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Does anyone blend their food? Like salads and the like? I know a lot of raw vegans than process practically ALL of their raw foods. And if any of you do use a processor, which one do you recommend?

Thanks!

The only serious competitors in the smoothie market are Vitamix and K-tec's Total Blender (previously called the Blend-tec).

http://www.totalblender.com/

I have a Total Blender that I'm happy with, but I strictly make smoothies with it and don't do all the raw food tricks. (My brief experience with raw foodism was something I never wish to repeat)

I would be grossed out if I had to blend a lot of my food, but we do drink a kale-parsley-blueberry smoothie for breakfast every morning to boost our intake of greens. That's our only truly daily use.

Other than that, we occasionally use it to make fruit smoothies when we crave a dessert, and I blend oatmeal with frozen bananas and strawberries on very hot summer mornings. I don't think I'd want to blend huge quantities of fruit every day - that's a lot of fruit in too processed a form to be really McDougall.

Have you had a blended salad? If not, try them out in your conventional blender before sinking $300 into a Vitamix. If you don't like them, that's a lot of money.

Thank you for the reply. I'm not sure I'd be able to afford any of those anyway.. (poor college student). But, it was something I was looking into. I think it would be great to have one to, like you said, increase your take of greens. I have a hard time making sure I get them all in, everyday.

So how about just a regular ol' food processor? Like one to make hummus, or something? Do you think I could make stuff like that in my regular blender, or should I buy a real food processor?

Thanks, again!

You can actually get a decent food processor for fairly cheap ($30-40). I just saw one that shreds/slices right into those Gladware bowls for $30. Don't know if that one had a blender blade or not but I've seen others that do in the same price range. I use my food processor for salads a lot. I slice or shred the veggies to speed up the prep process. I don't shred the lettuce though. I would think a food processor would work better than a blender for things like that but if you already have a blender, I'd give it a try and see how it works. The expensive ones may be better and last longer, but a cheaper version will do fine in the meantime.

Are you asking about a blender or a "food processor"?

Both, i guess? I'm interested in blending food, but I also would like a processor for making dips and such.