Joel Rendall's Blog

As a confessed digg.com addict, I am constantly reading the articles and the comments accompanying them.

The article was about how hundreds of geeks sent flowers to the wife of a witness defending the PirateBay.org. The image below shows the bit of cleverness that showed up in the comments. You have to understand BitTorrent culture to get it.

I made almond milk by blending a bit of water with a handful of almonds. Then I strained it all using a hemp bag. I put the leftover pulp into the dehydrator to later sprinkle on the ice cream, to add a bit of crunch and texture.

With the Vitamix, I blended together a bit of raw cacao nibs, a few frozen bananas and the almond milk. Then I put that in the freezer. It sort of froze like a skating rink – with the top being hard, and the bottom being softer. So I reblended it later to make the texture consistant.

To add extra sweetness and make it more interesting, I added chopped banana slices, after sprinkling dried almond crumbles from earlier.

This was a success, and was reasonably easy to make. I will get very quick at it, because there are steps I can combine to make the process more efficient.

Freakin’ Delicious.

With the new Vitamix, I have been blending everything in sight, and experiencing the sheer joy of pulverizing a pile of food into nothing more than a pulpy liquid.

Last night I put flax crackers and nut/fruit cookies into the dehydrator that I blended. They turned out great! (Cookies are on the left and crackers are on the right).

The only negative is that since I am basically a compulsive eater, I ate all the crackers and cookies today. I made an avocado dip for the crackers.

I think tomorrow I should consume less fat, since today, it probably added up to about 50% of my calorie intake!

I ordered it less than 48 hours ago, and now it’s in my hot little hands. That’s right, I bought a Vitamix, which is one of the best blenders you can buy.

I was also looking at Blendtec, who is web-famous for blending iPhones and crowbars in their series, “Will it Blend”. But most raw foodists recommended Vitamix. Besides, making iPhone dust is not an important feature I seek anyways.

Since September, I have been abusing my roommate’s poor budget blender. And I am not the least bit sad to be sticking the busted-ass thing into the deepest, darkest corner of our kitchen cabinet.

I was surprised at how large the Vitamix actually is. I feel like I should be opening a restaurant or something, because it feels very industrial. I was inspired to clean and organize our kitchen, so I thought I’d take a picture now, because this is the best it will ever look.

I made a milkshake, and then a cold soup thing with avocado and vegetables. Later, I made some crackers and fruit bars / cookies that are currently in the dehydrator. This is the first time I’ve attempted to make any crackers or fruit bars, so we’ll see how they turn out in the morning.

Thanks to Zander (zandersherman.org) for prompting me to do this test. I learned a bit about myself. Go to http://www.humanmetrics.com to try for yourself.