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What have you made?! I made a chive dressing with my mini sized (shitty) cuisinart just because I was too lazy to get out the vitamix last night and realized I've been spoiled ... too many chive chunks.I do want to compare my mini sized (shitty) cuisinart peanut butter (which is actually pretty delicious since I've discovered the trick of adding a little hazelnut oil) with some made in the vitamix but am worried the amount I like to make won't work in the vitamix (if I wanted a whole jar I'd just buy it)
Do you now understand the hullabaloo?
It.is.awesome!
I just read Fat Chance, so I am a bit bummed at the idea of missing out on fiber from the fruit/veggies,
I made cashew cheeze finally in it the other day and it turned out so creamy and smooth, which was one of the main reasons i wanted to buy it. The food processor left it a bit lumpy.
I'm going to need that recipe.I sent dd2 some cashews, she pounded them by hand to make a sauce.Can the vitamix replace a food processor?
why do you miss the fiber by making a smoothie?
As I recall, the author (Robert Lustig) claims that the pulverizing action of a blender shreds the insoluble fiber. So, you're missing out on some of the fiber that would normally accompany the sugars. That's what I remember off the top of my head right now, anyway--if anyone can correct me or elaborate more, great (I recall there was a discussion of Fat Chance in Yammering a couple weeks back).
Hmmm, not sure I agree with that hypothesis. We do a pretty good job of breaking down insoluble fiber
My bad! It was soluble fiber that he claimed was affected by blending. Not sure whether there's any factual basis to that, but his premise was based on the relationship in whole fruits between soluble fiber and sugars.
http://www.oprah.com/health/Does-Blending-Fruit-Reduce-Its-Fiber-Content