Vita-Mix Review and Coupon Code 06-002697 (Free shipping!) + Recipes

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Vitamix Blender and Food Processor Review

We received the Vitamix as a family gift and it has proven to be the single best investment in our kitchen aside a good chopping knife and good quality stainless waterless pots (which I will address later). I am not promoting these various items for personal profit, but because I truly believe in them and feel they are invaluable keys for longterm good health with minimal effort. The customer service quality of all of the various companies' products which I promote is unparalleled (and I have tested it with various returns, special request, and bartering).

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The Vitamix Lowdown:
Healthy Whole Food Meals are Quick, Easy and Delicious! A whole food diet is the key to a long and healthy life according to the USDA. New recommendations total 12 servings of fruits, vegetables and whole grains every day. Those guidelines are easily met with terrific-tasting, nutrient-rich whole food meals made in the Vita-Mix Super 5000 / 5200.
Benefits:

• Make whole food juice that's full of fiber and flavor in under a minute. Cook soup from scratch that's hot, hearty and satisfying in just 4 minutes. The edge the Vitamix has here over a juicer is that you use the whole fruit- skin and all, so you are not losing the fiber and bulk like you do with a juicer. I used to make my own soy milk, but recently I have converted to making my own almond milk, so the Vitamix can replace a blender, food processor, juicer, and "milk" maker already. This doesn't sound that important now, but if you're committed to a raw food/vegan/GF or DF special diet then I think you will eventually find you want and need such specialty items (I sure did- prepackaged foods and drinks are expensive and never fresh).
  
• Make frozen treats that are full of fruit and low in fat in only 30 seconds. (I have many GF DF low carb recipes for smoothies, "ice cream," puddings, etc I will post in the future which all use the Vitamix)
  
• Grind fresh whole grains into flour and knead dough for healthy home made bread in one 5-minute operation. (Great for gluten free cooking since it is much more inexpensive to buy whole grains and rice in bulk and grind at your convenience!)

As a personal antecedent, the original wet blade container Vitamix is what we were given as a gift. Once I discovered the fun and economic viability of grinding our own flax and grains or making bread, I found I needed what they call the dry blade container (it does the grinding with special blades so it does not overheat). Of course, I need two such containers since my life is entirely too complicated and we were not a gluten free household at the time; one for me and another for Jon's lovely 100% whole wheat, oat, and germ breads. I simply emailed the company and asked for a deal to support my gluten-free lifestyle. One of the customer service reps, Sue Harpster, promptly emailed back and offered a fantastic discount and a free whole grains cookbook for my purchase of two dry blade containers so that I could dedicate one as GF. They were very understanding and supportive of my needs and were quite patient with my incessant emails and bartering. his made a real impression on me since sometimes it feels like few companies (like Target) care at all about accommodating their consumers.

In the end, our family caught wind that we were going to spend money on the containers and decided they'd surprise us with a Chanukah gift of one dedicated GF dry blade container. I had to frantically call and cancel our order last minute and Sue was wonderful, calm, and empathetic; she refunded our money with no fees or fussing and even sent us the cookbook for free! In fact, she had to send the cookbook twice since it was lost in the mail the first time... Sue and the entire Vitamix establishment went well out of there way for some twenty-something kid asking for discounts who actually never bought the containers :)

In the years that we've had a Vitamix, we've grown to love the machine. It truly is the most used appliance in our kitchen, and that says a lot. As far as blenders are concerned, the Vita-Mix is at the top of the line, and quite possibly the best blender available. There is, however, one annoying flaw that we experience regularly - the bottom does not come off. It is rather difficult to ensure no food goes to waste, since there is no easy way to get everything out of the blender. On the bright side, we've really developed our spatula skills!

Also, our's has overheated while performing seemingly easy tasks (hummus, from canned chickpeas). It automatically shuts off to protect itself from damage, but waiting the sometimes 5-15 minutes for the machine to work again is frustrating.

A money-saving tip: If you plan to travel with your Vitamix, be on the lookout for large bookbags. The VitaMix backpack costs upwards of $200. We were able to find a tall, sturdy backbpack (with wheels, no less) for $8. It holds everything (base, top canister, spatulas, top, "plunger") and then some.

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