9 Cool Ways to Use your High-Powered Blender More
It’s time to wipe the dust off those high-powered blenders and use them WAY more often! I have had my Blendtec for almost ten years, and while I feel I have used it a ton and it has been well worth the investment, I will admit that it doesn’t get used as often as it should. It seems to get a little dusty in my cupboard in between my spurts of trying to eat more healthy. This is predominantly because I use my blender most often to make delicious healthy protein shakes and smoothies. I love how it pulverizes all the frozen berries, bananas, and greens in seconds!
It is great to get creamy smoothies anytime, but I know I could be doing so much more with my blender. I remember leafing through the pamphlet the day I got it and being amazed by its capabilities—especially things like creamy soups that actually get hot right in the blender, thanks to its high-powered motor. Here are a few ways you can use your high-powered blender, such as the Vitamix, Blendtec, or even Ninja Foodi way more often.
1. Soups.
Because of the high powered motor, you can make the creamiest, silkiest soup right in your blender. For example, a butternut squash soup. You simply sauté your cubed squash with some onion and garlic and then you can add it to your blender with some milk and blend to creamy perfection. The high-speed blender will keep it nice and warm and ready to eat straight from the blender.
2. Fluffy scrambled eggs.
Just crack those eggs right into your blender and give them a pulse and you will have the fluffiest scrambled eggs ever. The blender gets a lot of air fluffed into those eggs so that is what makes him so light and fluffy.
3. Homemade sauces.
Anything you were going to put on the stove to sauté and simmer into your sauce you can add to your blender instead. You can keep as much texture as you like, and it will help distribute your flavors like garlic and onion throughout the sauce even more uniformly. Plus, you save all that time on chopping ingredients.
4. Gluten-Free flours.
Alternative flours to traditional wheat-based flour are increasingly popular, because of the increasing number of people with gluten intolerances and sensitivities. The downside to this is that those gluten-free flours are also very expensive. You can save yourself a lot of money by making your own oat or nut flours right at home with just a few quick pulses.
5. Fresh salsa.
You can make the yummiest fresh salsa with ingredients right from your garden right in your blender. Just always remember to use the pulse setting so that you can control the texture. Also, just know that if you use fresh tomatoes from the garden, it can have almost a pink hue to the salsa rather than the red you are accustomed to. Most recipes called for diced canned tomatoes, but if you use fresh tomatoes, you can use a little bit of tomato paste to keep the red color and rich tomato flavor.
6. Nut butters and nut milk.
You can easily make nut butters like peanut butter or cashew butter right in your blender. You can also blend almonds (or other nuts like coconut) with water to make nut milk. These are both super easy to do and save a lot of money because these things are usually quite pricey at the grocery store.
7. Whipped cream.
You can make the most heavenly, thick whipped cream within seconds in your blender. Simply add whipping cream, a little vanilla, and any sweetener you want and turn it on a medium level setting until it is thick. That’s all there is to it!
8. Break down compost.
If you compost your scraps from the kitchen, you can break it down even faster by pulsing it a bit in your blender. The faster your compost breaks down, the faster you get more green beans and tomatoes in your garden!
9. Lemon curd.
Did you know that you can even make a delicate dessert like lemon curd right in your blender? The high-powered motor makes it heat up just enough to gently raise the temperature on the eggs in the lemon curd so it does not curdle. It takes all the fuss out of making a fussier treat like lemon curd with the ease of making it right in your blender. You will find many recipes online for blender lemon curd recipes in all variations.
What are your favorite ways to use your high-powered blender? Please share your ideas in the comments below.
It is great to get creamy smoothies anytime, but I know I could be doing so much more with my blender. I remember leafing through the pamphlet the day I got it and being amazed by its capabilities—especially things like creamy soups that actually get hot right in the blender, thanks to its high-powered motor. Here are a few ways you can use your high-powered blender, such as the Vitamix, Blendtec, or even Ninja Foodi way more often.
1. Soups.
Because of the high powered motor, you can make the creamiest, silkiest soup right in your blender. For example, a butternut squash soup. You simply sauté your cubed squash with some onion and garlic and then you can add it to your blender with some milk and blend to creamy perfection. The high-speed blender will keep it nice and warm and ready to eat straight from the blender.
2. Fluffy scrambled eggs.
Just crack those eggs right into your blender and give them a pulse and you will have the fluffiest scrambled eggs ever. The blender gets a lot of air fluffed into those eggs so that is what makes him so light and fluffy.
3. Homemade sauces.
Anything you were going to put on the stove to sauté and simmer into your sauce you can add to your blender instead. You can keep as much texture as you like, and it will help distribute your flavors like garlic and onion throughout the sauce even more uniformly. Plus, you save all that time on chopping ingredients.
4. Gluten-Free flours.
Alternative flours to traditional wheat-based flour are increasingly popular, because of the increasing number of people with gluten intolerances and sensitivities. The downside to this is that those gluten-free flours are also very expensive. You can save yourself a lot of money by making your own oat or nut flours right at home with just a few quick pulses.
5. Fresh salsa.
You can make the yummiest fresh salsa with ingredients right from your garden right in your blender. Just always remember to use the pulse setting so that you can control the texture. Also, just know that if you use fresh tomatoes from the garden, it can have almost a pink hue to the salsa rather than the red you are accustomed to. Most recipes called for diced canned tomatoes, but if you use fresh tomatoes, you can use a little bit of tomato paste to keep the red color and rich tomato flavor.
6. Nut butters and nut milk.
You can easily make nut butters like peanut butter or cashew butter right in your blender. You can also blend almonds (or other nuts like coconut) with water to make nut milk. These are both super easy to do and save a lot of money because these things are usually quite pricey at the grocery store.
7. Whipped cream.
You can make the most heavenly, thick whipped cream within seconds in your blender. Simply add whipping cream, a little vanilla, and any sweetener you want and turn it on a medium level setting until it is thick. That’s all there is to it!
8. Break down compost.
If you compost your scraps from the kitchen, you can break it down even faster by pulsing it a bit in your blender. The faster your compost breaks down, the faster you get more green beans and tomatoes in your garden!
9. Lemon curd.
Did you know that you can even make a delicate dessert like lemon curd right in your blender? The high-powered motor makes it heat up just enough to gently raise the temperature on the eggs in the lemon curd so it does not curdle. It takes all the fuss out of making a fussier treat like lemon curd with the ease of making it right in your blender. You will find many recipes online for blender lemon curd recipes in all variations.
What are your favorite ways to use your high-powered blender? Please share your ideas in the comments below.
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Mary Richardson
Weekly Newsletter Contributor since 2014
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