Have you often thought to yourself, “Well, of course I could eat healthier meals and even lose some weight if I had a personal chef like those celebrities?” Too often, our hectic schedules lead us to just “grab and go.” And what we grab, like fast food and convenience foods from the grocery store, don’t give our bodies the nutrients they need to stay healthy and strong.

Even though we know that our bodies need whole foods for good health and effective weight control, actually fitting those foods into our menus can be a struggle. Well, you may never have that personal chef, but there are ways to make it easier to prepare and eat the foods you know are good for you. Having the right tools is important, for example.

Many consumers have discovered that the Vita-Mix whole food machine has changed the way they cook and eat. This appliance has 35 functions, from juicing whole foods to cooking hot soup, grinding whole wheat berries into flour, kneading bread dough, chopping vegetables, pureeing sauces and baby food and making frozen fruit treats. It can take the place of 10 appliances in your kitchen (including your blender and food processor), and makes getting the recommended 12 daily servings of fruits and vegetables fun and enjoyable.

The Vita-Mix machine lets you add healthy fruits and vegetables to every meal: fruit smoothies for breakfast, soup for lunch and pasta with vegetable sauce for dinner, with fresh sorbet for dessert. You can even grind grain and knead dough to make whole grain bread. Best of all, these meals are easy and fast to prepare. For example, the bread dough is ready to rise in three minutes, and you can make steaming hot soup from fresh vegetables in just four minutes.

Once you use a Vita-Mix whole food machine, you’ll be surprised at how easy it is to get great results, both in the kitchen and in your health. “My husband and I have been making soups and smoothies for two months, and we’ve both gone down a size,” says Carol, a customer from Beverly, Mass. “We bought it to eat healthier, but we are so excited to see the weight come off so easily!”

The stainless steel blade tips powered by a 2+ peak horsepower motor is what makes it all possible. Depending on the process, blade tip speed can be as low as 11 miles per hour or as high as 240 miles per hour. A unique electronic feedback-type control adjusts motor speed and torque for consistent processing at any speed. The blades burst through the cell walls of whole foods and release nutrition and flavor.

Unlike conventional juicers, when fruits and vegetables are prepared in the Vita-Mix machine, you get the benefits of the whole food, including valuable fiber, vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. Much of those beneficial nutrients are tossed in the trash, in the form of skins and seeds, when you use a juicer. For example, apples are loaded with pectin, a soluble fiber that soaks up excess cholesterol in your intestine before it enters your blood and lands in your arteries. When pectin leaves your body, it takes unwanted fat and cholesterol along with it. But the pectin, and most of an apple’s detoxifying, nourishing power is in the pulp, so store-bought apple juice doesn’t have it. Even commercial grade juicers throw the pulp away. But making apple juice in a Vita-Mix machine delivers all the flavor, fiber and health benefits.

When you order your Vita-Mix whole food machine, you’ll also get cookbooks and a DVD to get you started. And you can order secure in the knowledge that your Vita-Mix is backed by a full seven-year warranty from a family-owned business that has been in operation for over 85 years. Many families hand their Vita-Mix machines down from generation to generation. Vita-Mix machines are still made right here in the USA and the company has customers whose machines have been in constant use for 20 years or more.

For more information, visit www.vitamix.com.

Here are two great tasting recipes that packed with whole food fiber and antioxidant power, thanks to Vita-Mix processing.

Apple Pie Smoothie

Yield: 2 cups
Processing Time: 1 minute
Speed: Variable to High

1 apple, quartered
1 cup apple juice
8-ounce carton apple cinnamon yogurt
1 tablespoon brown sugar or other sweetener, to taste
1/2 teaspoon apple pie spice
1 cup ice cubes
Place all ingredients in Vita-Mix container in order listed. Secure 2-part lid. Select VARIABLE, speed #1. Turn on machine and quickly increase speed to #10, then to HIGH. Run for 1 minute, or until smooth. Serve.

This recipe is low fat, low sodium, low cholesterol, heart healthy, gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan, raw.

Apple Butternut Squash Soup

Yield: 5 cups
Processing Time: 4 1/2 minutes
Speed: Variable to #10, then to High

3 cups Butternut squash, seeded and cubed
1 large apple
1 tablespoon light olive oil
1/4 small onion, peeled
1/2 clove garlic, peeled
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon thyme
1/8 teaspoon salt
10 1/2 ounces low sodium chicken broth, boiling

Steam squash in steamer or microwave. Saute onion and garlic in spread until onion is clear and tender. Set aside.

Place flour, thyme, salt and chicken broth in the Vita-Mix container and secure the lid. Select VARIABLE 1. Turn on machine and quickly increase speed to VARIABEL 10; then to HIGH. Blend for 3 to 4 minutes or until mixture starts to thicken.

Remove the lid plug and carefully add squash, apple and onion mixture. Replace the lid plug. Puree for 30 seconds. Serve immediately.

This recipe is low fat, low carb, low sodium, low cholesterol, heart healthy.

Courtesy of ARA Content

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