For anyone who is not familiar with the Vita-Mix machine, it is a turbo charged blender. It is for making healthy smoothies, desserts, sauces, soups. It also cooks and can even knead bread dough in three to four minutes! I love it!
Our friends,Drew and Renee, told us about it, a few weeks ago, and they swear by it! Drew said a cuss word, when he was proudly showing off, their Vita-Mix machine to us. Drew told us that they drink a smoothie in the morning, eat a regular meal for lunch, and then they drink another smoothie for dinner, and it has changed their lives and improved their health drastically.
When we came back to the rescue ranch, I went online and purchased one for us! And, I must confess—I tracked it, too. In fact, I tracked it so well, that Tony and I were standing at the gate when it arrived!
As soon as Tony had our Vita-Mix out of the box, I pulled out my organic vegetables and fruits and we began chunking them into the large pitcher! When we were finished loading our organic crop, Tony turned on the machine for fifteen seconds. Voila—we had the best tasting, healthiest smoothie—on this planet! We loved our drinks and our Vita-Mix machine!
The ingredients we used for our first smoothies were: organic blueberries, strawberries, black berries, orange, avocado, apple, banana, pear, bell pepper, spinach, carrots, plum, flax seed, lemon grass and ginger, along with rice soy milk, dry powdered protein, and pomegranate juice! I know It doesn’t sound tasty, but it was absolutely delicious and extremely healthy! And, John will vouch for that, too! He couldn't believe it tasted so good.
As soon as we had consumed our Super Smoothies, I phoned Drew and Renee to thank them for telling us about the magic machine and how much we already loved ours. Then I sat down and quickly thumbed through the pages of their great cookbook. Then I went back to work—cutting out and pasting labels on my latest Publishers Clearinghouse forms.
I know this is starting to sound like a commercial for Vita-Mix, but it isn’t. So, this morning after watching the informative video about Vita-Mix, I took Jaws, that’s what I named our mighty machine, into Outer Space, to make some healthy salsa. I then went back to the kitchen to get the ingredients and then returned to Outer Space.
It took less than two minutes to prepare and the salsa was delicious! Tony loves it, and so does Kinky! This is my newest recipe, and for the very first time—I didn’t steal it from anyone! I hope that you will give it a try.
Cousin Nancy’s
Outer Space Salsa
Created on July 26, 2008 in Outer Space
Ingredients:
1 Can of organic peeled tomatoes - 14.5 oz.
1 Can of organic tomato paste - 8 oz.
1 Can of organic green chiles - 4 oz.
1 large jalapeno (Smokin’ Dave's Jalapenos)
1/4 of a medium sized organic onion
Add Alessi Sea Salt to taste
Combine all ingredients into a Vita-Mix blender or your blender. Blend for 4 seconds or more if you don’t own a Vita-Mix machine. Enjoy!
P.S. Soon, we will be eating from Tony’s organic heirloom garden and I can’t wait! And, I have nearly finished reading Cindy Lou Ruffino’s book, ‘Out of the Texas Mist' and I love it as much as I love Jaws! Have a great Saturday night!
3 comments:
Okay Nancy between the convection toaster oven and the Vitamix machine I will be broke for months. LOL
I'm glad you are enjoying Out of the Texas Mist. I had a blast writing it. Bridgett and Mater are running through the house with their squeaky toys. They are a hoot.
Hi Cindy, thank you for the update! I promise that you will love having a convection oven. It saves energy and is healthier and I hope that you get a Vita-Mix machine—they really are incredible! And, I am so happy to hear that Ms. Bridgett Bardot and Mr. Mater love each other and are getting along so well. She is one great dog and lucky to have you and Mater!
Cindy Lou, you are a fantastic writer! Tomorrow, I am going to Amazon.com and Barnes & Nobles to make a comment about how much I love your book.
Please give Bridge a hug and tell her that we miss her and please give her a hug from me. I am so glad that you adopted her! Tony says hi and sends you his love. Best Always, Nanner
WOW, how exciting!! I must say I was really thrilled to hear about the organic garden Tony has.... It looked amazing from outer space!!! As for the salsa, my mouth is watering already!! As soon as we get settled and moved into our new house I'm going to be making that for my sisters and I..Your label looks ready for store shelves Nancy! =)
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