Can it blend greens? Can any owners of this product tell me how good it is at blending leafy greens - like spinach, etc?
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What luck, I just made a spinach souffle two nights ago!! Had a bunch of fresh greens that were going to go bad if I didn't do something with them. Stuffed them into this blender and got it spinning. Started drizzling in milk and pulsing it, and once enough liquid was in there for it to take it drew everything right down in. Souffle tasted great.
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It doesn't completely liquefy spinach, but it chops it small enough to be nearly undetectable in smoothies, leaving pieces that are about a millimeter square. I haven't tried kale in it, but I'm sure it could handle it in a similar way.
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Hi I have made smoothies with fruit and the blender pulverized them with no problem. I have not done vegetables, but the motor is strong and I don't think there would be any problem with leaf vegetables or softer vegetables. I would cut up carrots smaller because I would be afraid of bending the blade, but I just can't say enough positive things about this blender. I have had a very positive experience and I love that it comes with all of the attachments. Hope you enjoy it too!
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I typically blend peaches, blueberries, and strawberries. It does a good job overall, although I sometimes need to let it run on high for a bit. I do notice some small pieces of the blueberry skin. The pieces are about the size of ground pepper. I don't notice it when drinking the smoothie. I'm not sure how it does with leafy greens...
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It works great with fresh kale! I have only tried spinach in it twice and found that spinach just doesn't have the flavor or amount of juice that I can get from the kale. In other words, it works, but I would save my money and invest in the kale instead... you only need a few leaves of kale vs. several handfuls of spinach.
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My sister made several veggie and fruit smoothies while visiting us - she used leafy vegetables - baby spinach, romaine,etc. It worked well for that. But I don't think you'd get beet juice or carrot juice! (I used frozen mango chunks in it; it made a God-awful racket, even after I added some juice but it did finally make a puree for a smoothie with vanilla frozen yogurt. YUM!
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No, it is not good for leafy greens. You should look into a masticating juicer for that. These types of juicers that have a grinding disk are ideal for firm, hard fruits and vegetables.
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In my experience, YES! I add flax seed and frozen fruit to my greens (spinach, kale and chard) so it is a thick smoothie, but it blends it up great.
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I have not tried Kale, however, the blended does blend broccoli and spinach/lettuce.
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I put kale in my smoothies and it chops it up really well. Haven't used just kale or spinach.
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Nope. That's what I was trying to do and it ended up a nasty grayish, muddled color. I don't know if I have a bad batch or if that's normal but I'd say you're better off trying to make homemade color with spinach juice.
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Haven't tried it just plain. Usually blend it with spinach, water and citrus flavored omega oils.
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Absolutely! it will blend, dice, cut, pulverize any veggie or leaf greens. My wife does broccoli, kale, and spinach in it all at the same time.
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As long as works (not long befor it breaks) it does a good job of lettuce and other greens. I would recommend you find a cheeper one that would make you happy. I have a 10.00 dollar one that has lasted for years tha does as good!
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My experience with kale and other greens is that they blend very well. Sometimes I add whole baby carrots, chunks of beet, and whole strawberries, for example, in addition to the greens. There is a "smoothie" button on the panel that gets everything blended. As soon as that is finished, I hit the #5 button, and any small pieces of vegetables are instantly blended.
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I can't attest to its durability since I don't use it commercially. But do note that it is slow (by design) to extract the most out of leafy greens. So if you are using this for production purposes, you may find it to be too slow.
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Good luck...I returned this piece of junk and finally got a Vitamix! If you are into blending hearty veggies like those (as I am), then you should invest in a Vitamix or Blendtec. You won't regret it! :)