Recipes

[Nightowlz]

Don't know Jan's Tortilla Soup recipe. Here is Vitamix Simple Tortilla Soup from Epicurious.

                   1 Roma tomato, 4 1/2 ounces (127 g)

                  1 stalk celery, 2 ounces (56 g) 

                  6 baby carrots, 2 ounces (56 g)

                  1 garlic clove, unpeeled                                          

                  1/2 chicken or vegetable flavored bouillon cube

                  1 1/2 teaspoons taco seasoning

                  2 1/2 cups (600 ml ) water

                  1/2 cup (70 g) frozen corn kernels, thawed

                  1 cup (48 g) tortilla chips, lightly broken

                  1 cup (38 g) packed fresh spinach

1. 1. Place tomato, celery, carrots, garlic, bouillon, taco seasoning and water into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure lid. Select Variable 1. Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to Variable 10, then to High. Blend for 7 minutes or until heavy steam escapes from the vented lid. Reduce speed to Variable 3 and remove the lid plug opening. Add corn, tortilla chips and spinach through the lid plug opening. Replace lid plug. Blend for 10 seconds. Serve immediately.

 Here is the Tortilla Soup recipe from Vitamix

Tortilla Soup  

• 3 cups (720 ml) chicken broth
• 1 Roma tomato
• 1 carrot, halved
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 1 slice onion
• 1 garlic clove, peeled
• 1 slice yellow squash
• 1 slice red bell pepper
• 1 slice cabbage
• 1 mushroom
• 1 teaspoon taco seasoning
• ⅛ teaspoons ground cumin
• salt and pepper, to taste

 

1. Place broth, tomato, carrot, celery, onion, garlic, squash, pepper, cabbage, mushroom and seasonings into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure lid.
2. Select Variable 1.
3. Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to Variable 10, then to High.
4. Blend for 6-7 minutes or until steam escapes from the vented lid.
5. If adding optional ingredients, reduce speed to Variable 2.
6. Remove the lid plug.

Optional Soup Ingredients Ingredients

• 2 ounces (60 g) boneless, skinless chicken breast, cooked, cubed
• ½ jalapeño
• ¼ cups olives, pitted
• ¼ cups (30 g) corn
• 2 ounces (60 g) tortilla chips

Directions

1. Drop in chicken, jalapeños, olives, corn, and chips.
2. Blend for an additional 1-5 seconds.

[Nightowlz]

These were the only recipes posted for the Vitamix shows.

Minty Green Smoothie Ingredients

1 cup water

2 cups pineapple chunks  

2 cups baby spinach, tightly packed

¼ cup fresh mint leaves, tightly packed

2 cups ice cubes

Directions

1. Place all ingredients into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure lid.

2. Select Variable 1.

3. Switch machine to Start and slowly increase speed to Variable 10. If necessary, use the tamper to press the ingredients into the blades.

4. Blend for 1 minute and 30 seconds or until desired consistency is reached.

Basil Arugula Pesto Sauce

3 whole garlic cloves, peeled

3 TBS pine nuts

1 cup fresh basil leaves

1 cup fresh baby arugula

Salt and pepper to taste

½ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

½ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil heated in measuring cup in microwave for 60 seconds

Directions

1. Place all ingredients EXCEPT for the warm olive oil, into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure lid.

2. Select Variable 1.

3. Switch machine to Start. Remove lid plug and slowly pour in warm olive oil and slowly increase speed to Variable 10. If necessary, use the tamper to press the ingredients into the blades.

4. Blend for 30 seconds or until desired consistency is reached

Simple Sweet Potato Soup

1 ½ cups organic vegetable broth

1 cup 2% F a g e plain yogurt

Salt and pepper to taste.

12 ounces, approx. 1 ½ baked sweet potatoes, peeled

Garnish: minced green onion or chives

Directions

1. Place all ingredients except the green onion, into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure lid.

2. Select Variable 1.

3. Switch machine to Start and slowly increase speed to Variable 10. If necessary, use the tamper to press the ingredients into the blades.

4. Blend for 6 minutes or until heavy steam escapes from the vented lid.

Recipes provided by Jan Muller

[Minihaha]

Looking for the Sweet Potato soup that has cashews and yogurt.  Please help.

Many Thanks - Carolyn

[Fuji95]

.Do You have the French Onion Soup recipe for the Vitamix?Thanks

[Mulberry]

I'd like to get Jan's whole foods fruit smoothie he just made today , I didn't catch the ingredients as I tuned in late.  Thank you all 💜 .(I looked at everything in qvcs recipe section and it wasn't there)

[wagirl]

I am not a fan of the soups made in the VM--tried the tomato soup  once and it was awful. Soups need to be heated thru and for some time to develope the flavors---its just the friction of the VM that makes them hot. Not hot enough for my taste. But I use it for alot of other things. 

[Renata22]

@Mulberry That's the recipe I was hoping to find on this thread. Sounded delicious.

[Jodimer]

Hi Jan was on yesterday and made a corn chowder anyone know where I find his recipe . I remember he said he used vegatable broth, frozen corn and red pepper . What I do not know is how much of each. Looked delish..

[AJKnHSNC]

I've adapted several recipes that I've found to work in my Vitamix an am amazed at what it can do.  I love being able to buy blocks of cheese of almost any type and grated them to the consistency I want. We were at our house at the shore and had Pina Coladas recently. I was craving something sweet and had coconut milk left over but nothing to go with it. I had some frozen pineapple so I put it in my Vitamix with the coconut milk and had pineapple/coconut sherbert in a couple minutes. It was delicious and really refreshing. The kids loved it. I've done the same with peaches, tangerines, strawberries & raspberries combined, almost anything would work but the coconut milk with pineapple is still our favorite. I buy fresh pineapple, cut it into chunks and freeze it with our vacuum sealer, have also started freezing most fruits to have it ready to go and also bought a case of coconut milk from Amazon. These are great for summer desserts! 

I'd love to hear from other Vitamix users and how they've adapted recipes for their use. I have a friend who uses hers to make face masks with fruit and other fresh foods, definitely seeing an improvement in the texture of her skin. Hopefully she'll pass some of her recipes on, too. 

[Fourchette]

I added my tweaks (some fruits frozen, coconut water ice cubes.)

½ c. grapes

1 peeled med. orange (a Clementine, seeded, is nice)

1 rib celery

1 slice lemon (I use lime.)

¼ med. apple (I like Fuji)
1 leaf cabbage

1 carrot

¼ peeled beet

honey (or dates, or raisins)

*1 banana
*pineapple
*strawberries
ice (I freeze coconut water)
rolled oats (a Tbsp. or 2)

*frozen

Load the soft ingredients first; frozen ingredients should be on top. Be aware this makes a LOT of smoothie.