What Color is your Smoothie?

by Britt Brandon

Eating the recommended five servings of fruits and vegetables isn't always easy. Even if you do, you still might not be getting the wide range of vitamins and minerals you need. Each color group of fruits and vegetables offers different beneficial effects, so to get these essential nutrients, you have to eat the rainbow! What Color Is Your Smoothie? helps you do just that. Inside, you'll find delicious, easy-to-make recipes, such With more than 300 colorful, vitamin-packed smoothies to choose from, you'll blend, smooth, and shake your way to a healthy new you!

Genres: Cookbooks, Nutrition, Food, Health

256 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2012

Reviews

[Patricia Romero · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mom and kid tested and it was incredible! This book I found at the library and then I bought it. The Vanilla Pear was an amazing combo. They are all good for you and full of nutrients.

I have a smoothie every day. While I don't use milks, I just use water and instead of ice, I use frozen fruits, then add my own supplements.

This book has really interesting combinations. The Pumpkin Pie one we had as a treat and it was well loved by all of us. I love books that can just give me a jumping off spot. I would not have thought of some of these combination and I can substitute ingredients I can't eat.

Well Done!

[Katina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Every single recipe calls for ice. I really don't like adding ice to my smoothies, but I know lots of people do and I may be in the minority in this opinion. I really did like reading about the various ingredients, and I may try some of the recipes using juice instead of water and ice.

[CatJuggler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yum.

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of good ideas. A lot of the recipes in the White section use kefir as a base or coconut milk. I normally do smoothies for breakfast, which means before I run. I don't like to have dairy in my stomach when I run. It doesn't sit well. But they do sound good, maybe post workout or post run. Also a lot of coconut milk in the first section, which is very high calorie. I could see subbing it with coconut water or almond milk, though.

The straight veggie smoothies (cauliflower, garlic, mushroom???). Do not sound good as a smoothie to me, but I bet warmed up as a soup they'd be good. There really isn't many of those recipes in the book, though. 95% of it is on the sweeter side, even the green ones.

So I have some new ideas and combos to try - yay!!!

[Kathie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It has some really good information about what nutrient each fruit brings to the table. I probably won't try all of the recipes, but a few sound pretty good!