Well, that was interesting, if not an altogether satifactory effort.

1 frozen banana
1 lg nectarine
1 huge mango
1 C frzn blackberries
1 slice fresh ginger, minced
2 t coconut cream
2 oz coconut liquid
2 ice cubes

Things I learned:
a) don't use coconut cream in cold smoothie.
b) vita-mix is useless for whole ice cubes.
c) " " reversing switch is a great feature.
d) " " sounds like a thrashing machine.
e) even mincing fresh ginger does not eliminate the fibers.

Otherwise, it came out awesome! Great flavor, milkshake thick. I
hadda take out the now-walnut-shaped/sized ice cubes and sub 2 oz of
cold water. The frozen berries/banana was enough.

I'm still not sold on the whole smoothie thing. While I love the
combined flavors, I'm still primarily a chewer. I like to chew my
food thoroughly and digest it properly. With a smoothie, you jes
swallow and miss a couple important digestion steps, namely the
initial breakdown and mixing with saliva and related enzymes. This
necessitate I hold the smoothie in my mouth and roll it around to mix
in this important digestion step, not a real problem when I have
blackberry seeds to crush between my teeth (I love that!). But, I
forsee no such pleasure with an all veggie smoothie. We'll see.

nb