Review: Great recipes!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2013
My daughters and I once tried a fresh wheat grass drink at the local farmer's market. All 3 of us were game. Oh, it was so disgusting! It was awful. We haven't tried another green drink since.We do make banana/strawberry/milk (or yogurt)/honey smoothies on a regular basis. We get the strawberries locally from a farm that doesn't use pesticides. We get the milk (raw) from the farmers market. The honey is local.I don't have the money to both spend on fresh vegetables AND a juicer. It didn't even occur to me that I could use our blender! SCORE!What I like about this book is that it provides dozens of varying smoothie recipes, with approximate measurements. The books suggests that you can basically mix the ingredients in any amount (based on your personal tastes), but does provide guidance in case you're newer (like me), or prefer to work from specific recipes.I was surprised to see recipes with Splenda, since the author does say in the beginning of the book to use natural sweetener sources and I don't consider Splenda to be natural. The only other thing is that none of the smoothies list serving sizes. Other than that there are dozens of great recipes and ideas to get you started on using smoothies to work towards a healthier lifestyle.Definitely a recommended book.