Food that you can make with a hand blender

[Raymond Lin]

Just bought one so I can make milkshakes this summer, if and when it arrives!

I know I can make soup but what else can I make?

What kind of soup is good and do I blend it before or after I boil it?

FYI I got this one

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002LZUEPI/?tag=hydra0b-21&hvadid=9550948269&ref=asc_df_B002LZUEPI

Amazing how it does not splash the content when i made the milkshake, no lid and everything stayed in the jug when i blend !

 

[Raymond Lin]

Could one of these be used to make a smoothie? Looks like it would be a lot easier to clean than a normal blender.

I guess so, not tried it but when I used it, it feels like some kind of suction effect going out so it was pulling ingredients underneath up to the blades. It's how the blades are designed I guess and creates some kind of vortex when it turns. I made another milkshake this morning for breakfast and didn't need to use the jug it came with (which is wide enough for the blender to fit all the way down, I just put the banana, milk and ice cream all in my travel cup and put the blender into that, the cup gets narrow as it goes down and isn't wide enough for the blender to go all the way down, only half way but it still blended everything because of the suction, took seconds with no splash or spill.

I did do it over the sink though just in case, then ejected the blade section to rinse straight out. Start to finish under 2 minutes and 1 of that was getting ingredients out of the cupboards.