Calhoun75
Hi!
Yep, I just blend everything straight up in my Vita-Mix blender. Before I bought my Vita-Mix, I just used my Braun Powermax blender which does an AMAZING job. You can find green smoothie recipes all over the web and I've posted a couple recipes on my blog:
http://exclusivelysmoothie.blogspot.com/p/recipes.html
If you love the taste of fruit, you'll love these. You can tweak any recipe to your liking. The hardest part is getting over the green color.
I used to juice my fruits and veggies and drink only that. But since switching over to the smoothies, you feel so much more full and the fiber to helps keep moving things along.
To blend greens, just add 1 - 1 1/2 cups of water, add your greens and blend them first. Then add your fruits and ice and you're good to go.
~Jen :)