Blender Help!!

ItGirl

Good morning, everyone! I’m in the market for a new blender, as my current one—a KitchenAid—is more of a novelty (got an entire matching set of multiple appliances as a birthday gift). It makes pretty decent basic smoothies & such, but clean-up is awkward. I need something with more power!

I just bought an excellent Cuisinart food processor, but I don’t know if it would work the same as, say, a Blendtec or Vitamix.

What are your suggestions? And are there other brands I should consider, such as Viking or Waring?

Thanks a bunch!

pianissima

my cuisinart blender is great. not quite as powerful as a vitamix, but fine for my purposes (and budget). a food processor is not the same as it won’t be able to do anything past a certain “liquidity.” (i.e. no smoothies)

i also like the fact that it has a glass container, not plastic… sets my mind at ease for leaching. =)

angie207

LOVE the Vita-Mix!!! It’s more than a blender, for sure. I make super thick & smooth pizza sauces, puddings, etc. as well as grinding nuts into nut butter & making fruity sorbets that are just made from frozen fruit & a little water, & they end up thick – to eat with a spoon. It also blends up kale (stem & all) in my green smoothies. If you can’t afford it, by all means, there are other blenders that do wonderfully well for smoothies & other blender jobs :)