That’s right! Guess who showed up in the mail?!
My Vita-Mix 5200!
And, look at that, she just fits under the counter. The base is huge, but I guess that is where all of the power comes from. And, when I say power – the Vita-Mix is powerful!
It has low and high speeds along with variable speeds, which are great. When making a smoothie, Vita-Mix recommends that you start off on 1 and slowly turn the knob up to 10 before flipping it on high for 30 seconds to completely blend. This gets rid of a chance for air pockets which will cause the smoothie to stop blending properly.
You can also use the tamper to push down your ingredients to get them to blend properly. It works like a charm when making ice cream and nut butters.
This morning, I decided to make a smoothie, so I dropped all of my ingredients into the blender.
- beet greens
- 1 frozen banana
- 6 frozen strawberries
- 1/2 frozen mango
- 1/2 cup frozen pineapple
- 1 tsp spirulina
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
- 2 tbsp hemp seeds
I blended away for no longer than 60 seconds and came out with an extremely smooth smoothie!
The Vita-Mix was quick! And, completely blended everything. I didn’t have chunks of greens or hemp seeds throughout like I normally would have with my other blender. I could not even tell that there were greens or seeds in the smoothie! It was awesome.
Over the past few days, I have also made ice cream and multiple smoothies in the Vita. Each time, it comes out perfect. It pulverizes the frozen fruit, greens and nuts in a matter of seconds.
I am extremely happy about my purchase!
One other great thing, is how you clean it. Rinse out the pitcher and fill half way with water and a squirt of dish soap.
Use the variable speed to get up to 10.
Then, blend on high for 30-60 seconds.
Viola! A clean blender!
I’m so excited!!!
I was starving once lunch rolled around, so I pulled out some random veggies, eggs and hummus that I had packed.
A sliced up pickling cucumber and leftover grilled eggplant.
2 hard boiled eggs.
And, lemon hummus.
Some snacks today included yogurt, a nectarine and a S’more Glo Bar.
The Adore Glo Bar was good, but not my favorite. I much prefer the Chocolate Coffee Bar! Still, a great texture and flavor, though.
We are off for pizza and a talk on Barefoot Running tonight.
Have a great one.
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