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Good Housekeeping
BLEND IT! Good Housekeeping
BLEND IT! 150 SENSATIONAL RECIPES TO MAKE IN YOUR BLENDER
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CONTENTS THE BUZZ ON BLENDERS
SMOOTHIES & BLENDER
BREAKFASTS SODA FOUNTAIN &
COFFEE BAR FAVORITES FIZZES, SLUSHES &
FROZEN COCKTAILS DIPS, SAUCES &
SALAD DRESSINGS PANCAKES, POPOVERS
& WAFFLES
Fun! We had a lot of it creating the recipes for Blend It! and we want you to have a lot of fun making them. And why not? The blender makes it easy to cook just about anythingsimply press the button and buzz. Theres little cleanup and most of the recipes are so simple, even kids will want to help with the cooking. Blend It! also addresses the needs of todays woman on the go, who is short on time but still wants to make delicious, nutritious food for her family. Blend It! also addresses the needs of todays woman on the go, who is short on time but still wants to make delicious, nutritious food for her family.

If you want to get the kids off to school in minutes, give them one of our creamy smoothies made with yogurt, milk, or soy milk. They are protein-packed and flavorful. Imagine starting the day with a Blueberry Blast or Breakfast Jumpstart! Looking for a special treat to share with the ones you love? Indulge them with a Double-Chocolate Malted, Classic Vanilla Milkshake, or Root Beer Float. For an afternoon pick-me-up, try our Frosty Cappuccino and Mocha Frappa Cinnowe think theyre just as good as their coffee bar rivals. Wouldnt it be fun to be able to make colorful cocktails just like the ones at your favorite watering hole? Fizzes, Slushes & Frozen Cocktails is where youll discover how easy it is to prepare daiquiris, margaritas, and pia coladas, plus sensational nonalcoholic beverages such as our Frozen Virgin Mary and Frozen Iced Tea. Your blender will make quick work of fixing soup, too.

Youll find smooth silky-textured soups, like Cream of Asparagus or Butternut-Apple, as well as thick, chunky soups, like Split-Pea Soup with Ham and hearty Potato Soup with Bacon and Parmesan. Youll also discover how easy it is to make a perfect, foolproof Hollandaise Sauce and to wow guests at the next potluck party with Mango Curry Dip to start and Sublime Chocolate Sauce for dessert. Last, but not least, youll find that the blender is great for whipping up batters for pancakes, popovers, and waffles. For breakfast, let your family feast on our easy Puffy Pancake, Whole-Grain Waffles, or Cheese Blintzes. For dinner, youll find that light, airy Popovers are a snap to make and delicious with roast meats. For dessert, try the Cherry-Almond Clafouti or our easy crepes.

So get ready to enjoy some of the easiest, most delicious recipes you ever tastedwith just the push of a buttonits that simple. Its also funso why not get started now! SUSAN WESTMORELAND
Food Director, Good Housekeeping Icy cold drinks, velvety soups, creamy soda fountain treatsyou can make them all quickly and easily in the blender with just the flick of the wrist. However, to ensure perfect results every time, and for safetys sake, it helps to know a little bit about how your blender works and to follow a few simple food-preparation guidelines. Speeding Permitted All blenders feature a control panel offering several speed options. Some models have four or five speeds, others just high and low; still other manufacturers list methods rather than speed, such as whip, puree, liquefy, chop. But rest assuredyou can make any recipe in this book in any standard blender using the high button, which blends foods quickly and smoothly.

If your blender has a puree button, which is more powerful, use it for making thicker mixtures such as soups and dips. You can use the high button for soups and dips, tooit will just take a bit longer. Safety Does ItAlways keep your hand on top of the blender while it is in use as a precaution against the top coming off unexpectedly. This can happen if youve added too many ingredients at one time or they create more volume than you anticipated. Be sure the motor is off before you clean down the sides of the blender and move the food onto the blades. Never put your fingers in the container. Never put your fingers in the container.

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