Blendtec Giveaway! {Now Closed}
Winner!
Christina (#815) who said: “Oh, Mel. My blender broke a few weeks ago and I’ve been dying without it while waiting to buy a new one. I would love to win!”
Timely win, Christina! I hope you love the blender!
Because I was so overwhelmed and happy with the response from this giveaway, I sent out a second BlendTec to a lucky winner. MommaD! Congratulations and happy blending, winners!
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Hi.
My name is Mel. And I have a Blendtec problem.
The issue? I can’t stop using it! Whipped cream? Blendtec. The best Orange Julius known to my lips? Blendtec. The most divine, fat-free smoothie in the world (details below)? Blendtec. Bread crumbs in an instant? Blendtec, baby.
I was gifted a Blendtec for Christmas from my very generous parents. I wasn’t super familiar with the machine (yes, a machine because it is so.much.more than a blender) before a few weeks ago but after experimenting a bit, I have officially decided that the Blendtec ranks right up there with appliances-to-save-in-a-fire (and may even surpass my much-loved Bosch – shhh!). Seriously. This thing is amazing.
Are you familiar? Do you own one? Used one? Drooled over one?
Basically, it’s one blender that can do everything from make smoothies to milkshakes, bread dough to salsa, bread crumbs to salad dressings. It does the work of at least 1,000 other machines. Ok, not really. More like nine other machines. But are you catching my drift?? It’s unreal.
So I’m giving one away. I can’t help it. I need someone else to share in my joy and excitement.
Here’s the details, to enter the giveaway for ONE Blendtec Total Blender, leave a comment on this post telling me anything you want. If you really need direction, leave me the specs on your favorite smoothie combo. I need some ideas since smoothies (among other Blendtec miracles) are becoming a serious part of my life – at least four times a day, on average. I told you I had a problem. I wasn’t kidding.
Winner will be announced Monday Sunday!
Peace out, my friends. I’m off to make the treat I alluded to above: flesh of one mango, drizzle of honey blended with 16 ounces of unsweetened strawberries. The combination morphs into the most unbelievable, tropical fruity sorbet/ice cream you’ve ever had. And we’ve eaten at least six rounds of the magic in the last two weeks. Fruit overload tummy aches have never felt so good.
{Giveaway sponsored by me. Wish I could give one to each of you!}
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I would love a blender my kitchen aid from my wedding (soon to be 13 years ago)… I am using a mini blender from a yard sale to try and make green smoothies (I am diabetic) they are rather chunky…lol… consider me please
Do another giveaway, Mel! I’m DYING for a blendtec!
I need a blendtec!
Whoops, missed the giveaway by a week… Oh well! Congrats to the winner!
Wow!! I’ve been drooling over one of these since a vegan I know introduced me to it…. It can really blend everything!! Would LOVE to get one!
Smoothies are the easy way to go with college life. Whipping up some fast and healthy breakfast shakes doesn’t work so well with our cheapy. No power whatsoever. I’m hoping we find something, but it may have to wait until graduation.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. FedEx arrived today with the Blendtec. I am sooooo excited.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
MommaD
My wife has been drooling over one, for the last two years. She is a very picky eater and she told me that she would eat her vegetables (in a smoothie) if she had Blendtec. I like them to make orange julius – the orange juice + blueberry cranberry juice.
Hello there, Thanks so much for giving away a Blendtec Blender. Right now I am trying to eat healthier and this blender would be perfect for that. My own blender (different brand) broke.
SMOOTHIES!!!!!!!! I also love to make blended soups.
I would love, love, love a blender that can actually chop ice! I thought I had a nice blender until I went to make a smoothie and almost burned the motor trying to get the ice chunks into small, smooth pieces. I can’t afford a blender that can do this, so I’d LOVE to win this one! Thank you for offering it!
I’ve been seeing those Green Smoothies all over Pinterest & want to make them.
My husband REALLY wanted to get a blendtec for Christmas. I REALLY wanted him to get us one. I chickend out cause of the price and have regretted it ever since. Please oh please be my lucky day!!!!!
It’s not that I want a Blendtec. It’s that I NEED a Blendtec.
I would love this blender and how I love a good Orange Julius!
My favorite way to get more veggies is by making a fruit smoothie – with pineapple, grapes, banana and spinach! It’s a beautiful bright green color but you don’t “taste” the spinach. I should really start making these again… if only I had a Blendtec….
What perfect timing! I am in the market for a new blender and the blendtec would be at the top of my list if I could save up. 🙂
How about homemade blizzards. Ice cream, milk (a little bit) and any candy flavor cut up (we like butterfingers and snickers bars). My husband and I went through about 3 blenders making those our first year of marriage… and I may or may not have gained 15 lbs that year, but boy are they good!
Seriously LOVE your blog. It inspires me to cook. Thanks so much. I would love to this machine. My blender from college is on its last leg!!!
I’d love to be able to make smoothies for my 2 kids. They always ask me to buy them smoothies when we are at the mall. It would be great to be able to make them at home!
Thanks for all your great recipes!
THIS WOULD BE AMAZING TO WIN…PICK ME! PICK ME! I WOULD USE THIS DAILY!! THANKS FOR THE FUN IDEAS…YOU GOT ME OUT OF A COOKING RUT!
My blender is on it’s last leg. This would be awesome.
i want a mixed berry smoothie!
here’s hoping for a blendtec to come my way! We love any frozen fruits, with vanilla yogurt and apple juice for our smoothies! yum-o!
Hello Melanie. I follow your blog regularly and have tried recipes with much success. I had never heard of Blendtec before, but it sounds wonderful. I am the grandma of 4 wonderful children, one of whom has many allergies. I am concerned about her nutrition and would like to try making smoothies with spinach (hidden, of course). This sounds like the machine that would do that with the most success.
This is just what I need for smoothies–whatever the ingredients.
I would love to have a peanut butter milkshake right now!! Another of my favorites is frozen bananas, peanut butter, spinach, cocoa powder, and milk…we call it the green monster 🙂
Would love to have this sitting on my counter! Would make making those green smoothies so much easier!
well i would love a new house! we are having our 4th child and we live in a 1200 sq ft house. time to upgrade!
I’ve had my eye on the Blendtec for a long time! I’m glad you’re enjoying yours. Thanks for doing a giveaway!
Fascinated by this blender! I never win anything so I’m not sure why I’m even entering, but I love your site!!!
Oooooh! That is one cool blender!
Not gonna lie, I’m probably more likely to make chocolate milkshakes with this than healthy fruit smoothies!
Peanut Butter-Chocolate-Banana milkshake…nothing can compete with it’s wonderfulness!
My son-in-law bought one and it has become a fixture in their house–they have a dedicated smoothie bar now in their family room. He has also shown me the fun videos “Will it blend?” –not food related, fun demonstrations of the power of the Blendtec!
I hope you have a wonderful rest of the weekend! I would love to win this blender. The one I have is among the very few items I kept that my hubby brought into the household. But it works, and I didn’t have one before, so there you have it. I definitely don’t have the same kind of relationship with my blender that you have with yours, Mel!
Would love to replace the healthmaster. It’s not up to par!
Holy generosity! That is a gorgeous blender!!! My fave smoothie is anything orangey flavored. Yum yum LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE your blog!
Orange Julius, yum! or maybe limeade….oh decisions, decisions…
We just started making smoothies for my 3 little girls. Would love some recipes that have vegies in them and would love a blender that makes the smoothies smooth. Thanks for you site. I love to look at all you yummy recipes. I work the night shift at the hospital and your site is a killer at 2 in the morning when I’m starving.
I would love a Blendtec! I have to tell you, that I found your site about 4 months ago and have been raving about it to my siblings. I am a little obsessed. My brother, especially, loves to cook and loves your site too. During Christmas when we got together we cooked up and storm and wondered out loud to each other, “I wonder what Mel would do?” I think I might need a 12 step group.
“Hi, my name is Jen and I am addicted to Mel and her recipes.”
I’m really interested in finding some good, healthy smoothie recipes for breakfast.Hopefully this will help me incorporate more fruits/veggies in my diet!
I don’t own a blender, and that’s why I’m entering this giveaway:) haha
I milkshake sounds good, but you can’t go wrong with a strawberry-banana smoothie! The blendtec sounds awesome!!
I hear these also make soup. I could live on smoothies and soup! I would love one!!!
I want for nothing… but a Blendtec.
I so desperately need the Blendtec. I have a preschooler and a toddler who the only way they get any vegetables is via smoothies. The issue is they stop drinking them immediately if they encounter a chunk and with my current blender there are always lots of chunks! This would be so great to win for my family!
oh how lovely this would be… if only I could be the lucky one among the thousands
My favorite smoothie recipe is Pea-pine-fu. It is a blend of peaches, pineapple and tofu. So yummy!
smoothies: grapes, pineapple, half-a-carrot, spinach, kale, canteloupe, greek yogurt (optional), bananananananana.
Wow – a delicious strawberry smoothie sounds so good right now. The berries are ripe and plentiful here. The Blendtec sounds like a wonderful machine!
I have only made one kind of smoothie in my pitiful 1970’s blender — strawberry yogurt. Ice, milk, yogurt, strawberries. My blender takes forever to blend so I don’t use it very often. I now have blender envy 🙂
Hi Mel,
Ok I NEVER win drawings so I am not even going to get my hopes up in this one, even though I need a new one SO BAD!!! Who doesn’t need new kitchen things after 18 yrs of being married? Today I gave a shower to my niece that is getting married (which I had to share your blog with everyone there:)) But my sisters and I are constantly saying how our niece’s get these sweet new kitchen things and it’s just NOT FAIR!!!! We need a shower every 10 years…..right? So I think I will be hosting a shower to my sweet sisters and we will just rotate…..LOL.
Since you LOVE blending things right now, here is my sweet mother in laws recipe for a VERY yummy Orange Smoothie.
1 Cup Frozen OJ Concentrate
1/2 Cup Milk
1 1/4 Cup Water
1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/8 Cup Sugar
3 Cups Ice
Add everything but the ice. Blend well. Then add the ice and blend until fine.
Enjoy!
Emily Hansen (Jen Bastian’s sis)
I just used the recipe you shared for the most amazing frosting in the world and it turned out amazing!! I have also used (just this week in fact) the taco seasoning- and I’m sure if I WIN this awesome machine I’ll make whatever you post- so far so good right?
I love blendtec, my mom has one and it is super fun to make stuff with!
The only thing I use my blender for is a copy cat Starbucks Frappuccino……it’s basically 3/4 cup of double strength coffee, 1 cup of milk. This is enough for two Frappuccino’s……..to make……….divide liquid in half……about 7/8 of a cup……..add a couple tablespoons of Hershey’s Chocolate syrup and 10 to 12 ice cubes (ice maker half moon type). Blend until smooth…or until it binds up your non Blendtec blender.
Wow! I would love this Blendtec!
My favorite smoothie is:
1 cup milk (dairy, soy, almond)
1 cup frozen berries (either strawberries or triple berry mix from Costco)
blend
then add 3 Splenda packets
and finally a dollop of Cool Whip
It tastes like dessert and has 150 calories or less depending on which type of milk.
If you’re a coconut lover, add it to any smoothie – it’s awesome! Otherwise, I love making enchilada sauce in a blender because tomatillos are so cool – I just wish I could put them in whole without having to pre-cut due to low-scale blender.
My favorite smoothie isn’t anything special, but I love it:
1 medium frozen banana, 1 cup frozen blueberries, 1 cup chocolate almond milk, 1-2 handfuls of spinach, maybe a little avocado or pb
I stick it in the freezer once it’s done, and let it chill some more. Delicious!
Thanks for this giveaway! I haven’t had a really good blender in some time, and usually wind up with chunks of spinach whenever I try to make my smoothies, which isn’t always the tastiest in the morning …
Smoothies are my new fav….try adding spinach …..kids and hubby love it too!
My husband makes INCREDIBLE smoothies but has burned out blender after blender! They cannot handle how thick he makes them or they don’t chop the ice up and we end up with big chunks of ice!! And also, I just had a baby 2 days ago and some nice cold smoothies have really hit the spot for me! We would love to share in your joy!!!!!
Hi …. I’m new to your website and I love it. The recipes sound dwawichious as my little friend would say. Oh my stars ,the Blandtec sounds amazing and would fit into my families goal of eating healthier. Our normal blender looks so sad compared to this. I really want to win this .
I would like to make some smoothies – – healthier kinds.
Well, this sounds intriguing. I have a blender with no lid sitting somewhere in the basement, and have been using my stick blender for a lot of things, but it is not really efficient for drinks with ice cubes. So this would get me back into experimenting with all of that. When I was making smoothies, I really liked using frozen berries (strawberries, blueberries, etc) to provide the ice, as it were, without watering down the drink.
Thanks for all the great recipes, Mel. I’ve been loving them one extra pound at a time!
Oooh I am drooling over the smoothie possibilities!
I would love one of these!! My daughter loves chocolate oreo smoothies and the oreos always get stuck in my blender and we are always using a spoon or knife to clear the cookies. Takes forever!
My friend made me a cantaloupe, banana, pineapple and almond milkshake! It was so good! I NEED to be able to make them myself!
Nora 🙂
Everyday after work my 5year old triplets ask daddy to make them a smoothie. They love it with mango, pineapple, and passionfruit juice. Been dying blendtec since our blended is slowly dying.
Ohhhh! Ahhhh! A Blendtec! My poor blender is 9.5 years young but not very happy when i pull her out!
I want one!
I need to Blendtec to help me in my New Year’s resolution to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. I like my smoothie with strawberries, banana, and orange juice.
My name is Jill. And I would love to have a BlendTec problem. Can you help me? 🙂
Have always been tempted to buy one of these, but can’t swallow the price tag… So, winning one would rock! I love smoothies with spinach and kale. I feel justified in drinking 4 per day that way! Thanks, and LOVE your blog. 🙂
I would LOVE to try a Blentec………..so many exciting things I could make for my family!!
I’m all about Spinach Smoothies….blender full of spinach, vanilla yogurt, banana, blueberries and milk to consistency. It is our summer go-to snack!
I’ve been dying to make a green smoothie, but I can’t eat bananas, and so many recipes call for bananas. This machine sounds great!
i love new kitchen appliances!! pick me pick me!
This fellow pregnant lady NEEDS one of these. Fruit smoothies would probably be better than the large quantities of ice cream I’ve been consuming.
healthy spinach fruit smoothies!!!
I love making smoothies and milkshakes. I just found an awesome blog this week with Jamba juice wanna be smoothies http://somersetwardrecipeclub.blogspot.com/2009/01/jamba-smoothie-recipes.html. I would love to try these out in the blendtec.
Blendtec? Of course I would love a blendtec. I could make my own “Will it blend” videos right from my kitchen. Such as will it blend cookies&cream ice cream with snickers bars and walnuts and marschino cherries, or will it blend my favorite pumpkin soup? My world may never know but THANKS FOR GIVING someone a blendtec! It’s super awesome of you.
I love bendtec. Found out about their amazing blenders from the “will it blend” video, but also know they are amazing blenders in general. Would love to win a blendtec blender and see what the hype is all about!
fav smoothie
frozen strawberries
1 c. OJ
1 c. vanilla yogurt
1 banana
1 c. spinach leaves (kids don’t even know!)
3 tbs flax seed
6-7 ice cubes
blend and enjoy
you can mix up the frozen fruit part however you want 🙂
I could make this so much better with a Blendtec!
Our favorite smoothie: 2 C Red Grapes, 1 C Strawberries, 1 C Coconut, 1 Banana and 4 slices of Mango. Delish! Thanks so much for the opportunity to the best blender ever!
I would use the Blendtec to make so many different things!!!
My kids would love this just as much as I would. We love smoothies!
That would look amazing in my kitchen! My kids love smoothies, so we’ve tried loads of combinations. I always try to get some spinach in there, but for some reason I cannot abide bananas in my smoothie! My kids love them though, so I’ll still throw one in there occasionally. Thanks for such a great giveaway!
All my sisters have a blendtec and rave about it! I need one to be a part of the family! Lol!
Hot Fudge Malt. My favorite
Yes!! I think this could become an obsession at our house too!
I have been looking at getting that blender for a few months. It seems amazing! Thank you!
Soy milk, frozen strawberries, plain sorbet, and ice, baby.
Best. Smoothie. Ever.
I love to add spinach to my Green Chile Enchilada sauce. I use my missing-it’s-top blender to blend the sauce smooth and creamy. Delish!
I don’t make smoothies very much right now. A Blendtec would help!
I’ve been making the Alton Brown smoothie- blueberry, strawberry, peach, banana and I like to add spinach….feels so good!
My name is Mel, too and my family has a smoothie addition. We must have one of these awesome machines. We would use it everyday.
I would love this! The only way to blend the greens into the fruit smoothies for breakfast. My fav is Greek yogurt, frozen berries and banana with a bit of spinach and some ice. So good in the summer.
I have been drooling over blendtec’s for a long time. Any smoothie with the triple berries from Costsco is yummy.
I usually enjoy a frozen fruit, yogurt smoothie on my way to work.
My hubby has been making these peanut butter, milk, banana smoothies that are surprisingly delicious!
Every morning I have 1 frozen banana, 4 ice cubs, two TBS of dry oatmeal, 1 1/2 TBS vanilla protein powder, and a cup of almond milk… blended together… sooooooo yummy!
I’d love a Blendtec. Simple as that!
I would absolutely love one of these!
I would love to win. The first thing I’ll make is your mango/strawberry sorbet.
I worked at Jamba Juice through college and love some of their combinations still. Lots of pineapple and strawberries…
I’m not much for words, but I DO love a good – GREAT Blender! I’d be honored to win one & test it out for myself & family.
Mel, thank you so much for all of your work in keeping this site up. It is my favorite.
Just now getting on the green smoothie bandwagon… Anything with blended fruit is a winner for me!!
I have a Ninja that I do everything with but its on its way out…bless its little heart. I could really use a replacement! As far as smoothies go I am the shake queen in this house, and they are made often (not four times a day but at least once!). The normal characters are frozen fruit, bananas, milk, yogurt, and some type of juice (marchino cherry is a super big hit). Its one of the only ways to get my two year old to digest vitamins. Sad but true!
honestly….I’ve really been wanting either a Vitamix or a Blendtec so, this is perfect!! Thanks for the chance. Smoothie combos? Here’s my fave- I eyeball everything but, I use kefir, milk, frozen mango, frozen strawberries, 1 banana (doesn’t have to be frozen), a squirt of honey and a handful of baby spinach! It’s the best. You can use coconut milk, too. Yummy and very good for you. Oh, and if you don’t have kefir, yogurt is fine, too. 🙂
I fear that if I won this amazing machine I would be like you! 🙂 Salsa – yum!
I love throwing spinach into our smoothies and my kids think the “secret” ingredient is so funny! They like to spoil the secret to all their friends. 😉 Love it!!!
Sounds like a great machine! One of my favorite recipes for smoothies is frozen berries (bluberries, strawberries, raspberries), spinach (handful), kale (handful), 1/4 cup goji berries, 1 cup pomegrante juice, & half a banana. Hope you enjoy it!
My favorite smoothie has blueberries and raspberries. It’s delicious!
After 30 some, plus years, the blender we recieve for a wedding gift has gone out. But it put in may years of smoothie making while the kids were still at home. It was an easy way to incorporate vegetables into our diets and not even know it.It is a great way to play with fruit and vegetable flavors available today. Our favorite has always been the Sunday morning, Orange Julius.
My standard smoothie is as follows, though I haven’t made it for a while due to issues with my blender + morning sickness. (Would love to remedy the blender issues with a Blendtec!)
Blend:
1/4 whole lemon (a good blender can take it, rind and all)
2 c. water (or coconut juice or whatever)
drizzle of agave sweetener
drizzle of flax seed oil
fill the blender up with spinach (or use less if desired)
Add:
1-2 frozen bananas
7 frozen strawberries
a healthy dollop or two of frozen orange juice concentrate
Enjoy!
And thanks for all the great recipes you’ve shared!
Oh the many fun things I could create with this blender. My kids will never have plain pancakes again.
We love strawberry and banana smoothies. The Blendtec looks awesome!
In the spirit of the new year and resolutions, I am in a smoothie making frenzy. Would love a blender that actually works!
Blendtec…I must win this! I will be using it like crazy too, what can’t you do in a Blendtec?
I would love to replace my terrible blender!
I have DREAMED about owning a Blendtec! We love green smoothies and want an awesome blender to make them in! I also love your website- I go to it often for recipes!
oh, that would make a ton of baby food!
I want to give the Blendtec to my friend who makes a smoothie every morning like this:
a cup of frozen berries
a cup of greek yogurt
an apple, whole
a banana
1/2 cup oatmeal
an orange, whole
little bit of milk to thin it out if need be.
Thanks for the opportunity!
Today I spun up a baby smoothie for my 8 month old, Charlie….baked peaches, vanilla yogurt, and tofu. I use a hand-held, but would LOVE something larger to batch with! Cheers!!!!
Oh I NEED one of these…I also really need to win a giveaway at least once in my life! 🙂 please pick me, pick me, pick me…. 🙂
Would love a new blender. I love smoothies too! And milkshakes!
Oh man, top of my list of “wants, but won’t get” is craft-wise–a silhouette! And food-wise–well…a BLENDTEC!
Wish I had a favorite recipe to share with you for a smoothie, but I get mine from you! 🙂
I would love to make the yummy green smoothies everyone is talking about! It will help jump start my mornings!
Oh the things I could make with this machine…I would love it! Thanks Mel for making dinner at our house great with your great ideas.
I used to work at Jamba Juice so this would be amazing!!!!! Plus I’ve used my in-law’s to grind wheat which is awesome:)
I’m personally not much of a cook, but my wife would LOVE this thing! She makes the best smoothies.
The Blendtec is amazing!! I like making salad dressings, milkshakes, green smoothies…I’d use it for any of those things.
My son loves banana milk shakes! I freeze bananas when they are almost too ripe and then make milk shakes with them! Just ice cream (or frozen yogurt), milk, and the frozen bananas.
This thing looks awesome! I love making smoothies with apple juice, frozen fruit, and yogurt.
I love making blended, healthy soups and dips out of roasted veggies! My most recent favorite smoothie is one chilled banana, 1-1 1/2 C of spinach, 1/4 C of your favorite raw cocoa powder, and 1 C of milk or milk sub (I used vanilla coconut milk), ice to either chill or make “thick”.
Heard about the giveaway! Hope I win.
This would be so awesome!
I would LOVE to make home made peanut butter! Among many other things!
I just made a green smoothie with spinach, not bad!
favorite smoothie – strawberries and lime, some yogurt and some ice
My daughters and I are currently on a smoothie palooza!! While each of us make our smoothies uniquely ours we all start with a non-fat yogurt (plain and vanilla are our current drugs of choice), then bananas, milk and frozen fruit. I like to add fresh spinach to mine for a veggie boost! I love that my daughters are so into their smoothies as they are getting lots of great stuff into their little bodies and they feel like they are having a treat. This works well with the message that I have been talking to them about: Living with some balance in our lives.
I want a blendtec! Everyone I know makes smoothies and I have yet to join the craze. Great way to sneak some veggies into my kiddos!
We have had the same blender for 15 years. It’s rather pathetic. It needs to be replaced. Especially since we use it everyday. We love an orange julius at our house, or a protein shake. A new blender would have a happy home here!
I really want a triple berry smoothie (Orange Julius style). They are so delicious!!!
Would love one!
oh my! I always look at the Blendtec and think “is it really worth the money?” So far that has kept me from purchasing one… but after all these rave reviews I’m reconsidering! My little boy loves to make “slurpees” in the blender already. It is a lot healthier than a slurpee at 7Eleven! We keep a lot of frozen strawberries, raspberries, and mangoes in the freezer and make a new combo everytime. It is an adventure!
Hey Mel, I own a magic bullet and this sounds 100 times better!
OH MY GOODNESS, I am DYING to have one of these! My favorite smoothie is a breakfast smoothie, but when I make it, I have to use my food processor…..which means lumpy and weird smoothie. It is:
Chocolate-Banana Breakfast Shake/Smoothie
one or two eggs (trust me here; you don’t taste them, they just make it richer and full of protein)
one or two bananas (depends on how much banana you like in a chocolate-banana smoothie)
chocolate powder (I use Ovaltine)
milk (add until consistency is what you want)
I would LOVE to have a machine that would replace 2-3 others. Having just one to deal with on the kitchen counter would be LOVERly.
We love vanilla yogurt with a spash of rice milk and whole frozen strawberries. That way you don’t need ice.
My husband would be in heaven!!! He loves to makes smoothies bright and early.
If I had something this wonderful I think I would love them just as much.
