Great American Smoothies (Paperback)

by Gabriel Constans (Author) "Long ago and far away, in the land of hither and yon, there lived a legendary goddess..." (more)
Key Phrases: Great American Smoothies, Grape Nuts

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Product Description
With a simple kitchen blender, Constans created healthful, tasty drinks from fresh fruits and vegetables for his young daughter, and was delighted at how easily and happily she consumed them. In this book, he presents a wide variety of recipes for healthful smoothies, shakes, and slushes, plus advice on blenders and ingredients. Line drawings.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Avery; 1 edition (March 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895297841
• ISBN-13: 978-0895297846
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,417,280 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is fun and good, August 21, 1999

By A Customer

I was intimidated at first. There are ingredients that I had to go out of my way to find, but they are good and contribute to making smoothies that are really great. I've lost weight because I drink some of the smoothies in place of a meal. I also get a lot more fruit into my diet this way... I find that I can do all the work with my blender. For instance, if the recipe calls for chopped apricot, instead of chopping the apricot myself I put that in the blender first and let the blender do the chopping, then add the rest of the ingredients. If I add things that need chopping first I get a smoother smoothie. A very good book. Worth every penny.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Recipes are fine, but the book is hard to use., April 27, 2002

By A Customer

All of the drinks have cute names like The Picasso, Bottoms Up, etc, which don't give a clue as to what is in the recipe. If you want to use up your last mango, for instance, you have to either page laboriously thru each recipe or memorize the book. Neither the table of contents nor the index cover the ingredients.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Book!, June 23, 1997

By A Customer

This is a wonderful book, one of the best I've ever seen. It not only has great smoothie recipes, but it also has steps to follow before drinking a smoothie, like listening to it and smelling it one nostril at a time. It also has information about smoothies, information on the ingredients, information about the great smoothie goddess, and information about each smoothie and the benefits of it. This is a great, humorous, informative book with the most wonderful smoothie recipes I've ever tasted. I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in having a new, healthy, really good tasting drink