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Potato Soup in the Blender! May 22, 2008

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I just finished my first batch of soup in my Blender.

I got all of the ingredients from Trader Joe’s:

I boiled the onion and potatoes then moved them to the blender with some vegetable broth and seasoned to taste..  then repeated until I was out of boiled ingredients.

When I hit the “SOUP” button, the man inside the blender started whipping all 3 horses and turned my boiled potatoes into lump-free soup.. The consistency is good, but I need to work on the flavor.. it’s “almost there”… :D

Potato Soup

Blended Orange Vanilla Smoothie April 12, 2008

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seriously tasty concoction

1 Ripe Navel Orange

4 oz Trader Joes Vanilla Yogurt

2 fists of ice

1 blendtec blender :)

 Low fat, low sugar beverage… delicious.

I got a Blendtec Blender!!! September 9, 2007

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 Blendtec Blender 3hp

I got the blender from Scott at Costco for $379.00 plus tax.  That’s $20.00 less than the blendtec web site.

Blendtec is famous for their “will it blend?” commercials which ask this question for various “non-blendable” products like  golf balls, glow sticks, a tape measure (my favorite) and much much more.  The commercials put founder Tom Dickson in a white lab coat with saftey goggles demo’ing his high powered blender…  how cool is that?Anyhow, the new blender has a home next to my $26 coffee pot.

Q: How can you justify spending $410.00 (including tax) on a blender?
A: I’m currently $350.00 upside down in this blender.  (My last blender was $60.00 at Target).

My Plan:
Write a new blog post for each beverage/soup/coffee drink I blend and estimate the savings until I reach 350.00.  Each blog article will include a rating of the results of the blender and my satisfaction with each beverage/soup/coffee drink I make… If the rating is 4 stars or better, I’ll share the recipe… and the blender setting I used…  Sound Good?  I think so.

First Recipe
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
Type: Drink
Name:Coffee & Ibarra Blended Drink
Recipe: 1 tab Ibarra per 24oz hot coffee.
Directions: Pour Coffee (Trader Joe’s Super Dark) over 1 tab Ibarra Chocolate & blend using the “Soup” setting.