The possibilities seem endless with this beauty.
This blender sounds amazing! Perfect to make a walnut banana smoothie, or create a cashew sauce to intensify the flavors of an Indian dish.
My favorite smoothies are made with avocado and evaporated milk! I also love blending together frozen mango and vanilla ice cream with a touch of soymilk to make something stiffer than a smoothie that you eat with a spoon-it’s delicious!
Ashamed to admit I have never made a smoothie and have always wanted to! This would be the perfect excuse to start!!
I am dying to have one of these! They are on my big wishlist!
I would love a blendtec so I could make my fave green smoothie—lots of spinach (about 1/3 of the blender), 2 Tbsp honey, 1 canister of any flavor yogurt ( I like nonfat vanilla), 1/2 cup blueberries, 1 bannana, 1 cup strawberries….MMMMM….
So this is a new one for me that I got from Daphne Oz….2 chopped grapefruits (peel and pith removed), 5 chopped carrots, 1 inch of fresh ginger (peeled and chopped), a mint sprig….Add all ingredients into blender, blend until smooth garnish with extra mint and serve immediately You can sub in 2 oranges for the grapefruit…delish either way!! Remove the pith if you don’t have a powerful blender like the blendtec but if you do then leave it on 🙂
I’ve never heard of a blendtec, but I’m hooked already! Thanks so much for all of your wonderful recipes. I’m planning meals for when my parents come next week and every recipe I’m using is from your website! Thanks!!!
Crepe batter! That’s what Sunday morning breakfast is all about.
I would love love love to try the smoothie recipe. So good. One of my faves a fat free shake. FF milk Frozen Stawberries and Frozen Bananas. It gets nice a smooth. Yummy.
Wow ~ sounds like an awesome machine. You have great recipes. Am glad I found your blog.
I am not a smoothie fan, but margaritas rock 😉
Am I too late? We’re kind of boring, the only one we make is a berry blend with a bannana and vanilla yogurt.
I really like strawberry and yogurt smoothies. Not real creative, but the kids love them!
First, I just want to say, THANK YOU for your amazing website! I get all my best recipes from you. You make everything so easy, I have tackled things I never would have tried before thanks to you. I LOVE your blog, you are awesome!! 🙂
P.S. I would also LOVE to win a Blendtec! 😉
This would get put to use like crazy at our house. Lots is smoothies, milkshakes and soup. Yum!!!
I want a strawberry limeade!
My favorite morning smoothie is one carton
chobani yogurt, 1 small banana, 1 cup kale or spinach, 1/2 cup orange juice, 1/2 cup frozen or fresh blueberries. I would love the blender because I can’t afford to buy one….awesome looking blender.
I like smoothies with a little bit of everything thrown in, strawberries, blueberries, apple juice and a little yogurt. My wife makes the best ones!
Oh my gosh, I want to be addicted to the blendtec, too!!
My sister-in-law makes a wicked “Camel Snot Smoothie” — meaning you just blend a bunch of frozen fruit, yogurt, and a whole lot of spinach (the “Camel Snot” part). It tastes great, it looks very . . . green. And it’s a tasty way to get spinach down.
My favorite smoothie right now: strawberries, blueberries, half a banana, vanilla yogurt, and orange juice. I can’t wait for summer. Smoothies every day!
Have you seen these videos?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLreo24WYeQ
And you say it will make dough too? I will have to check into these amazing machines!
My old blender died…Dropped a blade right in the middle of blending a smoothie. My kids have been reminding me that we need a new one, but I’ve waiting because, I want this ONE…not a another cheap one!
I love to make smoothies and my current blender is just not getting the job done.
I love blended anything. Really, it is the best way to get all that healthy stuff that everyone says you should eat but don’t know how to cook. A new blender? Maybe those New Year’s resolutions are possible.
I make smoothies, of some sorts, daily and want them to be less chunky.
I would love to try more varieties of smoothies but have not ventured out since they don’t always turn out quit how I want them. Sounds like the Blendtec could be the solution. Please make sure to share more of your smoothie recipes, please. 🙂
I would love a blueberry mango smoothie with homemade yogurt! mmmmmmmm. Then I’ll put homemade granola on top too 🙂
Our blender gives us salsa chunks for drinks! I’d love to make smoothies!
I have wanted this machine for three years. The children and I make green smoothies, but with our very old blender, they are a little chunkie.:-( I recently went to a friend’s house to try out her Ninja, but it just broke the greens up into tiny pieces, leaving us chewing our smoothie.
Oh, yes, please. I have been coveting the blendtec for far too long, and that is a sin, so I might as well just own one and not have to feel guilty, right?! 🙂
My mom and sister each have one so I would have a bunch of their great recipes to choose from!
During the winter I end up using a lot of frozen fruit in my smoothies and my old Oster is having a hard time getting through it all. Judging from your description, a Blendtec would solve my problems.
I would like to try adding spinach t smoothies but need a good blender first to hide the ingredient well from my kiddos.
I am loving banana and strawberry smoothies right now. Just pop some bananas and strawberries in the freezer and then blend together. It is almost like icecream!
I’ve never heard of a Blendtec before, sounds incredible and very handy. My family and I would use it all the time and just keep it hidden from the Bosch =D. Our families favorite smoothie is Peanut-butter Banana, sweetened with a little honey and add some vanilla or a little cocoa pwd. for more flavor. If you use completely frozen bananas it’s like soft serve ice cream. We love em, and make them all the time!
omgoodness, I have been dreaming about owning one of these blenders (can you even call it a blender? I think it is in a class of its own…some new name is definitely in order)!! Awesome!
I have been exploring healthy smoothie recipes for myself and my family. Sounds like the Blend Tek blender would be just the inspiration I need to get started!
I would love this!!
If this blender is anything like it’s wheat grinder counterpart then count me in!
One of my favorite uses of a blender is for pumpkin (or any kind of squash) soup! But smoothies–anything with berries and a little bit of vanilla ice cream wins my heart.
I would love to have one of these! The possibilities for new recipes are endless!!!
Spinach, coconut milk, water, almonds,mixed berries, banana and a little stevia. My husband makes it everyday!
OK, Mel, my friends and I want to know how you do it. Every recipe I have tried of yours has been excellent. How do you findband make so many awesome recipes every week AND find time to blog about them while taking care of a family? I have four boys, too, and I am having a hard time keeping up with them let alone them AND an amazing blog. Well done! Speaking of overcoming time consuming feats, are you publishing a recipe book soon? I want one! But in the meantime, I could get by with a Blendtec blender. :0) If it is anything as awesome as Blendtec’s wheat grinder than I am in love already.
I have heard wonderful things about Blendtec and would love to own one. Thanks for all your wonderful recipes and hard work.
I would love this blender! My husband makes protein shakes daily and our little old blender can’t take much more. Love your blog!
I have seen so many recipes this week on the food blogosphere using this Blendtec! How useful it will be if I win! I think I would first have to try the knock off Serendipity Frozen Hot Chocolate .
I want to survive grad school!!
I would love a Blendtec. I hear they do amazing things!
I would love to use this machine to make myself a smoothie with papaya, banana, soy milk, and honey :]
I love smoothies of all kinds, but one of my all time favorite combos would have to strawberries, orange sherbert. Simple, but very very yummy!
Best smoothie? Peanut butter, banana, milk, squirt of honey, ice, and frozen yogurt. Seriously, divine.
I hear everyone raving about these machines. I’d love to experience the “magic” myself!
I would die and go to heaven if I won this Blendtec Blender!!! Of course, I would take the blender with me to heaven and make everyone smoothies and soups and other celestial delights.
I want this blender! I’ve had several over the years but they never last, so I’ve given up. Would love this one but won’t spend the money, so I’m living without. Top of my list to make with it? Definitely smoothies! I’d love to try those green smoothies that I’ve been hearing about on my kiddos!
I make a fruit/yogurt smoothie for me and my little one every single morning and have just about burned out my cheap-o blender in the process. My little one loves her smoothie, and I love how good they are for us 🙂
I just found out I’m pregnant with our second baby, this last week. CRAZY as it is I’m one of those crazy mom’s that didn’t know I was pregnant until I was finishing my second trimester! (I’m glad to finally have some excuse for that bulge stubbornly inhabiting my belly 🙂
For me having a smoothie is just as much about nutrition and packing in those greens as it is about taste…. TASTE being top priority.
We use this recipe as our go to smoothie all the time, primarily because WE LOVE IT, it’s very affordable when you buy the bags of fruit in bulk, and because the sweetness and flavor is enough to cover the greens. We pour the leftovers into Popsicle containers and pull them out whenever my 16 month old needs a special “treat”.
1. Blend a few leaves of spinach, collard greens and (or) kale in a blender with a few cups of orange juice (can substitute water with a few tablespoons of Orange Juice concentrate)
2. add blueberries and strawberries (approximately a cup apiece)
3. add one slightly overripe banana (this is all the sweetness you should need)
blend for approximately 30 seconds (blend time may vary with blender)
I’ve spent enough time drooling over those shiny “machines”…. that’s a hunk of metal enough to “turn me on” tee hee hee. Mostly I covet how my mothers blend tech blends those greens into oblivion rather than the chunky barfed up green mess of my average old joe blender.
Thanks Mel for being my cooking Hero and being the person I have perfect confidence in with trying new recipes. I love to impress… and would have never before tried an untried, unproven recipe on guest. I consider everything of yours tried, tested, and FULLY PROVEN.
There are so many ways to use a blender! Fresh salsa, guacamole, pesto, marinara sauce, coffee coolers, and the list goes on! my favorite smoothie is frozen tropical fruit mix with a little pina colada flavored yogurt to make it creamy and bendable. So yummy on a hot summer day!
I love fruit smoothies and to make it a healthy chocolate one I just had some cocoa powder! They always turn out so delicous
I also have one of these blenders, Mel, and I, too, LOVE mine! I make a smoothie in it every morning for me and my family. I try to put in AT LEAST 5-6 fruits and veggies in it: strawberries, grapes, pineapple, mango, banana, blueberries, peaches, spinach, grape tomatoes…..soooo good and super healthy. I’m glad you’re giving this awesome blender away so someone else can experience a great blender!
My fav: chocolate carnation instant breakfast, milk, vanilla yogurt, walnuts, banana and ice. Yum!
i would love a greek yogurt smoothie with blackberries, oatmeal and chocolate!
I would love love love a new blendtec! I have been seriously drooling over this machine forever! We make smothies all the time but my blender is just not cutting it anymore. My fav. At the moment: chocolate carnation instant breakfast powder with 1 cup milk, 1 banana, handful of walnuts, spoonful of vanilla yogurt and ice cubes. Soooo good and my kids love it too. It tastes like dessert! Always a plus!
I’ve never been one for smoothies but I could get behind the milkshakes and whipped cream feature!!! Cool!
My favorite smoothie is soy milk, handful of strawberries, 1-2 frozen bananas, and a spoonful of oj concentrate. Delish!
I’ve had my eye on one of these for a while. 🙂
I would love one of these.
Ooh, the Blendtec sounds awesome.
My kids love smoothies. I fill the blender full of spinach, add a little OJ and blend until its all liquid. Then I add unsweetened frozen fruit , ground flax seeds and blend it up.
My kids have no clue it’s made of mostly spinach.
I also love to make smoothies with homemade kefir.
love strawberry mango
I agree on the choco peanut butter variety of smoothies! Thankyouverymuch!!
man oh man, i would love one of these babies!! Favorite smoothie…hmmm….chocolaty green monster!! Take one frozen banana, one scoop of chocolate protein powder, one cup of chocolate almond milk, and two handfuls of spinach!
That blender would make my favorite shake so much easier to make:
1 ripe banana
1/4 cup vanilla yogurt
1 scoop protien powder
1/2 cup mixed frozen berries
handful of ice cubes
milk to make it the consistency YOU like
Blend for about 30 seconds, and watch out for the brain freeze. YUM!!!!
I love your blog and have been following it for ages. The majority of my dinner recipes come from you. Thank you so much for all the amazing recipes, cooking tips, and fabulous giveaways. You rock my socks. I would looooooove to win a blendtec. I am an ice cream addict and I can just imagine all of the wonderful milkshakes I could make. Yum…
Oh my, my – aren’t we havin’ some fun now!? I have no prior knowledge nor experience with a Blendtec, but it sounds amazing. My girls and I (they are 15 & 12) have become obsessed with smoothies! We especially love non-yogurt type smoothies. Our favorite blend to date – the one the girls ask me to make again and again is what we refer to as “tropical vacation in a glass”. 1 part frozen mango, 1 part frozen pineapple, 1 part frozen bananas and about 3 parts peaches, orange juice for liquid. SO delicious!
Have fun with your new machine!
I would love to upgrade! My blender is just not cutting it.
Oh please enter me for the Blendtec Total Blender! I have always wanted one. My favorite smoothie is strawberries and a little banana. I like when they mix frozen strawberries with some fresh and light on the banana. Would love to make my own at home instead of buying them at the mall.
I love a smoothie with some spinach, banana, pineapple and strawberry with some milk and yogurt
My #1 pregnancy craving is smoothies made with vanilla Instant Breakfast, Almond milk, frozen, bananas, ice, and milled flax seed. It’s heaven, but my blender is dying so I’m praying I win. 😉
I hope I win! 🙂 My favorite smoothie combo is spinach, half a banana, a sliver of ginger, a random assortment of fruits, oh and some parsley. Sounds crazy, but it’s actually really yummy!
Today I went to Costco with my daughter. And the Blendtec guy was there doing a demo. And I stood there and drooled over that machine until I couldn’t take it anymore and walked away all sullen because my over-used regular blender smells funny if we try and blend too much for too long…sad.
I can think of a lot of things I’d like to try with a blendtec….
I would love a Blendtec! My favorite smoothie: 1 c. frozen blueberries, 1/2 c. plain yogurt (or vanilla is delightful), 1/2 c. milk, drizzle of honey. Delish and so good for you! Thanks for all your fabulous recipes. Your site is my favorite food blog!
I have wanted one of these for years!!! I hope I win.
I was using my old blender to make orange julius last night and it’s not a pretty site!!! I would love a Blentec. I finally got a kitchen aid mixer but I don’t want to wait 35 years to get a great blender…
I want one!!!!
My fav. smoothie is a handful of spinach, blueberries. greek yogurt and orange juice, and a scoop of protein shake. yum!!!!
This Blendtec blender sounds amazing! I’ve never had a blender and I would love this!
PS Thank you so much for all your amazing recipes! I LOVE your website!!!
smoothies with spinach, vanilla yogurt, banana, strawberries and orange!
I want to try the strawberry mango smoothie! Yum!
My kids only like spinach in “Shrek Shakes.” Basically a blender full of baby spinach and a can of pineapple, plus some ice. : )
Oh My!! I have wanted one of these forever!! I would blend up the yummiest peanut butter chocoalte shake..and finally get to grind my wheat… anything you ever want to do with one blender..who could ask for more?? Please me mine;)
I love reading your website! Thank you! I have wanted a Blendtec for so long! Wish me luck!
Oh please, Oh please, Oh please ….
Should I be ashamed to say I’ve never even heard of blendtec! I do love smoothies tho 🙂
I have heard they are the BEST! My kids and I love a good ole green smoothie.
1 C OJ or soymilk
2-3 C spinich
1 frozen banana
5-8 frozen strawberries
Add 1/2 C greek yogurt if you like
I’ve been hoping to upgrade to Blendtec once my blender dies. . . it’s not dying fast enough. I love a good spinach smoothie with pineapple and banana. Best of all, so do all my kids.
A Blendtec would be great to make chocolate, peanut butter and banana smoothies. Thanks for the giveaway!
I love berries smoothies that I always hide kale or spinach in, I also usually put in elderberry and Vitamin C powder as well.
I love the classic orange juice, bananas and strawberries.
Love your recipes! Thanks for sharing!
Mel, I love your recipes and I would love to win a blender that works!
Would love a little inspiration… Sounds like the Blendtec would be fun and useful in the kitchen! Hoping to get lucky….
I love Green Monster Smoothies! Frozen mixed fruit, banana, plain yogurt, honey, OJ, & fresh spinach= amazing!
I can’t believe you’re giving away a BLENDTEC! I’ve wanted a blendtec for a few years now (ever since I watched my mother-in-law make SOUP in hers). Odds are super-slim that I will win the one you’re giving away (since there are over 3000 entries at this point), but Oh! I hope it’s me!
I love making a choco peanut butter smoothie! Chocolate almond milk, ice cubes, and a scoop of peanut butter. It also tastes good if you toss a banana in!
I don’t make smoothies, but I would love to have a Blendtec so I could.
This machine sounds amazing. I would love to try it!
Wow, I love machines that do the work of more than one machine. Thanks for the giveaway!
I’m always mesmerized when they have their demonstrations at Costco. Amazing blender!!
This looks amazing. I have a bosch blender, and it works but it’s not the best. Mine always leaks out the bottom. I would like this for making smoothies, and or dressings. But one thing I want right now is some chocolate cheesecake……mmmmm, sounds dreamy!
I discovered your blog while searching for a cupcake recipe…a few hours ago! I am totally addicted! I must say…I am not a fan of many blogs. I usually get bored. But, yours is the exception. Smart, funny, informatiTrve writing from a true foodie…I love it!
We make smoothies for breakfast every morning! Usually they are strawberry/banana with a little greek yogurt and o.j. – but they are so tasty.
Oh please, I want one of these!
My blender cost me 30 dollars from KMart. You see why I need, must have, would die to have this blender.
I’m not a huge smoothie fan, but I love when my hubby mixes up his special concoction of pineapple juice, strawberries, ice, and cream of coconut.
Wow! A blendec is really something I want. IN the kitchen, it’s really what I’m missing the most. Thanks for the giveaway !
Send one up my way to Canada!! Thank you for inspiring me and making everything seem do-able. I am becoming less afraid in the kitchen.
The recipes that I have tried that really been great and easy.
Keep them coming. Im not sucking up. Really. Thanks! My sister introduced me to your site and I love it.
I love the simple banana strawberry smoothie- 1 ripe banana, 3 frozen strawberries, and about 1/4 c. milk!! I would love this blender! The possibilities would be endless…soups, sauces, smoothies, dressings, I could go on-and-on!
My sister got a blentec for Christmas and I have blendtec envy! She’ll text with the latest ice cream shakes they had as a family. And she said her green smoothies actually stay green now!
I love to make green smoothies for my family, that is fruit and greens such as spinach, kale, and chard. I bet it would be so much easier in a blendtec:)
I love adding spinach to my smoothies, it helps me eat more greens, and when you put it with fruit you don’t know it’s even in there. Love Smoothies!!!
Ok I confess…I already have one of these. And I LOVE it. If I win, I’m giving it to someone who I know really WANTS it and NEEDS it!
Hey! Congrats on your baby girl :). They’re fun.
I had a turtle milkshake somewhere that was AMAZING!!! I’d love to be able to recreate one in my own kitchen!!!
I want a really good blender soooo bad! This sounds awesome! I make smoothies every single day. It sounds like I could do soooo much more with this thing! I hope I win 😉
for my smoothies I use, non fat greek yogurt, almond milk, frozen bananas, spinach and whatever other kind of frozen fruit I feel like that day. I love adding blueberries, strawberries or peaches or pineapples the most. Seriously so good & Healthy! My kids love it too!
My favorite: 1 1/2 cup raw spinach, 3 strawberries, 1/2 cup blueberries, 1/2 grapefruit (peeled), 1 tsp flaxseed oil, 2 tsp raw cocoa nibs, 1 scoop Uber Greens (green veggie energy powder), 1/4 cup almond milk. I got this recipe from my yoga teacher, Kathryn Budig. She calls it the Save Me Smoothie and I can promise you it does!! So satisfying, so nutritious, and rewarding. I would love to make my next one in a Blendec!!! Thank you for your fab recipes!!
I was just drooling over the Blendtec at Sam’s Club today! I totally need one to make smoothies.
I love a “smoothie” (I use that term lightly) that has skim milk, a banana, peanut butter and a drizzle of honey. Delicious and totally filling.
I love smoothies! Take some a handful of fresh strawberries, raspberries, pineapple, and some banana. Blend it all together with orange sherbet ice cream and a Tbsp. of lemon juice….delicious!
I have always wanted one of these! They are very versatile and I can taste the deliciousness already!
I put frozen broccoli, frozen kale, and/or frozen spinach in my smoothies along w/ frozen fruit (strawberries, mango, pineapple, & blueberries to hide the green!). I don’t
Usually use all three veg in the same smoothie or the kids might rebel, but I’m always shocked that they drink it up! I also add 100% fruit juice and water combo so there isn’t too much sugar. Sometimes I add a bit of honey if the fruit isn’t sweet enough or if I went a little too far with the veggies.Great way to get in lots of fruits and veggies first thing in the morning. Love all your recipes too! LOVE baked oatmeal. I make it in muffin tins and freeze them. Pop a few in the microwave for a quick, hot, individual breakfast any busy morning! Thank you!!
I love a piña colada smoothie. Fresh pineapple, coconut milk, a frozen banana and a splash of vanilla with a squeeze of honey.
I can’t share a smoothie recipe because I need a great blender to learn how to make them!
I want a way to make to make a quick vanilla ice cream and hot fudge milkshake without blowing another blender motor.
My fave smoothie is mango/blueberry/raspberry/strawberry/peach/yogurt and orange juice!
You are my favorite food blog…and I’m not just saying that to help my chances!
I want to visit my friend in Hawaii!
Want to throw away my Jack LaLanne juicer and get one of these babies. Keeping my fingers crossed to be able to join you in Blender Love nirvana.
I love your site…..and I would love a blendtec…..and I love green smoothies!!!!!
Blending is my passion. Tacos, burritos, steak, coconut…anything. Jaw wired shut. So I got to get it all liquified.
I LOVE my Blendtec. Last fall I decided to try my salsa receipe in the blender. I didn’t peel the tomatoes, just washed and blended, then I added all the other ingredients and pulsed. OH MY GOSH. Super easy and my son said it was the BEST salsa in the world. YUMMO. I want to win the Blendtec so I can give it to him. I am going to a Green Smoothie Girl seminar on Wednesday and can hardly wait for new receipes to try.
Wow! This is a generous offering to stir up all sorts of hopeful feelings and dreams of liquified magic.
There is not a lot of real estate in my galley sized kitchen but I would gladly make space for this!
Super cool. Would love one.
We have a little girly blender right now, and this would be an Arnold of a machine.
Ooh, I’d love one! I love smoothies of all varieties and usually try and sneak in a little veggie something, something. The kids never notice 😉
My ice machine is broken. This would be a great reason to have it fixed. Thank you so much for tossing this into the mix.
I bet we could blend anything in this, just checked it out. Thanks for this opportunity
If you like coconut milk and bananas, try this one:
Banana-Coconut “Cream Pie” Smoothie
1 1/2 cups light coconut milk (do not use coconut cream)
1 1/2 cups pineapple juice, chilled
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons sugar
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 ice cubes
3 medium ripe bananas, frozen
garnish with toasted shredded sweetened coconut (optional)
whipped cream (optional)
frozen blueberries + low-fat vanilla yogurt+ milk+honey+ice cubes = simple & yummy
Soy milk, a handful of fresh baby spinach, and any fruit you want – really delicious and so healthy! I’ve tried it with cow’s milk and rice milk, and neither one was very good. But with soy? YUM!
Love your site. Some of my favorite foods started from a recipe you posted. I think we would be doing a few more shakes than smoothies in my house, but so curious about what other adventures we could whip up.
I want one of these so much! I currently make a vanilla bean ice shake- YUM! But my ice will not blend in my ghetto blender! I bet it would in one of these babies!
I love having a smoothie with a banana, some frozen mixed berries (rasberries, blueberries and blackberries) with some yogurt and a sliced apple! So delicious! Having a Blendtec would make it even better though!
Frozen berries, kiefer (sp?) and a banana. Delicious, healthy and yummy!
Even though I don’t have one I’ve probably wanted one for 10 years. I did it, I finally bought one. I already know I’m gonna love it and use it all the time, that I’m entering this contest to “share the love”. Since I already bought one (should be delivered mon according to tracking) I will be giving this to either my mom or brother.
You’re on my RSS feed because I love reading all your recipes. I’m pretty discriminating when it come to my “blogs of choice”, just wanted you to know you’re in some good company. Thanks for all the great recipes and fun posts!
Strawberries, ice, fresca, kiwis.
Peanut butter, bananas, chocolate and vanilla ice cream.
Pick me! Pick me! I haven’t read all 3000+ (!!) comments, but if you haven’t already, you’ve got to try throwing baby spinach in your smoothie. I learned about it over at the Sister’s Cafe blog and it makes me feel so virtuous to drink them. I love your blog! You’ve changed a dreaded chore–deciding what to fix for dinner–into something I look forward to.
