In our busy fast paced lives, the key to staying healthy is being organized. As the saying goes “If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail." Eating well isn’t difficult, it just takes preparation! I like to prepare my meals the night before, so I know they are ready to go & I have everything I need with me for the day! (It cuts out the need for the mid afternoon “naughty” snack!)
However, we don’t always have time to fuss around in the kitchen to make recipes with lots of ingredients. This is why SMOOTHIES are a great option. Smoothies are quick to make, easy to drink on the go & you can throw all your superfoods in for a power packed, energy boosting, nutrient dense treat!
Whether you like your smoothies fruity, with protein or packed with superfoods, I’m sure you will agree that a necessary component of smoothie making is a blender! There are so many different types, so we thought we would give you a bit of a run down to help you choose what type of blender is going to suit your lifestyle & needs for SUPER SMOOTHIE MAKING!
Vitamix – (The King of Blenders)
RRP - $1050
Available from www.totalnutritioncentre.com.au
The Vitamix is most certainly the top of the range blender. Created to be used commercially, the Vitamix is fast becoming an option for home due to its various features and benefits. It is the most powerful blender on the market, possessing a two horsepower motor, the Vitamix is able to create smoothies in seconds, as well as grind flour or nuts & cook soup! Yes, that’s right the Vitamix can cook a soup in a matter of minutes – throw all your vegetables and ingredients in & blend – the friction from the motor warms the soup whilst it blends! Convenience plus!
Besides its powerful motor, the Vitamix offers a large plastic blending jug (2 litres). The plastic jug is really easy to clean – which is very handy if you are time poor! Also, the blades are attached to the blender base, so there are no pieces to take apart – also very handy when cleaning!
The only downside to the Vitamix, is it’s size – The jug is quite tall, which may mean that it wont fit on the bench in a smaller kitchen!
Overall, the Vitamix is well worth the price you pay for it, in fact it’s an investment, once purchased you will never need to purchase another blender again!
You don’t need the vitamix to be able to make great smoothies though, just about any blender from an electrical store will be powerful enough to create great supersmoothies in minutes for you! A more affordable option that is recommended by many of our customers is a Sunbeam blender.
Sunbeam – (The affordable blender!)
Several models available
RRP - $59.95 - $219
Available from www.sunbeam.com.au
With options available at several price points, the sunbeam blender is a great choice for the budget conscious! All models come equipped with serrated ice-crushing blades (very handy if you are using frozen berries in your smoothie recipe!) The bottom of the range blender possesses a 600 watt motor, which is ample for smoothie recipes where you are chopping your fruit up before throwing it into the mix, whilst their top of the range blender possesses a 1200 watt motor, which has enough grunt to handle larger fruits or vegetable pieces as well as nuts that have been soaked and softened.
Individual choice plays a part in whether you would prefer a glass or plastic jug – both are easy to clean, with the cheaper models possessing a 1.5litre jug & the more expensive models a 2liter jug, The blades are detatchable for cleaning – which isn’t as easy as the Vitamix, but they do come apart easily, so cleaning isn’t exactly hard!
These blenders will definitely do exactly what you need them to do when it comes to making Superfood Smoothies!
Bamix – (The portable blender!)
RRP – From $119
Available from www.kitchenwaredirect.com.au
The bamix is a portable hand held stick blender, which is great for traveling & for when you are on the go. The Bamix Basic model features a 140 watt motor, 2-speed controls and a detachable multi-purpose chopping blade that is more than adequate for crushing ice and making smoothies. I would recommend using the stick blender more for smoothies that require the blending of powdered ingredients & fruit that has already been chopped up. It is great for mixing up protein shakes!
The benefit of the stick mixer is that it is small enough to throw in your bag, you can have all your smoothie ingredients in your shaker, just add your liquid and blend in the shaker bottle!
Cleaning of the stick mixer is really easy!
VitaMinder – Power Mixer (Individual & On the go blender!)
RRP - $10-$15
Available from Amazon
The VitaMinder is an individual portable blender including a drinking cup. It holds about 600mls of liquid & uses 4 AA batteries. Obviously it isn’t anywhere near as powerful as the other options we have recommended – but it is still a convenient item for every day! I would recommend this item only for powder based super smoothies – it’s great if you are just blending up some maca or cacao or even your Tonic Core or whey protein!
As the mixing stick doesn’t go all the way to the bottom of the container, I would recommend adding your liquid before the powder, so as to avoid lumps!
Overall, this is a great gimmick & very convenient.
Start your Sunday with a Super Smoothie!
The Tonic Team
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