Can you use beets or sweet potatoes in smoothies?

[MrsJohnnyG]

I've got some beets and a huge sweet potato that I really need to use today while they're still good.

I've already used the greens of the beets in a smoothie. Can I use the roots too? by chopping etc. first? (I do NOT have a Vita-mix, but my blender does a fine job blending things.) Or should I run it through my juicer first, then pour both the juice and the pulp into the blender?

Or how else do people consume raw beets and sweet potatoes? I was thinking of maybe trying a raw soup, but since I don't have time to experiment today I was thinking a smoothie would just be easier.

Thanks in advance!

BTW, I will also be using the leaves from my "other" sweet potato (the one that started sprouting) in a smoothie today too... we shall see how that goes!!

[earth_sista]

i've added fresh beet juice to smoothies and it's really yummy-never tried adding the pulp.

i've never thought of adding whole beets or sweet potatos to my smoothies-soups, sure.

i don't do much with sweet potatos these days. i do like to add shredded or thinly sliced beets to my salads.

[Veganforlife]

I juice my beets and use the juice in smoothies. Then the pulp I dehydrate and use the power (after grinding) in either ice cream for color or my smoothies... And too I rarely eat sweet potatoes anymore. Tried dehydrating them, but really don't care for them...you could probably juice them and use the juice.

[carolg]

Vegan,
Thanks for your wisdom. I would never have thought beets in smoothies, but hey if it's good enough for you, then me too. Those orange ones are great.

carolg

[MrsJohnnyG]

Great, thank you! I'm eating a sweet potato every few days for specific fertility-related nutritional reasons, otherwise I wouldn't bother with them. (Although, the one thing I know I'd like to try if I ever get a dehydrator is sweet potato chips!)

Thank you again for all the responses!

[Eveleaf]

You can make a yummy juice from the sweet potato.

Try 1 sweet potato, 2-3 apples, and a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg. It really does taste like apple pie.

Eve

[MrsJohnnyG]

Eve - YUMMMMM!!!!!!!!! That sounds delish (and it will help me get my cinnamon serving in -- trying to consume a lot of that to help with possible insulin issues). So you run all that through the juicer rather than the blender I take it? Can't wait to try this....

[Eveleaf]

Yeppers, run the potato and apples right through the juicer. Stir in the cinnamon and nutmeg afterwards. All it takes. Sweet and frothy and lovely.

[MrsJohnnyG]

Yay! Every day is a new smoothie or juicing adventure! :D Thank you again!