I would love a blender that actually works! I have been so disappointed with the blender I bought a few years ago that I stopped making smoothies. I would love to start making them again!
I have been juicing (emulsifying) for the past few months and just love it.
Such a great way to get your fruits and vegetables and enjoy it too.
Just found your website so I am looking forward to trying out some of your yummy recipes.
My wife would love me forever if I could score a blendtec for free. I would make lots of smoothies for the 3 girls in my life, especially on Valentine’s morning!! Woot Woot!!
peach sorbet, mango, strawberries, lime juice and ice. Not the most healthy but YUM. seriously.
I’d love a nice blender. Mine has a hard time with frozen berries…true story.
Protein smoothies with lots of Greek yogurt and frozen fruit are what I’m craving… Wow, this machine looks amazing! Thanks again, Mel!
I would make soups, smoothies, and so much more!
Melanie, We love smoothies at our house. My kids ask for them daily. So I’m sure this bendtec would get crazy use!
Never heard of this brand before. I’ve always thought the Jack La Lane was “the blender” to desire?! ;D My 19 y/o son whips up smoothies for us often with our cheap ol’ blender & bet he would really enjoy this.
Smoothie idea (use equal measurements of the following)
blueberries
plain greek yogurt
apple juice
ice cubes
frozen mangoes
orange juice concentrate (frozen from the can)
orange rind
orange sherbert
frozen strawberries
frozen bananas
greek yogurt
crangrape juice
frozen bananas
2-3 TBS chunky peanut butter
chocolate whey protein powder/or chocolate icecream
almond milk (unsweetened is what I prefer)
I add Chia seeds to my smoothies.
I have been making some green monsters lately.. would love to have a blentec to help me with that:)
I would have so much fun with a Blendtec! I love trying new recipes and having a new tool would help that along. 😉 Thanks!
I have a blendtec and I use the recipes from the guy who does the Costco demonstration. I love the tortilla soup and spinach ice cream. I also make a smoothie with ice, water, spinach, frozen strawberries, frozen blueberries, flax seed, and plain or vanilla Greek yogurt. I am hoping to win one for our daughter who is expecting and could use it to make great healthy smoothies for her family, and baby food for the new little one.
Love making strawberrie smoothies at work….but have a cheapo blender that doesnt do the job the Blented would do…Thanks for this opportunity!
I need one – I crush ice using a hammer and washcloth….please pick me!
Just made a fabulous home made coffee smoothie – yummo
Crushes ice like no tomorrow, and would love to be able to give one to my daughter and grandaughter to give them a healthier lifestyle like only Blendtec can do it!
Thank you for a chance to do this!
I would love a Blendtec so I can make the Green Monster Smoothie recipe I’ve seen floating around the web-I think my daughter would love it and it’s healthy to boot!
I have been trying to make green smoothies with my blender and it just doesn’t work. I would love a blendtec so I can make a GREAT green smoothie.
My mom has one of these and she sounds just like you. It’s almost scary the cults these things create. I want in!
I love any fruit smoothie mixed with orange juice.
I would love to get a blendtec. I have heard such great things about them!
My blender is old and not very powerful. I’d love a Blendtec.
I never win anything!
I would love a Blendtec. My mom just got one for Christmas and I’m really jealous! I don’t have any good smoothie recipes, because my blender is horrible. 🙂
I love smoothies, especially since I’ve been pregnant! They are a more exciting way to get good protein and nutrients. I have heard the Blendtec is amazing!!!
I would really like my first “grown-up” Le Creuset piece! Maybe a Dutch Oven to start with. It is soup season after all.
I so need a blender. Mine broke when my son was 4 weeks old. He is almost 3. I miss smoothies.
I want to make a successful green smoothie…I should follow someone else’s recipe instead of trying to make my own.
Oh my gosh…this giveaway is amazing! I really, *really* need a new blender and one that does all…well that’s even better!
A new blender would be nice because I do not even own one at this point. I’ve had such bad luck with them I finally gave up, and try to use my food processor for everything. Sad, I know.
I love making energy drinks…1 cup rice milk, a handful of frozen berries (organic), 1 scoop protein powder (Sun Warrior) from here I sometimes add spinach, carrots and whatever other veggie I have in my fridge.
I love green smoothies for breakfast! Add a handful or two of baby spinach to your favorite fruit smoothie.
WOW! I have wanted one of these for a very long time!! It would be fantastic to win 🙂 also, I love your site! I keep telling my sister she NEEDS to get on here and check out your recipes!
my favorite smoothie is a spinach smoothie. 1/2 cup orange juice, 1/4 cup plain/vanilla yogurt, 5 frozen strawberries, one frozen banana, and 2 large handfuls of spinach. It isn’t pretty, but it is pretty tasty (and good for you).
I would be so happy to just have a heavenly orange Julius but I would be thrilled to enjoy this blendtec that sounds like a dream machine! Hope I win!
Crossing my fingers!
Shalise
1 cup strawberries, handful of blueberries, 1 cup skim milk, handful of ice and 2 scoops of whey protein…it will keep you content until lunch! Oh how I would love to WIN!!!!
This is an amazing giveaway! I would love a blender that did not smell like burning motor everytime I use it. I love your site. The majority of my recipes are yours and you have never left me disappointed. Thanks for making meal planning a little easier.
I don’t have a particularly special smoothie recipe. But, one thing I always add to bump up the health benefits and to make a smoothie have more flavor depth is to add a handful of walnuts to my smoothies….yum!
It’s my three year anniversary next week . . . my husband + me + blendtec = LOVE!
My cute husband and I have a protein shake every morning. How great would that machine be?! Love your recipes, btw….
My fav recipe is chocolate protein powder, flax seed, spinach, carrot, blueberries, banana, ice, water…..yummy in my tummy
But I am using a cheapy blender and my wish would come true if I could have a blendtec, I have already burned up almost 2 blenders with my healthy green smoothie addiction
Oh, you had me at Orange Julius… only made better by eating it along with popcorn.
What I really really want . . . a fresh raspberry, vanilla ice cream milk shake with a drizzle of chocolate sauce. I know that’ s not as healthy as a smoothie, but it sounds so good right now (especially for a pregnant lady).
i would love a new blender!
Need. That. Blender.
Love a good blueberry-banana smoothie!
Thanks, Mel!
I would really like to be comment 3072. ..and of course I would love a blendtec. It’s okay if you don’t ship overseas, I’m sure my mom will keep it safe until our next visit to the states.
I would love to be able to make a great Orange Julius and the blendtec would make it so eay. Thanks
I made your pumpkin chocolate chip bread 2x over the holidays. Thanks for the recipe! I’d use a blendtec for green smoothies….I hear they can grind wheat too!
I’ve been lusting after a blendtec or Vitamix. One day…. My go to smoothy is frozen strawberries, banana, frozen blueberries, as much spinach as I can stuff into the blender, and some water to loosen everything up so it blends in my old KitchenAid blender. It comes out a sort of brown color. My four year old calls this her chocolate milk and she loves it. 🙂
Why do I need to win? Well because my husband cooked dinner the other night and we had a casualty. . . The blender! Dont ask! Ha!
No way! I have been wanting one FOREVER, but it just isn’t in the budget!
I have a green smoothie almost every single morning for breakfast. After I send my boys (9 &6) off to school, my 3 year old daughter and I have “smooovies” with straws. One of the best parts of my day.
My little tip is: Buy bunches of bananas at the store. We all know that bananas brown quickly! So, I peel them and cut them in chunks, and freeze them (1 banana per bag) in snack sized ziplocs. Then I use one frozen (chunked) banana per smoothie. It’s awesome–because the frozen banana gives a great texture and frothiness to the smoothie!
i would DIE if i won! tortilla soup here i come!!!
We have gone through no less than 4 blenders in the 8 years that my husband and I have been married. Each one has been more expensive than the last in hopes that it will last. When the last one went up in smoke, I vowed to never buy a dang blender until I could get a blendtec!!!!!
I’ve been dying for one of these blenders for over two years now. My mom has one but she lives in a different state so we rarely get to take advantage of it. Last time I was there, my 15 month old couldn’t get enough of smoothies with strawberries, oranges, and bananas blended with lots of carrots and spinach.
I want to tell you how much I love your blog! Thanks for all you do!
Yum, I make smoothies almost everyday, and a blendtec would make a nice addition. Please send one my way to help with the obsession. Thanks
I Would REALLY LOVE a blendtec. Pick me!!!! I would use it for everything.
I love to make green smoothies! A third spinach(or other greens), one third fruit and a third water. I have a vita-mix right now but the machine gets stuck because it doesn’t automatically pull down the food to blend.
Green smoothies are our favorite!! But can’t make them because my blender broke. I would love, love a blendtec!!!
I love me an oreo milkshake!
Mango Smoothie (not nearly as healthy as yours, but super yummy!): 1 fresh mango diced, 1/2 cup pineapple chunks with juice, juice of 1 lime, 1/2 cup cream of coconut (coco lopez), lots of ice!
I am thinking smoothies sound good. right now I like strawberries, peaches, blueberries, vanilla yogurt, and spinach in mine. it may change next week.
I just love you! And not because I get free stuff…because I never win anything! Seriously, you’re recipes have made me an awesome cook! Thanks!!
One I experimented with over Christmas was an eggnog banana smoothie. Almost equal parts eggnog and milk, about 2 cups each. (A little extra eggnog is good.) Throw in a two to three frozen bananas and a 1/4 tsp. nutmeg and blend.
I really want a blendtec blender to make Whey shakes after I workout. I also want to blend a rake, cell phones, ice, quarters, action figures, credit cards, and anything else that is not indestructible like on Will it Blend?!
I would love this to make Bellini’s. Summer is coming and nothing like a refreshing cocktail.
My current blender is a dependable, old creature that has earned the right to retire. I could really use a new one to carry me forward into the culinary future. Yup, it’s corny……..but true!
I made your awesome “Best Brownie” Recipe. My family polished them off in less than 2 days. I returned home from work expecting to find a brownie waiting for me and they were ALL GONE!!! Now, can you imagine combining those brownies with some ice cream in a Blendtec? Brownie bits ice cream! NUM.
I love making Sue’s Hot Fudge sauce from allrecipes.com, but alas, eventually melted my last blender (dumb plastic). Anything heartier than that poor thing would be divine!
I love to make smoothies and milkshakes. Love love love!
My favorite smoothy
1 mango
1 peach
1 handful Kale
Orange juice to taste
ice
green smoothies! my favorite is peaches with spinich.
I have wanted one of these for a while now – and so has my husband. Have you ever seen the youtube videos for these – search for “will it blend”. You can blend anything in these machines!
One of my favorite smoothie ingredients is anything that is about to be wasted! I hate wasting food, so I will try almost anything to save food!
My mom got one of these for Christmas and I loved it too. It is way too pricey for me to justify it on my own, but to win one would be AWESOME! And have you tried their spinach ice cream yet. I would love to have my kids love some of that healthy goodness!
My favorite smoothie ingredient is SHERBET (raspberry, peach, pineapple, lime and orange)! Love love to add it to fruit, juice, non-fat dried milk and ice. It makes the smoothies very creamy – a must try!
Here is a smoothie I make at least twice a week: 2 cups coconut water or coconut milk, 1/2 medium beet, 1 carrot, 3-5 dates, 2TB flax seeds or chia seeds, 1 banana, 1/4 – 1/2 cup nuts (I usually use walnuts), 1/2 cup plain yogurt, 1 tsp vanilla, 10-12 frozen strawberries. Enjoy!
That would be SO fun to have in my kitchen!
I borrowed a friend’s Blendtec for a few days. That was a mistake. After using that it was so sad to return to my old blender. No one likes green smoothies that you actually have to chew. I agree–that machine is amazing!!
About a month ago my magic bullet with blender finally died after years and years of use…… I have been lost ever since and are in desperate need of a new Blender MACHINE!!
My little boy loves smoothies and our blender just died yesterday. So this is would be wonderful!!
I have really been wanting to start making green smoothies.
This is what I wonder almost every time I read your blog: How is Mel not hundreds of pounds overweight from constantly making one delicious recipe after another? She must have some amazing self control!
Ooooo!!! BLENDTEC! I drool over these delightful little miracles on a regular basis! My mother-in-law just bought one for herself, and whenever I see it sitting, in all its glory, unused, on her kitchen counter, I cringe thinking of all of its untapped potential. 😉
I had, at one point, decided that owning a Blendtec blender (machine, rather) such as this was a NECESSITY, but unfortunately, my husband talked me out of it, haha.
I love experimenting with greeeen smoothies! I have too much of a sweet tooth to make smoothies that are all green, mind you, but if a couple of handfuls of spinach snuck secretively into a smoothie mean that my picky two-year-old gets a few extra nutrients than usual, yay!
Would love this to start the new year off with some cleansing juices !!!!!
My cousin has a blendtec and I’ve been watching her use it to make so many tastey things. I would love to have one of my own!
I would love this blender. We make smoothies all the time with just fruit and 100% juice. No sugar, no milk products. Super yum. My old blender is dying as my pregnant brain accidentally dropped the lid and some pork chop bones into it when I was trying to make your smothered pork chops (which were divine btw). I’ve got 3 kids under 4 and I’m due with #4 in March so the fact that I didn’t chop up my fingers was a sign of success. Yeah for me! Thanks for your website. It rocks my world.
My sad blender is a little bit slower, and emits more smoke every time I use it. It’s obvious time for a new one 🙂
My old blender just died yesterday!!!!!!! I would LOVE to try this one!
Hi Mel,
Wow!! Are you so impressed to have sooooo many comments for your giveaway?! That’s awesome. Let me just tell you, I’ve never actually left a comment before, but I lurk on your site daily, use your recipes weekly, and pass on your web address to friends all the time. Thanks for a wonderful cooking website, with so many “favorites” all stacked up in one place. I really appreciate your effort, and love your writing style. Thank you!
Now, for my plea…. WILL IT BLEND?!? I would soooo LOVE a Blendtec blender. In fact, it was my secret Christmas wish, two years in a row, but of course, it seemed too expensive to really EXPECT I would get one. But I have been Blendtec hungry for years now. I’m really into the Green Drink, and would LOVE to make my morning smoothies even BETTER, with a Blendtec, of course. Their commercials are hilarious!! Have you seen them? Well, anyway, my Green Drink recipe is pretty simple and can hardly be called a “recipe” but here it is…
Kam’s Green Drink
1 medium apple
2 clementines
1 frozen banana
5 frozen strawberries
1/2 c water
(If I’m feeling a need for some citrus zip, I add 1/4 lemon, peel and all, though I usually have to fish out the remaining pulpy mess from the bottom of my mediocre blender)
2 great big handfuls of spinach
Blend until smooth. Pour into a big “Maverick” mug. Drink all morning long. Share with children who cannot resist such yummy healthiness!
I throw whole wheat into the blender and then pulse it briefly. Put it into the crock pot on low overnight and you have cracked-wheat cereal. Two parts water to one part wheat.
A nice, creamy, thick, rich vanilla shake is sounding so good about right now. . .
I’d love a blendtec. I think I’d make a homemade jamba juice smoothly first.
What a great looking machine!
Sounds wonderful! I have never had a blender that lived up to my expectations – I think this one would! Thank you for the chance to win.
My daughter and I love smoothies but I almost never make them. This would maybe get me in gear! She will eat anything if she can do it with a straw!
Green smoothie. My 1 1/2 year old loves them. Who knew that I could make a drink with spinach, blueberries, yogurt, flaxseed, strawberries, banana and my little one would drink it right up? Blendtec would be way handy for this concoction! Thanks for your blog! I love to follow it.
Oh, oh, pick me, pick me! I use my blender every day for a protein shake. It is soooo delicious and I would love to have one of these bad boys to use. Thanks Mel! Love the site!
I have heard of the wonders of blendtec and would love to try it for myself. Maybe it will help me cook some of your great recipes that you share!
Blendtec’s are amazing! I want to smoothies, milk shakes, dressings, etc. etc.! I don’t own a blender so this would be fantastic!
I do not own a food processor or a mixer so everything i make is by hand.this also limits me in the kitchen… with one of these babies oh the possibilities
I would love a blender to help increase amount of fruits and veggies my kids eat 🙂
I really would love a blender recipe for something similar to McD’s frozen strawberry lemonade or a really tart lemon non-dairy smoothie (there was a place by my house that has since gone out of business that made a really refreshing one). I know it’s winter but I love them and you can’t buy them now.
My kids love smoothies. I bet this would crush ice better then putting it in a bag and banging it on the ground. I also LOVE your recipes!!! Thank you for all the hard work you put into this website.
So jealous of all those who have a blendtec while I’m chomping down on my crunchy smoothies…I want one!
My sister has one of these and I am SO jealous. I would love to join the ranks of Blendtec-ers!
I am pregnant and I want to eat smoothies everyday. I love smoothies with spinach and banana in them. My magic bullet just broke, so I could really use a new blender!
I love smoothies so I would LOVE this blender! I recently learned that you can add peanut or almond butter to a smoothie to thicken them and add a healthy fat to your diet! A peanut butter banana smoothie is a great treat!
Thanks!!
I want your orange julius recipe!
We love making smoothies at our house as a tasty late night treat! I love frozen raspberries and blueberries with same strawberry yogurt and orange juice. Yum!
I dream of the day I own my own blendtec!
I have been wanting one of these!! IT would be great to win!
O.M.G. I want this so so so bad!!!!!! I would love you Forever!!!
Actually the one thing I want most right now is a Blendtec blender. My husband and friend will verify that I just told them last night how much I wanted one. What a great surprise to pull up your site and see that you are giving one away! My blender is DYING. Last night one of my daughters found a huge spinach leaf in her smoothie that hadn’t been blended in well. So much for “hiding” veggies in her smoothie!
In addition to smoothies, I’ve been using my blender a lot this winter to puree soups like carrot, butternut squash and your tomato bisque recipe. Delicious!
I would love to have one!
I love to make drinks… Like an orange Julius. It would be so much easier with a blendtec! Thanks for this giveaway!
I would love one!!! I would love one that I won even better!!!
I just ate almost an entire loaf of your almond poppy seed bread. It’s an addiction.
My absolute fav smoothie is Raspberry Orange.
2/3 orange juice
3/4 Greek yogourt
10 oz. frozen raspberries
1 TBSP milled flax or flax oil {I use oil}
1 tsp. honey
Blend in the order given until smooth.
~Becki
A smoothie is the only way my boys will eat spinach
i’d never even heard of a blendtec until this post, and now i feel as if i cannot ever make a smoothie ever again until i obtain one of these. you’re a good saleswoman.
My blender is seven years old, has been well-loved, and is almost completely dead now, so please pick me! My favorite smoothie (i.e. the smoothie that makes me feel like a good mom because my kids will drink it) contains: a banana, a handful of frozen strawberries, lowfat vanilla yogurt (my kids are too skinny for nonfat!), a palm full of chia seeds (for protein and extra fiber), several handfuls of baby spinach, and then enough fresh orange juice to make it liquid enough to drink. The kids don’t seem to mind the spinach as long as I use enough OJ to cover up its flavor.
Did you know that a frozen banana and some frozen berries is like a berry ice cream. A frozen banana gives you a cream texture like ice cream but so much better for you. A nice blender would be awesome to make this happen
Oh Dang…. these are the amazing Costco blenders aren’t they. I’m pretty sure if I were to win this I’d blend EVERYTHING… maybe it would save some money with groceries. On the other hand, maybe not. 🙂
Oh my, this is the best giveaway ever! I’ve tried and loved lots of smoothies, but I’ve heard this machine is amazing in every way! With your recipes and the help of this blender, the possibilities are endless!
Oh my, is this giveaway totally up my alley! I need a new blender so badly… I have really been wanting to get into making more healthy smoothies (aka- sneaking in veggies without my kids knowledge). This looks amazing! If you pick me, I promise to make smoothies for people in need once a week!
My favorite smoothie tip is to just flash freeze extra fruit on a tray in my freezer then throw them in a freezer bag together. That way, when I just want to make 1 smoothie instead of a whole batch I can just grab out a few strawberries, blueberries and 1/2 a banana and not have to defrost an entire bag!
This would be an awesome blender to have!
How long I’ve wanted one of these! We love Smoothies. Fruit Smoothies, Green Smoothies, but this machine does so much more! How I would love one of these in my kitchen to make my life easier!
As long as my smoothie has a banana in it, i’m good to go! nutella and banana… mmmm
Ooooo…I want to use it to make smoothies with frozen bananas (which my current blender can’t handle).
Yum…we’ve been digging smoothies around here this week!
I NEED one of these blenders! Uh…I mean…machines!! 😉
I discovered your recipe for tomato bisque and made it for dinner last night.
Am I totally wicked for harboring delight that my picky daughter has no idea that she ate butternut squash?
I watched the {url=http://blendtec.com/roadshow}Blentec {/url} videos yesterday (pretty amazing) and I wonder how quickly it would make Tomato Bisque?
Blendtech is on a wishlist for “some day;” would love that some day to come! As for the fav smoothie? It frequently changes! It currently involves mangos, pineapple, strawberries, peaches, banana, some vanilla yogurt and a little bit of cranberry apple juice. I like the fruit to be frozen and only use enough yogurt/juice to keep the blender from jamming up (it’s def NOT a high tech blender). 🙂 Freezing the fruit first makes it even better.
I want, no NEED this!
I love seeing this blendtec blender!! My dad makes the best homemade bread ever using his blendtec mixer! He swears by it! 🙂 I need to get my hands on a blendtec! 🙂
I just want a blender. I have wanted one for awhile (Ive never had one!), but I’m cheap so I haven’t bought one for myself! lol Thanks for the giveaway!
I’m a college student without a blender and missing my parents’ Vita-Mix. This blender seems pretty amazing too!
Smoothie:
1 frozen banana
big handful of fresh spinach
milk (or vanilla soymilk)
ice cubes
+ a dash of cinnamon (I love cinnamon!)
Love this opportunity- thank you so much!!!
I have been thinking of whether I should get a blender or food processor next… sounds like this one can do both! 🙂 Thanks for the info!
I would love a Blendtec so I can venture into the land of green, good for you but taste good smoothies….
One more thought . . . I use greek yogurt as your base for a ton of extra protein with a little agave nectar to sweeten it.
I seriously use my blender most to mix marinades but after reading all the comments, I may just have to jump on the smoothie train!
My word! You are an extremely generous person! I would love a Blendtec. With all the smoothies you are creating you will certainly need something to balance against them. Next time you whip up some plain breadsticks try adding 1 Tbsp. malted milk powder to the dry ingredients to kick them up a level.
Thank you for sharing your talents with us and for all your yummy recipes.
I Love Love Love the Blendtec and dont even own one! My sister just sent me an awesome website all about Green Smoothies!
http://www.greensmoothiegirl.com/
Enjoy!
It made me smile to think you had almost 3000 comments before mine. I think that has very little to do with the blender and a whole lot to do with how great your recipes are.
I like to cook and puree all sorts of vegetables – like you would for baby food. I then use a muffin size scoop and freeze them on a piece of parchment paper and add them to my smoothies along with spinach and a bunch of fruit. The kids have no idea they are eating sweet potatoes and carrots along with all the other produce I have hidden in there. I just use my Bosch blender which works ok. Not great. (I’m sure you know.) But with the BlendTec you’ll be able to hide it even better. Happy Blending! And please keep sharing your good smoothie combinations.
I would love a blendtec…only have a small magic bullet 🙁
Oh the possibilities! It would be a great wedding gift to me 😉
A Blendtec? What a dream!! We make smoothies often at our house and one of our favorite combo’s is spinach, banana, berries, peanut butter, a little oatmeal, flax meal or wheat germ, and almond milk for the liquid. Thanks for doing this! You have amazing recipes.
pb and banana smoothies are my favorite!
I need a blendtec so I can make some pumpkin ice cream! 🙂 yum yum yummy
Hi! The first comment I read said that they bet this blender makes a great Chocolate/Peanut Butter Smoothie. and I’m here to tell her and you, that Blendtec makes an awesome one. It is so popular at my house, that I need another one to serve as a back up for this one…. can’t go without it for even one day!
My favorite is 1 frozen banana, 1 cup mixed berries, 1 cup almond milk, a handful of spinach and a few ice cubes. I love sneaking greens into my smoothies!
One of my friends makes this amazing “Chocolate Blast” in her Blend tec… chocolate ice cream, milk, chocolate syrup, and ice. They are heaven, especially when you are really craving chocolate!
