When I was at the Cake and Bake show in London this year, I saw an Omniblend being demonstrated. I love kitchen gadgets and at the demonstration I thought it was really great as it made smoothies, sorbets and soups so quickly. I had seen Blendtec and Vitamix blenders on the TV that work in a similar way but are more expensive.
I was really excited when OmniblendUK said they would give me one! What an amazing early Christmas present from OmniblendUK!
It arrived last week, I unwrapped it really quickly. I washed it up quickly - in the picture above you can see I have put some water and a tiny bit of washing up liquid in the jug and then I turned it on, rinsed it out and it was ready. I looked in the fridge and decided to make a smoothie and then make a soup. As I like making up my own recipes, I just put together some things that I thought would taste nice.
Here's how I made a banana and strawberry smoothie
- I mixed 4 bananas, a handful of strawberries and two dessert spoons of my own homemade strawberry jam
- And then I filled the jug to quarter full with milk.
- Then i whizzed it up all together for a few seconds to make a smoothie that was delicious.
Here's how I made some mixed vegetable soup:
- I put 3 large tomatoes , 2 whole parsnips, 2 carrots, almonds (a handful} two handfuls of spinach and a yellow pepper and cold water in the jug. With this great machine you can put vegetables like parsnips in whole and it blitzes them in seconds.
- Then I whizzed it up for five minutes
- The soup was hot and tasted great. I had it in a flask for my lunch the next day.
Since then I have been experimenting with lots of different foods and flavours. Today I made a mango and persmimmon thick shake with cream which was also delicious. I have also made a chocolate and banana smoothie and a mango sorbet. Over Christmas I will be writing up some more of my creations.
There are lots of recipes on YouTube which I hope to have a look at to give me some more ideas to try. I already have lots of things I want to make! I have even found a recipe for fudge!
I am really enjoying my machine from OmniblendUK as it makes so many delicious and healthy treats. I will be making my family and friends lots of lovely things in my machine over the holidays.
Thank you again to OmniblendUK for giving me a fantastic Christmas present.
Have a look on the OmniblendUK website if you would like to know more www.omniblendkitchenblenders.co.uk
