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Gone are the days when I regularly pulled out my big food processor, or my massive mixer, or my mondo blender that could mix up 12 cups of liquid in an instant. Even my bread maker is gone. I’ve kept my food processor and massive mixer but I hardly ever use them anymore. I use a small, powerful hand mixer and my true favorite; my Bullet Blender.

Now, this is not meant to be a commercial for the Bullet Blender. There are other brands available. I just happen to love my Bullet. It’s the whole concept of a small, portable, easy-to-use, dependable blender that excites me. And to excite you, if you read this column to the end I’m going to have a bonus for YOU.

My Bullet Blender is my single, small appliance that I can guarantee gets used every single day. And sometimes 3 or 4 times a day.

Here’s how we use it in our household:

We make smoothies in ours for breakfast or for a quick lunch. I am including a recipe for a smoothie I love to go along with this column. When my husband makes his smoothies, he puts in protein powder and almond milk or coconut milk instead of yogurt. I love my yogurt, or sometimes I use keifer. You can mix it up. I am just giving you a smoothie recipe that I particularly love. Lots of people use their little blender to make up green smoothies too. They are all the rage; just not with me. If you are a fan of taking extra fiber, the baby Bullet attachment works great for this. A couple of tablespoons of your favorite fiber supplement, some water and then just take it down like a big shot. Even if I am cooking a dinner for six to 8, this blender is big enough to do an amazing job on a dressing recipe. My favorite blend is 3 parts oil to one part vinegar and add whatever herbs and spices I want. So I might go 3 parts extra virgin olive oil, one part champagne vinegar and add some tarragon and I have a French dressing for a light salad. A little grated sea salt and pepper and I’m set to whiz my dressing. When it’s dinner for 2, it’s even more reason to use the teeny blender. In just a few seconds you have enough dressing for two and you’ve stayed away from processed food in the process. This is one of my favorite uses for my Bullet Blender. When I am making a delicate sauce that I might be drizzling over a piece of freshly roasted fish, this hits the mark spot on. The sauce might be something I’ve made for a roasted chicken or even a steak. Oftentimes the process calls for cooking the ingredients and then blending them. This can be dangerous with any blender (mixing hot ingredients), so be careful. But in most cases I can make the sauce earlier, and let it cool. Then I blend it and keep the sauce in the refrigerator right in the blender cup. As I’m prepping the final dinner elements I can take it out of the refrigerator, put it in a sauce pan to reheat it and serve. The blender cup doesn’t take up nearly as much room in my refrigerator as the big blender attachment would. (Same idea goes for the dressings I was mentioning. I can make the dressing earlier, just put it in the fridge, and right before I serve the salad, I can whiz it. This eliminates the frustration of a separated salad dressing. The dressing will be fully emulsified if you mix it right before serving, and makes the dressing taste lighter and smoother). Believe it or not, we mix our cat food in the blender too. We have a cat who has urinary issues. He needs plenty of extra water added to his food so we whiz the cat food and water together to make a slurry of kitty food. This means the Bullet Blender gets used two more times a day. The cats slurp their dinner and are happy.

So here’s my bonus to you. Click this link to planzdiet.com/sweepstakes and you can REGISTER TO WIN my favorite Bullet Blender. Sort of my holiday gift for you. You will even find TWO MORE ways to register to win. Do them all and you’ll have three entries all set to triple your odds of winning.

The winner will be drawn at random and will receive the blender in January. All the rest of the details will be laid out at the link location. So, to the winner, I hope you enjoy your blender as much as I do, and to all, a merry, happy holiday!

Related Recipes at PlanZDiet.com:

Zola's Favorite Smoothie
Mixed Berry Kefir Smoothie

Raspberry Yogurt Smoothie

This is a ZReboot recipe. When my husband makes his smoothies, he puts in protein powder and almond milk or coconut milk instead of yogurt. I love my yogurt, or sometimes I use keifer. You can mix it up.

Serves: Serves 1. Can be doubled in a full size blender.

Ingredients:

½ cup of frozen raspberries (you can do these with just about any frozen berry or frozen fruit chunks)
½ cup of full fat yogurt (unsweetened)
1 cup of coconut milk (unsweetened)
1 tsp of vanilla
1 tsp of Truvia

Instructions:

Put all of this in your blender and whiz it. You can adjust the amount of liquid to make it whatever consistency you like. YUM.

Enjoy!
Cheers,
Zola