Can it do greens, like kales, spinach, dandelion, chards to a smoothie texture?
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I've not done greens but I use bananas, frozen cherries and strawberries with milk and it's perfectly smooth
1558583
Sorry I can't help you there. My daughter and I both have one and we love it for smoothies and slushy drinks. It makes those as smooth as you want. We never tried greens in it.
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I have put Kale and Spinach in my smoothies (along with 4-5 ice cubes, 1 cup of liquid, 1 cup yogurt, a kiwi and some frozen fruit) and it chops the kale or spinach into very small fragments, it does not pulverize/liquify - but I would still consider that it does a very good job.
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Yes - we have used the blender for carrots, turnips, and making tomato paste from our own vegetables. The process takes a while at several speeds. My wife also has a dedicated food processor that she prefers for "soup work".
1008991
Absolutely. I use mine every day to juice greens. It will be a thicker mixture because it is breaking down whole foods and not extracting the juice. It is much more beneficial and works like a wiz. I add about 1 cup spring water to mine when blending. I love this blender.
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Greens are no problem...we have juiced kale, carrots (not a green but...) parsley, chard and spinach...they are the most common greens used in juicing recipes. Go easy on the chard and parsley. The chard can impart the taste of dirt to your juice, which might I add, is not at all pleasant. Parsley is extremely overpowering and will kill the flavors of anything else in your juice and leave your taste buds in a state of absolute ruin.
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Yes, it does handle greens however, you will want to juice something a little less dense after. I do a handful of greens first and then add 3-4 celery stalks. Adding a juicy vegetable or fruit right after is the best way to extract the juice from the greens. Greens (normally kale or spinach) are always the base in very juice I make. This is an excellent juicer, great investment! It has a lot of power, juices almost anything easily. And it is very easy to clean.
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We make fresh salsa with our garden veggies all the time. We also make our own V8 type juice with carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, cilantro, celery, etc, so I'm sure the Ninja would handle kale just fine.
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I don't know. All I've ever done was blend & make smoothies. Maybe you can look up the brand and see if that's one of its capabilities. I'm sorry I couldn't give you a definitive answer.
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You can make green smoothies with this blender, but you can do that with a magic bullet as well. If you want a green juice with little texture you'd want to buy a juicer.
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I don't notice the greens flavor. I have been using a banana, frozen cherries, strawberries with a vanilla flavored whey protein and unsweetened almond milk to makee my morning smoothie and all I taste is a vanilla fruit shake. I think it blends nice together for someone who doesn't want a strong "green" flavor.
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If you mean blend as blending into a smoothie, yes, I have been able to blend kale well in my KitchenAid.
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No. When you select the smoothie option the blades automatically start in one direction and then they will reverse to spin In the other direction. This way any food that falls under the blades will spin back out to be blended. It's really a fabulous feature.
254367
I have had my Blendtec Designer Series for a little under a year now. It completely liquifies whole veggies (including kale, spinach, chard, etc.) and fruits (apples, bananas, oranges, frozen berries) to a smoothie-like consistency. Sometimes, when blending frozen fruits on preset settings, I see a few chunks. A few pulses of the manual blend setting usually takes care of that.
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It would be good for general blending (protein powders, fruits, etc.) just will not blend anything like kale that is fibrous. I didn't check out ice either. For the price you can do better. It used to be the BEST blender when I was young, oh well.
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I don't know what you mean by a "blender thing". If you refer to a blender, you will blend the wheat grass not juice it. Since the fibers in wheat grass are pretty tough juicing is recommend, but if you blend it very well in a smoothie it might be ok.
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Yes you can! I have juiced thick kale, celery and many coarse veggies. Not wheat grass yet. In the book it says it works fine. I am not sure about the attachment. Make sure the inner core is well oiled. I use coconut oil so the rotating device with tiny teeth like blades rotate smoothly.
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I make green smoothies with spinach, kale, and / or chard (including stems) in this blender 5-6 times / week, and it produces very smooth results.
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Ruthann,We blend either kale or spinach leaves with fruit and it works well. We haven't tried any other veggies yet.