Will this make green smoothies (mainly with spinach) smooth with no chunks?
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The Ninja Master Prep makes the best smoothies with no chunks ever. I make different smoothies every morning for my ride in to work. This is one way to get my daily allowance of fruit and vegetables.
1510541
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.
2218382
Yes, you would have absolutely NO chunks whatsoever if you pulse it on "high". If you *want* chunks, just use a lower dial #. It's all up to you. I love to add a cup of water and a whole apple, and have fresh apple juice!! Now, keep in mind, it's not actually "just juice" because the fiber is still there, where a real juicer would separate the fiber and the juice. But, I don't mind -- fiber is good. :-)
2146112
I haven't tried it myself yet (only smoothies and baking so far) but I think it would work with strong-flavored soups with a creamy base (to cover up the texture. I would whisk it in to some milk or broth first, too, to avoid clumps.
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I think it would puree rocks. We use frozen fruit and fresh fruit. Carrots, spinach, apples all disappear without chunks.
435336
I have used spinach and kale. I found that if I chop them up first using my hand chopper from Pampered Chef, it works better. Otherwise, the leaves aren't blended real well. Even then, there is still some texture. I am a newbie, though, and have only been doing it for a few weeks and have no experience with any other similar gadgets.
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You may get minuscule quantity of fiber when juicing leafy greens. It is recommended to use te strainer which comes with the juicer. This is to be used after the juicing is done. The juice will then we smooth without any traces of fiber.
708716
Yes it does process leafy greens, just don't overload the mixer or it will malfunction.
829279
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 wish I had gotten this in place of my other blender, but yes, it makes smoothies. Make sure the container you use is the tall slender one and move the wand slowly up and down in the blender. It should look like baby food. Kale will need to be torn into small pieces without stems. Good luck!
1231595
No chunks! You can always increased / decrease the spin speed to get the texture you want. And obviously add more ice or water or juice.
1975900
No. The blades spin too slowly, it purees, I guess you can approach something like a badly blended smoothie if you run it for a long long time, risking burning the cheap motor. For fruits and smoothies its all about rpm, and this is a chopping device, not a blending device. And don't even think about throwing ice into this, food processors only handle what you can cut with a knife.
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I actually mix mine with ground flaxseed (1/1 ratio) and that makes it much less chunky. The only other recommendation I can give is, use more water, stir heavily and chug it right away. The longer you leave it the thicker it becomes.
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I just got the vitamix and i now seem to do more smoothies than juicing. I throw in a bunch of veggies and fruit and blend with water and it comes out to thick or runny depending on how much water you add and how watery the ingredients are. I LOVE it! You get all the fiber instead of throwing it in the garbage! i still sometimes do a juice fast, but generally, i now do a green smoothie for breakfast.
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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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is it perfect for greens? No. however with a little practice and trial and error i have been happy with the amount of juice i get. try rolling the kale or spinach up tight and running through with cucumber or zucchini.all said would not trade for any other juicer
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According to the Booklet this isn't able to do "soft fruits". As in banana, avacados, mangos. It probably can, but it probably will clog it up. Smoothies are more blenders.