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    Last Modified: May 26, 2022 by Tara Gerner 9 Comments

    10 Foods to Make with a Blender

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    10 foods to make in a blender including smoothie recipes, soups, sauces, and morePin

    I had a blender for at least six years before I ever used it.

    No kidding.

    Is that silly or what? Since I got married and had Grace, we've used our blender for all kinds of things, including the following:

    10 Foods to Make with a Blender

    1. Smoothies, milkshakes, and frozen drinks. This is the obvious one, right? Generally, the chop setting works best for ice-based drinks. Whether you are using a prepared milkshake mix, fresh fruit, or alcohol, the drink will come out better if you put it in the blender. Your finished drink should be frothy and light.
      And, don't forget to make alcohol-free drinks for your little people. They like frothy drinks just as much as you do.
    2. Homemade tomato sauce. Joe makes batch after batch of tomato sauce every summer. Pureeing the tomatoes makes the sauce smooth and pleasing to my palate. Along the same lines, you can make BBQ sauce from scratch, too.
    3. Homemade jam and fruit butters. Oh, how I love to make homemade jam. Cherry, watermelon, peach, red raspberry. They are all so very good. And don't get me started on apple butter and cherry butter. Oh, my. Oh, my.
    4. Homemade dip. There are so many healthy dips out there, including ranch dressing with pureed white beans, hummus, and pesto. All are quick and easy when prepared in a blender.
    5. Homemade falafels. Have you ever made homemade falafels? Falafels are little nuggets of spiced chick peas, typically served with cucumber sauce. They are so good that we eat them at least once a month. I suppose you could make falafels my mashing the chick peas with a fork, but that would take forever.
    6. Homemade baby food. Having a really nice, heavy duty blender made my baby food making simple and easy. I adored making Grace's baby food. I made all kinds, sweet potato, pumpkin, green beans, blueberries, strawberries, bananas, peas... I could go on and on. And I will, as soon as I finish the baby food e-book I'm working on.
    7. Soup. There are a myriad of soups out there that are better when pureed. This black bean soup, for instance, takes on a whole new character when the beans are pureed. It becomes smooth and creamy and wonderful.
    8. Make bread or cracker crumbs. Add small cubes of stale bread (or whole crackers) and pulse until the crumbs have the consistency you want. Bread crumbs are the crunch in many different recipes, from cheese stuffed zucchini to pierogies to mac and cheese and the binder in many others, like meatloaf and burgers.
    9. Smooth out the lumps in your gravy. It should only take five to ten seconds on puree to get rid of the lumps. You'll never have lumpy gravy again!
    10. Make coleslaw. I found a very interesting recipe for blender coleslaw that I'd like to try out one of these days.

    Quick tips for your blender:

    • If your blender seems slow or isn't moving the food around, add some liquid. This happened often when I was pureeing sweet potatoes or pumpkin for Grace's baby food.
    • Don't puree carbonated beverages. The carbonation will dissipate. Instead, add the soda (or whatever) after blending.
    • If your blender has a glass well, don't mix very cold with very hot ingredients. The glass could break.

    What do you use your blender for?

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    1. Sheri White says

      September 28, 2010 at 5:24 pm

      I use my blender to mix up quiche filling. Quick and easy!

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    2. vanderbiltwife says

      October 01, 2010 at 6:25 pm

      I confess, I rarely use my blender. I DID recently acquire a food processor and now I don't know how I lived without it! I have an immersion blender, and that is how I get by (including making baby food--loved it for that!)

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      • Anonymous says

        October 03, 2010 at 10:38 pm

        You know, I don't have an immersion blender OR a food processor. I've often wondered whether I "need" them or would not.

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        • vanderbiltwife says

          October 04, 2010 at 12:10 am

          I love the food processor for grating cheese and for making dough, but whether it's "necessary"--probably not. I DO use it more than I thought I would.

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          • Anonymous says

            October 04, 2010 at 12:14 am

            I think that's the case for most things, really. 🙂
            Do you have a stand mixer, like a KitchenAid? That's what we use for dough.

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            • vanderbiltwife says

              October 04, 2010 at 12:16 am

              I have a Sunbeam stand mixer. I use it for bread dough some, but for pastry dough the food processor is great for cutting butter into flour!

    3. GAHCindy says

      November 09, 2010 at 2:39 am

      Try this blender pie: http://heartkeepercommonroom.blogspot.com/2010/09/coconut-custard-pie-with-one-whirl-of.html

      It's pretty good, and so easy I don't mind making it for dessert even on a busy night!

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    4. GAHCindy says

      November 09, 2010 at 2:39 am

      Try this blender pie: http://heartkeepercommonroom.blogspot.com/2010/09/coconut-custard-pie-with-one-whirl-of.html

      It's pretty good, and so easy I don't mind making it for dessert even on a busy night!

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