Reddit mentions: The best juices & smoothies books

Welcome to the best kitchen purchase you'll ever make! I got mine 5 years ago, and I still use it at least 3 times a week. I absolutely love it.

Smoothies are obviously amazing in the Vitamix. My mom has a Ninja, and I've made green smoothies with it and could never get it smooth enough. Green smoothies in the vitamix are completely smooth and creamy without any green bits to chew on afterwards. I bought vegan food blogger Kathy Patalsky's cookbook 365 Vegan Smoothies, and I've made about 50 recipes from it so far. All are unique and fun combinations I wouldn't think to try; definitely worth the investment if you're a smoothie fan! You can throw in whole fruits (with peel removed as required) and it saves you a lot of chopping.

Cashew-based creams and sauces blend instantly without any pre-soaking required. I make the cheese sauce recipe from Julie Hasson's cookbook Vegan Diner in the Vitamix; just throw all the ingredients in and blend for 7 minutes until you have a nice piping hot cheese sauce to smother all over cooked noodles.

I like to make easy hot soups in the Vitamix too. I think it's awesome to throw a bunch of veggies in and have a hot nutritious soup 7 minutes later when you're in a pinch, but I will say that there is a mild raw taste to it still. If you have time, it's much tastier to cook the veggies on the stovetop or roast in the oven first, and THEN transfer to the vitamix to make a smooth soup. The flavor profile is much more complex and tasty this way.

Steaming hot cocoa can be made in a Vitamix too. Throw in all the ingredients and let blend until piping hot. No need to dirty a pot. More instructions/inspiration here.

Once you make homemade almond milk in a Vitamix, you'll never be able to tolerate the store-bought stuff again. It's otherwordly. Oh She Glows has a great primer here. Make chai with fresh almond milk - it's the only thing I've found that is not just equal in taste to dairy chai, but actually much better.

Also: blender waffles. Toss in oats, bananas, and a liquid, and you have instant waffle batter.

You can make oat flour instantly with rolled oats in the standard Vitamix container. I personally have the dry container as well to make flours from sturdier sources like chickpea flour, corn flour, spelt flour, whole wheat flour, etc. I like to grind my own whole grain flours from the whole grains themselves, that way I can make the quantity I need without having 15 different bags of flour sitting around going rancid. Apparently the dry container can knead dough too, but I haven't tried it yet.

Sadly, I haven't tried making nut butters in it yet, as I'm afraid of how I'd scoop it all out of the container. That's my one major gripe with the design, it's not easy to get a thick recipe out out without losing a bunch of it at the bottom.

Obviously, banana soft serve is super easy to make in a Vitamix, particularly if you're making a larger quantity to feed a crowd (or your hungry self). I actually prefer to use my food processor for banana soft serve because it's easier to get out a smaller quantity.

Make sure you clean it IMMEDIATELY after using, clean-up is much quicker and better this way. It's harder to clean the bottom corners if it's left dirty for a while.

I'm sure you'll love your Vitamix as much as I love mine! Hope I didn't sound too much like an infomercial, I just love it so much. Happy blending!

Edited to add links.

> Louise Parker's 6-Week Programme is a guided, motivational programme for transforming your body and enjoying the results for life. Week by week, you'll follow each of the four pillars of Louise's Method: eat beautifully, live well, think successfully and work out intelligently. You'll experience a complete mind-body reset and focus on acquiring the habits key to long-term success.

https://www.amazon.com/Louise-Parker-Method-6-Week-Programme/dp/1784725374/

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> Jill
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> 5.0 out of 5 stars - I’m starting on week #4, of 6
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> February 10, 2019
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> Format: Kindle Edition
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> Love this program. This book spells out what specifically to do week to week, both meals and exercise. It took me 2 weeks to ‘start’ as I just wasn’t sure I’d be committed enough to dive in. I agree, LPM suggests lifestyle choices that actually do make for a positive re-set of routine habits around eating and exercise. Her recipes are easy, and generally my experience has been that they are very good (which is why I did commit to ‘start’), even my husband likes them, and has adopted several of the suggested ‘snacks.’ And the exercises? HIIT was never my thing, I am a runner... yet these have really helped me begin to gain a better overall level of fitness, which has helped my running.
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> So, it’s not really a diet, it’s a program. It clearly is a different way of thinking about nutrition, health and fitness. I don’t intend to stop after week #6, it has begun to ‘click’ and for the 8 bucks that the kindle version cost me, the program really punches over its weight.
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> It is written in LP’s British ‘voice.’ So some colloqialism’s are left to the imagination... and there is a UK app that is not available currently in the US store. Anyway, I’m making better choices so it’s helping me.

It is a book, but I want to learn how to make good healthy lovely yummy smoothies :)

Woo, I've now got the I'll be there for you song stuck in my head!!

What are you doing at uni?

I am, coincidentally, trying to do so uni work now/this weekend so I need...

• some comfy pens to write with (these make all the difference - highly recommended!)
  
• something to munch on while I write (chewing has been scientifically shown to help you think!)
  
• something to give me nutrition to counter the above and also help recover from the imminent all nighters
  
• and some cool new seasoning as I've been dying to try it and it means I can reward myself with a real meal afterwards!!
  
  aaaand all that should come to less than £20 :) Amazon is awesome :D

A bit of ginger, like 1/2", works well in beet juice, which you can also add kale to. The burning sensation is okay and many people also make 'ginger shots' which are usually a lemon and ~1/2" of ginger. I forget why, but ginger is good for you.

This is a fantastic book that has a lot of good recipes and a section that describes the health benefits of different ingredients.

Congrats! I hope everything goes amazingly for you!

