How does it perform blending/pureeing whole green vegetables like spinach and Kale?
254364
Perfect! I am so happy with my Blentec. We make a smoothie every morning to start the day, which always includes kale or spinich!
254365
This machine purees everything to almost liquid. I've never seen anything like it. I watched several YouTube videos which made a believer out of me. I would not spend the money though if you are not a regular shake maker. This is a lot of money to spend if you are just going through a possible shake/smoothie phase. Also, look for refurbished or used ones. This thing is a monster of a machine that would be hard to mess up. If I had it to do over, I would have looked for a used one.
254366
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.
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.
2142683
I am sorry I can only answer for the fruits and veggies I tried. I know it did not process greens at all. There was a lot of pulp left over from fruit with skins. I hope that helps.....
710343
it could easily blend the vegetables if they were cooked first- if not- i suggest the food processor attachment or maybe you want a juicer? The blender is a 6c capacity. Don't put that much in in all at once.
1757855
If you mean blend as blending into a smoothie, yes, I have been able to blend kale well in my KitchenAid.
1419520
I made spinach juice with mine. I would think it would work just as well for any green leafy veggie.
1558584
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.
659409
If you blend long enough you get puree. I use it for green smoothies in which I put raw spinach and/or kale. I will end up with a puree of the spinach or kale, along with some bits that I like because it gives me something to "chew." The only problem I have with the Ninja that I didn't have with the VitaMixer is that I sometimes have to stop the Ninja, remove the top and scrape the sides. With the VitaMixer, I could use a plunger with the top on so didn't have to stop to scrape the sides.
2269604
All I have tried so far, like kale, is parsley and collard greens. It has a bit of a rough time with them, but, it does the task. I break up the greens with pieces of cucumber, which pushes all the greens through. Otherwise, I LOVE this juicer.
384810
I don't know about the veggies, but I blend large frozen fruit everyday. It is a heavy duty blender. Just two speeds, but very efficient.
2281880
I've had my Fusion for years and I make smoothies often. I cut up apples, carrots, ginger and anything hard. When using kale, I add that first with 1 cup of water. The smoothie ends up being slightly textured, easy to drink with a straw if desired. Frozen fruit blends smoothly in the mix. The Fusion is truly a great blender and well made.
554519
My Blendtec leaves no chunks. If your going to be juicing a lot of greens? You should look at the Omega 8004, it's a Juicer, not a blender. As Blenders go, I feel the Blendtec is the best thing going.
1563787
Yes, and very well. I have juiced kale, and other leafy greens and it does great.
6688
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.
127074
It works perfectly with kale. I've never juiced spinach, but I would assume it should yield the same results. As advertised, the pulp that remains is VERY dry.
1576976
It juices all leafy veggies with ease..I juice spinach cilantro and swiss chard. to get the most juice out of them roll them in a tight ball then trow in the juicer.. :)
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.
203482
I have been very pleased with this product so far. It perfectly blended boiled cauliflower when making a soup, so I am sure it will do the items you mentioned. You might have to mash them a bit with the blender, while blending.