Mango Peach Smoothie

Seriously every time I think there aren't any more good smoothie recipes out there, I find another one that blows me away!! This was really good. Like straight from Jamba, or Booster. It doesn't have any ice in it, so it has a really nice strong flavor. We get bulk bags of fruit from Costco and they worked beautifully in this recipe! Cheers!

Put in the Vitamix in Order:
1 C Vanilla Yogurt
1 C (heaping) frozen Mango
1 C (heaping) frozen Peaches
3/4 C OJ

Blend it up for some tropical yumminess! The original recipe didn't call for the yogurt, but I added it, and liked the creamy texture... you can do what you want.

Yummy Pina Colada!

I had a real hankering for a pina colada the other day. I wanted one so bad I kept singing Garth Brooks' Two Pina Coloadas "I want one for each hand"

Here is What You Will Need:
1 1/2 Cup Pineapple Chunks (I tried half mango half pineapple and it was really good too!)
1 1/2 Tablespoon Orange Juice Concentrate
1/2 can or 3/4 Cup Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut (this can usually be found in the Hispanic food or alcohol isles at the grocery store it isn’t alcoholic though)
4-6 Cups of Ice (you can’t have a wimpy blender for this one folks)

1- Pour the whole can of the Coco Lopez into a bowl and mix it with a spoon because the coconut oil and other ingredients separate. I could eat this stuff straight it is SO good!

2-Put the first 3 items in a blender first then top with ice. I used 4 cups the first time I made it and the taste was really strong, the second time I made it I used 5 cups of ice and it was pretty close to perfect. The taste was amazing, just really strong. My vitamix took it like a champ, but my guess is most non vitamix/blentec blenders couldn’t handle this recipe.

3- Taste it, If it is too rich add another cup of ice and blend again. If it is diluted add another chunk of pineapple and a Tablespoon of Coco Lopez and blend again.

This was seriously a tropical island in a cup for me. I loved it! It was too strong for Corbyn, but the rest of the boys liked it so I consider it a mostly win!

Kashina's Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie

I always try to be healthy, but sometimes I try harder. This last week I was running a lot and eating a lot of greens, but my body was telling me it needed some protein. Meat didn't sound good, nor did eating a handful of nuts, so I decided to try a peanut butter smoothie! Delish! I want one right now thinking about it... I probably will go and make one! The kids loved it, Todd loved it, and I loved it, three very hard groups to please! We tried it again with bananas... no go. The kids and I didn't like it with bananas at all so keep the bananas out.
Todd drinks a carnation supliment drink for breakfast every morning so that is what I used for our 'chocolate' part you could probably use any kind of chocolate drink powder or syrup... or if you are hardcore healthy use some dark chocolate chunks... or leave out the chocolate (*cough* crazy person *cough*) up to you!

Here's What You Will Need:
1 1/2 C Almond Milk
1 1/2 C 1% Milk
2 pkgs Carnation Chocolate Drink Mix
1/2 C Peanut Butter (mmmmmm)
1 tsp Vanilla
2-4 C ice (depending on how thick you like it)

Place all ingredients in the Vitamix in the order listed. Blend... Enjoy

This makes enough for all five of us to have LOTS! My guess is about 4 large adult servings.

NO bananas... Ok try bananas in it, AFTER you have tried it normal... not as good huh?

Frozen Hot Chocolate in the Vitamix

I have been to the Serendipity's in Vegas and I have tried their 'famous' frozen hot chocolate, and although it was super yummers, I couldn't believe the price tag on the stuff! Found this online and it is different than the real deal stuff at Serendipity's but it is still hecka good (see what I did there?)

Ingredients
2 C Whole Milk (I used 2%, and didn't quite fill it to the 2 cup mark, and then topped it off with cream)
5 Packages of Preferred Hot Chocolate. I used Swiss Miss
4 C Ice

Put them in the blender in the order listed. Blend to desired consistancy, then pour into cups and enjoy!
You can garnish with homemade whip cream, or we used store bought ( we eat a lot of breakfast food around here) and chocolate shavings or chips if you are in a pinch.

*** the real deal has flakes of chocolate all through out it. I thought this drink was divine, but if you wanted it more like the real deal I would throw a bar of chocolate in there as well.

Shrek Smoothie

This Smoothie is super easy and so far the boys LOVE it! I love it when I can get them to eat/drink a few greens.

This smoothie is the exact same as the 'Get Up and Goji" Smoothie except instead of the Goji berries add
3-4 C Kale/Spinach

We find Kale doesn't have as much taste as Spinach, so my boys prefer the Kale. Cheers!

Even Hims likes them! 

Get Up and Goji

When T and I lived in Vegas, we frequented the Tropical Smoothie there by our place, probably more than we should. By far our favorite smoothie there was the 'Get Up and Goji' it was SO good. Since I got the Vitamix last week, I really wanted to try and make a smoothie as close as possible. Although we don't have a Tropical Smoothie close to our place to compare, the whole family really really like this smoothie, SCORE!

Ingredients:
1/2- 3/4 C Vanilla Yogurt
1 Orange Peeled (but keep the good white stuff on)
1/2 of a Circle of Fresh Pineapple *
1-2 TBsp of Goji Berries 'bloomed' in 1/2 C of Water**
1/4 of a Banana
2-3 C Ice
1-2 TBsp Chia Seeds (optional)

Place ingredients into blender in the order they apear in ingredients list. Blend as you normally would. Enjoy!!! So yummy!

Note: you can forgo the Goji berries and the smoothie would still be super yummy, but I think they are what make this smoothie seriously AMAZING!

NOTE TO MYSELF: Try Peaches instead of Pineapple next time!
* I cut the pinapple into circles about an inch think, and then I peel them and cut them in half. You don't need to cut out the core for the Vitamix, how great is that?
** I am sure the vitamix could handle them in their dry state. I 'bloom' the goji berries by putting them into the water a half hour to an hour before I am going to blend (or overnight) if you forgot and are pressed for time and still want them in your smoothie you can stick them in the microwave for 20-50 seconds to bloom them faster, I just really don't like using the microwave if I can help it.