I'd love to have this off the "For a healthier me" list! Thank you for the contest!

A whole new you

Hey, thanks for checking in.

Wild hens only lay 10-15 eggs per year. Selectively breeding domestic hens to lay an egg every day (which is painful and taxing on the body) seems, I don't know... cruel?

Look up chick culling, i.e. what happens to the male chicks in the egg industry. Here's the Wikipedia article, and a short gif [NSFW]. The gasing and suffocation methods are even worse.

Then look up battery cages. Egg-laying hens are among the most mistreated animals on the planet. To phase out meat but not eggs for animal welfare would be an act of selective ignorance.

>I couldn't really imagine giving them up.

Famous last words. ;-)

If you're a chef, you can play around with kala namak ("black salt") to give a sulphuric or egg-like smell/taste to tofu scrambles. For omelettes, use chickpea flour instead of eggs. In some applications you can use applesauce as an egg substitute; in others you can use a water/flaxseed mixture (flaxseeds, like chia seeds, become gelatinous and egg-like when soaked in water); in others you will want to use aquafaba from a can of chickpeas (buy this cookbook); or you can just buy egg replacer powder for baking.

Follow Your Heart makes a vegan egg in a shell, though having been vegan for some time the thought of eating something resembling a chicken's period mucous makes me nauseous.

Thank you for the advice, /u/Sepplinn! I recently purchased The Ultimate Book of Modern Juicing: More than 200 Fresh Recipes to Cleanse, Cure, and Keep You Healthy by Mimi Kirk. This book has some amazing recipes! I can not wait to use pulp to create dog treats!

I came across Komboucha in the book. I didn't know what it was, so I ran off to Whole Foods to purchase a bottle. It's delicious, so I want to use the recipe to create my own. Aside from Mason Jars, what are the best types of air-tight bottles? I need to purchase some to make the Komboucha, but I have no idea what to buy.

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Maybe put together a gift bag of cool healthy/active stuff.

Water bottle

Some sort of diet/healthy eating book

Herbal Tea

Granola bars

Motivational poster

Check out the book written by a guy who spent 18 months in the Craigie kitchen.
http://www.amazon.com/Back-House-Secret-Life-Restaurant/dp/0425256103

The TLDR is that Maws is a driven perfectionist and that hasn't always made him pleasant to work for.

I bought the "smoothie bible" and it's great.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/156975974X

This on the "For a healthier me" list is drinking-related!

Really, on a Monday?

Thank you for the contest!

Aquafaba (the liquid you drain from a can of chickpeas) is a magical substance that can be substituted for eggs! It even whips up like egg whites do for meringues and mousses. Or you can just lightly froth it and use in place of whole eggs for scones, cookies, etc. This book is full of vegan dessert recipes that use it.

This chocolate cake is vegan and doesn’t contain any “weird” ingredients that you don’t usually have on hand. It’s so moist you don’t even need frosting, but you could make a vegan buttercream using vegan butter.

Just wanted to give a shout out for her results.. More background info: She did several things to make this happen: Dieting using an app called www.myfitnesspal.com, exercising with baladea (the product mentioned above) and also adding healthy vegetable smoothies from this book http://www.amazon.com/Green-Smoothie-Recipes-Weight-Detox-ebook/dp/B00CXTMZWC/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1422483352&sr=1-7&keywords=weight+loss

Go get Joe Cross’s book on juicing, Reboot With Joe (
https://www.amazon.com/Reboot-Joe-Juice-Diet-Healthy-ebook/dp/B00I4C4548) as it’ll have literally everything you need for a healthy, sustained juicing.

if they're vegan tacos.
here is the highly recommended taco cleanse :
https://www.amazon.ca/Taco-Cleanse-Tortilla-Based-Proven-Change/dp/1615192727/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481455661&sr=8-1&keywords=the+taco+cleanse

you could try the master cleanse! you might want to get this book if you decide to do it http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Master-Cleanse-Step-Step/dp/1569756139/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265411321&sr=8-1
also, do a search on youtube and view peoples reactions that have been doing it.

http://www.hotflick.net/u/v/?q=4344301.qOl3i7WsXH4Rr5h.jpg

To buy her book: http://www.amazon.com/Giadas-Feel-Good-Food-Healthy/dp/0307987205

May I present to you [The Taco Cleanse] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1615192727?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1615192727&linkCode=xm2&tag=thewaspos09-20)

www.amazon.com/gp/product/1615192727

Green Smoothie bible

Get you some vegan taco recipes.

The Thug Kitchen Books are also great.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Taco-Cleanse-Tortilla-Based-Proven/dp/1615192727

https://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Vegan-Cookbook-Favorite-Recipes/dp/1578267129/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549673650&sr=8-1&keywords=dirty+vegan

The Fat Flush Plan

I'm just going to leave this here...

https://www.amazon.com/Taco-Cleanse-Tortilla-Based-Proven-Change/dp/1615192727

I'm not very strict in my paleo diet. My girlfriend wants to eat at least a few days every week without meat, and she thinks too much fat isn't healthy and maybe more importantly, doesn't like too much fat either.

We had some arguments about this, the best advise I can give you is to put in some effort. Find recipes that you both like, try to cook for her every once in a while. I gave my girlfriend this book that lies somewhere in between vegetarianism and Paleo (it's got some things that match both and some that don't):
https://www.amazon.com/Good-Simple-Recipes-Well-Thrive/dp/1101905506/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=hemsley+hemsley&qid=1554382194&s=gateway&sr=8-2

We still make a few of the recipes from this book, I wouldn't say it's a great book that will solve your problems, but finding a book that makes a compromise between your diets and gifting that to her, that gives off a signal that you take this seriously and want to work on it with her.