Can you chop nuts in the blender. U can do that with my 25+ year olcd Oster
785373
Why not? Its just a blender top that uses the motor of the mixer instead of having a separate motor. It is much sturdier than the Oster Kitchen Center I replaced it with. I chop nuts in a food processor. They work better than a blender I think for nuts chopping nuts.
785374
I haven't chopped nuts in it but it does a great job crushing ice and frozen fruit/veggies.
785375
I ended up returning mine. It worked well on smoothies for a week or two then it wouldn't crush up the ice in the smoothies. I hope this helps.
884028
The blender will not grind nuts into powder as there is a lot of oil contained in nuts; this blender will grind nuts into nut butter; ie., peanuts into peanut butter. The blender will also grind coffee beans. If coffee beans are ground too fine, the coffee brewed from such fine ground beans will taste unpleasantly bitter.
76090
I mainly use the blender for salsas and smoothies. Although, one of the ingredients for smoothies are nuts. I have noticed that in order to blend the seeds or nuts, i have to push it to the highest speed. Is this normal?
1005247
I apologize for taking so long to answer, but yes. I can make smoothies and pesto from the two blender containers that came with mine.
697512
Doubt it. There are recipes included in the Instruction Manual on how to mince frozen fruit into "ice creams" or sorbets, but we have not tried this. Think you need a blender to do smoothies, as this is a low-speed juicer meant to preserve full nutritional value of fruits and veggies.
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Yes you can, I regularly make nut butters. For me it takes about 20mins at the most to get the nuts I've used so far to a smooth consistency (peanuts, hazelnuts). The blades do get build-up from process, so if you plan on making several batches, just wash the blades between batches in order to get the best results each time.
74701
We use a food processor to do that. Blenders are not normally recommended for nut butters.
594265
Yes, but to be honest a good blender or sm food precessor is better, or large depending on how many nuts you'll be grinding at a time!
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AMAZINGLY ENOUGH IT DOES! All u do is put the amount of nuts in (how many u want to puree)the container and make sure the lid is one well and pulse at first and then just hold down the motor until it gets thin/smooth as u want it. Sometimes when I get my pitcher overly full, I do take the pitcher and shake it to loosen up the dry ingredient so they can all get pureed or smooth as I want them too. It is absolutely not like the usual blenders where it is inconsistent but it's the opposite. Even if u are using the 48 ounce pitcher full of nuts, the entire container will be smooth in less than a minute. Best of luck to u. BTW, u will end up w/a powder consistency if u do it too long, so take the lid off and inspect it every so often, b/c I have gotten into trouble overdoing it on the consistency, but it was b/c I did not know any better. It works wonders. Best of luck to u in ur recipes!
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To be completely I honest I bought the magic bullet to replace the oster because my oster broke after the first use and I would say depending on the size of the nuts and which type. I was mixing spices. So they blended well and after a minute the oster broke. But would probably break the oster as well.
74703
I really don't know. I would first research how other people make nut butter, what kind of tool they use. If they say a blender then I see no reason why you could not use this for that then.
1078579
You can use the milling blade for nuts, flax seed, etc... it grinds it so that it will blend better in smoothies / shakes. I use mine quite often. I also use it to grind coffee beans.
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Always depends on how long you twist the cover. Short bursts will chop & longer operation will puree. Broccoli, beans, cauliflower consistency would be fine~~I wouldn't try hard carrots, sweet potatoes, etc. That would risk the blades breaking. Also, cashews, pecans OK~~not Brazil nuts. It's a tough machine, but use care. PS Do not put the bowl in the microwave. It will crack...
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I have not tried chopping nuts, but I imagine there would be no problem if the nuts were coarsely chopped before putting them in the chopper. I make awesome pico or salsa, but i always start with the onions, tomatoes, and peppers cut into pieces. If i cannot easily pull the cable, I reduce the size of whatever is being chopped. As for pesto, i would use nuts like walnuts because they can easily be chopped. The chopper is so much easier to use than the food processor or the blender.
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I have the Bamix Pro, my second Bamix and I have loved mine. I wore the first one out, like, worked it to death in about 13/15 years. So sorry your doesn't meet your expectations. I don't even own a blender.
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Spinach yes. I'm not so sure about kale but hey it doesn't hurt to try. I would suggest chopping it first before throwing it in the blender. I wouldn't see why not though, it has great power.
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I have chopped nuts but not ginger or bok choy. It worked great. The blades are REALLY sharp.