Oh, Oh, it's Magic!

You know how sometimes you watch an infomercial and you cringe because it's just THAT bad?  Okay, maybe ALL the time.  The real question is, have you ever actually purchased an "as seen on TV" item?  If not, you will after reading this.  Yes, I'm about to write a blog dedicated to....the Magic Bullet! 

You've likely seen it - the infomercial shows a group of friends waking up one morning and congregating in the kitchen after, what I would guess, was some hard partying.  Suddenly the hosts whip out their Magic Bullet (MB) and everyone's problems dissolve away as they eat chips and guacamole, chicken alfredo, pesto, smoothies and yes, more alcohol for breakfast.  It seems to good to be true: just 1 - 2 - 3 seconds! and you have a myriad of food and beverage options (nevemind that they seem to pause for a second or two while counting).  We received our MB as a Christmas present and never even took it out of the box for quite some time.  I think Bill wanted to start making quick protein shakes and finally opened it.  Ours came with the blender base, two blades (I have no idea what they are called or are supposed to do but I know that we really only use one of them), one small container, one large container, container lids, four handled cups with four tops, a lid with holes in it (for your freshly grated cheese) and one recipe book.  I think newer models come with even more gadgets and containers.  We quickly found that the MB is really all that it promises.  It has actually replaced our fancy schmancy Cuisinart blender!  (To be honest, the Cuisinart was so loud and so big, we rarely even used it in the first place.)  The MB is really small but can still be loud depending on what you're blending. 

So what do we use ours for, you ask?  We use it to make smoothies, protein shakes, malts, pesto sauce, romesco sauce, peanut sauce, other random sauces from recipes, baby food, salsa, waffle/pancake mix, and we use it to shred our parmigiano-reggiano.  Just cut up the cheese into cubes, drop them in and 1-2-3 (okay, cheese takes a little longer) and you're done!  We shred up the whole block and store it in the fridge, ready for use.  The beauty about using it for drinks?  Just use the cup as your ingredients container, blend, put the top on and start drinking! 

Here's a super simple, yet super tasty and nutritious smoothie that I like to make with the MB.  It takes about 1 minute to make from start to finish and makes a great breakfast:
1 banana, broken into a few pieces
1/3 c. frozen blueberries
5 frozen peach slices
1/4 c. orange juice
1/4 c. pomegranate juice
--Add everything to MB and blend.

It truly takes less than 10 seconds to blend most items and the recipe book is actually helpful to give you ideas of what you can make with it.  We honestly use our MB almost every day and if you think you have any need for something like this, I highly recommend that you get one.