Vitamix!

[itself]

Well, my Breville blender bit the dust. So, I decided to go for it, and get a Vitamix blender. Williams and Sonoma has a 90 day return policy, so it was a win win for me.

I love this thing! We have been making smoothies twice a day and they are absolutley yummy. Finally, an easy way to chock down spinach! Here is my favorite recipe:

1 cup hemp milk
2 scoops Trader Joes hemp powder
1/2 cup red grapes
5 frozen strawberries
1/4 c of blueberries
3 slices of mango
1 cup of spinach

The blender cleans up super easy. The trick is NOT to use ice cubes if you are using frozen fruit. And chop up pieces of frozen banana and large strawberries.

I see this blender as an investment in my health. You can get the 200 at the Costco road shows. All the motors are exactlly the same on all models.

[malkin]

Have fun with that blender!

My fav way to eat spinach is in spinach pasta. No choking down needed; it is all slurping up.

[OakLeaf]

I wish they still sold them with the stainless steel jars. I'd be all over one. With the polycarbonate, meh.

I should've kept my Champion juicer, too. I'm about this close to buying a new one ... if I could even imagine where I'd put it in my kitchen. Maybe whenever we remodel, it'll be with a juicer bar.

[Karma007]

Want....

[kmehrzad]

I LOVE my Vitamix and make smoothies all the time ... using Choc. Hemp Powder, Frozen Strawberries, a Banana, Plain Yogurt, and some Hemp Milk. Yum!! Tastes just like a chocolate strawberry shake. I also add a couple of ice cubes (even though the strawberries are frozen), they add a little texture to the drink.

I also have a Champion Juicer from the late 80's. It's nice to run frozen strawberries and bananas through the homogenizer which makes an ice cream-like fruit blend.

[OakLeaf]

My Champion juicer was early '80s vintage. Sold it to some friends of my first husband. I hope it's still in a good home, whether with them or someone else!

Kmehrzad, will yours de-seed raspberries? Every food mill I've tried for that - motorized or cranked - has completely locked up on the seeds. I thought I'd killed my Kitchen Aid stand mixer with the strainer attachment - it took a lot of coaxing to get it apart once it locked. I never tried it with the Champion.