Ultimate Smoothie Book

Smoothies are sweeping the nation... They're creamy, fruity, delicious, quick and easy to make, and most important-they're good for you! Blending ingredients such as fresh fruit, creamy yogurt, and silky soy milk, smoothies are nutritionally sound drinks that taste just like ice cream shakes. Cherie Calbom, aka The Juice Lady, now brings you the most comprehensive book ever on this sensational snack. A nutritionist and renowned author, Cherie will show you how to make scrumptious smoothies that will make you feel great!

Juicing, Smoothies & Blended Drinks

This fantastic compendium includes a superb collection of recipes, from healthy fruit and vegetable juices to creamy, indulgent smoothies and delicious alcoholic blends for parties. It features a full-colour visual guide to fruits, vegetables and other ingredients that can be juiced, and highlights those that provide the most nutrients as well as explaining the combinations that taste good together. All the essential equipment and techniques are thoroughly explained, with step-by-step illustrations to ensure success. An informative section on therapeutic juicing reveals how common complaints might be relieved by certain blends. The recipes range from wonderfully healthy drinks, such as Garden Mint Milkshake, and Strawberry and Apple Slush, that are perfect to start the day, to naughty-but-nice, luxurious blends, such as Kiwi and Stem Ginger Spritzer and Rhubarb and Allspice Cream, for more indulgent moments. This practical and immensely usable book should be on every health-conscious cook’s kitchen shelf. Full directory of ingredients, with essential juicing tips Over 160 clear, step-by-step recipes accompanied by over 600 fabulous colour photographs

Blender Drinks

Blenders are a great way to make drinks that are healthy, nutritious, and delicious. Best-selling author Joanna White tells you how to make healthy energy-giving shakes with soy and protein powders and smoothies with fresh fruit, plus lots of recipes for sweet dessert drinks, espresso-based drinks, newly popular chai tea recipes and alcoholic blender drinks.

Cuisinart SmartStick Hand Blender, Red

This Red SmartStick Hand Blender is made from ABS housing with a removable, dishwasher-safe, stainless steel shaft. It runs on a powerful 200-watt motor and features a push-button control and a 16-oz. mixing/measuring beaker. Backed by a limited 3-year warranty.

VillaWare 56-oz. Smoothie Blender

This mini smoothie center features a platform for resting your glass as you dispense healthy yogurt and fruit smoothies. The 65-oz. plastic jar has a spout so you can dispense right into your glass, preventing spills. On top of the jar is a stir stick (not shown) so you can break up any chunks of fruit or ice without having to lift the lid. Features stainless steel blades and a 700 watt motor offering plenty of power for blending your way to a more fit and healthier you!

Back to Basics 48-oz. Smoothie, Brushed Chrome

The Smoothie Signature boasts a powerful 500-watt/700-watt pulse power motor, dishwasher-safe 48-ounce glass container and brushed stainless steel base.

Juiceman 64-oz. Smoothie Maker

Though it's called a smoothie maker, this small appliance knows no limitations. Use it to make fresh salsa or homemade peanut butter, puree soups and mix salad dressings or marinades, all in a matter of minutes. Thirty recipes are included for your favorite foods, snacks or beverages. With its 900 watts and 32,000 RPMs, the Juiceman chops, blends, purees, whips, froths, liquefies and grinds with its variable, almost infinite speeds. Made to professional standards, the blades fold ingredients inward for thorough, restaurant-quality blending so every last ingredient is incorporated. It's even equipped with an automatic speed memory so you get the same results each time you use it. The polycarbonate jar holds 64-ounces. The large LCD display shows the percentage of power you are using and gives you elapsed time readings.