The Smoothie Recipe Book for Beginners: Essential Smoothies to Get Healthy, Lose Weight, and Feel Great

SMOOTHIE RECIPE BOOK FOR BEGINNERS By Merlene Bishop I would recommend this book for anyone who is interested in getting more nutrion into their daily diet. In today's world, many busy people choose processed, pre-packaged food for convenience reasons. The problem with this is that we give up vital nutrion for convenience. This problematic situation begs for an answer, and that answer, I believe is smoothies; Smoothies are drinks prepared at home with raw, all natural ingredients and a blender. This book has all the info one needs to create optimum nutrional levels, increase energy levels and to eliminate toxins from our processed food diet. A closer look at this would start with "why drink smoothies ?". Most people want to eat healthy, but many don't know where to start. Including smoothies in your diet is not complicated. A blender does the work, and we choose the ingredients from the recipes included in the book. Smoothies have no unwanted additives, are better than juices, have more fiber and whole raw fruits and vegetables. Sugar is absorbed at a slow even pace when we eat adequate fiber; smoothies promote a feeling of fullness and prevent overeating. They are ideal as a meal replacement and nuts, herbs, dairy and soy milk can be added. Smoothies use whole fruits and vegetables and any excess amount over what is consumed at a meal can be refrigerated. The health benefits of smoothies are endless and include better digestion, reduced risks from diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. As a diabetic I think smoothies can be a very vital component in lowering blood sugar. Their use can help manage diabetes by providing a healthy sweet snack or dessert. All of this information is included in the book. Now lets consider the tools needed to prepare smoothies: a good quality blender and several sharp knives, a colander, salad spinner and measuring cups. Additionally, smoothies are beneficial in weight loss since they lower our caloric intake. Overall, smoothies can benefit anyone and you can use them for occasional dietary supplement or incorporate them into daily meals. Smoothie preparation can be simple and inexpensive or involve an extensive financial investment in acquiring all the ingredients mentioned in some of the recipes. Smoothies ~ Bon Appetit !

Bravo. A well written and very informative book. Lots of fun recipes. I'll go out on a limb and say that most of the recipes fit into the "drinks" rather than "meals" category.

This small book on smoothies packs a big punch. It covers absolutely everything from the tools you need, why you should drink them, advice on finding the best and freshest ingredients and much, much more. This is an easy, enjoyable read. They have made the process of making smoothies simple and easy. The recipes start with breakfast smoothies and include ones for health, weight loss, energy boosters and even desert smoothies. They also cover detox and cleanse recipes. We can all benefit from the smoothies especially with or fast paced lives and the way we eat on the run. Just reading the recipes makes me want to try them right away, not only to enjoy them but to reap all the health benefits, which they cover as well.

I have neither ever drunk nor even made a smoothie!! I start tomorrow. This book is amazing. The method of sharing the knowledge is logical, practical, and focused. The layout uses subheads and bullets, making learning exciting, so I now feel I have enough knowledge to start my daily replacement meal smoothie. It was compiled by the Editors of The Smoothie Recipe Book just for people like me, who felt unsure how to move forward to deliver healthy smoothies.

This book claims that the regular consumption of smoothies improves health by making it easy to incorporate more fresh fruits, vegetables and other healthy foods into your diet. Because smoothies are simple to make and portable, they can be an easy option to meet this goal. The book lists several reasons that the ingredients in its smoothie recipes increase health, and cites mostly other smoothie recipe books as references. It also explains why smoothies are more healthful than juicing. The book provides explanations for making smoothies, tools needed, and shopping tips. Recipes are arranged according to the reader’s goal (cleanse, weight loss) or by meal categories. Calorie counts are provided, but no other nutrition information is given for the recipes.

The recipes are easy to follow and have ingredients that most people already have.

A Creamy, frothy, nutritious, delicious smoothie that helps allergies, acne, the immune system and helps slow down aging AND helps save you money on your grocery bills? Absolutely! You can make smoothies that are filled with green leafy vegetables and delicious sweet smoothies that cater to your moods. Vegetables, fruits, nuts, flax seeds, oatmeal, herbs and spices can replenish your immune system for a much healthier you. Coconut milk, almond milk, rice milk, soy milk, juice, teas can all be the foundation liquid component of your smoothie. By adding fruits, vegetables and other valuable ingredients to the liquid, you can build a powerful smoothie. The Smoothie Recipe Book for Beginners takes you from the type of produce to the correct cutting hardware to the type of blenders to get anyone started on the art of smoothie making. Many tips are provided such as: by freezing your fresh fruit adds the essential antioxidants and omega oils to your diet. It identifies the nutritional value in vegetables, fruits, berries, and how they aid in making the body healthy. Select from the many varieties of recipes to satisfy the target area. Super foods berries, spinach, oats are identified along with what nutritious value they contain. Select a spicy smoothie using peppers and herbs. Sweeten your smoothie using honey, maple syrup or stevia. This book takes you from the beginning stage of smoothie making to mastering the art of making smoothies!

Making smoothies always seemed intuitive or obvious to me. But the this book has some great ideas and helpful clarifications. As compared to juice, for instance, smoothies have more fiber, keep longer, can make them complete meals by adding fats and proteins, and are easier to clean-up after! You can consume smoothies faster than individual fruits and veggies. You control the ingredients (no extra fructose). This is key to anyone aiming at weight loss! I found the chapter on the dessert smoothies most helpful as I a have a bit of a sweet tooth and eat real junk from time to time. This chapter offers alternatives to high fat deserts with unhealthy additives. The intro notes that Vitamin C leads to improved circulation and improved nails, hair, skin, etc. The tips on reducing froth or curdling, buying in bulk, preparing ingredients, and storing left-overs were helpful. And I finally learned why things ripen quicker in a paper bag! Some of the tips were too obvious to be printed in a book, like common sense tips for picking fresh fruits and veggies. But all in all the info and recipes are great!

For a free smoothie recipe book, it’s alright.

As someone that finds eating fruit a faff and wanting to eat healthier I can recommend this book. It gives lots of advise on the process of making smoothies with health benefits explained. The recipes are great (note think the book is American as measures are in cups). I have a set of cup measures so finally get to use them. The recipe is detailed.. no photos but I don't think that matters. I have eaten more fruit and veg in last week than ever. I am loving it

Great book with simple to follow instructions! My 10 year old loves this and uses it to make everyone breakfast. Couple of less good points 1. Written for American market - all measures are in cups, and some ingredients use the American term 2. Definitely NO PICTURES Otherwise a great buy with some really tasty options!

Very nice book for smoothies some good ideas in it

When I took delivery of this I was suprised at the size of the book. For the price I was expecting a larger book, maybe with illustration. It isn't really what I want to give my daughter for Christmas with her nutrabullet so I will have to go out and purchase a further recipe book.