This looks like a fabulous giveaway and you make it sound wonderful. I have not tried this smoothie yet but would really like to (1 scoop is appx 1/2 cup to 1 cup):
BANANA BERRY
12 oz. apple juice
2 scoops bananas
1 scoop blueberries
1 scoop frozen yogurt
1 scoop raspberry sherbet
1 scoop ice
My favorite thing to do is take frozen berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries are my fav) and put them in the blender. I put maybe 1/4 of the blender orange juice and blend up. It comes out the best. It’s like fruit ice cream. I love it!
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I love bananas!! So any smoothie with bananas in it is my favorite. We make smoothies A LOT at our house, but I am sure we have not experienced true smoothie-ness until we try a Blendtec blended smoothie.
I’ve really wanted a Blendtec for everything from green smoothies to milkshakes to baby food! Such an amazing machine!!
O my gosh, I have wanted a blendtec FOREVER!! But they are soo pricey. I would love to win your giveaway. It would be put to GREAT use, and never sit on the shelf and collect dust.
You said to tell you anything so here goes: Blendtec…I’d never heard of it until now. But it does sound amazing. I rarely use a blender because mine is a piece of junk. Actually it’s supposed to be a decent one and it wasn’t cheap, but it cannot turn ice into smoothie quality. Boo. By the way, my sister LOVES your site and is constantly referring me to try recipes here. So I have started the journey and so far I love your chicken pot pie crumble. I’ve made it twice and both times delish. I think it’s time to branch out and try some others 🙂
You’re really talking about a real. live. BLENDTEC?? Like the infamous ‘Will It Blend’ Blendtec Blender?? Oh my goodness. Since I got sucked into watching hours upon hours of the ‘Do Not Try This at Home’ Blendtec videos! My mouth drools every time this amazing machine makes it’s way into conversation. I can’t believe how powerful it is! And I’ve been on a protein and green smoothie kick since the arrival of my gorgeous little girl, and I realized my silly little Bullet is just not going to cut it when I start making my beautiful Scarlet’s baby food! If I had the Blendtec, however, it won’t only puree sweet potatoes seamlessly, and whip carrots without missing a beat, but it might even split it up into the little containers and jump into the freezer all on it’s own! Also, my favorite Neiman Marcus cookies would become a BREEZE to make with this beauty!! I promise if I’m lucky enough for this amazing product to make it’s way to my humble abode I’ll find a very safe and utilized spot for it on my counter and I’ll refrain from any iPhone or golf ball or soda can blending experiments. 🙂
how about arootbeerfloat?
I would die for one of these!! I have wanted one for so long, but it seems like every time I almost get one, something happens…a broken arm on my 12 yr old, my 16 yr old flipped the car, surprise…pregnant again! I definitely need a milkshake about now. Chocolate preferably!
It would be so amazing if I won the Blendtec.
Wow, Mel- a BLENTEC giveaway! Your recipes and presentations are unbelievable (you are featured at our house at least 3 times per week) and now that you are personally hosting a giveaway for the very machine I have been drooling over for the past 6 months (however, other bills take priority in a big way)…well, it just helps me adore you more! In a very non-stalkerish/never-going-to-meet-you, but feel-like-you’re-my-older-sister-who-helps-in-dinner-ideas sort of way 🙂
Thanks.
This would be perfect, because my green smoothie addiction is taking it’s toll on my current blender! i love spinach, strawberries, blueberries, orange and carrot juice, a banana, and protein powder all mixed together. I usually have at least one a day!
My blender is about 15 years old and doesn’t work that great. Would love a blendtec to make smoothies and milkshakes and soup and whatever else we can think of 🙂
We would love to make shake in a blendtec!
My favorite smoothie lately is Strawberry Banana Green Smoothies (with spinach) My daughter (2) loves them too! mmmm!
margarita ville! Summer’s around the corner..let’s make some cocktails with that! 😀
I would love a blendtec!! Thought my new Ninja blender was cool, but this way cooler. Stumbled onto your blog a couple of months ago and it has changed our suppers. I also have 4 boys, it is hard to think of new meals that they will like and that my husband and I find tasty. Seriously, I check your website, plan recipes, go grocery shopping and it has fixed my year long slump of , What To Cook!!
I know there are lots of great machines on the market, but I had no idea one that did all that you mentioned! Would be great to win one of these great machines!
Raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, citrus and plain yogurt…refreshing!
Sounds like a nice machine!! I had to look it up to really see all the neat things you could make with it. Smoothies and milkshakes would be yummy but homemade pesto sauce and even soups would be awesome!! Ive never had a real blender this would be nice to have to mix in heathly items for my one year old hes a very picky eater!!
Smoothies are one of my morning staples and everyday I wish I had a blender that I didn’t have to babysit for five minutes until my smoothie was actually, well…smooth. But since I love them so much I’ve put up with it. Here is my favorite smoothie blend.
1 cup mixed berries
1 Tbsp. ground flax seed
1 banana
1 small handful almonds
1 large spoonful of vanilla greek yogurt
1 large handful of spinach
1 Tbsp. frozen apple juice concentrate
Enough almond or rice milk to cover and for desired consistency.
It’s yummy.
i would make slush for my grandchildren. this is the first contest i have ever entered. this is so fun.
I would love to try out this new “machine”!
OMG, I want one soooooooooooooo bad! I’ve been wanting one for a while. I would use this sucker everyday, lol!
Oh, my! Those blenders look amazing–I would so love one, but they’ve got quite a price tag! I, too, love my Bosch, but I don’t particularly love the blender that goes with it…
Awesome giveaway! I think my kids would go bananas for your smoothies!
I would be so excited to win this! What a fabulous machine!!!
Love their shows at Costco would love to have one.
I figured out how to make my own version of a starbucks chocolate frappuccino. Heaven. I bet it would be even better in a Blendtec!
I would love my dream kitchen!
Oh, I’d love to win this! I keep eyeing them at The Costco demonstrations.
blentec? Yes, please.
I see these at Costco all the time and would love to actually own one!
I’ve dreamed of owning a blentec for a long, long time. It’s definitely a wonder machine!!! I’ll envy the lucky winner. Berry smoothies are the BEST!
Okay. Whether I win the Blentec or not, I would like the recipes for YOUR smoothies, how you manage to make whip cream in it and bread dough. In fact, if you could write a how to manual on how to use this, I would be very grateful and happy to buy my own machine of wonder.
I am still crossing my fingers for a chance to win! Thanks Mel!
The tornado in April took my blender AND food processor! Can you believe the nerve. I can think of at least 100 things to do with a Blendtec on the first day.
We need a BlendTec to help with our food obsession. Oreo shakes, bread crumbs, sorbet. The possibilities are endless. Bananas and milk are what I lived on.
I would love a blendtec to try all the yummy smoothie recipes out there.
If I’m being completely honest, the thing I really want is a maid service to clean my house. Then it will be done and I can focus on other things! 🙂 Since that is totally unrealistic for me, my favorite smoothie ingredients are strawberries, blueberries, and whatever yogurt I have on hand. I’m simple, what can I say?
I want the Orange Julius recipe!
I haven’t had a smoothie in a really long time because my blender broke:(
I want a blendtec.
Dying for a new blender over here! Currently just have a cheap smoothie maker. My kids fave: apple juice + whatever frozen fruit I have (usually bananas & strawberries) + a scoop of vanilla ice cream if they or lucky or milk!
I have been wanting to try a smoothie w/ some spinach in it, but I’m afraid my current blender would be a disaster w/ that. I’ve heard such great things about the Blendtec that I NEED one. 🙂
I worked at Jamba Juice when I was a teenager and got hooked on smoothies. My favorite smoothie combo is strawberries, bananas and yogurt. Simple and perfect!
This weekend is a hot pot party 😀 I’m so excited!
My son and I love to go get smoothies together as a bonding time. They are a little pricey so I would love to be able to make them at home. I have tried and my little no name generic blender just doesn’t cut it.
I love smoothies! But they never turn out just right. I would love to have a Blendtec that could show me the right way to make a smoothie, smooth! 🙂
Wow! I real blender that actually blends!? I can only imagin it in my dreams. Never had or tried one of those. I want to become a bendtec freak too. I really like a lot of your recipes. I’m trying the peanutbutter chocolate chip ones today! I’m sure I’ll love them because, well, it’s peanutbutter and chocolate and I’m 8 1/2 months pregnant! 🙂
In August my husband had a brain stem stroke during a 6 bypass heart surgery, and has lost his ability to swallow solid food. Reading your recipe blog daily, this blend-tec machine sounds like an ideal solution to make him some foods that he could use for a supplement to his feeding tube, such as the healthy green smoothy, or others. Thanks for consideration. We would love to win this!
Been drooling over one of these for ages. I would LOVE one of these! Pick me! 🙂
wow… I don’t know what to tell you… lol… except I really REALLY want this!!! I saw a recipe for this facial scrub and the woman had used a blendtec blender to make it…. I really want this lol…
I haven’t made many smoothies but I am a juicer, so would love to get a hold of a good blender to crush ice. I also love different nut milks and would be able to make them myself with the Blendtec. Too much yummy to contain. 🙂
I woul love a new blender to make homemade baby food!
One thing I really want: me to win this giveaway so I don’t have to buy my wife one of these blenders. I have never been on your site (my wife told me to enter the giveaway), but you are well known in our home. Thanks for all of the recipes that feed us almost daily. My personal favorite is the Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole, but the Shrimp Curry she made last night was great too.
We love smoothies. Lately, I’ve been making a basic smoothie with frozen strawberries, fresh raspberries, fresh blueberries, a tsp suger and some milk. Yum!
My name is Ivona and I have a Blendtec Problem!!! 26 years ago my husband gave me the best gift ever a Kitchen Champ (we have been married 28). Loved, loved, loved, that Machine and it was a machine because it did everything from kneading, grinding, cutting,shredding, chopping, mixing, whipping, and blending. And yes if the house was on fire it was on the list of things to grab. I have totally wore that machine out and the computer died. I kept thinking I would find a repair shop but before I could my children last year for Christmas surprised me with ***shh I’m whispering now** a Bosch. Not to seem ungrateful I have been trying to love this appliance. I’m struggling its just not the same and I feel limited but something is better than nothing right? **back to normal voice** Then I went to Costco and there was the Blendtec. I ignored the demo the first couple of trips but my husband and daughter stopped to watch and they feel in love and insisted that I come watch. I agreed we needed a Blendtec how nice have the square jar back and all the things that it does. So quickly I added Blendtec Total Blender to my list for Santa but I guess I wasn’t as good of girl this past year. Don’t get me wrong Santa did come and Christmas was good I just didn’t get the Blendtec Total Blender that was on my list so now I’m depending on LUCK and entering your contest. Please solve my problem Mel. Can’t wait for MONDAY!!
Here is my favorite Smoothie combo I got from Taste of Home and modified my way. I use there website all the time for all kinds of recipes and they have all turned out yummy. http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Peach-Smoothies/
Peach Smoothie
2 cups milk (we milk a cow and the cream on top makes this recipe that much better but not for my hips **wink**)
2 cups frozen unsweetened sliced peaches
(I slice and freeze my own when peaches are in season that way they are naturally sweet)
1 or 2 whole oranges peeled or 1/4 cup orange juice concentrate (I just use a whole orange because I never have Juice concentrate around)
2 tablespoons sugar (most of the time I don’t use sugar)
5 ice cubes
Directions
In a blender, combine all ingredients; cover and process until
smooth.
I would love this! My blender is broken and this one looks amazing!
I would LOVE this blender!!!
Sorry, I can’t share a smoothie recipe cause I don’t have a blender. This Blendtec looks so awesome!! I have to admit I’d never heard of Blendtec until your post and now I have to have one!
This is EXCITING! I would love to have this and try all kinds of new things! My 12 yr old loves smoothies, and I would love to have a new tool for my homemade soups!
Sadly, I don’t have any smoothie recipes, but the one you talk about at the end of this post sounds really good! I’ll have to try it.
I am going to start my Yoga Teacher Training on Saturday’s and Sundays so I need to make QUICK breakfasts 😀
Our family loves smoothies and they often make it on our dinner menu with some home made muffins 🙂 We would love this blender!!!!
Mel, I’ve been following your blog for a year or so now, and it’s my go-to recipe source. Everything I make pretty much comes from your blog. Last summer my signature dishes were your grilled lemon chicken and your tri-color pasta salad. I made them almost weekly for get-togethers, and the recipes were always requested. So…thanks! The Blendtec blender sounds splendid; please register me.
Love your website! Can’t wait to try some smoothie recipes!
I make a smoothie for my teenage daughter every single morning… and sometimes one in the evening. Every.Single.Day. I could really use this and would love to have a blender that can handle this kind of usage! Her favorite smoothie is OJ, plain yogurt, strawberries, peaches, raspberries, blueberries, and a carrot. Thanks!
Oh My… this is THE appliance that I need so badly. I have been making green smoothies and I have to use my food processor THEN transfer to my blender that just. doesn’t. blend. I found a whole strawberry in my glass yesterday. This would be awesome!
An orange julius sounds really good now!
Oh! i need this!! I really do. My daughter is obsessed with making smoothies and she’s burned out my last 2 blenders trying to get it to crush ice. I bet this baby will be just what we need. And to be able to put it to all of those uses you described would be heaven.
Oooh, it’s been my dream to own a Blendtec since I first found the Will It Blend? website years ago and entertained my kids with it!
I make my daughter green smoothies every morning. We use Kale or Spinach, whatever fruit I have on hand, almond milk and ice. This would be perfect!
coconut milk + raw cacao powder + banannas & strawberries + grade b maple syrup + nuts, flax, coconut = how i would use my blendtec
As a new mom, I turn to your website for easy, healthy,quality meals for my family on a daily basis! This blender would be just what I needed to create healthy soups and goodies for my little sous chef, my son!
I would love, Love, LOVE this!
I’ve been wanting to hop on the green smoothie train (as long as that spinach is accompanied by some Greek yogurt and delicious fruits like mangos or blueberries). My husband, however, is all about the protein shakes after a workout!
Salad dressings would be AWESOME mixed with this!!
My blender is an antique…I have been using a hand blender stick with some success. I would go crazy with a real working blender….. I can see the soothies already……… Not to mention an occational blender of margaritas…….
Smoothie
For a 24oz size
12oz of lemonade
2 scoops of strawberries
1 scoop of peaches
2 scoops of Lime sherbet
1 scoop of crushed ice
I would love to win it so I could make smoothies for my 6 year old daughter to help her with her lip closure and sucking. Who knew all the things that are needed to be able to form words?
I want a new AV receiver!
Oh my goodness. I never win anything, but I am crossing my fingers (and my toes) that THIS will be the moment I do. My blender can’t handle much and I’m trying to get my ultra picky kids into smoothies since that is a great way to get some fruits and veggies in their bodies. And a Blendtec would certainly make a creamy delight that even my texture sensitive son would enjoy. Here’s a great smoothie recipe:
about 1 cup of milk
1 cup fresh spinach
1/2 cup frozen cherries
1/2 frozen mixed fruit (strawberries, pineapple…)
1 small container of Greek yogurt for extra protein
So yummy!
I want one sooooo bad. We love smoothies at our house.
I love to make green smoothies but don’t have a great blender to make them in. I like to add just about any thing! My kids love them too!
My mom and sister have a Blendtec….SOOOO jealous!!! I would love to have one!
Anything tropical rocks my world!
We do not have a blender
We need a blender
THE END
If I say please will it help??
A new do-it-all blender would be awesome! I love to make smoothies and never use a recipe I just use what fruit I have on hand, then dump in a little yogurt and OJ and it turns out yummy!
Trying to get my kids to eat their veggies is always a challenge. My friend introduced me to the Green Drink. 1 blender container loosely filled with spinach, 1 ripe banana (always have plenty of these), and 1/2 can of frozen orange pineapple juice concentrate, water, and ice. I always throw in some strawberries or raspberries to change the color. Kids love it and I feel like I may be doing something right.
I hate having to skip over delicious looking recipes because I don’t own a blender! I want to make my own sauces, dressings, shakes, smoothies, margaritas (woohoo!) I want to do it all!
I was introduced to Blendtec 3 years ago by my parents. My Dad walked me through the sales pitch and basically sold me on this amazing machine. What blender out there can easily pulverize a rake handle or shoe?!!! I was most impressed by the ablility this machine has to grind different grains because I am on a special gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, sugar-free diet…(I know, don’t cry for me – it really is o.k.) you can grind up the grains you need, easily clean the machine, and voila! NO cross-contamination! I am in love with the Blendtec!
Oh, how I would LOVE one of these! I love to make smoothies with milk, flax seed or oil, protein powder, Emergen-C, strawberries, bananas, and berries!
I would LOVE this. I love to make all things blended and my blender is on its last leg for sure! Thanks!
I would love to win a blendtec! my sister has one and she loves it! we love a spinach, fruit smoothie.
You have absolutely no idea how bad I have wanted one of these. What an awesome giveaway! I want to make frozen hot chocolate.
My blender crashed and burned a few months ago. I would love to replace it with a Blendtec!
I want a Blendtec so bad! Our blenders/ smoothie makers keep breaking, last one being the one I got for Christmas that we only used three times. We also need a food processor. Our current go to smoothie is frozen berries, frozen pineapple, a banana, vanana yogurt from Trader Joe’s, and either Pear Cinnamon Cider from Trader Joes or orange juice. Sometimes we add spinach.
Fruit shakes (aka smoothies) are a regular part of life in my house. I use juice or milk (although sometimes both), yogurt (either vanilla or fruit), a banana, and any combination of unsweetened frozen fruit. I’m a big fan of vanilla, so I usually add an extra dash. Another addition is a spoonful of flax seed meal or wheat germ. Glorious.
I would LOVE a Blendtec!!! My husband and I have had the same blender since we got married and it is awful. We LOVE smoothies, but our blender sounds like the motor is burning up every time we make one, so we don’t make them that often. My parents have a Blendtec and it is AWESOME…I would love one!
Thanks for the giveaway!!!
I’d LOVE to have a Blendtec … such a wonderful thing to have in your kitchen! I’d make almost everything in it, including favorite smoothies!
I need a blender to purée baby food. I’m so sick
Of buying gerber and it’s ao expensive.
Pick me, pick me, pick me.
My wife would love one of these….
Oooops… Sorry didn’t finish before I touched the silly button… So chocolate or p.b or both and blend till smooth! Just like I’ve cream! We learned also that the firmer the bananas the less banana flavor… Sooooo yummy!
The thing I love about the blendtec is that you can make yummy icecream with tons of veggies, a little bit of fruit, milk, and ice! It is the perfect addition to someones desire to eat healthier and feed their family really healthy meals. the blend tec also makes soup, flour and so much more! Its amazing! Thank you for all the amazing recipes!!!! The chocolate chip cheeseball was my go-to recipe for holiday parties. EVERYONE asked for the recipe! And we made the oatmeal pancake mix and homemade syrup for neighbor gifts this year. Thank you for making my life easier!
I was introduced to your site about a year ago and now it’s my favorite “go-to” site for recipes! Thank you sooooo much! Our family ( of 6) makes green smoothies in our little oster blender everyday, sometimes twice since its a tad on the small side for our family. I’ve been coveting a blendtec for the past two years…. I have a teensy weeny obsession over it ;). Our favorite smoothie recipe is 1& 1/2 cup of water, about 4-6 big handfuls of spinach or collards or kale, 2 bananas, and the frozen fruit… We get the mixed one from Walmart. We also have a ninja ( not great for green smoothies… Leaves chunks of the greens…) that we use for raw banana I’ve cream! Take 2 frozen bananas per person and a little but of almond vanilla milk, a splash of vanilla and a bit of peanut butter or chocolate ovaltine
oh.my.goodness. I have drooled over a blendtec blender for SO LONG. what an amazing giveaway!! we LOVE smoothies in our house…and I could use it for a multitude of other things….
I visit your site often and need to make a birthday cake today. What luck! I found your contest. A Blend-Tech would be life changing for me. I really think it would. Thank you also for being the source of my favorite cake recipe.
Interesting…I haven’t found a quality blender. I wasted my money on that worthless Bullitt.
Blendtec is the way to go! I would love to have one so I can make all kinds of deliciousness from frozen lime aid (crushed ice, sugar and lime juice) to green smoothies (spinach, banana, frozen strawberries and water – more fruit if I have it on hand…with a blendtec, you can really use any fruit and it will be amazing!) Good luck reading all of these comments!!! Way to go Mel!
Orange Julius with strawberries..mmm my mouth is watering!
I’d love a Blendtec blender!
I wish I had time to read through your 2000-some comments … looks like lots of good ideas! I love smoothies too … and would love to win a Blendtec — a friend of mine always raves about hers too 🙂
To tell you anything I want……. My three year old daughter came to me this morning and told me she wanted to throw her binkie in the garbage (the binkie is her most prized possession, but it drives me crazy). She did, and I am SO happy!
Smoothie recipes… We use orange or apple juice, with a banana and berries. If we have mangoes or peaches around, we throw those in too. Delicious.
we make smoothies a couple mornings a week. I usually have several bags of frozen fresh cranberries-toss some of those in, a banana, oj, a scoop full of vanilla yogurt strawberries, pineapple, blueberries, you name it any fruit goes in. I also like to throw some spinach leaves in there-one, it doesn’t affect the taste or color, two, it is a way to get a part of a serving a veggies especially for my kiddos. I also occasionally add some wheat germ too.
For more fun we put slices of fruit like banana and strawberry on the straw for more tropical atmosphere:)
I want one of these.
This is not a want, I NEED this machine, I really really do:)
I live out in the middle of no where, hundreds of miles from Jamba juice. Oh how I crave a smoothie. And I’d love to be able to make an orange dream machine for my little ones.
Yes please!!!
I really really want one. I don’t own a blender or food processor, so this would be perfect!
I am more of a milkshake person… caramel with toffee bits! YUM! A blendtec could help with me with my problem I am sure!
I LOVE my chocolate strawberry smoothie. I use frozen strawberries, sometimes a frozen banana, some milk and some chocolate protein powder. SOOOOO GOOD and a fabulous way to start the day with a little bit of chocolate in a more healthy way 😀 I would so love to win a Blendtech as then I can make everyone a smoothie at once, rather than 1 at a time in my magic bullet
We love our smoothies, but I still use the old Back to Basics one from about 6 years ago. Drooled over the blendtec several times at Costco. We use all kinds of leftover fruit in ours but I secretly add things like pureed sweet potatoes, carrots, etc and my kids never know and drink them up. Yay for smoothies!
Very cool. And I want one!
This blender looks awesome…not sure what to tell you, except I found your site last summer and have read it front to back, and made at least a couple dozen of the recipes (with my own twists.) I live in Madison with my wife and two girls (2 and 3-1/2) and they love eating good food. We are all always so busy, but I think it is important to have good home-cooked meals as frequently as possible, so even though we work about 150 hours a week between the two of us (no kidding), I try to find time to make something fresh for the family at least 4-5 times a week – and leftovers carry us through.) The Brazilian feijoada was a huge hit (with the kids, but they wanted it spicy so I obliged.) The girls love smoothies, milkshakes, and soup and that blender likes like just the thing…Thanks for the inspiration, recipes, and tips – I (and the family) appreciate them.
A blender giveaway, are you kidding me??? Our blender is so weak that we have to buy our smoothies. And since chocolate peanut butter shakes are our absolute fav, they would be a breeze with a Blendtec!!!
What a wonderful give away…thank you. Would absolutely love to have a Blendtec! glad you are enjoying yours.
I would love to have this kind of blender. My kids love to make milkshakes.
Best smoothie ever:
8 oz. vanilla yogurt
8 ounces pina colada juice
8 ounces frozen pineapple
I make this all the time, varying on the kind of juice and frozen berries. The frozen fruit is the key. Keeps your smoothie from tasting “watered” down. Mmm, smoothie….
Oh my, this is a lot of comments. Obviously a lot of people want this thing!!
I would love to make any smoothie or shake in that piece of beauty!
Smoothies = YUM!
I have a cheapy blender and would LOVE this!
I never even thought of doing Whipped cream or bread crumbs in a blender, sweet! One of my favorite blends is a spinach power shake, you can take a handful of fresh or frozen spinach and add a variety of things to it, Pineapple juice or Orange juice or both, with either silken tofu or plain yogurt with a tsp of vanilla and a banana.
I don’t have a favorite smoothie recipe because we haven’t had a blender for a few years. I’d love to remedy that by winning this giveaway!
I love a good Strawberry Banana smoothie.
I would love one of these to be able to pulverize my beets and carrots into my smoothies!
I’ve been living with my parents, and my mom has a way nice blender. I’m moving out on Monday, and besides my parents, I think I’m going to miss the blender the most! I want to win!!!
