What is the big HYPE?

I enjoy using my teeth to cut through and grind food. I have an immersion hand blender for other stuff, and a Magic Bullet slowly collecting dust in the cabinet. Turns out, I don't drink that many smoothies...or any.

I love mine, but only bc i can put spinach or kale in my shake with fruit and it actually gets shredded and pureed (i guess?) which most blenders can't do (at least not my oster). I didn't realize it was such a hot product though...

I caught a late night infomercial in a hotel a few weeks ago.

Breaks down the cell walls?

Pulverizes the fiber?

It actually all sounded like really horrible things to do to your food.

It blends well without the price tag of a vitamix or blendtec blender. I drink a lot of smoothies, and it cuts out one dish since I can drink right out of the container it is blended in. The hype is a little much, but I prefer it over our other blender which is now getting relegated to a shelf. As another plus, it takes a little less counter space than our other blender.

I enjoy using my teeth to cut through and grind food. I have an immersion hand blender for other stuff, and a Magic Bullet slowly collecting dust in the cabinet. Turns out, I don't drink that many smoothies...or any.

Same here. In theory, smoothies are awesome. In reality, I just don't smoothie as much to justify spending money on all the fancy gadgets.

I've been using mine for over a year now and absolutely love it. I have a shake every morning consisting of: spinach, kale, blueberries, 1/2 banana, shredded carrots, protein powder, ground flax seed and strawberries. If I think of all that food on a plate, I would never be able to eat all that. But I can drink it down and be done with it. Lots of nutrients!!

Same here! I drink a "HULK" smoothie everyday... cucumber, green apple, kiwi, spinach, frozen broccoli, and banana. I could not choke that down as breakfast each day in whole form...oh, and with a side of boiled egg whites.

Bottom line...juicing and smoothies are not for everyone. Its so weird that people act like they can't have their thing and let everyone else have theirs. What you eat doesn't make anyone else *kitten*!

I enjoy using my teeth to cut through and grind food. I have an immersion hand blender for other stuff, and a Magic Bullet slowly collecting dust in the cabinet. Turns out, I don't drink that many smoothies...or any.

Watch out for immersion blenders, they are murderous horrible things (or so says NYT):

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/dining/immersion-blenders-can-be-a-danger-in-disguise.html?pagewanted=2

my magic bullet does just fine. I have so many things that chop, slice and blend. I have a big food processor, a mini chopper, a blender and a magic bullet. I NEVER use the blender (just added to my things to sell list) I sold my juicer; doesn't seem practival to ditch the fiber in my food.

I'm not worried about force feeding myself more than I could eat in one sitting anyways...

Pureed food is not magical.

OMG, it's not?! I thought if I pureed a double cheeseburger, it would lose its calories and I could have a guilt-free (but disgusting) snack. Well, damn.

I enjoy using my teeth to cut through and grind food. I have an immersion hand blender for other stuff, and a Magic Bullet slowly collecting dust in the cabinet. Turns out, I don't drink that many smoothies...or any.

same was happening to me. been in my new house 3 years, had no blender the whole time till this month. I'll probably use it for hummus

I've never heard of it.

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I bought one about a month or two ago and I LOVE it. I make a drink once a day. My "go to" right now is my green juice...1 handful of spinach leaves, 1 large stalk of celery, 1/2 cucumber, 1 kiwi, 1 green apple, 1 pear and a little honey and water. It's great and there's no other way I would get spinach and celery in my diet...I'm just not a fan.

I guess the big deal is you retain all the fiber and nutrients that your juicer leaves behind. Plus, the nutri-bullet is super easy to clean just rinse out. I watched this video before buying one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80mDx3k8014

I also didn't pay $150 for mine. They have them at Bed, Bath and Beyond for $99 and I used a 20% off coupon that came in the mail. You can go to their website, sign up for coupons in your e-mail and get one.

Other receipes I made in the nutri bullet: Red-pepper aioli sauce, pesto, curry sauce, strawberry ice cream (frozen strawberries, milk and honey). When I do sauce/pesto, I wash out right away with bleach so the smell doesn't stay.

I got one for Christmas and have used it EVERYDAY since!!! It is my go to appliance for a number of things.....salsa, spaghetti sauce, nut butters, and the number one job...smoothies. Whatever goes in comes out absolutely pulverized. This process is more effective then our digestive system as your body can absorb the nutrients in this form before they have been moved through the stomach, etc.

It is a small appliance that takes up little room, very easy to clean and care for and I have had NO issues with it....and I have used it for almost 4 months (daily....yes...daily....I've taken it with me on weekends away).

Completely different then the Magic Bullet (which I also have)

but why would you want to DRINK your food... just eat the damn stuff, save the $150 and go buy a new pair of gym shoes... makes more sense to me?!

Perhaps you have time to sit and eat breakfast everyday.....I however have 2 teenage competitive athletes in my home, 3 active dogs and I work outside the home. I get up by 5:30am and have to get one to the pool, come home, do my workouts then make breakfast for the two of us to drink in the car while I drive her from the pool to school. I then return home to get the second off to a different school....hmmm....you see time to sit and eat there?

I have extensive knowledge on how the athletic human body functions and the importance of nutrition. There is a window of delivering carbs (yes...LOTS of them) to the muscles within 15-60 minutes for a quick recovery and storage for the next days workout!!! Drinking vs. eating gets these important nutrients to the body quickly as they are broken down and ready for absorption. BTW....my teenage athletes are at the top of their games, love what they do and feel powered to complete the 2 hr practices they do with little "recovery" needed between practices.

Plus....I LOVE smoothies so I will enjoy them.....but hey...that's just me