I thought I could never love another kitchen appliance as much as I love my KitchenAid mixer. Until we got a blender.
I don’t like fruit, but I like fruit-flavored things, and I like shakes, so we figured this was a good way to add healthy things to our diet. Especially Sunday nights, after we spend the entire afternoon moaning that we’ll never be hungry again and force ourselves to unenthusiastically eat something before bed just so we don’t wake up ravenous.
You should see the recipe book that came with this sucker. Apparently you can make ANYTHING. Like bread dough. Or peanut butter. Or soup — blend long enough and it heats up! You can throw anything in there. It’s like a home version of Will It Blend?
Today we went a little crazy at the farmer’s market and brought home a ton of produce for the blender’s maiden voyage. We didn’t use a recipe, just put a little of this and that in and blended away: grapes, a tangelo, a carrot, kiwis, spinach, strawberries, a banana, Greek yogurt, raw honey, agave nectar. The result tasted pretty good, looked a little worse, and smelled awful. I’m not writing this recipe down for posterity, but I’m pretty excited to see what else we can make.
Just no yogurt next time. I hate the smell of yogurt, why did that sound like a good idea? :)
Now you need to throw some kale in there and make it a really nasty color!
I wonder if you would like kefir. It’s milder than yogurt, but a good smoothie base.
We were going to pick up some kale, but I just read that conventionally farmed kale is one of the twelve produce items with the highest pesticide load. I may buy some if we find organic. :)