Recipes for your Tribest Personal Blender

Smoothies and other blended drinks

Here are some excellent recipes for Smoothies and blended drinks that you can try with your Tribest Personal Blender. Don't be limited by these recipes...experiment and try some other combinations that sound good to you. Enjoy...and here's to your health.

Basic recipe
 1/2 - 1 Cup liquid of choice
 1 banana (maximum) fresh or frozen in 1" pieces
 1/4 Cup of other fresh or frozen fruit
 1 Tbs. of protein powder (or green powders)

Optional ingredients
 1 - 2 ice cubes (great for summer cooling)
 Source of EFA (essential fatty acids) from flax or hemp oil or seeds, or soaked chia seeds
 1 Tbs. of soaked seeds or nuts (e.g. sesame, sunflower, pumpkin, flax seeds; or soaked almonds or brazil nuts) other nuts do not have to be soaked as they are softer and will blend easier than almonds or brazil nuts.

Liquid choices
Desired amount: 1/2 - 1 Cup liquid of choice:
(Note if more than 1 1/4 cup of liquid is used blender can overflow and might leak out during the blending process)
 Apple Juice
 Orange juice
 Coffee (Teeccino / Pero / Caf-Lib)
 Yogurt (soy or dairy)
 Milk
 Tofu (blend into liquid first w/ 1/8 cup water)
 Water

Fruit choices
 Desired amount: 1/5 - 1/3 cup of fresh or frozen fruit
 (Note: maximum amount of fruit is 1 cup, adjust liquid levels to accommodate)
 Any fresh or frozen fruit in season that you like can be used for smoothies.
 The more fruit you add the thicker the drink.
 With a 1/4 cup liquid you can create a pudding like dessert from any fresh fruit and your choice of liquid.

Sample recipes of smoothies

A Date with an Orange
 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
 1 frozen banana
 2 T soaked chia seeds (optional), or hemp seeds
 1 pitted date
 1 T protein or green powder
 2 ice cubes (optional)
 Blend 30 - 45 seconds - or to desired smoothness.

Winter Green Smoothie
 1 cup apple juice
 1 banana
 1 T soaked flax seeds or flax oil
 2 mint leaves
 1 - 2 tsp. green powder (barley green is great)
 Blend 30 - 45 seconds - or to desired smoothness.

Tropical Sorbet Smoothie
 1/4 cup water
 1 fresh banana
 1/4 cup frozen pineapple
 1/4 cup frozen mango
 lemon juice to taste
 Blend 45 - 60 seconds - or to desired smoothness. This will be a thicker smoothie, almost like a soft serve ice cream.

Blushing Banana Cream Smoothie
 1 cup yogurt (dairy or non-dairy)
 1 banana
 1/4 cup fresh or frozen strawberries
 2 T soaked chia seeds
 1 T raw honey
 Blend 30 - 45 seconds - or to desired smoothness.