The Bottom Line
This is an excellent selection of tasty, healthy smoothies that are perfect for personal use as well as serving to guests.
Pros
- A great collection of smoothies for all occasions and situations.
- Delicious recipes are produced from creative combinations of ingredients.
- Thorough nutritional information accompanies each recipe.
- Also includes frozen desserts, health boosters, and healing drinks.
- Lots of flavored is achieved with healthy ingredients and minimal sugar.
Cons
- Some of the recipes require a juicer and therefore extra cleanup.
Description
- This book includes 101 recipes for smoothies, desserts, and health drinks.
- Recipes for many occasions including visitors, breakfast, pick-me-ups, jet lag, and bodybuilding.
- Full nutritional information accompanies each recipe.
- Introduction explains the various ingredients as well as the proper preparation of them.
- Each recipe is introduced with the nutritional explanation for the ingredients used.
Guide Review - The Ultimate Smoothie Book: 101 Delicious Recipes for Blender Drinks
I used to think smoothies only came in one variety - overly sweet and fruity, with little complexity of flavor. Luckily I found this book and discovered that it's possible to make smoothies for more adult tastes and waistlines. Yes, you'll find a selection of sweet smoothies that will appeal to the kids in your household. But how about a smoothie that's a combination of peaches and ginger for you? Or maybe you enjoy drinking chai in the winter - here you'll find a refreshing chai drink for your blender. There's also recipes for frozen pops to delight young and old. And finally, there are the more healthful tonics that will satisfy your palate without taxing your scale. Surprisingly, the kids and adults in my household all enjoyed some of the seemingly odder combination in this book such as the Curb Your cravings smoothie that includes spinach, celery, apples, tahini and bananas among the ingredients. These recipes will work great at summer parties or brunches at any time of the year. You will discover that you can teach your old blender new tricks with The Ultimate Smoothie Book.
