Smoothie Blender – What Will You Get?

Smoothie Blender – What Will You Get?

A refreshing smoothie is a drink that few people would refuse. Now, you do not necessarily have to go to a café to enjoy one. An equally delicious drink can easily be prepared at home. For this purpose, you need a device whose capabilities significantly exceed its compact size and affordable price – a smoothie blender. Unlike a conventional immersion, or so-called hand blender, it has a more convenient design. You will not need to hold anything in your hands: simply place the ingredients to be blended into the bowl-shaped container attached to the motorised base and press the start button. Within half a minute to a minute, the appliance’s blades will prepare a smooth, creamy mixture that only needs to be poured into glasses! If at first you think that you will not use this kitchen appliance very often, read on and discover what else you can prepare besides fruit smoothies.

Drinks You Can Prepare

Strawberries with banana and kefir, refreshing watermelon with lime, a non-alcoholic piña colada or a fruit mix with natural drinking yoghurt – the variations of fruit and berry smoothies are enormous and depend solely on your taste preferences and lifestyle. You can treat yourself and your family to sweetened drinks such as a strawberry, yoghurt and chocolate mix or a banana, ice cream and nut smoothie. If you actively support a healthy lifestyle, the appliance will allow you to enjoy healthy treats, such as a mixture of mango and almond milk. You can add seeds, nuts, dried fruit, cereal flakes, jam, honey, syrup, cane sugar and so on to the basic ingredients. The liquid most often used is plain water, mineral water, juice, yoghurt, kefir or milk, or several liquids at once – there are no limits to your imagination here! 

The second most popular type of drink to prepare in a smoothie blender is vegetable and herb smoothies. This is an excellent way to replenish the body’s “reserves” of the vitamins and fibre found in these products. Not everyone manages to eat the recommended amount of vegetables every day. So blended broccoli, spinach, celery, avocado, parsley, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables are an excellent way to consume everything the body needs in a tasty form. This is especially true of children, who rarely eat, for example, broccoli in its “pure” form. With an appealing, refreshing smoothie, parents’ chances of “feeding” their children valuable vitamins will increase considerably!

That is not the end of a smoothie blender’s capabilities. You can also prepare refreshing sorbets by crushing ice (if the appliance has this function) and adding jam or syrup. You can also chop and blend all the same things as in a conventional blender: cream soups, baby purées, sauces, nut butter and so on. The appliance is most often used in summer and early autumn, when berries, fruit and vegetables are available in the greatest variety and at lower prices. Therefore, buying a smoothie blender this spring is an investment whose results you will feel very soon. By preparing healthy smoothies every day, your well-being and skin quality will improve, your sleep will become more restful and your craving for sweets will diminish (if your goal is to lose weight). Sweet smoothies, meanwhile, offer a quick and easy way to delight yourself, your family and your guests with a tasty treat. They are also cheaper than visiting a café.

The Most Useful Blender Features

To make blenders more multifunctional, simple, convenient and better suited to users’ needs, manufacturers equip their appliances with useful features. Naturally, the more features there are, the higher the product price. However, it is sometimes worth paying extra for comfort and broader functionality. When choosing a blender, consider which of the features listed below would be useful to you.

·         Several operating speeds, turbo and pulse mode. You will be able to control the blending process and adjust the drink’s consistency to your preferences. The most useful feature in this respect is pulse mode – short blade-rotation cycles, if you want to obtain a mixture with a coarser consistency.

·         Ice crushing. This is useful for preparing sorbets and refreshing smoothies in hot weather. With an appliance whose blades are suitable for crushing ice, you will not need to worry about crushing other dense products either, such as nuts. The blades will handle the task without being damaged.

·         Vacuum blending mode. This feature is available on many higher-priced blenders. It works as follows: the appliance first extracts the air from the container and then blends the ingredients in a vacuum. As a result, the drink retains its colour (including apples, avocado and mango), aroma, fresh taste and vitamins for much longer. Such a smoothie can be stored in the refrigerator for longer.

·         More extensive set. Additional containers, glasses or bottles with airtight lids will be useful if you want to store the prepared smoothie in the refrigerator or take it with you on a trip, to work or to the gym.

·         Lid through which you can add more ingredients while the blender is operating. As you know, ingredients “settle” during the blending process, and the final product is usually considerably less than the original quantity of ingredients. Through a special lid, you will be able to add ingredients and prepare a smoothie for several people at once.

·         Self-cleaning function; the option of washing the appliance’s removable components in a dishwasher will make care easier, saving time for much more enjoyable activities.

You can purchase your ideal appliance for making smoothies without overpaying at the 220.lv online store! Here you will find more than 300 different smoothie blender models, from which you can choose the one best suited to you based on its range of functions, price, design, manufacturer and other parameters. Small families will appreciate compact and affordable appliances with a capacity of up to 1–1.5 litres, several operating speeds and an ice-crushing function. Supporters of a healthy lifestyle are offered portable cordless models that can easily be taken to the gym or on hikes. Those looking for the most powerful and durable solutions will be pleased with products from such world-famous manufacturers as Philips, Sencor, Bosch, Braun, Electrolux, KitchenAid, Moulinex, Smeg, Tefal and Russell Hobbs. Many of these models have high-quality glass jugs, stainless-steel housings, powerful motors (over 800 W) and a vacuum blending function. Visit the store, choose your favourite and embark on flavour experiments this spring!