Looking for a blender
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Until you walk into their house and notice disgusting puke yellow colored appliances! :food-smiley-010:
Another recommendation for BlendTec here. You get a 7 year warranty if you buy it at Costco.
I recently bought a BlendTec at Costco after watching both the Vita-Mix and BlendTec demos there and comparing information online about both. It was well worth the money since I use it almost daily now. My old cheap blender doesn't even compare, especially when blending ice or fruit with seeds.
BlendTec is what Starbucks and Jamba Juice use.
I love the Magic Bullet for its size and convenience, although you can't really use it for food processing and the blades are cheap and flimsy. I already had to replace broken blades with ebay replacements. Otherwise, it's fantastic for making smoothies and cleanup is nothing.
I have a vintage (1960s) Vitamix, and as mentioned here they go on forever and even hold their value. I sold my mother's 1980s Vitamix on Ebay for about half its original price. I wish Vitamix would make something like the Magic Bullet, but with the quality you get from their large blenders. There aren't any high quality small blenders (I shopped around).
I have a vintage (1960s) Vitamix, and as mentioned here they go on forever and even hold their value. I sold my mother's 1980s Vitamix on Ebay for about half its original price. I wish Vitamix would make something like the Magic Bullet, but with the quality you get from their large blenders. There aren't any high quality small blenders (I shopped around).
+1 for a VitaMix
I bought mine around the holidays at costco and its been awesome. I have only had it a year but everyone says they last 10+ years. Hell these are the same machines all the smoothy places use anyway. If it can make hundreds of drinks a day for years its good in my book.
I bought mine around the holidays at costco and its been awesome. I have only had it a year but everyone says they last 10+ years. Hell these are the same machines all the smoothy places use anyway. If it can make hundreds of drinks a day for years its good in my book.
There's about a zillion ways to make hummus. Here's one.
Roast two red peppers on a grill or under a broiler until their outer skin is mostly (> 50%) black. Let cool and peel, then seed them. Cut into 2" chunks.
Meanwhile, cook 1 cup dried chickpeas (garbanzo beans) for an hour or until very tender. Don't use the canned - there's too much salt for my taste. But you can if you really want to - just make sure you rinse them. But seriously - just buy bagged beans. They are healthy and cheap as fuck.
Drain beans and crush slightly with a potato masher and toss in blender.
Toss in the red pepper too, and 2 cloves of garlic.
Add 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Add 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil.
Puree until smooth. You may have to add some more olive oil or lemon juice to make it puree.
Then season to your taste with any/all of the following. My preference is show:
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cumin
pinch of cayenne
............and....if you want a kick-ass way to serve this for yourself or parties, do this in any amount you feel like:
Put hummus on plate and spread out evenly
LIGHTLY Garnish with layers of...
-finely chopped tomato
-chopped olive (black/green/whatever, your choice - kalamata is best IMHO)
-feta chees
-cilantro
It's healthy, tasty, and looks impressive. Throw some cut-up wedges of pita bread on the site and you're good to go.
Cool, thanks for the info. A few questions tho:
1. The bagged raw beans, do you soak them before or just throw in water and boiled for an hour? How much water with the beans if you use the raw one ( not the canned )
2. When you blend, how do you avoid the beans to fly off instead of being blended? Extra low speed setting? Smaller blender?
Thanks
HH
1. The bagged raw beans, do you soak them before or just throw in water and boiled for an hour? How much water with the beans if you use the raw one ( not the canned )
2. When you blend, how do you avoid the beans to fly off instead of being blended? Extra low speed setting? Smaller blender?
Thanks
HH
Picked up the Vita-Mix 5200 Pro (or whatever it was) when Costco presented the deal where you got the large blender the additional equipment (bread mixer or something). Later returned it, to pick up the Blentec. Damn sure miss the Vita-Mix.
The Blentec is good but tremendously louder than the Vita-Mix which increases or decreases in volume based on where you place the knob. Pretty sure when Costco picks back up the Vita-Mix, it will be purchased again.
Just got the Bullet Kit (multiple Bullets, on the go etc..) on sale a Costco the other day and it is good, but no where near either the Vita-Mix or the Blentec. If Costco does not have the Vita-Mix or you are unable to find a deal or want to wait for shipping, William Sonoma just started carrying them a few weeks ago and it may be a "better" model.
After having both, the Vita-Mix get the Gunners' Salute. Factors being the stick to mush stuff in, the bread maker, and the sound. Appears to be more sturdy as well.
Being a smoothie guru, the Vita-Mix just makes the smoothies better. In-house Jamba Juice. Which makes sense because Jamba Juice uses Vita-Mix, hell every smoothie place uses a Vita-Mix. Never made soup in it, but sauce and other stuff and it works as advertised.
The Blentec is good but tremendously louder than the Vita-Mix which increases or decreases in volume based on where you place the knob. Pretty sure when Costco picks back up the Vita-Mix, it will be purchased again.
Just got the Bullet Kit (multiple Bullets, on the go etc..) on sale a Costco the other day and it is good, but no where near either the Vita-Mix or the Blentec. If Costco does not have the Vita-Mix or you are unable to find a deal or want to wait for shipping, William Sonoma just started carrying them a few weeks ago and it may be a "better" model.
After having both, the Vita-Mix get the Gunners' Salute. Factors being the stick to mush stuff in, the bread maker, and the sound. Appears to be more sturdy as well.
Being a smoothie guru, the Vita-Mix just makes the smoothies better. In-house Jamba Juice. Which makes sense because Jamba Juice uses Vita-Mix, hell every smoothie place uses a Vita-Mix. Never made soup in it, but sauce and other stuff and it works as advertised.
I love smoothies high in the protiens
Any true pussy aficionado knows pussy should only be eaten before it has been well stirred (said stirring shall only be of the manual type and done with a large stick shaped object).
As for a blender WTF last week it was an air conditioner now kitchen appliances... try consumer fucking reports.