taste**
pinch of salt
chocolate syrup or sauce
ground nutmeg or cinnamon vanilla essence, to taste
In a blender blend the ice, avocado, salt, and sugar thoroughly. Should end up looking somewhere between a milkshake and a smoothie. Add more sugar if needed.
Drizzle a little bit of chocolate sauce into the sides of a parfait glass. Pour in the avocado shake. Drizzle a little more of the chocolate over the top, sprinkle the nutmeg or cinnamon, and serve with a straw.

• • the sugar can be substituted with honey if preferred

I can't imagine having a whole avocado in one sitting. whether i'm eating or drinking it.