What juices to use in homemade smoothies?

[zylander]

I want to make my own smoothies for breakfast/snacks. What are some good liquids/juices that I can use? Is milk good in a smoothie? I was thinking oj but its got too much sugar.

 

[Iron Woode]

strawberries and kiwis are good. so are melons.

 

[tboo]

You can get all the juices you need at assmoothie.com

 

[ahenkel]

I usually like a frozen berry mix with a splash of cranberry juice

 

[destrekor]

What juices all depend on what flavors you want.

The juices I have discovered work well, depending on other ingredients:
apple
orange
pineapple

Haven't ventured very far, and others I just use the actual fruit.

A banana and strawberry smoothing, with a little apple juice, is quite tasty.

As far as dairy, again, depends on what is in the smoothing. I find either vanilla yogurt, or a yogurt of the same blended fruit in the smoothie, works great. A personal favorite will always be: Strawberry and banana smoothie with yogurt, ice, if adding concentrated juices then add some water, and whey protein.

 

[Leros]

I use ice and a splash of milk as my smoothie base. Then whatever fruits I want.

 

[zylander]

Those of you that use ice; can it be cubed or do you need to use crushed ice?

 

[Eli]

Those of you that use ice; can it be cubed or do you need to use crushed ice?

That just depends on if your blener has balls or not...

 

[PJABBER]

Anything you have handy. Just remember to use them skins and all as that is where the vitamins are.

 

[SirStev0]

This thread should now be about smoothie recipes.

I have 2 bunches of bananas, a thing of strawberries and about a million blueberries sitting in my freezer waiting to be pulverized. I just don't even know where to begin.

 

[Brainonska511]

My smoothies are OJ, an appropriately flavored yogurt (or sometimes plain yogurt), ice (in whatever form I have it in, blender can somewhat break it up), and fruit or two of my choice. I just made a banana smoothie using some somewhat squishy bananas and some strawberry yogurt. Mmmm...

 

[SirStev0]

any more?

I am dieing for one right now.

 

[ed21x]

5 strawberries, 1 cup orange juice, half a bananna, quarter cut pineapple juice, 2 and a half teaspoons of sugar, a few ice cubes, blend.

 

[iamwiz82]

I prefer milk and frozen fruit. Nothing else needed.

 

[SirStev0]

5 strawberries, 1 cup orange juice, half a bananna, quarter cut pineapple juice, 2 and a half teaspoons of sugar, a few ice cubes, blend.

Any experience using V8 fusion juice? I actually don't even have any OJ, only stockpiles of that stuff.

 

[ScottyB]

Any experience using V8 fusion juice? I actually don't even have any OJ, only stockpiles of that stuff.

I do 8 oz of V8 Fusion Strawberry/Banana, two scoops of vanilla protein powder, and a ripe banana.

 

[mb]

Acai V8 FTW

 

[Ika]

Wish I could favorite this thread (not "subscribe") like on FuseTalk, I have a blender coming in in the next few days and want to try some stuff.

 

[SirStev0]

I do 8 oz of V8 Fusion Strawberry/Banana, two scoops of vanilla protein powder, and a ripe banana.

I am pretty sure I am bulky enough, so I think I can skip the protein powder. Any replacement suggestions?

 

[Canai]

No 'juice'. (but concentrate)

a bit of frozen blueberries
a bit of frozen raspberries
a bit of apple sauce
1 oz acai juice concentrate
1 heaping tbsp frozen apple juice concentrate
1 banana
4 tbsp whey protein
4 ice cubes

best smoothie ever. my climbing / trailrunning friend was impressed with my smoothie making ability.

 

[BoomerD]

I made smoothies every morning for a couple of years.

I alternated juices so they didn't get "stale," but prefered a blend rather than a single fruit juice. A couple of big-heaping tablespoons of raw wheat germ, one raw egg, a dollop of milk...blend like crazy.
Since raw eggs have been linked to samonella in recent years, I decided to forego the raw egg...and it took quite a bit away from the smoothie.

My favorite juice combo was POG, either Pineapple, Orange, Guava, or Passion Fruit, Orange, Guave. Both are good, with greatly different flavors.
I can't stand yogurt myself, but it makes a good smoothie ingredient for those who like the nasty soured-milk tasting stuff.

 

[SeaSerpent]

dont forget the rum

 

[Canai]

Oh, the recipe I linked was my workout one, cut the protein in half for a breakfast smoothie.

On a good blend it comes out the consistency of a fast food shake.

 

[SirStev0]

I made smoothies every morning for a couple of years.

I alternated juices so they didn't get "stale," but prefered a blend rather than a single fruit juice. A couple of big-heaping tablespoons of raw wheat germ, one raw egg, a dollop of milk...blend like crazy.
Since raw eggs have been linked to samonella in recent years, I decided to forego the raw egg...and it took quite a bit away from the smoothie.

My favorite juice combo was POG, either Pineapple, Orange, Guava, or Passion Fruit, Orange, Guave. Both are good, with greatly different flavors.
I can't stand yogurt myself, but it makes a good smoothie ingredient for those who like the nasty soured-milk tasting stuff.

why the egg? are you talking flavor wise or consistence or what. I don't like eggs cooked and drinking a raw one kinda makes me wanna gag. I always assumed it was yet another "I wanna bulk up" protein source.

 

[Ksyder]

a good tip that took me awhile to figure out is to simply use frozen fruit in place of ice. The smoothie texture will be alot more homogenous. Blending up frozen ice just causes little ice chunks in between the pieces of fruit.