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» Is Organic Produce Worth the Money? One Frugal Girl — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:57:27 +0000

[...] Babe’s recent post about green smoothies inspired me to pull my blender out of storage. Honestly, I’m not ready to drink spinach and [...]

By: Frugal Babe

Frugal Babe — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:12:17 +0000

Ty,
I ended up getting a VitaMix at Costco in the summer of 2008, after I had been making green smoothies daily for about six months (and knew that I was going to stick with it). I use it about twice a day (sometimes more, never less) and can’t imagine my kitchen without it. I still make green smoothies every day, and they are much better in the VitaMix – completely smooth, which was hard to do with the food processor. I still use my food processor for all sorts of things, but the VitaMix was worth every penny. The seal at the bottom of my VitaMix went bad last year, and it started to leak a bit. I called the company and they immediately sent me a whole new seal/blade assembly, and the tool I needed to switch them out. The seven year warranty on the VitaMix does make it a bit easier to shell out the money for one, and I can vouch for their customer service so far.

By: Ty

Ty — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:00:42 +0000

i was wondering if i should buy a vitamix (ouch! they’re expensive!) to start incorporating green smoothies into our diet, and was glad to see this post. i don’t currently own a blender, because i feel the same way. my cuisinart processor handles pretty much everything i would need one for already. glad to hear it’s holding up to this task. i suppose if i really get into the green smoothies it would be a consideration for the future. (and NEXT year’s tax return.)

By: FrugalBabe

FrugalBabe — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:45:19 +0000

Jess,
I use a Cuisinart food processor that I got for about $150 (it was on sale, I think they’re normally about $200). I use it every day for the green smoothies, and about 4 or 5 times a week for other stuff, and it works great. I’ve had it for about two years and haven’t had any problems with it at all. I’ve read that the Vitamix is awesome, but I already had the food processor and it does the job. I think most blenders are just not that tough – we stopped using ours when we got the food processor.

By: Jess

Jess — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:40:50 +0000

Hey! So I first heard about this on your blog and did some research and decided to give this a try and I love, love, love them! BUT, in the month or so that I’ve been doing this, I’ve gone through two brand new blenders (not very frugal). The first was a slightly lower-end model so I thought ok, fine, let me replace it with some thing a bit nicer. But that broke, too (it was a Black & Decker blender that automatically turned off when the motor got overheated). Green smoothies seem relatively popular and not everyone out there can have bought a vitamix for a few hundred dollars to enjoy the, right?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:30:14 +0000

Ill look for that book, thanks!

By: arduous

arduous — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:03:09 +0000

Wow! That sounds awesome. I’ll have to try my hand at making green smoothies.

By: FrugalBabe

FrugalBabe — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:21:49 +0000

Oops! Thanks for the heads up Lisa – I fixed the link. The book is called “12 Steps To Raw Food – How to End Your Dependancy On Cooked Food” by Victoria Boutenko.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:06:44 +0000

What is the book? The link doesn’t take me to the title. Thanks!