I ordered my very first vitamix!!

[Rawcstacy]

Well, I just ordered my baby last Friday and low and behold it is scheduled for delivery TOMORROW!!! I will be at work all day...so I will be tracking the package and I will pick it up at UPS on FRIDAY!!! I can't wait. I can't believe it came so fast. I thought I would have to wait a few weeks! Hope I can sleep tonight - feels like Xmas! I can just taste that smooth smoothie now!!! No lumps. No bumps.:)

Let's hope your baby(package) doesn't suffer a "miss-carriage" during delivery.

[GoingtoRAW]

Let's hope your package doesn't suffer a "miss-carriage" during delivery.

From your mouth to God's ears. I will cry like a big old baby!!!

[lodestar]

you will love your new food toy. i have been making the most wonderful soup all week not to mention a breakfast smoothie every morning for years. contrats!

[DebB]

you will love your new food toy. i have been making the most wonderful soup all week not to mention a breakfast smoothie every morning for years. contrats!

Hi lodestar ~ Would you please share your soup recipe(s)? I'd appreciate it - thanking you in advance! *Ü*

[GoingtoRAW]

you will love your new food toy. i have been making the most wonderful soup all week not to mention a breakfast smoothie every morning for years. contrats!

I will tell you - I CAN HARDLY WAIT! My baby is coming today and I'm not home. SO I called UPS and they said they have to make one delivery attempt before I can pick it up at one of their locations...So at the latest I will have my little baby in my hands tomorrow morning!!! I CAN'T WAIT. The first thing I am going to make is a SMOOTHIE!!!! Of course...

[GoingtoRAW]

Ok, Ok, Ok...so I checked UPS tracking and THEY HAVE ALREADY DELIVERED MY BABY! One of my neighbors was home and accepted the delivery for me...so I don't have to wait until tomorrow! I can't wait to get home to check to see if my little one has all of its fingers and toes! I guess I sound like a geek huh???

[buffalogal]

Congratulations on your "new arrival"!;)

[GoingtoRAW]

Ooooh, aaahhh - it's so pretty. I'm looking through some recipes now. I'm dying to make something but I'm not hungry right now cause my stomach is full of vegetables!!! Ain't that a kick? It will have to wait until tomorrow because I try not to put anything in my stomach after 8:00 p.m. and it's 7:00now and my stomach is full of vegetables right now. But that's OK - it will give me a chance to figure out which smoothie I want to make. Or I will make some ice-cream! I've been dying for some healthy ice-cream. Think I'll go look up some ice-cream recipes!

[Rawcstacy]

Ooooh, aaahhh - it's so pretty.

Nice to hear you coo-ing, is it a boy or girl??

[levamssg]

Oh - how exciting. New Toy New Toy
Here is a soup recipe that is divine from the vitamix. I make it almost every day. The recipe was posted on goneraw

Tomato Soup

In YOUR NEW VITA MIX!!!

1 large tomato cut in chunks
1 cup water
some olive oil (maybe 1/4 cup?)
Blend this up.

Add
1 stalk celery cut in chunks
1 carrot cut in chunks
one quarter or more of a red bell pepper
1 clove garlic with peel
4 fresh basil leaves
Fresh dill
1/2 jalapeno pepper (do in 1/4 and taste for your desired hot!)
1 heaping Tbl of honey (or agave, or dates)
several pinches of sea salt
cumin to taste
dash of cayenne pepper

If it is too thick for you, add some water.

Cut up some red bell pepper in small chunks. Add this to your soup. This added crunch is divine!

[GoingtoRAW]

Nice to hear you coo-ing, is it a boy or girl??

I think since it's red I'll call her a girl!

[GoingtoRAW]

That soup recipe sounds delish!!! I'll have to try it.

Does anyone have a good vanilla ice-cream recipe??

[GoingtoRAW]

Ok people. You know how you feel when you first fall in love? I think I will have to reconsider giving my new baby a girlie name. I just made my first smoothie in my brand new Vitamix and I am in love. I think I will name him Jack...cause that is a really cool name. This has been the best money I have ever spent and I am sorry that I spent even one dime on HealthMasters and blenders and bullets!!! TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY!!!!

This is the smoothest smoothie I have ever had in my life...and taking the ingredients out of the freezer took longer than the machine took to make the smoothie! I couldn't believe that my drink was finished in less than a minute...all frozen ingredients except for the orange - and it is as smooth as silk. Also, I have not had to spit out one seed because THERE ARE NO SEEDS IN MY SMOOTHIE!!!

I think I am going to try to make some vanilla ice-cream this weekend. I have not had ice-cream in a while cause I really can't afford to buy raw ice-cream...I will make my own!

[DebB]

Thank you for that great looking soup recipe Terry!!

Awww - What fun you're going to have with Jack - there's nothing like a goooood blender! *Ü*

[levamssg]

I don't have a vanilla ice cream recipe ... but I make this chocolate thing pretty regular

1/2 glass of almond milk (4-6 ounces)
2 frozen bananas (chunks)
1-2 Tbl of raw cacao

Put all in vitamix. Run until all blended -- a Very Short time.

Makes a chocolate soft serve .. if you run too long, it is more like a choco smoothie ... good either way.

We also make choco frappe's .. same ingredients, but double the almond milk. I also like mine with a handful of blueberries ... but hubby prefers his 'plain'. I've never thought of adding vanilla to this .. I'm going to give it a try to see how it goes.

hmmmmmm .... got me to thinking. It might be good with cinnamon, too.