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What's a Vita Mix Blender?

A Vita Mix blender (or technically it's called "Vita-Mix") is a special blender... Well, "special" is really quite an understatement!

A Vita-Mix is an incredible machine that makes a "regular" blender seem like an antiquated gadget much like today's TV technologies (cable, satellite, Tivo,...) have blown away the old TVs with "rabbit ears."

My husband thought I'd gone crazy!...

I've rarely make impulse buys and never on things that cost more than $100!

We were shopping at Costco together and this particular Saturday, there were a couple of women demonstrating a blender. Something caught my eye... maybe it was how they were throwing giant chunks of fruits in the thing... fresh AND frozen fruits! They just tossed all of these yummy fruity ingredients in. Then, they started adding vegetables, protein powder, and other healthy ingredients.

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Making smoothies has always been a fun past-time for me and my kids, but I didn't make them often because it was just a bit too time-consuming for me. Prepping all the fruits and cleaning the blender when we were finished just didn't seem worth the effort. I'm a busy mom and I can't stand wasting time.

So... seeing a Vita Mix blender make delicious smoothies so fast and with hardly any food prep time was enticing. Watching the ladies clean up the Vita-Mix by just adding a little water and a drop of soap and then turning it on blew me away. In seconds, they were mixing up their next batch... soups, smoothies, sauces,... back and forth between sweet and salty mixes with a crazy fast clean up time in between. By the way, the thing even grinds nuts and grains to make things like peanut butter!

On second thought, I'm sure it was the mention of Vita Mix Ice Cream that got my attention...

Smoothies are terrific, but ice cream gets me really excited. When I saw the ladies make a delicious and healthy ice cream (more of a sorbet really) in lightening speed, without even adding any ice to the vita mix, I was hooked. As long as you add more frozen fruit than other ingredients and don't mix it too long, you end up with an incredible frozen dessert.

My husband has changed his perspective...

So, that day, my husband tried everything to talk me out of buying the Vita Mix blender. He just KNEW I'd regret the purchase later and it would just take up room in our kitchen cabinets.

Well, the funniest thing happened... we got it home and tried it out and were STILL impressed. HE was even coming around to the idea that we might use this thing a bit. I found a home for it right on our kitchen counter, so we'd use it more, and... guess what? We USE it! We use it all the time! It's been a year now and I can't think of a year of my life when I've had so many soups and smoothies! The really funny thing is that my husband uses it the most!! When the kids crave smoothies or ice cream, they ask HIM to make it for them (I think they're on to me and all of the healthy ingredients I sneak in!) And, whenever we make vita mix ice cream, we make a double-batch so that we can freeze half and have an even MORE frozen ice cream the next day. It's great either way but frozen hard is my favorite.

I don't normally try to sell products on this site. In fact, other than Google Ads on some pages, this is the ONLY product I recommend. That's because I think it's the number one kitchen tool you can get that will help you and your family eat healthier. Getting enough fruits and vegetables in your diet is key for good nutrition and maintaining a healthy weight (and even losing weight if you or your kids need to.) So, I highly recommend this product. I do get a small commission if you purchase it using the link below (after all, I DO need to make a little bit of money off of this site since I've spent so much time on it.) I can assure you though that I've chosen this one product to recommend because it's THE best!

Click here to try a Vita Mix blender for yourself! It even has a 30-day risk-free policy! Come back here and tell us all how you like it. I'm that certain that you're going to love it!

If you're not completely sure, go to the website to read lots more information, watch videos, and get all of your questions answered. And come back here soon because we're planning to make our own video... of my husband and kids using the Vita-Mix of course!

 
 
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