Your Favorite Smoothie

My favorite smoothie recipe is pretty simple.

1 cup Vanilla flavor Almond Milk

2 Small / Medium Bananas (love them)

1/2 cup Frozen Blueberries (the frozen berries give it a good texture)

2oz Mangosteen

Blend!

I posted it on the other thread, but for anyone who missed it:

All measures are approximate (i.e. it's good if you're even close...)

Base: 4 oz of unsweetened organic apple juice + 4 oz. of green tea

Add: 1/2 cup of organic blueberries, 1/2 cup of organic strawberries, 1/3 cup of organic raspberries, and a very ripe banana if you have one.

Blend until smooth. Makes 2 tall glasses (one for you and one for a friend).

I guess yogurt would make it "smoother" but it's excellent as I describe.

Another less berry-ful one is equal measures of frozen organic strawberries and bananas into about 4 oz of unsweetened organic apple juice. A bit of orange juice doens't hurt either.

That makes a single serving if you only do 1 or 2 bananas and 1/2 cup of berries.

We have a (Jay the ) Juiceman Juicer and a Black and Decker heavy duty blender (just got it at Walmart on clearance).  The juicer is great, but you don't get the fiber and pulp, which it separates out.  That, along with the loss of fiber, might also be a loss in nutritional value as you are losing everything but the juice.  The juice itself doesn't store well, so its a make it and drink it proposition.  Even in the fridge it settles out.  That rules out making a large batch and storing it while you consume it.  As well, the juice machine is a lot of work to clean with its many parts.  I by far prefer the blender and think you get more goodness consuming the whole article.