Ever since I saw a Blendtec blender in action at a local event, they really blended a rake in front of my very own eyes, I’ve been dying to get my hands on one of these. So I was thrilled when they sent me one to try. And can I just tell you, I’ve used it EVERYDAY! I’m not blending glow sticks or baseballs, but I am making sauces and soups, yum.
I made a big batch of Basil Pesto for dinner with pasta. I cooked a whole box of penne pasta, saved half for later, and then added a 1/2 cup of basil pesto to the cooked pasta.
The next night, heating up the extra pasta from the first night, I made a new sauce: tomato, garlic, basil. I blended 3 tomatoes, a handful of basil, and 2 garlic cloves (all fresh from my garden, more garlic details later). The blender is better used with bigger batches, so with this combo, I did need to keep using my spoon to scrap it down to blend. Next time I’ll make a large batch with 9-10 tomatoes.
Yesterday I bought a huge watermelon and decided that I wanted to try to blend a watermelon, seeing how it would taste as juice. I got out some paper cups and popsicle sticks to make some homemade popsicles. These were easy and froze up in just a few hours. They were pretty good, but my son asked if we could add some lemonade to it next time.
Are you blending everyday too? What are you blending together?
Written by Marie LeBaron
Marie LeBaron is the founder and managing editor of Make and Takes. Always having a love of crafts, she enjoys getting messy with glue and glitter. There’s always some sort of project going on, her kitchen counter is often cluttered with crafts. When she’s not crafting and creating with her kids, she loves to run, read, and blog! Read other posts by Marie
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what they heck that is awesome they blended a rack in front of you!!
i would be blending away also! at the moment all i blend is smoothies cause my blender is kind of a piece!
I LOVE my Blendtec and use it every day and have now for almost two years making protein shakes and soups all the time. Recently I have been making Watermelon Tomato Gazpacho (http://cooklisacook.blogspot.com/2010/07/watermelon-tomato-gazpacho.html) and Melon Agua Fresca (http://cooklisacook.blogspot.com/2010/07/melon-agua-fresca.html) with almost all the ingredients pulled from our garden, they’re both FABU, you might want to give them a try.
I like blendtec blenders myself. Half of my family has worked for them, lol! All they need to do is come up with a way to keep the blenders quiet, lol! A quiet blender that blends rakes, that’ll be the day…. ;D
Have you tried making homemade peanut butter yet?? It is soooo good right after and it’s warm. YUM!
Great uses for a blender. I need to make pesto this weekend. I also want to make a batch of this apricot sorbet: http://twopeasandtheirpod.com/recipe-for-apricot-sorbet/
It is so good and easy!
I have a BlendTec and love it! Pesto is my favorite along with green smoothies for breakfast every day before work.
Oh, that pesto looks -so- good right now. Did you pulse the tomato sauce?
Oh, and yes I do use my blender several times every day. I started working here in May, got my blender a few weeks later, and my cycle counter is now pushing 500. We’ve done soups, sauces, hummus.. you name it.. though I haven’t tried pesto yet and am going to have to give that a go. Still, my favorite thing is the ridiculously fast breakfasts on mornings when we’re rushing out the door.