I need one if these. My 2 year old has eaten hot dogs for a few months. As in that is all he will eat! I’ve been thinking whipping up some smoothies may help get him some much needed fruits and veggies! Great giveaway!
This looks amazing! I would definitely make some peach smoothies with almond extract and avocado smoothies (avocado, banana, sugar, milk)!
Just found your website… I have already tried your coconut oatmeal chewy cookies. Fantastic!
Looks like a great blender and I love smoothies! Have a wonderful day!
Wow, that’s a generous prize! I put a Blendtec on my Christmas wish list. It’s probably a good thing I didn’t get it, because I totally would have peed my pants, which is not very impressive in front of the in-laws. Thanks again for your blog. I get lots of “yum”s from my family when I use your recipes. I think I’ve cooked three of your recipes just this week.
I would love a Blendtec! Smoothies would be my number 1 request. The Hubs and I are trying to eat healther this year!
Since our Waring blender just died we need a new blender and this one looks fabulous! Who doesn’t love smoothies? I had a Jamba juice last summer smoothie while I was visiting my husband in Hawaii while he was doing his active training for the navy reserves. I dream about that smoothie and wish I could recreate it at home.
Just want you to know how much I love you site! I found it while I was on bed rest this past spring.One of the ways that I kept myself sane and busy was by compiling recipes for a cook book. Your recipes are among our family favorites!
I love to make smoothies….but a regular blender doesn’t do the trick. I would love to see what the blendtec can do!!
So much fun! Can’t wait to get mine.
I really need the blendtec, our old blender went bad 4 months ago, this thing looks awesome.
I had no idea you could whip cream in a Blendtec. I would love to try that! And who doesn’t love a classic orange julius? It has been ages since I made one for my little boys. I really need to do that!
A) I’m your biggest fan
B) I make spinach smoothies every single day
C) I want a blender that doesn’t freak out when I want to blend frozen bananas.
I would love to puree soup in the blender-perfect for a cold night!
a peanut butter & chocolate milkshake would be wonderful!
My 5 kids LOVE green smoothies! My current blender just doesn’t have the capacity to feed all of us at once! One of our favorites (barely fits in our 6 c. blender): 1 1/2 c. water, two handfuls of fresh kale, two handfuls of fresh spinach, a tablespoon healthy oil (olive, flaxseed, or melted coconut), … mix well for 1-2 minutes. Add 2 frozen bananas (in 2-inch chunks), 1/4 of a lemon (rind and all), and as much frozen berries as we can fit (till the smoothie reaches the top of the blender – the 6 c. mark). Other fruit (preferably frozen) is great too … pears, peaches, mango, etc. Sometimes I keep it dairy-free and it’s delicious (the oil adds a touch of creaminess), but sometimes I throw in some vanilla Chobani greek yogurt for an extra creamy taste and added protein. We need a Blendtec!!!
I am not seasoned in the smoothie department, only because my blender is not up to par. I have to shake it to get it to mix anything!
Any blender that can crush ice well would be a friend of mine!
This is so on my wish list! The problem is that I have 2 other blenders that are in fine working order, despite the fact that they are L.A.M.E.
I love your blog! Have gotten so many great recipes from it!
this would make a yummy choc malt shake!
Wow! A blendtec blender – love it!!! My favorite smoothie recipe starts with 2 frozen bananas, a handful of ice, a scoop of peanut butter, a squirt of chocolate syrup and enough water or milk to make it go. MMMMMMMMM!! It is delicious! Not as healthy as the fruity ones but a definite treat – you can add some spinach to it for a little nutrition!:)
I haven’t finished putting away the toys my boy got for Christmas. And I need a blender 🙂
I’m a smoothie newbie–would love to try this out!
I saw a demo for one of these at Sam’s Club and it was AMAZING! I would love to have one for so many different things. Can you really do whipped cream?
WOWZA!!!! I always drool at the Blendtec at the store. I have burned up 3-4 blenders in the last 10 years. If I had it I could not only make smoothies, my daughter protein shakes, but also soup and sauces. It would definitely be a hallelujah moment.
Jenn
NOT ASKING FOR ONE for myself…….but wishing one would land in the lap of my sweet daughter who introduced me to your website and tries so hard to control her MS disease with a good diet. SHE so needs this blender to concoct healthy magic for herself and family of three children and hubby. Thanks for making her life easier!
I want one! My current blender leaks! I love a good milk, peanut butter, chocolate protein powder, banana, spinach smoothie – yum!
Haven’t used a blender in years…this one sounds like a winner!
Been wanting one of these blenders! I think they would be great for making homemade baby food for my LO on the way! 🙂
I need a Blendtec (which I had not heard of until now) because it seems like the perfect machine for my small Brooklyn, NY kitchen. I am in the process of minimizing and it would be great to shed my magic bullet, mini-food processor and regular blender in favor of this amazing sounding all-in-one! When you live in a small urban environment; its key to have as many multi-purpose things around!
Pretty sure I need this machine. Thanks!
I would love to try some smoothie recipes with this blender.
Simply Raspberry Lemonade, frozen strawberries, a bit of stevia and you’ve got a super yummy frozen lemonade–healthy enough that I feel justified in having it for breakfast for a couple of weeks straight.
Mel, I dream about owning one of these. Oh, the soups I could make! (Of course, I would never use it to make whipped cream just to eat by the spoonful when no one was watching!)
I just use vanilla yogurt, milk, fruit and ice (or frozen fruit). I would love one of these! My much loved immersion blender just died and I could do so much with this!
OMG, how I would love a Blendtec. I would make all kins of things with it especially smoothies. My current blender just really doesn’t do it that well.
I would love one of these, as we are having a baby and I can’t wait to make homemade baby food!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds amazing, I could really use another food addiction to add to my life!
tell you anything, eh? well, right now, my downstairs neighbor (let’s call her hell-olise) is having venetian blinds installed on all her windows. we’re talking 5 hours straight after i got home from work yesterday and already 2 hours straight this morning, on my one day off. grr. 🙂
Pick me!! A cookies n’ cream milkshake would really hit the spot!
We are crazy about smoothies over here. When I was pregnant I had to take some really nasty protein powder every morning because I wasn’t getting enough during the day. I started freezing peeled bananas to use in smoothies to make it more palatable. Without the protein powder they are MUCH better, but even with it they ended up pretty good. 2 frozen bananas, 1/2 – 1 cup of milk (I like it really thick), huge dollop of peanut butter, and 1-2 tablespoons chocolate syrup. Rather healthy (except for the chocolate syrup, I suppose) and really tasty too. On really hot days my kids like to occasionally have these instead of a regular lunch or dinner.
My blender died over a year ago and I haven’t been able to get a new one. I would love to win this! I can hear it humming in my kitchen already. We mostly do fruit and yogurt in our smoothies. My family and I LOVE your recipes. Thank you for sharing.
I have a granddaughter and I’d love to make good things for her. This would be a great appliance to start teaching her about cooking, with adult supervision, of course!
I broke my blender about a month ago and have been really missing it. I can’t get myself to spend the money on a new one. I would cherish this blender!!!
It’s chilly here in Florida. I would love to make some soup in a Blendtec! I’ve been wishing for one for years – maybe this is my year!
What a great giveaway. Everyone should have one. It could replace a few of things that take up space in the kitchen.
I really want that Blendtec!!!
I would love to have this blender! I need to make smoothies. I’m sure my 2 1/2 yr old would love them AND I could pass them off as milkshakes! The mango, honey, strawberry mixture you speak of sounds really good.
Maybe too deep…. What I want is to find joy and peace again.
I love reading your blog! I would also love to win a Blend-tec!
Oooh! I really need a new blender. Mine’s on the way out!!!
Love smoothies – One of our favorite is yogurt, apple or orange juice (we don’t even mix it, just and a little concentrate), banana, any berry, ice, and a little honey. Yummy.
Smoothies are fabulous! Recently I’ve been loving a cup of frozen mixed berries, a cup of chobani Greek yogurt (hello, fruit on the bottom goodness!), a splash of juice, sprinkle of fresh ground flax seed, and some kale if I’m feeling green. :o)
I have been in the market for something to replace my food processor that decided to quit the week of Christmas. I am like you I have gotten rid of all box mixes and processed, premade stuff from my kitchen. I just recently found your website and have enjoyed everything so far. My family really enjoys your recipes too. My 2 year old and I look at your site everyday she gets so excited and ask. ” MOMMY WHAT YOU MAKE ME TODAY”. I appreciate all the time and effort you put into your recipes. Thank you!
Sounds like a great tool to have and use. You have me thoroughly convinced. I would love it.
I have two teenagers…they love smoothies…nuff said!
yummm!! I have been wanting one for a long time! I want to use it for baby food!
Blend blend blend! Oooh looks like great fun!
I’ve been drooling over the Blendtec for 6 months! My favorite GREEN smoothie is:
2 apples
1 large carrot
1 banana
Water or ice
A large bunch of parsley
Table spoon of spirulina
Palm sugar to taste.
YUM!
Yummy smoothies! Ironically we were just talking about the qualities of a great Blendtec at work. I can only dream of owning one. We love to make smoothies with frozen berries, yogurt and honey. But my cheap blenders motor is burning out. Hope I can join you in saying this is the best blender ever. 🙂
Peanut butter, bananas, kefir = YUM!
I’m pregnant with twins and would LOVE to have one for my protein shakes and smoothies that will soon be a staple in my everyday meal planning. My blender broke right when I needed it most!
I have not yet made a smoothie. Perhaps it is time?
I would love to have a good blender that can get the job done. My favorite smoothie combo right now is Greek yogurt, spoon of honey handful of frozen pineapple and frozen strawberries.
My secret ingredient for my smoothies is the juice from tropical fruit cocktail. We love mango or other kinds of fruit lassies so another favorite ingredient is yogurt. Then I just add whatever fruit is around. It’s always a success. Never heard of a Blendtec. Sounds amazing. I would love to reduce the number of appliances I have. I’ll have to check it out at Costco the next time I’m there!
Pineapple, mango, lime juice, yogurt, honey and some OJ. I like to freeze all the items so that I don’t have to have ice and the flavors don’t get diluted
I’d love to make yummy soup and milkshakes with a Blentech!
I want a baby grand piano!!
I so enjoy your website and am certain that I would enjoy a Blendtec almost as much!
We love smoothies around our house. And we recently discovered a new love of mangoes. Gonna have to try your delicious-sounding smoothie real, real soon!
I love adding frozen blueberries or bananas to any smoothie! Would love a blendtec to make them in rather than the ol’ Kitchen Aid I’ve had the last 5 years.
I have been eyeing this machine since the first time I ever saw it.Unfortunately, funds have been a bit tight and it has prevented me from getting this amazing machine. After the demo at Costo we could not stop drinking our way through the line up. The demo guy kept on making different treats. Almond milk, Rice flour, smoothie, sorbet and tortilla soup! We were the only ones hanging around. 🙂
On a side note, my daughter (almost 3) and I have not been eating our vegetables and fruits like we should. She just now started getting finicky and I have been too concerned with work then making healthy food for us lately. It is such an incredible way to eat beyond our healthiest dreams and I am so excited about this opportunity. Thank you Mel!
BTW, great smoothie recipe: Pineapple, mango and coconut milk. Change it up in the evening with a little Rum and you have yourself a Tropical Pina Colada. Paradise! I can only imagine what it would taste like in a Blendtec. Hint Hint 🙂
smoothies are my new favorite obsession!!! I can’t start my morning without it! throw in a handful of spinach with some frozen fruits and you have an amazing breakfast!!
Holy beans…nearly 3000 entries. Ok, tomorrow a.m.’s smoothie….a mix of frozen berries, rice milk, clementine juice and hemp protein.
I love making green smoothies. My favorite though is grinding wheat and making my own powdered sugar from regular white sugar. Blendtec is AMAZING!!
I would love a Blendtec! I have really gotten into “green” smoothies, and my Bosch blender (although powerful) leaks at the bottom almost every time i use it! So I would love a Blendtec!
Honestly, I make imitation Cafe Rio dressing at least twice a month in my blender. It is definitely the thing I like to make the most, and my husband enjoys it too, so it works. My husband actually laughed when he found out that I come from a “real whipped cream” family. I refuse to use anything but, unless the recipe specifically calls for it. 🙂 So, having a Blendtec that does all the work (we are newlyweds, so honestly all I have right now is the basics, and my mixer is a handmixer.) would be AMAZING! Kind of like this blog, that has truly saved my “cooking” life. 🙂
I would LOVE a Blendtec! My favorite smoothie is every smoothie. 🙂
I love Oreo Cookie Milkshakes. We have a magic bullet right now and there are definite limitations. A Blendtec would fit nicely in our house.
I would be over the moon for a blend tec.
We like strawberries, frozen banana, vanilla yogurt and milk. And sometimes spinach.
I really want one of these because then I can use it for my future home. 🙂 And I can make yummmy italian dough for yummmmy bread. Thanks.
I bottle apricots and so my favorite smoothie is a pint of apricots, a banana, orange drink mix (a couple tablespoons) a little vanilla and ice. Yum!
I love strawberry and banana smoothies. Having this fun toy would make those a breeze.
I would love to win the Blendtec!
I like the smoothies where you add spinach to berries, yogurt, and fruit juice. When I was little my mom used to just blend a whole bunch of fruit together for our “smoothies.”
That blender sounds amazing!
We are also addicted to smoothies. My favorite, a bag of frozen fruit from costco either the mixed berries one or the one that has strawberries and mangoes and stuff like that. Pour in some of that, then a heaping spoonful of ground flax seed and add vanilla soy milk to cover the fruit. Add more depending on your thickness preference. The soy milk is the key. Adds enough sweetness and is still healthy and makes it really creamy. Cow’s milk just doesn’t quite make it the same. Enjoy!!
I make my smoothies with lots of frozen fruit, a glob of low-fat yogurt, a Tbls of orange juice concentrate, and enough water to make it mixable. I freeze fresh fruit when it is in season. Sometimes I have picked it myself, as in the case of apricots, peaches, cantaloupe and raspberries. So I don’t have to add ice to slush up the smoothie; The frozen fruit does it quite nicely.
Pineapple juice, cranberries, vanilla, whey protein, flax seeds and raspberries. I crave it.
Smoothies and salsa and so much more. Pick me!
What a fantastic giveaway! I would love to own a Blendtec.
My sister in law just introduced me to the blendtec this last weekend. My husband and I have the hobby of pursuing the world’s greatest ice cream shake. We judge them on distribution, consistency, flavor, and mouth- feel. I would love to use the blendtec for my own ice cream shakes, and on a healthier note, soups!
I don’t even own ah blender, and I’m in the market for one, but I’m kinda broke. Hmm. winning one sure would be great!!
I used to work at a smoothie shop and I would love the chance to recreate some yummy smoothies!
Oh lord, I’d love a Blendtec. My mom has one and makes soup and ice cream in it. Ridiculous.
With my third child deciding to be a vegetarian and me incorporating more veggies this would be such a blessing to the family.
I have found that I have a kitchen gadget addiction. It truly is a problem. And all these lovely giveaways just feed the frenzy 🙂
My favorite recipe so far is making Silky Smooth Winter Squash Soup. Like velvet. Really. I would love one of these!
I love your site and would love the blendtec! Would blend my green chile sauce in it! Thank you
In the new year I’ve been inspired to try “Monster Smoothies” too. I made an orange/banana/spinach with a splash of vanilla this morning while my kids ate pancakes. They were begging me for a sip. Guess what’s on the menu for tomorrow? Only problem – I’m making them with my immersion blender.
Boy, oh, boy, would I ever love to have one of these!! I have been wanting to try the green smoothie thing, and this would be perfect!
Spinache, apple juice & pineapple. My one year old cant get enough!
Hmm… What do I want?? I could really go for a cookie right about now. I searched the kitchen cabinets all night long looking to satisfy that craving that you sometimes get that just needs to be filled by some specific food, but you’re just not sure what that is. After about an hour I finally decided a cookie would fill it, but by then it was 9:30 so cookies will have to wait until tomorrow! I also had that same problem trying to pick a movie to watch so maybe I am just having an indecisive night…
My blenders have always lasted a good two uses, now I don’t even try milkshakes for fear of killing the one I have, I would LOVE to win (crossing my fingers)!
my friend got a juicer for the holiday and has not stopped using it. Everytime I visit she is making smoothies and such, all of them are delicious. Although her machine is good I really think the Blendtec is superior, I have watched numerous videos and have printed out all the recepies so when I get one I’ll be ready to use it, I really would like to try the green smoothies they look very healthy. Due to certain things I have to eat alot of veggies and fruits I hope I can win this machine so it will be easy for me to comply with my diet necessities. THANKS
I would love a new blender/machine to play with in the kitchen!
I would love a blendtec (now that you explained it). I love any kitchen gadget that takes the place of many. So fun. Right now I would love anything made with chocolate-yum.
Wow, Melanie, you are so generous! Seriously! The one thing I’d want to tell you is thank you. Thank you for all you do. Thank you for working so hard for all of us to learn from your talent and to spread the happiness of food to our own families and to make memories together. Just the other day my husband was telling me how much he is amazed at how I’ve changed over the years, transforming from a career woman to a stay-at-home mom and all that entails. He specifically commented on my much-improved cooking skills. I owe so much of my improvements to reading your blog! You really have been a major teacher in my life, and it’s high time I told you! You probably won’t even read this comment…I see there are over 2,700 comments already! But I hope you do, because I mean every word of this. You are so appreciated and so great. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!
oh my land I want a Blendtec so badly…our family loves smoothies…and we love your recipes…I’ve made many! xoxo
Oh my goodness what an awesome giveaway. It’s like the christmas present i always wanted and never got! I would love to win this and share in your love of smoothies. Love your website by the way!!
Owning a blender would be great. . .at long last I could make smoothies and way too many other things! A fantastic giveaway!
I’m just looking for a good margarita.
I have wanted one of these for so long! I have REALLY picky eaters and I think smoothies are a greatbwaybto sneak some good nutrition into their diets!
Orange Julius: ice, frozen oj concentrate, a little sugar to taste, and a dollop of vanilla extract. Yum!
I would love to have a blender that actually blends the spinach in green smoothies instead of leaving it in big chunks!!
I want a recipe for kiwi smoothies! And that blender!
My blender is 18 years old. I could really use a new one.
Oh, a Blendtec would certainly start my 2012 off right – I’ve always fancied them from afar!
I could really use a new blender. My smoothie maker was just thrown out and my blender is on the fritz.
My hubby always wants me to make him smoothies, but we have a crappy blender so I hardly every oblige!
I saw one of these turn a full-size aluminum hockey stick into dust! I wanna try that! Mmm, hockey stick soup…any takers? Seriously though, I wanna take the BlendTec and move my family to smoothy town!
my favorite thing to make is a green smoothie, now dont say yuck. Fill the blender with spinach, one banana, 1/2 a lemon and some frozen strawberries and agave syrup. Its also really good for you to first put in a tsp of flax. You have to try it before you say yuck!
I need a good blender! I make a lot of creamed soups and a good blender would be priceless.
This would be soooo fun!!
I would love the blender for making Pina Colada Julius. Sounds like the crushed ice feature is great.
My favorite use for our current (pathetic excuse for) blender: Root beer floats….mmmmmm, think i might go make one now.
Frozen peach, frozen mango, vanilla yogurt, and coconut milk = yummy tropical deliciousness in smoothie form. <3
Hi Mel!
I’m not the resident smoothie maker in our home; my husband is. We went through a huge smoothie kick a few months ago but we’ve gotten out of the habit. Crystal Light packages are a great addition to any smoothie though.
Still loving the blog!
Blayre
Wow! I have admired the Blendtec blenders since I saw the first “will it blend” video a few years back. A very impressive looking machine. I would like to tell you how much I love your website and I check it out several times a week if not several times a day. Thank you for such a great site. I found my favorite beverage recipe on your site, Raspberry Lime Rickey on here, I made it so often last year that I think I made my family tired of it, I never got tired of it.
I love making smoothies for my family and I would LOVE a Blendtec!
I have been dying for a Blendtec for about a year now, since I first heard of them. I think I would become addicted to using it as well, especially for tons of creative smoothies. With added spinach of course 🙂
I have been drooling over this machine wishing I had one. I’ve heard great things about green smoothies and that blendtecs are awesome at completely creaming the greens. Hope to try it myself!
I would love one of these! I bet it could make better milkshakes than high end ice creameries like Cold Stone. Mmm, peanut butter chocolate milkshakes!
nothing too snazy, just frozen fruit and frozen vanilla yogurt with some skim milk. This blendtec sure sounds like one amazing machine!
Hi Mel,
I just wanted to express my sincere gratitude to you for helping me learn the ropes of American cooking. Several years ago I moved to the US with my husband, settling in his native New England, where I quickly came to the conclusion that while he enjoys many cuisines, he really prefers American food. Thanks to your blog with its great photographs and writing, for the past 2 months, I have been able to turn out delicious dishes and desserts that wow my husband and my 2 year old twins. (And I get several chuckles reading your humorous posts!).
I have been transformed from someone who had no idea how to work an oven, a broiler, a microwave or a toaster oven. (I couldn’t even fathom how a benign looking vessel like a crockpot could possibly take a hunk of raw meat and cook it to tender perfection with no work on my part at all!!). Now thanks to you Mel…I have been able to transform my “learning of appliances” to actual pride when dishes come out looking like your pictures….aaahhh.…these have been 2 joyous months for me. So THANK YOU!
In honor of your giveaway…..I have a recipe for your readers.
MANGO LASSI
– 1 cup plain whole milk yogurt
– ½ cup whole milk
– ½ cup mango pulp (or flesh of 2-3 fresh mangoes)
– 3-4 tsp sugar (you can vary this to taste)
Blend all the ingredients in a blender until smooth, and serve chilled. (This will keep in the fridge for up to 24 hours).
Sending you best wishes for your pregnancy….and LOTS of energy to keep the posts coming! (No worries for me though….I have 5 years of your posts to catch up on! 😉
I’ll keep my fingers crossed! Would love to win this! I love to make my son his berry protein shakes every day after workouts! thank you
Ohhhh how I want a blendtec!!! My friend has one and I am totally jealous. I didn’t know it could do dough! An unusual but delicious smoothie I like to make is pumpkin. I just take regular pumpkin puree in a can, mix it with pumpkin pie spice, a little honey, some almond or coconut milk, ice and voila! Delicious!
This would be amazing! My family loves smoothies. I’m a fruit addict, so I enjoy mostly all-fruit smoothies heavy on the strawberries and blueberries, but I also love peaches… mmmmm! Occasionally I’ll throw in a carrot or two. Oh yeah, bananas… okay I better stop. Here’s to good luck!
A friend of mine makes hummus in her blender. I would love to make cool things like that in my blender.
I love all smoothies, even the prepackaged ones in the freezer section where you just throw everything in your blender and add some apple juice. My blender always smells like it might catch on fire when I make smoothies, though, so I would LOVE a Blendtec!
I would love a Blendtec machine. It would be so nice to have a blender that actually works!
What a great giveaway. Homemade soups are on the horizon!
Oh my gosh, my husband is constantly watching “will it blend” on you-tube. My biggest battle would be making sure he didn’t dump cell phones and paint balls in the blender!
One of my favorie “green” smoothies is almond milk, peanut butter, frozen bannanas, spinach and chocolate syrup. You really would never know there were any greens in this one 🙂
I am just a bit envious of your Blend-Tech. Just have to admit it. It is on my dream list. So many dreams I could whip up, including awesome smoothies. Great way to start the year….dreaming a little. Thanks for a fun week of getting my pulse up a bit each time I submit.
I would really love a new blender.
My friend has a Blendtec and I LOVE to use it to blend up oats for my cookies. It makes the BeSt, fine, oat flour. Thanks for sharing all your wonderful recipes! 🙂
I would make ice cream! And I might eat it all myself.
Hi Mel,
I’m fore warning you now since you said we can leave any comment we want that I have a couple for you! I’m hoping you’ll read this since there are already so many comments. First congrats on your upcoming baby, so exciting! I hope everything is going well. I love your web site, it’s the first place I go when I need a recipe! I hope you continue to contribute to this even after #5 arrives! (I will understand if you don’t!!!!!) So, I need your honest opinion on this blender. I’ve seen the demonstrations at Costco and think it’s cool that it makes soup. Other than that, is it really that much better than the Bosch blender? I LOVE my Bosch mixer and blender. Now, I have a question about your Giant Cinnamon Rolls. In the “comments” you mentioned that you made them ahead of time for Christmas, were freezing them and then were going to take them out 8-10 hours ahead of time. Did it work? When you took it out of the freezer did you put it in the refrigerator for 8-10 hours and then take it out of the fridge 3 hours before you cooked it? I’m always looking for ways to prepare items ahead of time (in fact I would always make a bunch of freezer meals before I had my children so I wouldn’t have to worry about cooking for a while after the baby arrived!) but am not sure about all the specifics with cinnamon rolls/bread. Thanks for all your awesome recipes! You’re awesome!
