The Fundamentals of Vitamix Success

We've had a Vitamix in our family for 4 generations, and basically everyone in the family demonstrates it for a living.  It's crazy.

I enjoy traveling and meeting new people while Vitamixing.  Some of the nicest and most enthusiastic people I meet on the road are Vitamix owners.  They usually come up to my booth with a smile and say "Best investment I ever made!"  I smile back and say jokingly "Well, most people have two you know?"  That joke is less effective nowadays as more and more people really do have two – unbelievable!     

Among this group of VM owners, the most common question I get is "How can I get more recipes?”, but then the real question comes out…  “How come it always tastes so much better when you make it?”

So, rather than give you more recipes that you won’t follow, I’m going to teach you the fundamentals of Vitamix success which will have you blending it like a pro no matter what ingredients you have in your kitchen.  I’ll teach you the success principles for making the best juice, soup, and ice-cream possible in your Vitamix, and if you adhere to these principles, you will be able to create your own recipes with confidence and success.  Let’s get started!

How to Make Juice Like We Do Principles:

• Use fresh NOT frozen.  Frozen fruit is good to thicken and make creamy.  Not so good for juice.  Use fresh fruit for a thinner more juicer-like juice.   
• Use ice.  This will chill and thin out the juice.     
• Use mostly juicy fruits.  Vitamix is a liquefier not an extractor, so use juicy fruits like grapes, pineapple, and orange as your base.  Then add fibrous fruits/veggies with it (carrot, spinach, banana) if you like. 
• Use ripe fruit.  Just throwing a bunch of fruit in your Vitamix doesn't insure that it will taste good.  We are careful to add ripe fruits or a squeeze of honey/agave to make sure it's sweet every time. 
• Be patient.  Too often people shut the Vitamix off too soon.  In the demonstration, we run it on high for 60-90 seconds for the juice demonstration resulting in silky smooth juice.