The question seems to come up a lot. In fact, I’ve covered coffee beans and blenders before in recent blog posts. People seem to wonder if they can use a blender to grind coffee beans. Why? Well, not that many people own a coffee grinder. These items aren’t expensive, but they are not common. …
You don’t always need to make a large pitchers worth of a power smoothie! Sometimes you only need a single serve size. And it makes sense from a financial perspective. Making a large batch of green smoothies or fruit smoothies, will add up over time. If you are constantly making large smoothies in your blender, …
When blenders first were introduced to the home market they all has glass blending jars. This was a common design in early model blenders. But overtime most blenders have become designed to have plastic blender jars. Is this a decline in design standards or is it an improvement? Well, there are some people who hate …
When it comes time to make a smoothie, should you add ice or are the smoothie ingredients enough? Well, it depends on what sort of smoothie you want to make. If you’re someone who is making a protein smoothie, then often times you can skip the ice. But that depends on what sort of …
So after years of posting about smoothies, and healthy fruit drinks, I had a lot of friends ask me: what about alcohol? Why don’t you cover frozen drinks with alcohol or discuss what type of blender to buy for that? Honestly, because I’m not a big drinker. So, it wasn’t something that I was …
If you’re reading this post, then you are looking to buy a blender and want to know if it’s supposed to be loud. Or maybe you have a blender and want to know if it’s supposed to be loud. Well, first off let’s discuss the term loud. What exactly do you mean when you say …
If you’re looking to buy a blender, then it is a good idea to learn about how loud they are. Some people are concerned about having a really loud blender in their kitchen. So, the obvious question is if all blenders are loud. Before we get into a more nuanced discussions, let me first say …
As someone who loves camping and hiking, I realized that I should have an article written for those who also love the outdoors. If you’re someone who likes to expereince the outdoors and spends your leisure time in nature, be it camping or the beach, then you might also want to bring a blender. Now, …
When it comes to choosing a blender, one of the chief concerns that people have is noise. There are a lot of blenders that work well to make smoothies. But what this article is designed to cover are quiet blenders. Some blenders are fantastic at making fruit smoothies, others work well when you’re looking to …
In keeping with a recent theme where I discuss why vegans would want a blender, I decided to put together list of some of great vegan soups you can make. These range from super easy and fast summer soups, to more involved warming soups that are great for the fall and winter. What …
