RE: Machine for Smoothies

[Guest guest]

My blender broke today, I've been making smoothies for breakfast using some

frozen fruits and non fat organic yogart.

 

Any ideas on the best blender to get for this purpose. My frozen strawberries

were the culpret this morning, although I've had this blender for more than a

decade ( a cuisart) I've only really started using it.

 

Any advice would be great.

 

Anita

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Posted by: " Anita " anita4wfb anita4wfb

Tue Mar 4, 2008 8:09 am ((PST))

 

My blender broke today, I've been making smoothies for breakfast

using some frozen fruits and non fat organic yogart.

 

Any ideas on the best blender to get for this purpose. My frozen

strawberries were the culpret this morning, although I've had this

blender

for more than a decade ( a cuisart) I've only really started using it.

 

Any advice would be great.

Anita

 

Oh, Anita! I'm so sorry your blender broke! I have seen specially-equipped

blenders that

have a little " spout " on the front of the machine so to dispense the smoothie

directly into a glass or pitcher. My daughter has one, and I can't remember the

brand name-she likes it.

A good friend of mine purchased a similar machine, but I have no idea how well

it works for her.

 

There are also those really cool hand-held blenders that you just put into the

glass and --VOILA! you have a blended smoothie right in your drinking glass! I

have never used these either.

 

What I have has stood up under YEARS of use--an OSTER brand blender that was

actually one of our wedding presents in 1977! It still works! I have replaced

the glass container that fits onto the " collar " with the blade and its little

rubber sealing ring--twice, I think, but the machine itself still works just as

well as it did when new. I have made many smoothies in it-and use it so often.

(I don't own a food processor, so the " Osterizer " is my chopper, shredder,

grater, puree-er, blender and so on.) It works for me!

 

The newer Oster brand blenders are basically similar to mine, I suppose. If

you use a blender often I would recommend shopping around and getting the best

you can afford--especially if it comes with a lot of support (like a good

product warranty). If you have a local retailer that carries the brand

regularly, then the retail vendor might also be able to help you if your product

needs service or replacing under its warranty.

 

Best wishes in finding a relpacement for your broken blender!

 

--Laura B., in Illinois

 

PS: I am wondering if, in the meantime, you can find something to sub. for

the blended frozen fruit that would work without having to use a blender.

Perhaps a frozen (without sugar, if that is your preference) fruit juice

concentrate--which could be partially thawed and could be blended into your

non-fat organic yogurt. I have done that a few times--though I use the f.f.

organic yogurt and organic soy milk in my smoothies. I have also used the

organic " fruit spreads " (like jelly/jam/preserves), because they are sweetened

with fruit, not sugar and are often smooth in texture--it blends in fast in a

pinch, and I don't have to get out the blender to make a quick smoothie that

way.

 

(The " down " side is they are still pretty sweet, and you don't get much

" fruit spread " out of those tiny little jars it comes in! I do it anyway,

because I save the empty fruit spread jars to store my dry herbs and various

" teas " in, so I figure I get a break that way, anyhow!)

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I have an old stainless steel VitaMix from the early-mid 80's, and that

thing still kicks butt! The hype surrounding the machines is pretty

much that, hype. You can't really " cook " in them and the " total juice "

 

is totally disgusting in my opinion. They no longer sell the steel

chamber machines, and claim that the new ones are better.

 

They're a powerful machine though, and get used in commercial kitchens

fairly often. Think that mine was well worth the money I spent. I

used to grind wheat then " knead " it into bread dough and let it rise

right in the machine. I make smoothies all the time with whole frozen

fruits, and it still does a good job.

 

New models don't appear to have a spigot, if you do get an older steel

one with the spigot you need to be very careful when cleaning it. Food

can get trapped in there and ferment, then blow back into your

smoothie!

 

Good luck,

 

Barbara

 

 

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