Kitchen

[glmama]

Hi Ladies, Just received a Vitamix for Christmas. I'm super-excited about finally having this in my kitchen! However, even with the included cookbook & DVD, I feel that there's a learning curve with this machine. So far I've tried my hand at a few smoothies--which my family loves. My first question: When increasing the variable speed to say, 10, is it common to "smell" the machine working? Kinda like the motor over working? And my request is for direction or links to your tried & true smoothie recipes. I love smoothies--but the proportions have to be right. And me just throwing stuff into the blender doesn't always work! TIA