I’ve been making smoothies for breakfast for years. Most of the benefits are obvious–as they are quick to make in the morning, so you can get into the day’s goings-on straightaway. Moreover, they’re a great way to sneak vegetables into a meal that’s often heavy on grains, fruits, and dairy.
I also find that smoothies make for an easy way to get rid of odds and ends in the fridge: things that you don’t want to throw away but aren’t quite enough for a meal on their own. So, I’ll often toss these in the blender as well–in a soup if they are savory and in a smoothie if they are sweet.
If there’s hard part about smoothies, it’s not making them. It’s finding a blender that will do all the things you need.
Around a decade ago, I went to a blender demonstration at a Whole Foods–where someone from the Vitamix company was showing off their namesake blender. She was using it to make smoothies, soups, and salsa.
I was won over by all of this almost immediately, but I couldn’t afford the $400 price tag.
So, I read a bunch of blender reviews and ended up getting a rival unit for about 1/4 of the price. And, cutting a long story short, it was archetypal case of the saying “You get what you pay for.”
The blender–in spite if an ingenious design and rave review–couldn’t blend anything remotely challenging. By this I mean that it could blend spinach and bananas into a smooth texture, but kale, ice and nuts remained chunky–even when the blender was left on high for five minutes.
I didn’t want to throw it away, nor did I want to pawn it off on anyone else. So, I just kept making chunky smoothies for years until it finally gave up the ghost.
Thankfully, in that span, a host of new blenders have come on the market-including one that offers all the power and a similar design to the Vitamix I’d originally wanted.
The folks at DFUGUO were kind enough to send me a unit to test out, and I actually got a little teary when I blended kale for the first time.
After years of trying to drink smoothies that tasted fine–but has the consistency of salsa–it was so gratifying to drink a smoothie that was actually…smooth.
This was even the case when adding ice (which can improve the flavor of some smoothies) and nuts (which you can combine with water instead of buying pre-made nut milks).
The fact that it did the job in less than a minute was both impressive (on the timing front) but easier on my ears (since they weren’t being exposed to loud volume for minutes on end).
Lastly, on the practical front, the jug is 64 ounces–which means I can make batches big enough to serve friends at once.
In short, there might be things that a Vitamix can do that the DFUGUO can’t do. But, I haven’t found them yet.
So, if you’re looking to step up your smoothie game–but can’t commit $400+ to the endeavor–this might make for a viable alternative.
Anyway, if you want to check it out for yourself, you can find it here.
Thanks!