I would love a blendtec! I don’t even have any smoothie recipes because I don’t have a good blender to make them with. Have a great day!
OMG! I have been dreaming of this sweet little machine! I have started green smoothies with my Magic Bullet, and it’s not as smooth as I know this baby can make them. Plus sadly my Bullet is about to bite the dust, it makes a horrible screeching noise, this would be amazing! Thank you so very for the chance 🙂
I want a shake. A delicious chocolaty, peanut buttery, chunky shake! Yum!
wowzah this is a lot of comments!!! My favorite smootie that I make in the mornings is 1c milk, a huge handful or 2 of spinach, a banana, a scoop of peanut butter and blended with ice. yumm yumm yumm
OOooOOO! I’m really interested to know how this machine makes bread dough (which my passed down electronic mixer can not handle because it gets all caught up in the beaters).
I’m a big fan of adding hemp seed (weird? they sell it at whole foods) to my smoothies to add protein and all other sorts of things that are good for you. They kind of taste like sunflower seeds but they are much smaller. Just mix a couple teaspoons in and voila!
Chocolate Banana Milkshakes. Mmmmmm…
THE BEST GREEN SMOOTHIE
4 C spinach
1 banana
1.5 C OJ
2 C frozen light colored fruits.
Oh this is one prize i would love to win…also how about posting a few smoothie recipes???
Also…pick me..Pick ME…PICK ME!!
My hubby has recently joined my addiction to Iced Green Tea lattes but at $5 a pop at starbucks, we really gotta get a back up. If I won, I would looooove to make them at home. I would through Chia seeds in mine too ^^
I’ve been saving money up for a blender since I got married but being a college Student is tough and ended up using the saved up money with getting back on our feet from a lose of job and home literally it’s happened alot this past 2 year! I have a 18 month little girl and she loves smoothies and another one on the way, I want to make things that are fast and easy! Friends and family call me Fatty hense my name is hard to pronounce so I believe If I had this blendec I could loose alot of lbs! 🙂 Okay so I’m not really fat I’m quite skinny so don’t feel bad. It would be nice to Have this in our home and would be deeply grateful!
I don’t have an awesome smoothie mix – I just add and blend! Delicious! Would love a new blender!
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I want a blendtec!
Sounds like a fabulous machine! Love to make some smoothings for my 4 kiddos!!!
Mel-you’re awesome. That’s all I want to say! 🙂
Love, love smoothies!! I love just banana with peaches and milk. So yummy!! Would love a Blendtec. Whats the difference between a Blendtec and a Vita mix? Any ideas?
I stalk the blendtech guy at costco I want one so bad!
wow, that is a lot of comments wanting a blendtec blender!! well, I just made your broccoli cheese soup and it was delicious – is that a wonderful, spectacular, amazing enough reason to win the blendtec?? hope so!! thanks for all your recipes –
There would be many uses for this at my house. I don’t really have a blender and would love to have this on my kitchen counter!
Love smoothies. Son is a vegan so it is something we can enjoy together.
I love a green monster! Any combination of fruit (frozen banana, strawberries, raspberries) with a big handful of baby spinach, some yogurt, and honey or splenda. We love it. If I’m feeling more wild, we love orange julius too!
That looks like a great blender! I’d love to make smoothies, shakes, salad dressings, and purees in it.
Love, love, love a Raspberry shake. You make it this way…put in a cup of milk, a ton of frozen raspberries (a cup or two), sweetener of choice, ie sugar, splenda, steevia, or honey to taste and a cup of plain greek yogurt for thick lusciousness. (Fage is my fav) Just plain real berry goodness. Of course, mix it up with an added frozen banana, some other berry blends, still yum. And really you can add spinach and chard and an apple if you have too, still yum. Plain frozen raspberries blended with OJ, yum. Really anything in a blendtec….:)
A fruit smoothie is my favorite way to start my day. I use a bullet to make ours and it stink to have to make a separate smoothie for each person. This would be awesome.
[gasp!] This would totally and completely enable my already severe Orange Julius addiction! (Which, by the way, I’m completely OK with!) I’ve heard only great things about the Blendtec. My kitchen seriously needs one.
Frozen strawberries, frozen peaches, juice, and yogurt. Bam!
I love your blog and would REALLY LOVE a Blendtec!!
Hi my name is Kami… and I want to be a Bledtec addict too!!
I love smoothies, but I don’t love making them with the blender that I have so I don’t make them often. I always freeze bananas that are going bad and use those with some fresh strawberries and yogurt. Maybe a little honey depending on how sweet the strawberries are.
Also been meaning to try this…
Purple Cow – 3 cups of vanilla frozen yogurt, 1 cup of milk, 1/2 cup thawed frozen grape juice concentrate(undiluted), 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice. Blend until smooth. Serves 6
Ohhh…favorite smoothie is pretty simple. About 1 c. milk, 1 scoop vanilla whey protien powder (I get it from costco) and 1 cup (well, I use the ikea kids plastic cup) full of frozen blueberries. Before having this I though I only like thick smoothies, but this is awesome! I love love love it!
I love smoothi
Es but I hate cleaning the blender I have, plus it gets stuck (I guess I don’t add enough liquid?) anyway, this sounds like this has the possibility of changing things up around here. My kids would love a daily smoothie!!
I want a frappe!
I love love smoothies of any kind!! So this would be perfect to help me with my addiction!!! PICK ME!!
mmm….caramel and banana milkshake!!
Oooohhhh how I need a Blendtec! I am currently blender-less, and even more Blendtec-less! I like to use in season or frozen fruit for smoothies, combined with some yogurt and a little juice if needed 😉
Freeze Dried Blueberries, Freeze Dried Strawberries, yogurt, honey, and milk. Thanks!
Hey Mel!
I don’t have a smoothie recipe for you, but I just want to thank you for inspiring me to cook dinners for my family. Your blogs are a joy to read and your recipes are delicious! Thank you!
Make my grandkids a green drink is what they call it. A handful of spinich, frozen berries a banana and some water add protien powder if you want. This blender sounds like the green drink maker.
Oh my goodness…… I have been dreaming of this giveaway. Fingers are crossed so so tight!!!
I love to put 1 c. Freeze Dried pineapple, 1 c. frozen orange juice, 1 c. milk, and 1 TBSP. protien powder in my smoothies. Thanks for the opportuinty!
~Diana
I think a Blendtec would look beautiful in my kitchen!
I would love to win the best blender in the whole wide world!!
I would love a Blendtec so I can finally start making all these smoothies that I see posted on blogs and on Pinterest. I do not currently own a blender, so this would be amazing!
Oh my goodness! I loooove this blender and have been wishing for one to come into my life! A surprisingly delicious smoothie recipe: kale, parsley, banana (or pineapple) with almond milk (or water) and 2 softened dates (this is optional but nice for added sweetness). 🙂
For a few years now, I have been wishing so very much for a Blendtec blender. My husband and I need to lose weight, so I’d make healthy fruit and veggie smoothies to help us get the pounds off. Fresh made hot soup would also be great for weight loss .
Oh how I would dream of owning a blender such as this! Thanks for the chance to win!
I want a new house….too much? 🙂
I would try an orange creamsicle smoothie. I have been dying to get a blendtec but they’re just so expensive.
I would love to be able to make milkshakes. I’m more of a milkshake person than a smoothie person (I convince myself that its a good way to get calcium). I live in Pheonix so anything that will help me whip up something nice and cold this summer (or heck, even now as its still averaging 75 degrees) would be a blessing. Thanks 🙂
I have wanted one of these! I am a smoothie addict I love anything with strawberries and blueberries!
I really want my family, and myself, to have a healthier year. This great blender could help us achieve that goal. I could use the powerful Blendtec since my blender doesn’t make very smooth smoothies!
Try a classic orange julius with vanilla yogurt and a small handfull of frozen blueberries. I know a little old school but delish!
I worked at a Jamba Juice through high school and I have been hooked on smoothies since! Unfortunately, my Osterizer blender just doesn’t cut it. A fancy one like this has been on my want list for a long time!! It would be a dream come true! A smoothie I just love that was only around for one summer is a watermelon one. You must try. Next time you have extra watermelon, cube it and freeze it. Blend it up with a few scoops of raspberry sherbet, pineapple juice and a little ice, any amounts to get the consistency you like. It is an amazing summertime slushy smoothie!
Ahh, this is on my list of things I want to add to my kitchen! So many possibilities to make with this. Love your recipes.
I Love smoothiees and so do my kids. My belder broke and I got a new hand held thing and it sucks. I would love to have a new blender. PS love you web side its so fun.
I had wanted a food processor, but now I really want the Blendtec Total Blender. 🙂 I haven’t made a lot of smoothies, but would love to try some pina colda flavored ones! Thanks for all your recipes. They are great!
I would love a blendtec to make my fave smoothie – 1 cup of milk, 2-3 handfulls of spinach, one handfull frozen sliced strawberries, and one banana sliced and frozen (makes it ohhh so creamy) with 1tbs ground flaxseed… SO DELICIOUS & HEALTHY!
I love making blueberry and banana smoothies! Love this blog!
My “go to” smoothie recipe consists of the following:
– 1 cup dark chocolate almond milk
– 2 cups fresh spinach leaves
– 1 cup frozen banana slices
– 2 tablespoons PB2 (optional)
Blend the almond milk and spinach leaves together before adding the bananas in order to get the best consistency. I know spinach in a smoothie may sound crazy to some, but I PROMISE you can’t taste it (plus you sneak in two veggie servings). It actually tastes like a chocolate banana milkshake because the bananas give it this awesome ice cream like consistency. Just be warned…it’s not a pretty color. But so, so, so yummy!
I think I saw a demo of these blenders at Costco. The salesguy made an amazing cream sickle ice cream (or was it sorbet?). I’m craving it right now!
I use your blog for meal ideas more than any other site, but never comment to tell you how much I love them. My favs are the honey lime enchiladas and chicken enchilada pasta. I made the cheesy au gratin potatoes for Christmas. Sorry I only leave comments when you give stuff away!
Yes!!! I would love to have a Blentec! My old blender hasn’t worked in years, and this one sounds amazing!
I would seriously die over this. Please oh please pick me. My blender smells like its burning rubber if I add too much ice in my smoothies. Thanks for the chance!
I love smoothies and dream of a good blender and this one looks amazing! The yoplait smoothies are one of my favorites!
I dream about Blendtec blenders as I am using my lame Kitchen Aid blender that can barely mix up my smoothies. My son and I saw a demonstration at Sam’s one day and now I really want one. 🙂
I would love having a Blendtec!
Well after reading your last post I really would like a Blendtec! It would be nice to get rid of all of the average gadgets around the kitchen and just have one Really awesome one. Thank you not only for the tasty recipes but also for the oh so entertaining posts. I enjoy all of the humor that goes into the descriptions of your recipes. Thanks!
My kids and I would love to have smoothies every morning for breakfast! The possibilities could be endless with this baby.
We love smoothies in our house! 1/2 a banana, 6-8 frozen strawberries, 2 spoonfuls of sugar and yogurt, some milk and water and you got yourself an amazing smoothie!
I’ve wanted one of these FOR EVER! Thanks for the opportunity. I would mix up all kind of good stuff.
just stumbled across your blog. 2,6something, something comments. Holy crap! but what’s the movie… about a one in a million chance… and he says, “So your SAYIN I have a chance!:D” so here goes… you look like a gourmet chef, so I’m sure you use this trick already, But just in case… my cousin told me the trick of freezing the last (leftover) cup from the coffee pot in the a.m. and then you can pull out Whenever, to whip up a fancy choco latte something:)
frozen bananas-milk-nutmeg and a tad bit of sugar and cinnamon. yum Love it-would love one!
I would love to win this ! I have not had a blender since 2008. i tried to put ice in and make a smoothie and it broke it. I am craving a smoothie now just thinking about it! 🙂
I cannot tell you just how much I would love to win a blendtec!!! I have multiple food sensitivies and am down to just veggies and fruits, this would really help!
Ahh, I bet this fine piece of machinery would make baby food in a jiff .
I like to keep it simple: strawberries, bananas, apple juice, greek yogurt. Yummy!
My smoothies are pretty basic…frozen berries from Costco, orange juice, vanilla yogurt, and a banana or pineapple if I have some on hand. I tried to sneak spinach in once, and my little girl said, “Mom, something’s bad in this one.” I think it might have been because she could still see small green flakes! Just one of the many reasons it would be great to have this Blendtec! Come on random number!!!! Choose me!!!!!
Ooooh, I wouldn’t mind becoming a Blendtec maniac too! This would work great for that New Year’s resolution to get more fruit and veggies into my diet. Smoothies galore!
I want to try a green smoothie!
Okay, I have to agree with the first comment posted (a chocolate peanut butter milkshake). However, what I really want is a delicious smoothie that incorporates veggies and fruits that the kiddos will love!
I so want one of these! I’m currently doing a diet cleanses and my sorry excuse for a blender is not cutting (or maybe I should say blending it!). A smoothie I’m craving has mango, mint and coconut water!
You are so generous to offer a Blendtec! Your smoothie with mango and strawberries sounds absolutely delish! My friend has recommended a Blendtec for a green smoothie lifestyle, which I want to start! Thank-you for sharing your “dream” with us all.
Ohhhh my! How I want a Blendtec! Smoothies are a favorite year round for me but it sounds like with a Blendtec, you can do a lot more than just smoothies! What an exciting giveaway. : )
We love smoothies made from fruit we froze over the summer, a little milk, etc. Peach blueberry is terrific.
I would love to make smoothies for my family.
I want a pay raise and a promotion and my student loans to be paid off and to visit my sister when it gets warmer than 15!
I went through a major mango smoothie kick when I was pregnant with my second son. Trader Joe’s frozen mango, greek yogurt, coconut milk, a little honey, a little ice … yum!
Ohhh…I want a Blendtec. I’ve heard how amazing these machines are and would love to be able to make more smoothies for my family. Our blender is dying and won’t last much longer so our smoothies are few and far between, much to the dismay of my family.
My family and I love so many of your recipes. We are especially loving the oatmeal pancake mix lately…mmmmm….so good. Thanks!!
Wow … Must add the Blendtec to my want list.
Ooo, maybe I could make my g-tube fed twins real food smoothies with this, instead of pumping Pediasure into them day in and out. Yummy stuff for the rest of the fam too. Thanks Mel, you’re awesome!!!
WOULD love this Blender..my poor old blender died….
That is awesome! Our go to smoothie…
Low-fat vanilla yogurt
Oj
Frozen strawberries
Frozen blackberries
Frozen banana
A little wheat germ
My picky, picky 3 yr old cant resist it!
My new fav smoothie
frozen strawberries, greek yogurt and 50% less sugar Cranberry juice. I need a blender with some guts to it!
Oh Melanie! How I was this so bad!! I was blending up some frozen fruit last night to use as a filling for our crepes when my blender busted!! I’m crossing my fingers!!
My Dr. is encouraging me to make protein shakes. Really looking forward to some great recipes and I’m also in the market for a blender. (the Magic Bullet isn’t cutting it. I also wanted to tell you I just found you last week and I love all your fantastic recipes. I has reignited my passion for cooking! Thanks!!!
Hmmmm what can I say? Smoothies rock but I don’t have any recipes because I don’t have a blendtec to make one in 🙂
Favorite smoothie- frozen banana, mango, pineapple, peaches, Greek yogurt and OJ !!
Oh my goodness! A Blendtec is on my wish list and I would love to win it! Here is a delicious smoothie my husband whips up when we have overripe bananas.
2 bananas
1 1/2 cups milk
3 heaping spoonfuls Nesquick
1 heaping spoonful peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1-2 cups ice, for desired consistency
Blend til smooth. It is SO yummy!
Thanks for your wonderful site, recipes, and awesome giveaways!
You had me at Orange Julius……yummmm!
Yeah I would love one! Love your guts!!
I am probably the only dude here… but I love smoothies.
I would love to have a blender that actually moves any ingredients that are inside the glass carafe! Thanks for a great blog.
My favorite smoothie right now is
Ice
Canned Peaches
Greek yogurt
Milk
Delish!! This machine sounds amazing:)
Sounds great, and , Yes, I need one!
Thank youi!
I love my wife’s smoothies. Any kind she makes. We have a very old Vita-Mix, and while it still works pretty well, we would LOVE to have a new Blendtec!
Hi Mel,
It’s Mariann’s sister in Utah! Love your website. Love the blendtec!
Oooooh, I want one!!! I have heard amazing things about these and would be over the moon if I won this. Thank you for your AMAZING blog!!!
OH MY GOSH!!!! What i couldn’t make with this!!!! The possibilities are endless. Besides, I would not have to keep buying blenders because I have burnt mine up!!!!! I SOOO NEED THIS!!!!
i have a fantasy that involves making a healthful smoothie to drink at work as breakfast. and another one that involves making butternut squash soup in a blend tech!
I want to get into juicing and a blendtec would work great for this. Trying to get my young kids to “drink” their veggies 🙂
Simple and lightly sweet – very healthy: A handful of spinach, a scoop of blueberries, a banana. Play around with the proportions. Add a little strawberry protein powder if you want more sweetness. Oh I hope I win!!!!
Ok. I so want this!!! I would make a smoothie from the yummy frozen fruit I buy at Costco. Or how about a butterfinger milkshake!!! YUM
I love your blog! I went to Amazon, and ordered a bunch of your favorites. I would love the Blendtec for grinding flour as I have just begun to make my own bread! My favorite smoothie start with 1/2 cup of juice (whatever I have), one frozen banana, frozen blueberries, and 2 handfuls of baby spinach. Sometimes, I add in chia seeds!
Oooo, what a giveaway! I would make ice cream….a pineapple coconut sorbet sounds great too!
My favorite smoothie are the ones we make in Africa, fresh mango, fresh pineapple, bananas, and a small bag of ice cream yes I said bag that is how they come in Togo. We add a little juice and some yogurt, it is amazing, I wish I could have one right now.
I would love to make some smoothies in a blendtec!! My favorite is always mango and banana with some plain yogurt. Yum….
Is that the blender that can crush an iPod? Although why someone would want to do that is beyond me….
My dad always made a smoothie growing up that I still love, although it may not be as good as yours. 2 cups of milk, 1/4-1/3 c. sugar (sometimes I use agave instead, but not 1/4c worth!), a splash of real vanilla, and then a bowl full of frozen strawberries (or any frozen fruit, it’s great with the Costco blend).
Yes please!! ;0)
Ill take a blendtec any day of the week! Here’s to hoping whoever wins seriously enjoys!
I figure I have a better chance at winning this than the lotto so why not enter!
I have seriously gone thru 8 blenders in my life and was ready to give up until I saw this. There is hope! I would love to win. No lie. LOVE IT!
Pretty please?! We love spinach, bananas, a little soy milk, frozen berries and a splash of Nordic Naturals orange flavored cod liver oil.
Ummm, anything I want? I want a blender! I have never owned one. Sad but true.
Oreo Banana milkshake. Sounds weird, but they’re amazing!
I would love love love to win one, bc I have always dreamed of owning one. 🙂 I love your recipes too!
I love spinach smoothies! Spinach, OJ, Frozen Fruit!!
I usually use it to make flavored whipped butter. Just throw a stick in, a dash of vanilla sugar, and sometimes honey. Yum !
I would LOVE to win a Blendtec to make smoothies for my daughter (who thinks veggies are a four letter word) that are healthy without her even knowing it!!!!!! 🙂
Let me wipe the drool from my mouth! A BlendTec would be awesome at our house!
Favorite recipe to try : frozen strawberries, pineapple sherbet, and mango juice. Throw a little ice in to top it off and blend it all up. Mmm, mmm, good!
Okay, there are a lot a lot a lot of comments, but what the heck…We would love one of these!
I’ve never heard of the Blendtec, but I can already think of a hundred things I could experiment with! Thanks for the contest!
I have always wanted a Blendtec. It would be incredible to win….! We don’t have a blender in our home right now. We have a very small magic bullet, and I know the blendtec would kick its butt. I would love an oatmeal, banana, peanut butter & honey shake!
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I an every morning smoothie maker. Unfortunately my blender just died and I replaced it with a very cheap one just to get by. I walk by these at Costco and admire the demonstration knowing that would be a dream. Thank you so much for the chance to win one.
My morning smoothie
soy milk
scoop of chocolate protein powder
a little peanut butter
ice
blend away! and enjoy
I want one! This machine looks so amazing! My favorite smoothie combo is just a little ice a scoop do peanut butter, a banana and chocolate protein powder. Monkey shake!
I would love to win this! I’m starting to cook more and experiment more and this would be great! Just found your blog, LOVE it!!! Can’t wait to try your recipes! 🙂
I would love to win this! My blender has almost died – it leaves black dust after I make smoothies.
Best blender. Ever!
I have an olive-colored blender handed down to me from my parents that they received as a wedding gift 48 years ago!!
I would love a new one to make my strawberry and spinach smoothies.
Thanks for all the great info!
My kids and I are starting a new chapter in our lives, including getting a new home that needs to be furnished. We would greatly appreciate this! Thank you for the opportunity:)
I want a Blendtec SO BAD. I made my family wander Costco so I could watch the demonstrator’s entire presentation and taste everything he made. Up until that point, I was torn between wanting a Blendtec or a Vitamix, but I think that demonstration swayed me toward the Blendtec. Though it hasn’t really matter up until this point because I can’t afford either one. My husband tells me he’ll buy me one of them when I reach my weight loss goals (about 60 pounds to go), but I’d LOVE to be able to use my Blendtec to REACH my weight loss goals. So many good ideas for stuff to make!!
I really hope that I win this one, because I have been wanting to try blending. I have ulcerative colitis, and I am not supposed to eat things with fiber in it because my intestines can’t digest it. I am hoping that by blending things, it will be broken up so small that I can absorb it. Please cross your fingers for me!
I owned a blendtec until my father wanted one. So i gave him mine to use. We all love the smoothies the blendtec can make without having to pay $5 at the mall for one. Now i have to save up for another blendtec.
would love to have a new blender, mine had a very unfortunate accident. my son needed charcoal for his fish tank filter and thought putting regular charcoal in the blender to make smaller pieces would be a good idea. let me say no it wasnt. i would love a blender that i could use to have smoothies again. and of course hide it in my room away from the boys
Is it horrible that I’ve never made a homemade smoothie before? I have tons of recipes/idea, but I have a cheap-o blender and I don’t think it would survive the process!
I love to make green smoothies for breakfast! Great way to sneak some veggies into my boys without them knowing. What an awesome giveaway!!
I would love a blendtec!! Did you say it could do bread dough?!
Ohhhhh!! I have wanted one of these for SO long! Thanks for the chance!
I love smoothies. My favorite is OJ, frozen strawberries, and banana. Pretty traditional. I’d love to have a BlendTec. Have you seen the ‘Will It Blend?” videos? They are hilarious. This guy uses a BlendTec blender to grind up i phones, and pop cans, and really wacky stuff.
I would LOVE a Blendtec…Never heard or seen them before. Noticed them on several blogs I follow…My husband and I want to do the whole smoothie thing..Yeah!!
I don’t have a blender but would love one! Food processors don’t handle liquids as good.
Frozen margaritas sound appealing at the moment. But a good old fashioned black and white shake would hit the spot most of the time. BTW, had no idea the blendtec would make breadcrumbs in a snap!
I would LOVE this blender!! My favorite smoothie has an orange, fresh pineapple, strawberries and a handful of spinach leaves.
I’ve been drooling over those for awhile…would be awesome to win one! I hear you can grind wheat I’m them too…then i could get rid of my messy wheat grinder.
Milkshakes, smoothies, and orange julius! Yummm!
I’m mourning the loss of my blender. A little plastic part on it broke and I’m not sure where or how to replace it. My husband and four boys love me to make them Orange Julius, and then we sit down to a fun board game for family night.
I would love to make more smoothies and……..well dinners we all would enjoy!!
I want a spinach, strawberry, banana and coconut milk smoothie right now but out of spinach.
i like something simple in the mornings….frozen fruit (strawberries, bananas, peaches, raspberries….whatever is in the freezer), about 2 cups of spinach, a little bit of juice and enough water to thin it out. nighttime drink — bring on the ice cream & milk!!!
I would love that blender. I would make strawberry banana smoothies. I am a big fan of strawberry banana anything!!!
