Vitamix

[FreeLily]

Hi everyone...I got some christmas cash recently along with some birthday dough...enough to purchase a Vitamix and maybe some raw food goodies from Alissa's store. I currently have a magic bullet and I really love it and I've done quite a bit with it..I know it could do more (and I'm sure the vitamix could do it) BUT it is soooooo much money. Does anyone have the magic bullet and a vitamix? Is it worth the money? Thanks! Any suggestions for food from Alissa's store? What is the yummiest??! :)

[Dimond]

The Vitamix is beyond worth it. I've had mine for years & love it.

Alissa's store-the chocolate truffles & sauce are the best. Oats & Nori Sheets are handy to have.

[subbacultcha]

I got a Vita-mix for Christmas and have used it every day since I've had it...the sheer power of the thing is amazing! I used to make smoothies in a food processor and the ones in the Vita-mix are sooo much smoother. And I can now make thick, creamy shakes cos it blends soaked nuts so smooth. I love the variable speed on the vita-mix (5000 model and up) too cos it means the contents don't splash all up the jar.

Do you have a dehydrator? I got my dehydrator before my vita-mix. I could cope with the dehydrator and the food processor but don't know if I could handle having a vita-mix and no dehydrator! In the summer it would be fine but in the winter I really need something warm inside me! So maybe if you don't have a dehydrator you could get that instead of the vita-mix (cheaper, too).

[FreeLily]

Thanks everyone...I just needed that extra push. The extra push was the thought of banana cacao shakes...didn't realize it would make smooth thick shakes...its now ordered!

[subbacultcha]

Oh yeah I love banana cacao shakes :) I soak a handful of cashews overnight (sometimes use sesame seeds too to get the calcium!) and blend them with a banana, a couple scoop of cacao and some pineapple juice. It doesn't taste of pineapple but it makes it sweeter! Oh, and some vanilla! The vanilla makes it perfection. I make it without cacao sometimes as a vanilla shake. Yum!

[jacsam]

You won't regret it for a moment....over the holidays I was at family's using their blender (of which I was so happy to have access to) and I REALLY thought I love my vitamix. One thing I loved also was that I could see that my husband, and two older children could REALLY see the difference between blenders when we were making green smoothies.

[FreeLily]

That recipe sounds amazing...can't wait for the vitamix to get here now! Is your name a Pixies reference? If so...nice :)