Can you make smoothies in this? anyone tried to make really liquidy things in this, like smoothies?
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NOt a good idea. You can puree items, but liquidy items are best suited for a blender. Especially a high-powered Vitamix! I recommend it!
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Yes. My grandson actually makes milkshakes in it, according to his mom. It does not blend like a real blender, but it does spin so he thinks he is making one.
829279
You can make green smoothies with this blender, but you can do that with a magic bullet as well. If you want a green juice with little texture you'd want to buy a juicer.
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If you remove the silicone valve, it's absolutely suitable for a smoothie. I've given my daughter smoothies in hers with and without the valve and she has trouble sucking out the smoothie with the valve in.
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No this is a very high quality juicer. You can use the juice to blend into smoothies.
13442
I've done it with a little less than a cup of water and it dissolved completely, but there is no doubt it'll mix well with a smoothie.. so it'll mix!
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I use mine to make smoothie pops so the liquid is already half frozen and very thick. I'm not sure how they would work with very liquid filling.
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I've done both. I mix into smoothies with other stuff, but I've also just done it in a shaker bottle with water. Tastes pretty good, and the texture isn't bad either.
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You can put in glass with a lid and just shake it . But my prefrence is add ice with product and maybe a banna or yougart just what ever you want to add and put in a blender or bullet and its more like a milkshake . I really really like the product it never leaves a bad taste in mouth like a lot of diet products you will really b pleased with the product.
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You could make a juice and leave all the pulp in, but really not the right machine to make smoothies, like Steve said you really need a blender for that.
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I have never tried, but I think a high speed blender would do a butter job for smoothiesCarl
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well, my daughter used the smoothie thing and it worked well...we are infrequent users of the blender, only for shakes..cost/benefit ratio works.
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It was a gift for my granddaughter so she could make smoothies at college. I think if you can put fruit in you probably could put veggies in too but I have never used it myself.
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No. The blades spin too slowly, it purees, I guess you can approach something like a badly blended smoothie if you run it for a long long time, risking burning the cheap motor. For fruits and smoothies its all about rpm, and this is a chopping device, not a blending device. And don't even think about throwing ice into this, food processors only handle what you can cut with a knife.
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This is still a blender as opposed to a juicer. You would still have to add water to help with the blending process, but overall you would likely end up with carrot juice-albeit diluted a bit by the water. I consistently use the 3HP to make smoothies that are pretty much all liquid.
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I'm not sure if smoothies can be made with it since I specifically bought it to juice. I would recommend purchasing a Bullet or something in that order for smoothies.
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This is a just below average blender, I bought it specifically for making smoothies. I saw it in our local grocery store, so I was able to really look it over before I bought it. However, the "smoothie button" is a load of garbage. I use frozen fruit and frozen veggies, liquid, and yogurt. I always put the liquid and yogurt in first and still I have to use the pulse button to get everything mixed (I have to keep stopping to mix with a utensil) and then I have to leave it on the puree button to really get it to blend smoothly. Considering I use it twice a day everyday it's kind of annoying, but while it's blending I get time to clean up. BOTTOM LINE it's takes too long for making smoothies, it IS very loud, AND worst of all it leaks, there is not a good seal no matter how tight I try to make it. Is it a good value for the money? I would have rather spent the money on the Ninja. Hope this helps!