1. chop your fruit/veggies roughly

1. chop your fruit/veggies roughly before adding to the blender

2. add some veggies – I like celery, cucumber, carrot, watercress …

3. add a liquid base with fruit juice (I use juice that I wouldn’t normally buy in a fruit for some variety)

4. a squeeze of lemon or lime is a great boost

5. harness the power of the frozen fruit – this will make the smoothie cold and packed full of the good stuff – I buy frozen raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, cranberries etc…

6. add herbs – quick, easy and simple way to get the beneficial, curative or preventive qualities from herbs down in one quick hit – I just grab from the garden – basil, parsley and anything I fancy throwing in…