High Speed Blender Recipes

So you bought a high speed blender, now what? If you're like me, you have no patience for the "learning curve" and want it to be as easy as they make it look in the demo. Rest assured, you've made no mistake. Your decision to purchase a Blendtec or VitaMix was the right decision.

Though we bought ours primarily for "juicing", I do want to get more out of it. Here's a couple of recipes my girlfriend and I perfected to our liking one afternoon. Thanks Gina, it was fun!

No Cook Chocolate Pudding
4oz milk (you can use any kind you like: raw coconut milk, you're favorite nut milk or even regular 1/2&1/2 which is all I had the first time I made it so that's what we used)
1 1/2 avocados (may need 2 if they are small)
1/4 C cocoa powder-unsweetened
dash of sea salt
1/2 C Agave nectar

Pour milk in first, then add roughly chopped avocado. Add cocoa pwd, salt, and agave nectar. Secure the lid. Hit the pulse button until blended. We pulsed ~10times, then gently scrapped the sides with a rubber spatula and pulsed another 7-10. Put in dessert bowls (about 4 nice servings) or eat it right out of the blender canister like us we did.

Keep in mind you can make this a "raw" recipe by using raw milk, raw cocoa powder, and raw agave nectar.

Fraps like you know who
1C milk
3Tb sweetener/cocoa mix (Make ahead by mixing: 1C evaporated cane juice & 1/4C cocoa powder. You can store in a jar for continued use)
1 1/2 tsp instant decaffeinated coffee (MUST be instant)
2C crushed ice
Wedge of Cabbage

Start with the milk and add the rest of the ingredients. Your ice needs to come 1 inch over the liquid. Secure the lid. Select the "Whole Juice" button for one cycle. No surprise, this tastes good with or without the cabbage.

Jen's 4,3,2,1 Juice
Okay, this one's strictly for your health. I tried to make the quantities easy to remember: 4,3,2,1,1/2...(the 3 really represents 1/3 but I still remember it)
4 Kale leaves-roughly chopped
1/3 bunch of parsley
2 Celery ribs-roughly chopped
1 apple-chopped
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2C Filtered Water (may want to add 1/2c more depending on how think/thin you like it)
2tsp agave nectar (optional depending on sweetness of apple)

Use organic produce. I roughly chop everything before I add it to the blender canister. Then I pour the water over it all. Secure the lid. Select "Whole Juice" and let it complete the cycle. This works best in a larger blender canister. If you don't have a larger canister, no problem. Just divide the recipe. We store this in jars in the refrigerator to chill and enjoy within a day or two. Remember fresh juice must be consumed immediately to get the most nutritional benefit and to avoid spoiling. Bottoms up!