The blender is the true workhorse in my kitchen, I use a blender at least once a day. Besides smoothies, drinks, soups and salsas,  I find a good blender is indispensable for baking too - making fruit purees, grinding grains, seeds and nuts, combining wet ingredients, and for some recipes, all ingredients... When you do this kind of frequent and heavy duty blending/grinding/pureeing a good blender is important. I've blown through many blenders in my lifetime, and rather than waste my money and create extra landfill, the next blender I want to get is this one.

Yes it's expensive, but check out these features: 2+ HP motor capable of reaching speeds of 240mph, laser-cut stainless steel blades, variable speed control, durable all-metal construction, light-weight oversize polycarbonate jar... you can blend ANYTHING with this blender and it comes with a 7-year warranty so you know it's built to last. As an added bonus, this CIA (Culinary Institute of America) approved version comes with a special-edition recipe book containing 300 recipes and an instructional DVD.

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