Can ice cubes be add to fruits and veggie for smoothies
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Why of course, I usually use the ice feature button on the HealthMaster it gives it a jolt so the blades crushes everything nicely! You still want to add half -1 cup of liquid ie almond milk, coconut water, orange juice whatever you like. Enjoy your smoothies!
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I've used the tray with ice in the glass bottom. The plastic egg tray will fit over the top of a layer of ice cubes nicely. The veggie insert will not accommodate ice though.
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Hi Danny. I don't think so - for smoothies you need a blender or a nutribullet. This thing just makes delicious fruit and vegetable juices.
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It's very easy, put fruit of your choice in the basket add water, put the lid on and drink. I've added, strawberries, lemon, lime, apples, cucumbers and different assorted berries.
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They can be frozen like normal ice cubes with no ill effects. But for maximum cooling effect, it is recommended to mix in some regular ice as well.
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It works on frozen fruit, so I suspect it will do okay with ice cubes -- if you take certain precautions. The motor is not as strong as a regular blender. You might have to "bounce" the hand blender a bit and make sure to have enough liquid in your container to help move things around. Otherwise the blade simply gets blocked and the blender gets hot.
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We haven't tried veggies. I've done fruit smoothies with frozen fruit. It works well with frozen fruit chucks (the size of pineapple chunks) My daughter is in college and likes to make a smoothie on her way to class in the morning.
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Yes indeed, it's fine with frozen fruits. The mincing nozzle gives a thicker texture, like ice cream. The juicer nozzle makes snow, which is neat. It's not like crushed or shaved ice, it's actually the texture of snow. Make your own snow-cones or sorbet.
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I don't know about the veggies, but I blend large frozen fruit everyday. It is a heavy duty blender. Just two speeds, but very efficient.
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I have my doubts it would have enough power to mix anything with ice involved.I ended up donated my blender to a charity. Not of any use for making protein smoothies with frozen berries either!
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Yes! We make fruit and vegetable smoothies (kale, spinach, bananas, apples, yogurt, etc) and freeze them! They turn out great!
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Yes, you can. But my experience has been it's not as good UNLESS you reblend with some more ice. I add frozen veggies and frozen fruits right before I blend it so that it is icy cold, tastes better, and more filling. At room temp or even a refrigerator temp I do not find it appetizing.
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Hi Elizabeth, if I'm only going to have a smoothie as a meal, then I normally blend in lots of frozen fruits and mix with juice. At other times, I add vegetables. It's very filling.
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I don't see why not. I have put banana and avocado in there to blend & added a bit of water to thin the mixture. I've also put sturdier chunks-apple, pear, cranberries-in the food mill. However I have not tried ice chunks or frozen produce.
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You can make smoothies with frozen fruits. However, I do not recommend putting frozen fruits in this juicer - or any juicer, for that matter. If I want to add frozen fruits to my juices, I will juice the fresh produce and then, using a strong blender, blend in frozen fruits.
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You'd have to peel and seed them and then you have a lot of pulp. Juicers remove all that for you. This is just a blender, but with a powerful motor. I use mine to make protein shakes with lots of ice and it has no trouble with the biggest ice cubes.
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not sure...I don't know what makes a vegetable smoothy difficult. I would bet it does though.. it manages to chop ice very well when you put it in a liquid such as my yogurt fruit smoothy. Same as adding the strawberries last.. perfectly blended in the drink... I hope this helps