Smoothie Train

I have tended to be a person who preferred to eat my calories rather than drink them. Somehow if I have chewed food my brain feels more satisfied than if I just drank it, or so I thought.

A couple of weeks ago Carter started requesting smoothies for breakfast since they were something she could consume through out the morning as she actually got hungry, rather than forgoing breakfast all together. After spending twenty minutes each morning trying to pulverize various frozen fruit with my stick blender my tired arm finally revolted and begged for a Vitamix.

Since these smoothies were going over so big with Carter I decided after coming home from a party tonight where I refrained from eating most of the party food to try one myself. Rather than making the sweet yoghurt kind that Carter gets I opted for a fruit veggie combo with a kick of ginger. Not only did I love it, but Shay Shay tried to lick my glass clean. Apparently I might have stumbled upon a new market for Vitamix – smoothies for dogs.

I’ll report later if drinking my calories is good or bad in the weight loss department. I still think that if I use a machine to grind up all the nutrients I might be aiding my body in being able to absorb calories rather than spending energy breaking down whole food. But I don’t think that I could obtain the same flavor if I tried to eat these ingredients whole so in the name a tasty mixture I might have a smoothie every once in a while.

1 whole granny Smith apple

1 whole Carrot

½ c. frozen Mango chunks

½ inch of grated ginger

1 c. crushed ice

1/3-cup water

Let the Vitamix do the work and share with your dog.