[.ca] Great American Smoothies (ISBN 0895297841)

learn to make fast, healthy drinks:
This book is a great guide to learning how to make healthy, fast and delicious smoothies. The lists and explanations of ingredients are very helpfull. There are a lot of new and intersting ideas for recipies and the authors has a great sense of humor that makes this cookbook a fun one to have around. Everyone who browses through my kitchen cookbooks always stops and asks about this one. It would make a good book for a friend or family member trying to improve their diet.

This book is fun and good:
I was intimidated at first. There are ingredients that I had to go out of my way to find, but they are good and contribute to making smoothies that are really great. I've lost weight because I drink some of the smoothies in place of a meal. I also get a lot more fruit into my diet this way... I find that I can do all the work with my blender. For instance, if the recipe calls for chopped apricot, instead of chopping the apricot myself I put that in the blender first and let the blender do the chopping, then add the rest of the ingredients. If I add things that need chopping first I get a smoother smoothie. A very good book. Worth every penny.

Recipes are fine, but the book is hard to use.:
All of the drinks have cute names like The Picasso, Bottoms Up, etc, which don't give a clue as to what is in the recipe. If you want to use up your last mango, for instance, you have to either page laboriously thru each recipe or memorize the book. Neither the table of contents nor the index cover the ingredients.

Great Smoothie Recipes:
This book, The Great American Smoothies is a great collection of recipes,Very good for the summer, and with meals. Very delicious to drink, anytime and anywhere.

A tasty romp through Smoothie etiquette yields fun for all.:
From the Cowabunga(surfers delight,)to the Tango With the Mango(replete with the history of of the dance),to The Voluptuous Violet(not for the weak of spirit) the author, Gabriel Constans takes us on a delicious, illuminating journey through the world of the Great American Smoothie of which the entire family can embark. Fun and yummy reading!