Well, I've wanted one for years, and I finally decided I should get one. Unfortunately, I didn't get one when Blake was an infant b/c then I could have made baby food for him with it, but now I can use it for baby #2 and get rid of the baby food maker I did get (a cheap-o one that didn't puree things as well as I would have liked). The only downfall to getting rid of my little cheap-o is that it does blend smaller quantities than my Vitamix, but that's ok. I plan to do batches and freeze the baby food and probably won't miss the space that my other one takes up. For not loving stuff on my counters, I've really started to collect appliances that perch permanently on my beloved counter space...must get a bigger kitchen with the next house...
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| Me and my Vitamix |
After looking into the differences and what I am paying for these differences, I decided the Vitamix® TurboBlend 4500 Blender was perfectly sufficient. The only thing I was really wondering about was the variable speed option, but I think that option is really only necessary when trying to master sauce consistencies for more gourmet chefs. Well, that is my opinion and I definitely do not claim master chef :)
How have I liked my Vitamix so far?? Well, I love it. I made a Chocolate Almond Milk shake, which was super healthy and satisfied my desire for ice cream, so huge bonus there. And the time to make it was probably about 2 minutes, clean-up included!! The 2 cups of ice I used was blended to about the consistency of a Wendy's frosty, yeah, it was that good! :)
As I'm writing, I've decided to pause and make myself a smoothie. Hold on and I'll get a picture when I'm done (well, I'll hold on, you continue reading like I never left :) haha).
I've decided to try a citrus smoothie which includes 1 orange, 1 lemon, 1/2 cup of pineapple, and 1/2 cup of ice. Well, after starting to make this, I realized this could turn out a little tart, so I added a little milk as well. The Vitamix performed wonderfully with zero ice chunks in less than 30 seconds:
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| Citrus Smoothie |
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| Yum...but I look really old in this picture. Hopefully the vitamins I get from making healthy smoothies will help with my skin :) Rabbit trail--I've been having more acne with this baby than with Blake but less heartburn. I'll take the blotchy skin over heartburn any day! |
My goal is to start making super healthy smoothies with lots of veggies like my brothers, David & William who are also proud owners of Vitamix blenders :) So far, I've stuck with a little more "fun" stuff :)
In order to get some better pictures of my blender, my little model helped me out.
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| This is how you use the tamper device. It is basically a stick that you can shove down solid items in thicker smoothies/sauces/mixes. One thing I LOVE b/c my old blender started fast and shoved all my ingredients up, so I constantly had to start and stop and push stuff down. It was too hard to push stuff down and keep it down while running. The Vitamix tamper is designed to push ingredients down while blending and there is a stopper at the top so it won't go too far. |
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| This is how you blow on the tamper device. Oh wait, is that not a Vitamix function?? |
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| This is how you easily remove the blender container from the base. Be careful not to fall with the container though b/c your Mommy might not appreciate her new blender falling on the ground. Blake was mid-fall here, but he caught himself pretty good and no injuries to my blender :) This did concluded my model's shoots though, as I didn't want anything broken :) |
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| Working the tamper (before the fall) :) |
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