My fav is pina colada!
I could REALLY use this Blendtec! I like smoothies! Thanks
I could really use a good blender!
I need one of these so bad. I need a great way to give delicious food to my family while secretly adding all the healthy stuff they won’t eat inside. My $60. blender just bounces the ice around.
Winter might be coming to Montana!!
Yum! We love Orange Julius’!!! Would love this blender +!!!
Happy to hear someone is getting some actual culinary usage out of a Blendtec as I have been getting a laugh out of these videos for years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l69Vi5IDc0g&feature=relmfu Maybe you’ve already seen them…
What couldn’t one make besides blended marbles or ipads or glowsticks? I love making homemade vinaigrette with fresh herbs from the garden. Or maybe fresh basil pesto as I don’t have a food processor (some cookbook said I could use a blender, but mine proved inferior) or, of course, delicious smoothies as the Blendtec could power through ice cubes or frozen fruit no problem. The best smoothies if you’re going for healthy just use fresh or frozen fruit with milk or yogurt. Friday night calls for an alcoholic delight with some homemade Bailey’s (whiskey, sweetened condensed milk, half & half, instant coffee, vanilla, almond extract) blended with ice.
In the summer, I chunk up watermelon, and freeze it in bags. One bag of frozen watermelon, one frozen bannana, lime juice and honey to taste. It’s better than ice cream!
I’ve heard they are amazing. I’d love to have one!
Key to smoothes, always freeze your old bananas. Our favorite smoothie is OJ, vanilla yogurt, frozen banana, and frozen strawberries. Divine, but I know it would taste way better in this!
bananas and peanut butter
Pick me!
Love your blog–so helpful to a student and mother of five!
Oh my, my blender recently bit the dust after almost 20 yrs of being put to heavy use. My husband had rebuilt the motor at least 2 times. We love smoothies but never follow a recipe. I always keep frozen fruit in the freezer. We almost always thrown in raspberries, strawberries and blueberries, homemade raw yogurt and orange juice. Yummy! We are definitely going into smoothie withdrawls at my house. My hubby and I have been researching the Blendtec but price is definitely an issue right now.
Green Smoothies! Half a blender of spinach with greek yogurt, some apple juice, a banana or two and some frozen strawberries.
I love banana and PB smoothies in the morning – just milk, frozen bananas, and a scoop of peanut butter. Sure could stand to upgrade my blender, though! 🙂
I make up smoothies…a little of this/that. Thanks for all your work, your blog has completely changed what i cook and feed my family. Love so so many of your recipes!!
I think I need this! 🙂 I could make all sorts of yummy goodies in that thing… and I LOVE smoothies! Thanks for all the wonderful recipes!
our favorite is vanilla yogurt, strawberries and mangos YUM!
My parents need a new blender. My dad uses regular 20 year old blenders like a blendtec and they have all broke.
I love your blog – some of the recipes I have found have become some of my family’s favorites – THANK YOU!! And, a Blendtec would be awesome!
Mel, I would love this blender. Mine is about to die. My husband and his buddies from work are newly addicted to your website. Please picture several guys in flight suits, who are suppose to be working, huddled around a computer browsing your recipes. We had a night of Mel’s Kitchen food before Christmas. The guys did all the cooking and did a great job. I am sure when they are in the jet on a long sortie they are talking about your blog.
No smoothie for me. I want a chocolate chip milkshake like we used to make when I was a kid, please.
My favorite smoothie, some fresh squeezed oj throw in some frozen strawberries, blueberries and raspberries and blend.
I need a blendtec so that I can perfect green smoothies!!
What I really want is slide out selves in my very narrow, but deep pantry cupboard. But a delicious smoothy made in a blentec my help ease the pain of not being able to find anything!
I would love to win! Exicting.. thanks for this giveaway
I hope I win! Could totally use this!
I have heard amazing things about the Blendtec, and would definitely put it to very good use if I were ever lucky enough to own one. We also love the smoothies in our house. It’s a great, healthy snack and the kids think it’s the most special treat! I recently found this amazing smoothie recipe from Iowa Girl Eats. http://iowagirleats.com/2012/01/04/my-top-secret-diet-weapon/
It is so yummy and smooth, it almost tastes like a milkshake. It’s loaded with spinach and I promise, you can’t taste it. In a “blind” taste test, my 2 picky boys devoured this smoothie and now ask for it every day for breaksfast….spinach for breakfast? How can I possibly say no to that?? Thanks so much for the giveaway. You are a favorite among my recipe swapping friends. I made 4 of your recipes for New Years Eve and they were all a huge, huge success!
I love what I’ve seen the blendtec do. Looks like an awesome machine.
Just wonderin’ if close, personal friends get better odds in your giveaways??? 🙂
Mel,
I love your blog. The recipes I have tried have all been hits!
I could definitely use one of these. I wore my kitchen aid out making bread dough and my poor oster blender was toast after a few rounds of baby food making. we love good blenders here….so many uses and all delicious (well, except the baby food..yuck!) 🙂
I blend milk bananas and mangos for smoothies.
All of my an my husband’s siblings rave about their blendtec. Let’s just say…. I want one!!!!!
I have drolled over this way too many times! I would love one, I have so many yummy smoothies and salad dressings I would love to make!
I usually make smoothies out of banana, apple, frozen mangos, blueberries and water or tea.
I blend yogurt, a splash of orange juice, a bunch of baby spinach, scoop of protein powder and frozen berries for a delicious fruity protein power smoothie!
I love to make a smoothie with soymilk, yogurt, and various fruit combinations! I also love to make green smoothies!
Holy cow! I have always wanted a Blendtec. What an awesome giveaway!
The question is what wouldn’t I make. Nutbutters, grind my own flours and meals, prepare raw products for my dehydrator, AND the biggest job it could do for me would be smoothies. My favorite smoothie has kale, spinach, blueberries, hemp milk, frozen bananas and cacao nibs.
vanilla milkshake
Chia seeds are good to add to smoothies if you want them to be super healthy! Even better than flax seeds!
We usually throw in whatever fruit is on hand, along with some juice and vanilla yogurt. Really good. Thanks for the giveaway and the great ideas.
I would love to have a Blendtec to make green smoothies…good way to get your greens! Thanks Mel!
I love smoothies, and sadly, my trail of dead blenders proves it! I prefer strawberries/blueberries/orange juice/flavored yogurt, or mangos/pineapple/orange juice/vanilaa yogurt for a nice psuedo-lassi. Also, my “special” ingredient is to add fresh spinach to it. It doesn’t dramatically change anything about the blueberry smoothie (although it will give you a green lassi), and it is great for adding a little veggie-energy boost. Weird, I know. But I was desperate for more energy to keep up with my toddlers. 🙂
One thing that I want… This Blendtec would be nice! My husband makes the best chocolate banana shakes.
Your recipes are the best. We use your website for at least 4 of our weekly meals. Thank you for all the yummy food, our family loves you!!!
I saw a demonstration at Costco for BlendTec. They made ice cream out of spinach. It was actually pretty good. I would so love to have one of these.
I would like to make a delicious Orange Julius, would you mind giving me the recipe please? 🙂
I received a KitchebAid mixer for my birthday in November so any attachments for that I would love!
My favorite fruit smoothie combo includes banana, blueberries and kiwi! It’s the best fruits paired that I’ve had. And of course I add some vanilla Chobani yogurt and a splash of orange juice. 🙂
My new breakfast fav:
1 C crushed ice
cover with almond milk
add 1 or 2 bananas
1/3 c. quick oats (more or less depending on how filling/thick you like it!)
2 T (or more if you like it ) Peanut Butter
Blend ‘er up.
Soooooooo good! I will seriously die if I win this blender. Die in drunken smoothie heaven.
I’ve heard blentec does some wonderful things: soup, ice cream, drinks, smoothies. I would love to make sherbert with coconut, lime, and mango and bailey irish cream ice cream… yes with the liquior.
I would love to win this blender, I like to make protein shakes, 1 scoop protien powder, 1 cup coconut milk, some fruit, 1 Tbsp flaxseed…
I just love your website and I really hope I win this!! Thank you so much for taking the time to create and share beautiful, HEALTHY recipes for my family. I use more recipes from your blog than any other one out there-and believe me, I check up on lots of them. Thanks for sharing your talent!!
Um… words cannot describe how bad I want one of these…lets just say that I stood at a Demo for the BlendTec the other day way longer than I should have it was borderline stalking. And yes, I tried EVERY thing they blended and I was the annoying girl in the crowd asking a bazillion questions and making the OOOOOO and AHHHHH noises (no for real I did)! SO, this might just be a dream come true for a girl like me! 🙂
Recently I found out I am pregnant (after 10+ years of trying) and I am trying to be super healthy! I would LOVE a Blendtec to make more smoothies and I’m not gonna lie…ice cream in the summer. I am due the very end of August and I live in Arizona…it’s gonna be HOT!
Sounds like a very cool blender. I would love it to make some smoothies so that my picky, picky 8yr old would get more veggies in her diet and also be able to make better tasting thickened drinks for my son with a swallow dysfunction (he’s starting to refuse the prescription thickened drinks more & more the older he gets).
Holy cow…a Blentec?! That is my dream gift. Oh how I would love to win! I think I’d make smoothies every day. Love your site, thanks for all the great recipes!
I’m a busy medical student “striving” to be healthy (brownies, coffee and a little fresh fruit is a healthy diet, right???), so here’s my breakfast in a flash: banana, a few spoonfuls of greek yogurt, orange juice, a drizzle of honey, and mixed frozen berries. If I’m feeling super healthy, I’ll even add some flax seed!
Awesome giveaway – thanks! Off to research smoothie recipes now just in case ;)W
This would be the win of century for me. I would love a Blendtec! I eye them at Costco all the time.
I would love to have a blendtec. It sounds like it would far surpass my poor excuse of a blender.
This is such an awesome blender! I keep trying to justify buying one since I make the baby’s food 😛 We like a little apple juice, a few strawberries, a banana, a carrot, and stuffed full of spinach 😀
I like bunnies. Especially the chocolate kind.
I love smoothies! This sounds like a pretty amazing machine.
Blueberry pomegranite smoothie (from Bobby Flay)
1 1/2 cups pomegranate juice
1 1/4 cup blueberries
3/4 cup Greek yogurt
2 tablespoons honey
1 1/2 cups ice
Lovely, lovely!
I have your coconut chicken curry in my crockpot right now waiting for my rice to finish up. Just thought I’d say thanks for the ever inspiring blog to kick me out of my dinner rut again and again.
Hi Mel! So, I totally came to snag that cream cheese chocolate chip cookie recipe to make tonight and then *smack* BlendTec gorgeousness all up in my face. This is at the tippity top of my wishlist (mainly because I think It could change my life, but also cause a certain baby girl is still only eating puréed foods and nothing ever gets that perfect texture). Anywho, on the off chance I can get lucky in the odds this time around I’m commenting and entering (you know, from my phone still, but not just stalking you for once! 🙂
*fingers crossed* (p.s. either way, you are still my favorite foods/ dinner ideas hero and a total rock star – I know you were totally serious when you said you wished you could give one to everyone! You’re amazing!)
That’s so cool! I never would have thought of bread crumbs! A Blender is definitely on my wish list!
Love your blog!
My husband is *obsessed* with Blendtec! He’d be SO excited if we won. Best Valentine’s Gift I could give!
Love your site. Thanks for everything!
I want to make soups, smoothies, and salad dressings for a start. Help let me.
I’ve seen these in action before…. I would love one!
Oh dear, I REALLY have wanted one of these blenders. I’d love to make a smoothie right now. How about mango-blueberry-peach?
The truth is I do not have a usable kitchen because of water damage.This is the one and only way that I can change my life to a healthly life style.Been without going on 3 years and still unable to afford the repairs.
Oh, I could really use this blender! My brother loves his and won’t give it to me 🙁
He promises to share his smoothie recipes with me it I get one. Thank you for this opportunity.
I really need this blender. Mine is a piece of junk. Love to make some smoothies.
This is the most amazing giveaway EVER
As much as I’d love to win one for myself, I’d really like to win one for my students. I teach culinary arts to high school seniors and our only blender died. It was terrible anyway, but it was better than nothing. A Blendtec would be awesome!
Frozen banana chunks are a must when making smoothies. They make any combo smooth, creamy, and thick. It’s like adding ice cream without all the fat and calories!
My blender DIED the other night right after I already put my smoothie ingredients in 🙁 THIS IS A SIGN! My favorite is pretty much the norm….blueberries, frozen banana, yogurt, honey, milk. Yum!
would look lovely in my kitchen 😉
What a cool machine! I’m slightly jealous of your incredible jack-of-all-trades machine! My favorite smoothie combo is definitely strawberries and mango. Something about that combo is just magical. And now I’m craving one……
Hi Mel,
I have a vitamix, so don’t put me in the running, but you will love your new blender. For smoothies, if you’re making something green (like a spinach smoothie) and have the “children who won’t eat anything” add some blueberries to turn it purple + lemon juice or rind and a little sugar goes a long way toward getting it down (it’s not good for you if you don’t eat it, right?) Pineapple, grapes, or grape juice are also fantastic for non-sugar sweeteners, and a dollop of coconut oil n your smoothie will take you right to the tropics. Along with smoothies, you can also do marinades, dressings, hummus or any bean dip, and it’s great for hiding veggies in sauce. I usually carmelize onions in butter & olive oil, then mix up with flour and broth or milk + spices for fantastic creamy gravy or white sauce (cook it before or after processing, or the flour will be raw). Have fun!
We like to go pick blueberries & blackberries at a local farm during the season & freeze them so we can enjoy smoothies throughout the year. Our favorite is blueberry-banana. I’m sure the blendtec would not get lonely in our house : )
I have a frozen blueberry- banana vanilla shake quite often. We currently have two blenders on our counter to accomodate all the smoothie and shake making at this establishment
My birthday is Monday & I asked for a blender……..
I want me a Blendtec! 🙂
Favorite breakfast smoothie
1/2 cup canned pure pumpkin ,
1 frozen banana
I cup of berries
1/2 cup of almond milk
1/4 cup of favorite juice
2 cups of kale or collard greens
Green goodness, creamy and DELISH!!
I love pineapple mango smoothies!! My boys love frozen hot chocolate:)
I hope you will post the successful recipes that you make with the Blendtec. Thank you!
I would use this to make lots of things including margaritas!!!
Had a smoothie at Costco the other day… grape juice concentrate, banana, slice of lemon with rind, and ice. Fabulous.
Oh………I soooooooooo need a Blendtec and hope I win!! Thank you for running such an awesome site!!!!
Thanks for such a great site…I’ve never tried one of your recipes and have it fail!
Mmm… so many of my friends make delicious things with theirs. I would love to join the club!
I like smoothies with spinach, bananas, blueberries, almond milk, and raspberries.
My son loves making smoothies with yogurt, milk, frozen berries, bananas and some chocolate protein powder.
Hi, Mel,
Okay – so this is one giveaway I can’t really resist! I truly only have a plain old blender, and nothing else, in my arsenal of help in the kitchen – except my KitchenAid. So – being the lucky person to win this would truly make me ecstatic!!!
Congratulations on your little girl! You’re going to love having a little girl. I’ve had one for a long time, and I LOVE her!!!
Love you, too!
Kathy
What a wonderful gift. I have been wanting to try smoothies for some time. Would love to see this machine make bread dough.
I have a really really weak blender I got in college that I never use b/c it is so bad. But if I had a really great blender, I’d try the Green Monster smoothie everyone has been talking about.
Oh how I want one of these! I make a smoothie every morning after my workout!
Mel – so glad to hear you are enjoying lots of smoothies! They are delicious and nutrient dense with the right ingredients. I highly recommend you make a greens smoothie daily (maybe you already are doing this?). Mango-spinach-banana is a favorite and so easy to make. I recently picked up a BT Twister jar. Wow! Now i can blend or ‘food process’ just about anything on the planet. Of cousre, I won’t blend an iPhone like BT does in their videos! To your health, Mel!!!
I really love all your recipes but I am trying this year to eat healthier and without meat and low fat. I hope you will be coming out with more recipes that will help me with my goal. I love smoothies too and hope you have some good posts.
I want smoothies made in a BLENDTEC to be part of my life too!
I want to make virgin pina colada smoothies. YUM!!!
I’d love to have a Blendtec – my 40-year old blender hit the dust a while back and I haven’t replaced it as yet – can’t afford the Blendtec and don’t know which of the other many blenders out there I want – so nothing ventured, nothing gained and I’m one of the thousands hoping against hope to be the lucky recipient.
I am in love with smoothies… I would be the happiest girl on the planet to win one of these babies!
I love your site. I use it often! The Chicken and Wild Rice Soup is AMAZING!! (No, I don’t know how this pertains to the blendtec…I’m just giving my opinion.) Although, I’m sure the blendtec is amazing, too. 🙂
I make a green smoothie every day and would absolutely love this blender to help me out. I am trying to eat healthier and this seems like the ticket to get me there.
I have a blendtec on my wish list for a while now. Would love to get my smoothie on!
My favorite smoothie is a classic strawberry-banana. Simple but always satisfying!
Sounds like a great machine.
I love pineapple banana smoothies. I would love to make them at home.
Banana, blackberries, Greek yogurt and milk. Yum!
My kitchen is in need of almost everything…I would love this!!! We love smoothies/milkshakes all year round 🙂
Wow a BLENDTEC! These things are incredible! Of course I have only observed them from afar. 🙂 I could probably make any kind of smoothie in one of these from what they say, however my preference of choice would actually be a reese’s peanut butter shake. 🙂
Also, I am super impressed that I am comment #2400! You are THAT amazing!
I would love to win this blendtec! I hear soo many great things. My favorite smoothie recipe is:
plain yogurt, greek or plain
frozen strawberries (you can add a variety pack of berries frozen)
1 banana
a splash of apple juice
blend and enjoy!
please please pleaseeeeeeeee pick me. Ive been lusting over a blendtec for years but i just cant spend that kind of money on a blender. Ive recently gotten onto a health kick using juicing, and this thing would be the missing tool to handle the things my juicer just cant. No pressure or anything, but if i dont get this blender it might be the death of me…….and i dont want that on your conscious so pick me pick me lol
Yes! I want one! For all the reasons you just mentioned you use it for! Please let luck be on my side Monday! Fingers crossed!
Oh I want one so darn bad! My Husband burned out my blender about a year ago trying to make a milk shake… I told him when the burning smell started that if he broke it he owed me a new one. I however never got it since this is the one I want and it is really expensive…
I would love to have this blender! I am due to have baby #2 tomorrow, and could use a quick and easy breakfast option (oatmeal smoothies? green smoothies?) now that our lives will be much more hectic!
I don’t have a Blendtec so I make my smoothies in a magic bullet. I like to use spinach, baby lettuce leaves, banana and hemp seeds in my smoothies. My daughter has a Blendtec and it is amazing!!!
I have switched over to a healthy no processed, no sugar diet and would love a Blendtec to help me keep up this lifestyle. Not only have I lost weight but I am feeling soooooooooo much better.
Wow !!!! Blendtec to the rescue, just what I need to make our family a little healthier. Good healthy smoothies.
I bet I could make a mean green smoothie with that!!
why would someone give away blendec???
The smoothie I’ve really gotten into is the green smoothie. For one serving: one banana, some peach slices, some mango, and spinach. Freeze the fruit, throw everything into the blender with some water, and voila! Delicious and healthy.
We love smoothies in my house too…I throw in there anything that is starting to “go.” It is a great way to use up really ripe bananas or soft grapes or whatever. I hide carrots in smoothies, spinach, whatever I can. My kids love smoothies!
I often make a breakfast smoothie with a scoop of Slim Fast powder, 1 cup of skim milk, some crushed ice, a banana, and some peanut butter. Yum!
I’ve been drooling over the Blendtec for over two years since I’ve seen all the amazing things that this incredible is capable of doing. When I get one, I plan on making a “Chocolate Monkey” protein smoothie. This smoothie has chunky peanut butter, cocoa powder, banana, and soy milk. Adding some vanilla protein powder make it an even healthier smoothie! The Blendtec blender is perfect fir this and all other smoothies!
I have a smoothie every morning.
1 cup non-fat greek yogurt
1-1/2 tsp. Stevita (stevia)
1 cup frozen berries
YUM! I only use my blender if I’m making more than one. For just one smoothie I use my immersion blender in a large glass.
MMMMMM smoothies! I love smoothies!
My baby is teething and the only thing that soothes her is milkshakes. I am probably the worst mother in america, because I let my 9 month old eat milkshakes. I am desperate. I need sleep. So, milkshakes work for us. I would love to win this blendtec so I dont have to send the hubs to wendy’s at 2:00 in the morning.
I love kale, spinach, and all sorts of different fruits. I love to have a smoothie everyday, and this Blendtec will make it so much easier!
I gave wanted one of these wonders for forever!!!
This is the best giveaway EVER. I’ve been reading about these machines so much and would love to win one!!
I love green smoothies! I like to use spinach, frozen bananas, frozen berries, and fresh lemon juice. Delicious!
I would pretty much be just as obsessed if I a blendtec!!! The first smoothie I’d make would be: mango, raspberry with frozen coconut milk. Awesome if you could make that happen 😉
My comment is that I want one bad!!!
“Agua fresca” is an everyday Mexican delight– just about any fruit blended with water to make a light, fresh drink. Add some sugar if you wish. My favorite is guayaba! Other greats: melons, papaya, kiwi, strawberry, mango. Love!! 😀
Mel, your website is amazing! Thanks so much for sharing!
Super awesome of you to give a BlendTec away. I love Orange Julius knock-offs. I particularly love the Pina Colada flavor. Yummy.
I want a BlendTec sooooo bad! I would love to win.
I really want to win this, no help here in the smoothie department. I don’t really make them but I totally would if I had this blender:)
I have been salivating over this blender for about six months now and really want one. Cost is prohibitive at the moment, but one day I will own one of these babies.
I want any green smoothie….I have the push down juicer sitting on my counter, but it is such a hassle to use, and clean. I want this blender!!! Just plop it in and whirrrr….
I’m preggo and have been craving smoothies lately. My favorite is the Orange Dream kind. Reminds me of the Push Pops back in the day. MMMM
Love your website. I’ve made so many dishes and love them all. My favorite smoothie is blueberries and blackberries with ice and a little OJ.
We make individual smoothies at our place using a magic bullet. You would have to adjust for size, but I put a little water in the cup then fill it with spinach. Blend it to a green watery mess and then fill the cup with frozen berry medley and a scoop of frozen oj. Yummy. My friend michelle passed along the idea and we love it.
I don’t know if it’s because I’m pregnant but all I want are smoothies!!
Two favorite Smoothies for increased Iron:
Green Drink – water, two/three handfuls spinach, 1 Tbsp juice concentrate, ground flax seed, 1 c berries, (add banana, sprouts when you are really daring, carrots, avacado etc.) – this is one of the only ways my kids eat veggies. Sad I realize.
Pumpkin Smoothie – 2/3 c pumpkin, 1 Tbsp molasses, 1 c milk (water if working for iron absorption) cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, blend, then add 1 scoop vanilla protein pwd. – yummy
Smoothies are pretty much how I live when I am pregnant (and I am).
I have been eyeing the Blendtec for years and would love to have one of my own! Also I just found your site today and can’t wait to try these recipes!
Ooh I love smoothies!! Mine aren’t usually very healthy with a ratio of 50% ice cream to 50% fruit. 🙂 but a nice blender would be awesome!
I love spinach, blue berries, lemon wedge, chia seeds, carrot, maybe a bit of honey. Yummy. I know how you feel I am addicted to mine also. I would like to get one for my mom she has MS and her diet is seriously lacking in the fruit and veggie department. Blendtec is a great way to sneek some good food into your diet.
I would love a blender, because that smoothie sounds awesome!
Just found you website and I love it! I would also love a Blendtec!
I watched the documentary” fat sick and nearly dead”…..I have had chronic hive issues just like the guy in the film for over 20 yrs. 🙁 I have went to every doctor/specialist…even The Mayo Clinic. I have had to take steroids to help with the aches & pain in my joints from swelling & hives. Again just like the guy in the doc. Movie who juices or 60 days & travels across America. Through his journey & sharing with others the health benefits of juicing…..losing weight, finally getting off all his medications (steroids have such bad side effects, but we who suffer from chronic uticaria-hives have no other options. There is like 1 % of population that have this unfortunate medical issue) and lastly…his chronic hives no longer exist. I too dream to live healthy and decrease my medications for chronic hives!!!
I want to understand some things that are troubling me. Or a landscaped backyard. But a blendtec will be a nice substitute. 🙂
My husband and I would use this so much – we love smoothies in the morning!
