Break it Down

So, let’s just get right to it: Vitamix is a good blender brand. Maybe the best blender brand. And I’m not being hyperbolic. Googling “best blender,” I checked about five articles, and a Vitamix was the first or second-ranked blender in just about every one.

What we have here is not a full-sized blender. It’s an immersion blender with a bunch of nice attachments. You can use it to blend up a smoothie in its 32oz blender jar, process stuff with the chopper, or just attach the blades to puree right in the pot.

Will it do as thorough a job as the full-sized Vitamix offerings they list in those above mentioned articles? Probably not.

But also, it won’t be as cumbersome.

That’s why I love having a solid immersion blender/hand mixer/chopper: for those small yet important kitchen jobs. Like when you want to whip up a few egg whites but don’t want to haul out the huge KitchenAid and find the right attachment. Or when you just need a coarse chop on an onion, a carrot, and some celery, because it’s going to simmer in a sauce that’ll be blended later.

Or when you’re making ‘white chicken chili’ from this recipe, which asks you to puree some (but not all) of the beans to thicken it a little bit. You don’t want to be lugging out a huge food processor and dirtying all the parts just for that!

But, friends, I saved this example to emphasize something important: we currently find ourselves, at this very moment, at the height of soup season. And this Vitamix immersion blender would be an excellent addition to your arsenal of soup-making tools.

Now, if you need to get in a soup-making mood, we recommend playing some good soup music. You know, something made by one of those famed soup-related musical acts, such as:

• Minestroney Toni Tone
• Chicken KoЯn Chowder
• David Lee Broth
• Panic! At the Bisque-o
• Boyz II Ra-Men
• Tom (Kha Gai) Waits
• Poz-Hole
• System of pho Down
• GazpachDjo
• Beef & Barley Rae Jepson

Honestly, I’m pretty proud of these terrible puns. And you’ll be pretty proud of the various things you make using your Vitamix immersion blender!

Anyway, I’m pretty sure I caught all the times my spellcheck tried to change Vitamix to Vitamin, but if I missed any, let me know in the comments.