Can you use this for smoothies?
1727857
I am not sure. We did pour it over crushed ice and it was good. Why not try? What' s thr worst that could happen?
1727858
It's just a thick syrupy flavoring so I suppose you could. I'd test it out on a small amount. Can't help thinking there are better ways to flavor a smoothie than these.
2238495
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.
1975900
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.
1955294
I don't usually make smoothies of that thickness but I believe it could probably could handle it. It never seems to bog down or strain with fairly thick smoothies. You may need something more powerful like a Vitamix.
179918
I have not tried that yet. I have been using it for green smoothies, which it does fairly well. A few small chunks here and there
1506414
I haven't attempted to use it for smoothies. I don't think it would do a very good job at smoothies, being that it only has a two blade set. However I make my own brown rice flower for bread with it and does a great job.
602960
No. It's a blender. I use it to mixcake mixes, make smoothies, blend gravy, soups, etc.I also use it to make fruit and vegetable purees.
1954713
I use it for smoothies all the time and works great. We don't have any glass/jar that it fits in. We use a large measuring cup.
225918
I have never tried it but I would imagine no. As mentioned before it's just a plastic blender piece. I do use it for making drinks cold with ice though as the spinning does melt the ice if it's only a small amount. For on the go smoothies I use a different blender which I do recommend: Hamilton Beach 51101B Personal Blender with Travel Lid, Black
362785
I think it might work with a thin smoothie,but can't guarantee that. I only use it for ice water.
855670
No....I just use this as sort of a travel glass, pouring from the smoothie maker into it so I can wash the blender.It has no blade and isn't supposed to fit on the blender.
267776
I own this blender, however only have used it to crush ice and make smoothies. Sorry can't answer your question really, however it looks like perhaps you may do as you say, hold something at a different level or some action such as that.
619697
yes. i make smoothies with this; its fine, but i did have to replace it after about 2 years.
2281878
Absolutely! I've been drinking green smoothies for 4 or 5 years now and using this same blender. I had one this morning with frozen spinach and frozen blueberries and oatmeal in it, among other things. I use smoothie straws, but I've used regular straws, too. I prefer the clear thicker ones if I can't get the smoothie straws. I can't speak for others, but this has been a great blender for me. I've been using it since 2009, I believe. A GE one blew up on me after one day of use. Make sure you put enough liquid in if you use this one. It labors if there isn't enough which took me a few days to figure out. I use about 1.5 cups of pure liquid (combo of water and almond milk) and that usually does the trick.
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.
1370456
I use mine for smoothies all the time! The shaker ball doesn't get in the way at all, but you could always take it out. Once I make my smoothie in a blender, I just pour it in and head out!
488758
By itself, but I don't see why you couldn't add it to a smoothie. It's probably really good in a smoothie. It's also good by itself.