Ultimate Smoothies: Delicious Recipes for Over 125 of the Best Smoothies, Freezes, and Blasts

`Ultimate Smoothies' by Donna Pliner Rodnitsky and `The Best 50 Smoothies' by Joanna White are the fourth and fifth smoothies books I am reviewing and it is appropriate to review them together and not review them in the same context as the first three, `The Smoothies Bible' by Pat Crocker, `The Ultimate Smoothies Book' by Cherie Calbom, and `Smoothies for Life' by Daniella Chace and Maureen B. Keane in that these two little books do not profess to be a comprehensive work on smoothies. They just profess to be little books on `the best' recipes. It is painfully obvious from the outset that the second of these two, `The Best 50 Smoothies' does not live up to its title. The first reason is that there is not a single recipe in the book with a vegetable ingredient. For those, in detail, you want to go to `The Smoothies Bible' or `The Ultimate Smoothies Book', especially the latter if you have a juicer and like to use it. The second reason is that this book contains no smoothies with any alcoholic ingredients. Even the smoothies with names copied from famous alcoholic drinks such as the Mint Julep contains no alcohol. I strongly believe that among the true top 50 smoothies are at least five containing alcohol and at least five with at least one vegetable ingredient such as either tomato or carrot juice. Thus, I dismiss this book from further consideration. The `Ultimate Smoothies' is a different story altogether. While it contains no vegetable ingredients, I will forgive it, as it makes no claim to being a collection of all the best recipes. It is only claiming to have 125 from among the best recipes for smoothies, freezes, and blasts. And, the book gets extra credit for including a very nice selection of recipes that include alcohol in some form or another. Even `The Smoothies Bible', the best general book on the subject has no `adult' recipes. I anticipate reviewing at least one more book on smoothies, but for the moment, if what you really want is just a collection of good, fun recipes, then `Ultimate Smoothies' is for you! Even if you are just into smoothies for the fun of it, this book has excellent nutritional information for each recipe, nicely located in a box at the bottom of the page, at the same place on each page so you can easily flip through the recipes with an eye on the calorie count to find ones which fit a particular calorie range or low fat recipes or low carb recipes or low sodium recipes or high beta-carotene recipes or high or low whatever the nutritional fad of the day may be. This feature justifies the otherwise annoying slim Jim book format where pages are more than twice as long as they are wide. A not inconsiderable virtue of this book is the fun names given to all the recipes, divided up into five chapters concentrating on: Back to Basics: Classic recipes Smoooothies: Recipes heavy on dairy. Rx Smoothies: Recipes focusing on especially healthy combinations. Outrageously Decadent: Lots of chocolate and sweets. Black Tie O

All sorts of fruit smoothies - no vegetables ones in here. Some have an alcohol kick but most are just fruits. Calorie/vitamin info is provided for each recipe and you can make them vegan by using soymilk instead or regular milk/icecream.

This is a fantastic smoothie recipes book.The ingredients are tasty and easy to find.I have a young son and he enjoys them too.I like that the ingredients are common and healthy-I don't like giving any unfamiliar "new agey",miracle things to my child and this book stayed away from that. A very nice addition to my library.

It's difficult to choose from the many smoothies books out there, but this one is far more thorough and entertaining than any of the others I've looked at. With over 125 recipes, you never get tired of drinking smoothies -- and they're not only delicious but also good for you -- a winning combination! As well, the author's culinary know-how is matched only by the wit she displays in her clever recipe titles. I have several books by Ms. Rodnitzky and have loved every one of them -- she always has an interesting twist on the latest trends in diet and health. I'm looking forward to whatever she's cooking up next!

I love this book, such a wide variety of smoothies to choose from. The author was very creative with the names for each drink. The ingrediants are very simple and easy to find. I live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and every ingrediant is stocked all year round. My only complaint is that the book contains no pictures at all. Only the cover has a picture of a smoothie. Basically, the book is great. Try the Ultimate Fuzzy Nazel, yum!