I would love to win this blender!
I would love the blendtec! I would especially love to make my toddler some yummy shakes with hidden veggies! Easy nutrients without the fuss 🙂
I have drooled and drooled over this gadget as well! It makes eating healthy appealing!!
Oh my! This is exactly what I am saving for… Costco had a good deal online and now it is gone. Boo hoo. We have so many favorite smoothie combos and do a lot of green smoothies – handful of spinach, 1 cup frozen berries, orange or pineapple juice, yogurt, mango. A quarter of a banana will totally mask the veggie taste but not overpower. Whatever I have really. I have heard a blendtec can handle a whole orange, peel and all (which has tons of vitamins in it) If I have a baby eating baby food I will throw in frozen pureed carrots. My kids never know and it gets them eating their veggies. It probably also makes it easier to make your own baby food too – the possibilities are endless!!!
I could totally use this at the small private boarding school I cook for!
I had a blender disaster on Christmas morning as I was making your cranberry jalapeño dip, which, by the way, is delicious. I hit the spoon wrong on the blender somehow and my glass blender exploded! Luckily I did not lose an eye as the glass went flying! This is a true story. Sadly, I do not have a blender now and I am totally missing it. No shakes, no homemade jam, no smoothies and especially no cranberry jalapeño dip. Please, pick me!
I want a blendtec problem…
My Favorite smoothie is and Orange Julius.. But its not really all the healthy because of the sugar.. I have been trying to win a Blendtec for well over a year now and never come close to wining one. So i wish my self the best of luck.
With a Blentec I think you could actually place all the ice cubes in at once..
6 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate
1 cup milk
1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
8-9 ice cubes
1. Combine all ingredients except ice cubes in blender.
2. Blend for about 1-2 minutes, adding ice cubes one at a time.
I can’t seem to keep a blender than works. I somehow manage to break them. I have broken the jar, frozen or burned out the motor or something. As a result, I tend to just buy the cheapest blender and hope is makes it through whatever it is that I am making.
The Blendtec seems like a terrific give away. Thanks. If I win, I promise to be careful with it!! 🙂
I just got in to making green smoothies this week and I’m hooked! This is amazing!
Pick me!
What I really need is a bigger kitchen so that I can cook without going crazy but this would do instead :).
I love smoothies, banana ice cream….blend it we will drink it.
I wanted a Blendtec sooo bad for Christmas! But it was a little too much money for our budget. I ended up with a Ninja instead but I still dream of one day owning a Blendtec!
I know it’s classic but I would say strawberry bannan. I also loved iced chocolate milk.
Smoothies are the star at many of our meals, any time of day. Our favs have vanilla yogurt, frozen fruit like blueberries and pineapple, and a banana thrown in for extra sweetness. Then I pour in some v-8 splash or o.j. and blend it all up! I would love a blendtec to make the whole process that much more smooth!
I have the blender attachment for my Bosch but it’s pretty weak.
I have been wanting a blendtec for years!!! I am in love with smoothies and right now my favorite is 1 scoop vanilla protein powder, 1 cup trop50 orange juice, half banana, and a handful of frozen peaches/tropical fruit blend. It is heaven! So light and delicious. When i dont have any fruit on hand I just do the orange juice, vanilla protein powder and ice. taste just like and orange julius. And for the best tasting protien powder go with muscle milk.
My blender is one of those blender/mini-food processor combos. Whenever I use it, it seems like it is overworking and ready to explode. It would be awesome to replace it with a Blendtec!!
I SO want a blendtec! I am using a magic bullet right now and every time I use it it smells like the motor is going to burn up. 🙁 I’m just waiting for it to die on me.
My blender is as old as my marriage…I could use a new one-blender , that is! : )
I would love to own a blend-tec!
My oh my!!!! Oh how I would love a blendtec.. it is a thing of beauty!! I had one in my Costco cart last year and ended up putting it back because of cost.. I think I shed a tear.. love the shrek smoothie (just add spinach to any smoothie) delish!!
Frozen cranberries, an orange, a banana, and water to thin. Ridiculously good!
The secret to a good smoothie is a banana. Boy, would I love a Blendtec!
I bought a blender this year and wish I would have just saved my pennies for a bledtec. My Bestie has one and it’s amazing!
Didn’t I JUST say in your previous giveaway that THIS was the top of my wishlist? WOW oh WOW oh WOW oh WOOOOWWWZA. I would seriously. die. Seriously.
I think that with my new panini press, a blendtec would complete my kitchen. I can hardly wait until you announce that I am the winner!! (Obviously, I’m hoping that all my wildest dreams come true with that statement.)
Adding fresh spinach to frozen banana, blueberries, yogurt and juice is great!
We used to watch “Will it blend?” videos in my marketing classes in college 🙂
My favorite (somewhat) healthy smoothie is 1 cup Kefir, 1 cup frozen strawberries, 1 TBS Flax Seed Oil, 1 tsp vanilla, and 1 TBS Honey. I LOVE Kefir because it has that tart yogurty flavor. Yumm!!!!
So you hav all of us drooling over this machine and I’ve never seen one!!! It must be wonderful because everything you post is awesome!! I’ve had 3blenders over my 39+years of marriage. I think this would be one to have so I could get rid of some of my other kitchen appliances!! thanks for all your ideas. I look forward to your post every day!!
I also love smoothies but my blender can’t handle them. I would love one with POWER!
Well, I have heard of cupcake smoothies (using leftover day-old cupcakes), but I have never tried one! HA HA! I would love to make heathier smoothies like strawberry-bannana! YUM.
My cheap walmart blender burned out a week or so ago. I would love to get a Blendtec (the blender cadillac) from the giveaway!
I make my kids green monster smoothies almost every morning! Fat free Greek yogurt, a little oj, frozen mango, frozen pineapple, a banana and shhhhhh two big handfuls of fresh spinach! I make them leave the kitchen, so they can’t see my “secret monster ingredient” 😉
I’d love one to make smoothies! I have no recipes since we don’t have them often. but new year, new me! Will try some!!!!! Thanks!
I would absolutely love a blendtec. I don’t even have a blender so this would be super fantastic.
HONEST!
I was reading along and on, I mean how many times do people think what they have or use is the best thing since sliced bread. But as soon as you said better than your Bosch, then I knew you had high standards and believable. My mother-in-law gave me a Bosch in 1978 when my third child was born. I used that miracle til 1998 when my 10th child was 2. That was a sad day when the Bosch was gone… My life has not been the same since. From time to time my children will offer me a mixer or blender. One time one daughter even got me a Kitchen Aid. I thanked her very much, but it wasn’t a Bosch, I tried it. She returned it, it was a sweet gesture. But I am encouraged by your new blender, it must be wonderful to be not only compared to but (shhh) better than your Bosch. WOW I can only dream. I have not purchased anything and won’t til I have the money for a Bosch. Or NOW a Blendtec. I am hard headed as all my children will agree, but I will not spend that kind of money on something that isn’t the real deal. So I go to yard sales and buy a mixer or blender and when they die I hand mix for awhile til another time. If I where to win a Blentec, I would like to use some of your specialties til I can try it out and then share my new dream creations with you. I can hardly wait. To think that I may be once again able to use and not just dream of a MIRACLE in my life again. sigh…
I have never heard of this brand before but it sounds awesome, we are actually in need of a blender because the cheap walmart ones break after a couple months.
I fell in love with the Blendtec last year when I saw it at a Costco Roadshow. Would love to have one someday soon to help with good nutritious food for my family!
I would love a Blendtec to make avocado smoothies.
I want one. My sister in law is always raving about hers. I would love to see if it really as good as y’all say it is. Fingers crossed!
I want a blendtech SOO bad. My only problem- my hubby will never understand! 🙂 We are really into the green smoothie fad right now. I make it pretty simple though. Just keep some frozen fruit on hand (peaches, pineapple, berries of any sort) and throw in whatever I like. My kids love bananas in theirs. Then toss in a couple handfuls of spinach or kale and its green. 🙂 If I had a blendtech I would be trying out some soup recipes in it! Thanks for your blog and recipes!
I would LOVE a new blender and am so tickled you are giving one away!!!!
I would love to add this Blendtec blender to my kitchen! I would make smoothies, milk shakes and salad dressing. Love your blog!
I love, love, love my blend tec. I would love to send one off to my undernourished college kids.
I’ve always want a nice blender like this one…I have a lot of cheaper appliances since I’m young and just starting to build my kitchen appliance collection. This would be a great addition. My favorite smoothie will always be strawberry-banana, with yogurt and a little bit of honey.
My son loves smoothies of any flavor he needs this
Mel,
I love your website. THanks for Sharing! You inspire me to get up and make something delish on the days I just don’t feel like cooking. I always feel better when I do, too. So thank you!
I would love a new blender! I have heard this is amazing and would love to replace my REALLY REALLY old one!!
Oh my how I would LOVE one of these. I have been wanting something like this forever, but can’t afford it on a dental school budget- so I am using my magic bullet which isn’t doing that great and plus forget it if I want to make large portions:). Favorite smoothie right now is banana, blueberries, spinach,skim milk- easy!
Ok so Curley kale (strip the leaf from the stalk) half of a carafe full then fill with water, and pineapple frozen strawberries, banana, and some grapes or blackberries…. 2 cycles on whole juice….yummy. This is a great way to get your greens in…
My family loves smoothies, too! I am dying for a blendtec so I can sneak spinach into our smoothies. I hear that frozen cherries cover up any fresh vegetable you blend! Fav ingredients are: strawberries, banana, blueberries, yogurt, milk and ice!
This would be perfect for my green smoothies, especially since my current blender is about to die. Hint Hint Wink Wink Pick me please.
I would love to make milkshakes with this!! And, really, it whips cream? A blender?? I would love to try that!!
I would love to win this Blendtec! I have a tiny apartment, and I think this would be worth the space.
my husband and i have gone through four (that’s right. FOUR.) blenders since getting married, because nothing quite makes the cut when it comes to withstanding our blending needs. would love to have a turbo-blender-machine that withstands more than a couple months’ smoothie/ice-chip abuse. LOVE.
Will it blend? Would love a Blendtec blender to make delicious smoothies!
you have convinced me that I need one of these!!! I’ve seen them at Costco but always wondered if they were that great. Apparently they are!
Funny that you have this giveaway today…for your last giveaway, I commented that if I got a $100 gift card anywhere, it would be used to buy a Blendtec! Needless to say, I really want one 🙂
Ok when you asked what was tops on our kitchen wish list for the gift card giveaway, I said a blender! I think it’s karma and this blendtec will soon be mine! (Thanks in advance for the great gift! 🙂
I have a wonderful wife who Loves your recipes and makes wonderful meals for me and our two little girls. She loves to experiment with alot of different smoothies, but our current blender leaves chunks (and who wants to swallow a chunk of spinach!) She is so deserving and this would so get me out of the dog house for forgetting our 8 year anniversary a month ago!
I want! I want!
I want one of these!! I love me some smoothies!
Thank you for this giveaway. I would use this to make homemade sauces for my Mexican food.
My new fave smoothie is simply 1/2 cup unsweetened strawberries and 1 cup light vanilla soy milk. YUM, and so healthy!
I’d love to win this! I’d make some sort of frappucino copycat! Help me get rid of my Starbucks addiction!
I always know that any of your recipes that I use, I love!
Im going to tell you how great I think your blog is. I have tried the majority of your recipes and truly appreciate all that you do bring them to us. You are awesome. THANKS!
I’m so boring because my smoothies are just frozen berries and bananas. I have been soo tempted to try one with red cabbage. They have a sample station at our Costco that gives out samples of a smoothie that contains red cabbage and my kids always love it – but I’m sure if I made it at home, they’d hate it! Maybe if I had a Blendtec…
I love my blendtec…sold the vita mix to go with convenience of a Blendtec
Hey Mel! This blender sounds simply amazing to create healthy smoothies, snacks, etc! I will tell you two great recipes; one for the kids and one for the adults! I found this recipe on pinterest for homemade fruit snacks, they are awesome:
1 cup mixed berries
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 cup fruit juice (apple, cranberry, blueberry, whatever)
2 envelopes gelatin (1 envelope = 2 1/2 tsp)
In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the berries and water. Bring to a boil and cook until berries are soft, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a blender or use an immersion blender to puree berries until smooth. Return to pot. Add applesauce and return to a boil, then remove from heat, cover and set aside.
In a large bowl, sprinkle gelatin over fruit juice and let stand one minute. Add hot fruit mixture and stir until gelatin completely dissolves, 3 to 5 minutes.
Pour into 8 x 8 inch glass or ceramic baking dish (or into molds, if you want to go that route). Refrigerate until firm, about 3 hours. Cut into blocks or shapes.
The next is a margarita on the rocks or use your nifty blender for a frozen version!:
Nikki’s 12-12-12 Margaritas
1 (12oz.) corona
12 oz. tequila
12 oz. 7-Up
1 can frozen margartia or limeade, prepared
Into a pitcher prepare limeade. Pour in corona. Use bottle to measure and pour in tequila and 7-up. Stir! Enjoy on the rocks or place in blender with ice1
I just realized our current blender was purchased in 1995…I think we could use a new one!
Wow! I have wanted one of those for a long time!
Okay I need a blendtec desperately. I make green monster smoothies all the time – frozen banana, frozen pear, frozen berries, kale, protein powder, and oats – in my food processor, but it jams up and can’t handle the frozen fruit 🙁
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I like smoothies as a way to get in some green veggies (ie. spinach), especially since I struggle getting them any other way! Sweetened with some fresh berries from our garden and you have a great smoothie.
I would love a frother!! My favorite smoothie is a peanut butter banana smoothie!! PB banana, ice and a little milk
I don’t have a blender OR a food processor, so I would absolutely love a Blendtec! I would definitely use it to make smoothies for breakfast.
I have been wanting a blendtec since I’ve found out what it is.(a few years) I am a mother obsessed with getting my two year old to eat healthy. I attempt to sneak in veggies into his diets through smoothies. Unfortunately my cheap over used blender doesn’t make them very smoothe. Also, being students we don’t make enough at the moment to purchase one on our own.
Thank you for sharing recipes with everyone. I really enjoy trying out new menus.
Oh, help me replace my oh so small magic bullet! Smoothies are a staple around our house and because I am your #1 fan (seriously, I have a binder full of your recipes!) I will share our most commonly made smoothie: 2 cups almond or rice milk (any milk will do) 1/2 cup blueberries 1/2 cup strawberries, a few chunks of frozen peach, and a heaping handful or two of baby spinach. If you can get ove the fact it is green, it is very good and healthy!
Oh, I am sure I don’t have a chance of winning this but i so want one. I used my moms and now it pains me every time I use my oster. My kids eat the green smoothies all the time….spinach (which I pop in the freezer before it goes bad), orange juice concentrate, banana, pineapple and ice. The veggie hater loves this. I will cross my fingers….
Blendtec has been on my wish list for two years!! Would love one to make my morning smoothies (love strawberry+yogurt+spinach OR anything with peanut butter please!!) and soup.
I would love to be able to make a whole batch of soup in there!! Or you know a really yummy strawberry smoothie!! I love strawberries! martha(at)lclink(dot)com
Oh My Gosh! My husband has been wanting one of these forever but we haven’t had the money to put towards it. We just celebrated our 10 year anniversary and his birthday is coming up…this would be the BEST gift for him!
Funny that I pulled this up just after making a smoothie for me and my 3 children! I like to make smoothies a super healthy snack, so I experiment all the time with different combinations of fruits and vegetables. The one I just made had: spinach, a little bit of pumpkin, strawberries, banana, persimmon, a little bit of beet to combat the green of the spinach, plain yogurt, silken tofu (makes it super creamy) and apple juice to sweeten. They all loved it! Me included. (Most of those ingredients were frozen- not the spinach yogurt or tofu) I have been drooling over a Blendtec for a while now!! You are very generous!
I’d have to go with bananas, orange juice, berries (any mix will do) and some vanilla yogurt. I need a new blender since mine is pretty much on the fritz….I know what you mean about addiction to smoothies…last Christmas, my husband had to request real food since I couldn’t get off my kick.
I was going to bypass the chance to win the Blendteck until I saw that you liked it better than your Bosch…..NO WAY! CAN’T IMAGINE. So hopefully I will win and find out for myself.
I like to blend my bottled apricots with some kefir and honey for a nutritious smoothie.
I would LOVE a blendtec! It sounds amazing, but the one thing that I really would like right now is a nice mixer; either a Kitchenaid or a Bosch. Also my favorite smoothie that I like to do is frozen strawberries, peaches, raspberries, yogurt, and fruit juice.
We have had our Blendtec since Christmas. Love making smoothies, but love grinding my own wheat and making bread too ! Would love to have one for my sister. She has 3 beautiful little girls including Claire who is autistic. Special diets are hard and a Blendtec would make her day !
I would love one of these. Our local Costco sells them and I have been wanting one for a long time. My favorite smoothies consist of fruit, yogurt, and milk, not much else and most fruits will do.
Spinach, kale leaf, frozen bananas, strawberries, blueberries, peach keirfer and about a cup of milk. Super easy breakfast smoothie and I love that my kids will drink their veggies!
We LOVE the BlendTec! My husband’s health has improved since he switched from toast and sausage to grape, apple, carrot, banana, strawberry, yogurt and protein powder smoothies for breakfast. Almond milk, chocolate syrup and ice milkshakes much lower fat than McD’s. Soy milk, vanilla, banana, agave, nutmeg and cinnamon…yummy!
I would love to win this!!!!
Hmmm, smoothie recommendation. Maybe something with pumpkin, milk, egg yolks, banana, and cinnamon? Sounds gross but it’s good!
Beautiful blog! I would love to get a blendtec so I could make proper green smoothies, grind my own nut flours, easy whipped cream… as you said, so many, many things you can do! Thanks for the giveaway! cheers!
I would love a Blendtec to make pizza dough. Maybe if I have a cool tool I’ll branch out and give it a try.
I LOVE SMOOTHIES.. i have a cheapo oster blender we got for our wedding 3 years ago and ive been needing to upgrade for some time now but the funds just arent there. My perfect smoothie is 3 scoops kroger vanilla frozen yogart, about 6 frozen starberries, about 10 frozen raspberries, and about a cup & 1/2 of sugar free sunny d or 1/3 can of frozen oj concentrate + 1 cup sugar free apple juice.. depends what i have on hand. this makes about 3 full size smoothies, enough for my little fam 🙂
I’d love to win the Blendtec to I can make my fav smoothie…banana, blueberry and kale! Looks disgusting, but tastes delish!
I love your blog, I am a faithful follower and love to have a blender too!!
I want one! I’ve been meaning to join the green smoothie craze but only have a cheap-o blender that’s not up to the task.
One thing I really want? A vacation 🙂
My blender is really no good and I’ve heard other people rave about the blendtec blender–I want one!!
I’d make an Oreo smoothie on the weekend and a green smoothie during the week when I’m back on my diet;)
This is the only thing my husband wanted for Christmas, but we just couldn’t afford it. I am in love with it and every time it comes to Costco, I drool. My husband is a REAL smoothie king.
We have wanted one of these or awhile. Thanks for the great offer.
Hello, I have been reading your blog for quite some time, but never posted. I love all your great ideas and I have incorporated many into my own families rotation of meals.
My favorite smoothie.
The green monster
2 cups of spinach
1/2 cup of orange juice
1 banana
ice (about a cup)
Honey or agave to taste. I usually add about a tablespoon.
Throw all into the blender and wa-la! Delish!!
I really want this blender. I’ve been researching them online all week long!
I would LOVE to have one!
I think the under counter mount is awesome!
Thanks!
I would love a Blendtec! I watch the presentations at Costco and constantly pull them up online to drool over.
I would absolutely LOVE to win a Blendtec… I have been researching like crazy & drooling over every video displaying a blendtec recipe!!
Oh man! I have been eyeballing one of these babies for such a long time! My favorite smoothie is 1/2 c oats, 1 cup spinach, 1 banana, handful of berries, scoop of protein, and any favorite juice. YUM!
My husband would be over the top excited if I won this… we call green smoothies at our house “hulk” smoothies and my kids eat them up!
Every once in a while you can find Blendtecs being sold at Costco.
My husband LOVES milkshakes, but our blender SUCKS and there are always big chunks of ice cream (i don’t mind) in the mix.
this would be wonderful/ PICK ME PICK ME!!
I have bot owned a blender, hand mixer, or food processor on years. I can only imagine how amazing this machine would be. How it could cut down on the hand mixing and chopping when making salsa and other goodies. One day I hope to own one when finances allow. I’d make smoothies on a daily basis!
I have never heard of this machine. And it does sound like a wonderful machine/ tool that everyone should have in the kitchen. 🙂 Sounds like a real winner!
Favorite smoothie: frozen strawberries, blueberries, banana, orange juice and if I’m feeling really healthy a couple handfuls of baby spinach!
I would LOVE this blender! And I love your blog, by the way. I’ve never left a comment, but I’ve made maybe 20 of your recipes in the past three-ish months since finding your blog and I love ALL of them. No joke :).
yum….i want one
Um, anything with peanut butter. Like pb, nutella, banana and some plain yogurt. Mmmmm….
We do fat free greek yogurt, kale, chia seeds, coconut oil, fresh stawberries, frozen blueberries, frozen cherries, fresh pineapple, small amount of OJ and pomagrante juices, yummy. Lots of fiber , vitamins and minerals.
Vanilla shake with Naners!!! Mmmmmm
I would love a blendtec to make mango tango smoothines. Also, chocolate banana milkshakes. Thanks!
Our blender isn’t cutting it since we’ve begun making green smoothies daily, boo! We love 1 c. pumpkin puree, 8oz vanilla silk, handful of spinach, dash of cinnamon and nutmeg few ice cubes…Amazing! and so good for you 🙂
I have eyeing this and vitamix at Costco. Thanks Mel!
I would love to win a blendtec …. Sweetie! I am just changing to black small applicances on my counter top. Please, please, please … enough of the small talk, just please.
My favorite smoothie is 3 cups frozen strawberries, 2 frozen bananas (too-brown ones I peeled and kept in the freezer) and 1-2 cups of orange juice. Add yogurt for some protein. No sweetener needed. My boys love it.
Hi Mel,
I would love to try that blender. I have been trying your recipes almost every night. My youngest says I must be in love. My wife doesn’t complain much since she has alot more time on her hands. The recipes are great.
Chad in Colorado Springs
I have admired this blender for years and would love one for my kitchen and family!!
Any smoothie with strawberries is delicious to me!
I sneak in Flax and fresh spinach to my smoothies and it doesn’t really affect the taste and it spikes up the nutritional value of my kids lives!
Hi Mel! My oh my, oh my! I want to win this blender!I have all kinds of good recipes to share with you! Not only smoothies but how about this vegan.
soymilk shake!
3 ripe bananas frozen
2 cups vanilla soy milk
1/2 cup organic peanut butter or almond butter
Some ice
Blend in the blentec and enjoy!
I’ve never heard of blendtec…sounds intriguing and would definitely empty my cabinets (Yeah!) I could make a chocolate hazelnut milkshake. Or maybe a strawberry smoothie. The possibilities are endless. Yum!
Oh so many things to blend – salsa, pestos, dressings, and of course smoothies! I love chocolate almond butter smoothies, bananas & milk, chocolate blueberry, or chocolate orange. I’ve got an avocado smoothie I’m nervous but excited to try out….I mean I love avocados and I love smoothies but….
I like putting lots of spinach in my smoothies.
Oooh, I’d love to make “orange julius” which is a concoction from the 70s made with orange juice, ice cubes, and several other things I can’t remember at this exact moment, but which I will look up online if I should happen to be the lucky person to win this wonderful machine. 😉
Wow. I want one bad. I love smoothies and I don’t love how my blender cries when it sees ice!
This machine sounds wonderful! Love your blog and the recipes you have on it.
Ooh. Pick me. I am in desperate need of one of these amazing wonderful machines.
…I hadn’t made a smoothie all winter… usually something I crave more in the Spring and Summer… until last week. And it was delicious! And I remembered why I love them so much. I generally use a combination of fresh fruit/yogurt/ juice that we might have on hand, but when I really plan it out, I love smoothies with fresh peaches and berries mixed together. And throw in a handful of spinach… you can’t even taste it and it’s a great way to get your veggies!
My husband would be the happiest man alive to WIN a Blendtec!!! He’s dreamed about one of these babies for years. Help his dreams come true.
My husband and I love smoothies after long runs. No smoothy is ever the same and we use a variety of fruits and veggies including apples, oranges, pears, berries, bananas, carrots, spinach, and kale (sometimes quick oats!). We also love to top it off with some protein powder for an added boost to stay full longer.