201 Healthy Smoothies & Juices for Kids: Fresh, Wholesome, No-Sugar-Added Drinks Your Child Will Love Paperback – Illustrated, May 16, 2012

I came across this book at the library and thought I would check it out. After trying 6 of the recipes and enjoying every single one, I knew I would be buying this book. I use it almost every single day. I am hooked on these smoothies. I did not think healthy smoothies could taste this good. My kids love them too, and I am seeing the health benefits in them (better digestion) and also in myself (better skin). Not only do the smoothies taste good, but they look appetizing as well. I'm really impressed with these recipes!

These smoothies are fun for kids, but they're equally good for adults. I'm on a weight management program which encourages me to eat more fruits and vegetable and less sugar. All of these recipes fit that description, and they taste delicious. I was having a hard time consuming enough fruits and vegetables until I started trying these recipes. I also enjoy the educational comments and descriptions included. They're well written and understandable. I'm learning a lot about nutrition in general. I ended up getting a copy for all my daughters for a Mother's Day gift to them and their families.

i am a beginner to the world of green smoothies. i know this has to be good for you . this book presents this concept of entering into a nutrious eating lifestyle in a very appealing way. have not finished the book yet and was telling my primary physcian about this change i was making in my approach to becoming healthier. they were very excited to start the change to their diet and have borrowed my book while i am out of the country for couple of weeks. will finish when i get back and then introduce to the whole family.!!!

I borrowed this and a another smoothie book from the library. I preferred this book (and subsequently bought it) because the recipes seem healthier; no extra sugar, honey or other sweeteners besides bananas. Minus 1 star because it doesn't have pictures - my 4-year-old loved looking at the pics in the other book. In this book I have to read the titles which are creative enough to get him excited. I used to think I don't need a recipe book and just threw random fruit in the blender but the recipes include ingredients that I would never have thought about like raw beetroot ("Sweet Beet treat") or nuts. I let my boy help me chop and he gets to put everything in the blender and press the button. Then he proudly brings daddy a glass of 'smoovie' that he himself made! He gets his daily veggies and I get rid of random stuff from our CSA box that I wouldn't know how to cook...

I was very excited about this book and have thought about buying it for a long time. I have been making the more typical smoothie recipes for my kids but I wanted to branch out and try to get some greens into their smoothies. I found a couple of the recipes from this book on the web to try out first and tried them on my kids. I received a lukewarm response from the kids but I really wanted to love this book so I bought it anyway. I will admit we have only made a handful of the recipes from the book so far but each smoothie has been mediocre tasting at best. My kids just won't drink more than a few sips. I am using my Vitamix high powered blender so that is not the problem. And my kids do love some clean smoothies I have been making (e.g. Blueberries, milk and banana or pineapple, mango and coconut water or just plain strawberries and water/ice with a little agave). I just wanted to take it up a notch in terms of variety and health. Perhaps it is just my kids who are being picky but even I don't particularly enjoy the recipes from the book all that much so I cannot blame them (and I am a huge green juice fan who juices at home too). Kudos to the author for the unique recipes though. And I will keep trying a few more recipes....

This book has a wide variety of recipes. combinations of things I have never seen in other juice books. Most of the recipes are fruit based which is good for kids to have the sweetness for them to like it. So this book doesn't have a lot of green juices/smoothies if that is what you are looking for. I bought the book for the juices but I'm really glad it has the smoothies sections as well to give you some different options.

Love how you can search under certain ingredients in the back and find all of the recipes. If you have blueberries or strawberries on hand, there are recipes listed under that fruit so you don't have to go searching through the book. I have used this recipe book time and time again.

I bought this for myself because I love smoothies and I was not disappointed! The recipes are easy to follow and I love that there is a section for Drinks With A Purpose. I use that mostly for the anti-inflammatory recipes.