Saturday afternoon cocktail

[TES 858]

I am drinking a delicious VSG-friendly Saturday afternoon (nonalcoholic) "cocktail"--put a bunch of ice, a little Water, and some SF Hawaiian Punch mix into the Vitamix and blitzed it. Poured into a polka-dot martini glass. Tastes like part strawberry dacquiri, part snowcone. Love drinking stuff out of pretty glasses--elevates the taste somehow. This would be a good treat for the movies if I could find a way to sneak it in.

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[Annie04 28]

Hi Tes, thanks for the recipe.

I just bought a vitamix last month in preparation of my surgery (no date yet, but I am thnking May).

I love Soup and thought I could make some great pureed food while I am in the liquid post op stage.

I would love to know any Post Sleeve recipes that you might have that are made in the vitamix.

Thanks,

Annie

[TES 858]

It's awesome for the pureed stage, Annie--you will love it! You can make wonderful smoothies with Protein Powder, ice and a little soy or almond milk. I like chocolate Protein powder with some PB2 (dry, powdered peanut butter). I'm a vegetarian and I love pureed veggie chili (regular would work of course too). You can puree almost any veggie or Soup with a little veggie broth. When I was on full liquids, I still strained after pureeing, but once I hit regular puree it was good to eat it all. You could add some kale or spinach to smoothies to get in some Fiber. I like making a protein pancake (soft foods) with egg white, ricotta or cottage cheese, flax meal, vanilla, cinnamon, and oats. My VitaMix is the best kitchen appliance I've ever invested in! I've had mine for about 12 years and it's still going strong.

[Geminidrive 389]

That sure looks tasty, I love the martini glass. Just invested in a vitamix, but haven't used it yet. My neice and I were going to make shakes but were so busy running today we didn't get a chance. I will be trying it out soon.

[TES 858]

Gemini, I know you will love it! Can't wait to hear some of your fav Protein Shake combos.

[Geminidrive 389]

I want to try the kale Protein Shake and my niece is the expert (so she says) of the green shake. I do like to experiment with wild concoctions, so I want to try a spicy hot Protein Drink (if that is possible) it would satisfy my thirst, Protein and need for heat. If my mother was alive she would be my Guinea pig. Lol