so i've had a blender sitting in my kitchen for ages and never really used it. just decided to try making some gently heated raw soup this evening, it was so good!

here's a thread where you can share your favourite blended recipes, either for smoothies, soups, juices, whatever.

also i'm looking for suggestions on really good, healthy, energy boosting things to add to my blends. just going by the menu at the juice bar in town, i'm gona try getting some wheatgrass, ginseng and stuff like that. what do you use?


here's the soup i made tonight (inspired by recipes on http://thesunnyrawkitchen.blogspot.co.uk) :

2 celery stalks
1 medium carrot
1 smallish avocado
a handful of spinach leaves
half a courgette
the remains of a broccoli stalk
squeeze of lemon
a little EVOO
some dried rosemary, chives, cumin, white and black pepper
and some sea salt

blended until almost smooth but left it a little chunky as i like crunchy veg
then i heated it up very very gently while constantly stirring, just until it was a little bit warm, less than 40 degrees centigrade/104 farenheit which is the temp enzymes would die at.

I was experimenting with my food processor and I ended up with this surprisingly good sauce/salad dressing

I cup walnutz
2 carrots
2 stalks celery
half a red bell pepper chopped
a clove of raw garlic
half a cup of olive oil
BLEND until it begs for mercy and blend some more.

PS you may want to add some water if you want it runnier.
cheers.

sounds good!

i have now also tried this:

1 small red onion
1 whole tomato
1 whole beetroot
1-2 cloves of garlic
1 carrot
rosemary, chives, thyme
dash of olive oil
salt
pepper

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Tried this today before my morning workout and it was the SHIT yo!

2 Whole Bananas
4 Medium-sized Kale Leaves
4 Tbsp. Peanut Butter
1 1/2 Cup Water

^ very simple but really delicious; I was inspired by Bryan's recent revealing that he eats a shit-ton of bananas haha, but they are good so...

mmmmmmmmm

just made a smoothie

2 bananas
handful of baby spinach leaves
2-3 handfuls of frozen blueberries
about half a cup of rice milk with added b-vitamins and calcium

yum-diddly-ummmmm

beans in the blender = epic farts