I need to shop for a new blender, and I've always wondered about those much more expensive 'juice extractors' so decided to ask here. I've never been a big smoothie person, but I'm trying to work on my nutrition this year and currently shopping for a lot of new kitchen stuff since my soon to be ex is taking a lot of our kitchen gadgets. Which is fine mostly, the kitchen is just so overcrowded with crap that its unusable. So this will be fresh start and hope to add some quality gadgets that I'll use and not just clutter up the space.
Now I have made a few smoothies just in the regular blender, and do like them. I think I'll try to do more of them as part of my usual routine instead of once in a blue moon. Hopefully I'll take them to work, maybe help prevent me from hitting fast food on the way into work on a nightshift.
But are the really expensive blenders much better than the cheaper ones? And what of these juice extractors? I get that they are more designed to juice more solid type veggies like instead of just blending them up. I've never seen one work up close. Some of them get expensive quick... but I would prefer quality even if it costs more. I'd rather have a good functioning and nice looking stainless steel unit even if its 2x or 3x more rather than something plastic that will break anyhow, and even before it breaks struggle with it working well or be a pain to clean. Then again often there are inexpensive units that do just as well as some of the so called best ones. Any advice?
Anyone recommend any good books on making these liquid meals?
Now I have made a few smoothies just in the regular blender, and do like them. I think I'll try to do more of them as part of my usual routine instead of once in a blue moon. Hopefully I'll take them to work, maybe help prevent me from hitting fast food on the way into work on a nightshift.
But are the really expensive blenders much better than the cheaper ones? And what of these juice extractors? I get that they are more designed to juice more solid type veggies like instead of just blending them up. I've never seen one work up close. Some of them get expensive quick... but I would prefer quality even if it costs more. I'd rather have a good functioning and nice looking stainless steel unit even if its 2x or 3x more rather than something plastic that will break anyhow, and even before it breaks struggle with it working well or be a pain to clean. Then again often there are inexpensive units that do just as well as some of the so called best ones. Any advice?
Anyone recommend any good books on making these liquid meals?