102 Blue Pear

Backstory: Just bought pears and wanted to make something with them.

Initial Thoughts Before Tasting: Should be really tasty

Ingredients:
2 pears
1 handful blueberries
1 handful blackberries

Thoughts After Tasting: Juice was really thick - more like a smoothie. Probably because I used frozen blue and black berries that I thawed. Perhaps that changed the consistency. Otherwise really sweet and yummy. Added a bit of mineral water to take it down but it didn't mix too well. I think maybe adding more pears would help because the 2 that I did juice were very frothy and didn't provide much juice. I was also surprised because more of the recipes create about 500 mL of juice but this only created about half.

Natalie Writes:

"The sweetness of all three of these fruits is divine."

I have to agree.

Cleaning: Pretty quick without much pulp.

Star Rating: 4/5

336 Black & Apple Freezie

Backstory: Time to make another juice. Recently bought a pineapple and was hoping to use it but settled on a quencher that would let me sample something with the frozen blackberries in the freezer.

Initial Thoughts Before Tasting: A bit of vanilla essence will be interesting.

Ingredients:
4 handfuls frozen blackberries
2 tablespoons natural yogurt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence (used vanilla extract)
a few dashes apple juice (used somewhere between 1 and 1 1/2 cups of apple juice because the frozen blackberries create too thick a mixture and wouldn't blend)

Thoughts After Tasting: Tasty but I can't really pick up on the vanilla. Possibly too many blackberries overwhelmed the mixture. I'm not in a hurry to make this again.

Natalie Writes:

"a smooth vanilla undertone"

I wouldn't call the drink mixture and the vanilla undertone certainly didn't appear. Though I could see this having more potential if the ingredient amounts were played around with.

Cleaning: Pretty simple and quick wash of the blender. However, I'm concerned about the motor/blades as it seemed to get stuck a few times with the thick mixture of the frozen blackberries.

Star Rating: 2/5