Yes, you absolutely read the title right. As you all know, my sister-in-law moved in with our family a few months ago. The first thing she insisted on purchasing for the house was a Magic Bullet. Since I don't have TV in the house (yes, that's a whole other blog post), I didn't quite get what all the snickering was about from her. Then this blendery thing appeared on my counter.
Now I love to cook. I have gadgets everywhere and this one looks just like a little handy-dandy food processor. I rolled my eyes as she mixed her protein shakes and smoothies. Whatever.
Only problem is now I love the damn thing! And when she leaves, I'm going to have buy one for myself. Every morning now I make myself a smoothie--banana, frozen berries (blueberries, cherries, blackberries, raspberries), low fat yogurt, milk and protein powder. I swear it's the only breakfast I've ever made that has held me over until lunch and makes me feel great all day long. My kids will eat them, too.
And at dinnertime you will catch me using it to chop up onions, make breadcrumbs, puree some salsa or mix up pesto. To be honest, I'm not quite sure why I love it so much. If it's because it lives next to my sink or because it really is that easy to clean up. Now that I own one, I have seen the infomercial--which is really quite entertaining--on Sunday morning at the gym. Now I roll my eyes because I actually own something that said "As Seen on TV" on the box!
I wished I'd had this when my kids were little. What an easy way to make baby food out of whatever you're cooking for dinner for Big Baby. Throw it all in there. Grind it up, puree it, whatever and clean up....OMG, it really is as easy as the infomercial says it is.
(I was not paid in any way or give free product for this post. I really do think I may need one of these when it leaves my house for good.)
I hope the magic bullet people see this and send you a free one! :)
Posted by: kelly | Jun 18, 2010 at 07:34 AM
I think I want one of these or maybe 2! I have a blender but it's such a job to clean it.
Posted by: Ashleigh | Jun 18, 2010 at 07:11 PM
Ha, ha! I love this post! I've had one for years given to me as a Christmas gift when I first got married 5 years ago by my younger sister and her husband. I didn't bother pulling the thing off the shelf until this year when I started making my protien shakes again to try and lose the baby weight from Baby #3 (my 3rd boy in 3 years!) Then, I started using it to make baby food for him. I've even gotten my 2 & 3.5 year olds to eat veggies because of this ridiculous contraption! I just toss some carrot juice and fresh spinach into their strawberry banana smoothies and they slurp it down! I've been meaning to post about it for months, but never can find the time to actually sit down and blog these days. I wonder why?! :)
Posted by: Tally | Mar 29, 2011 at 11:24 PM