I GOT IT!!

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It came yesterday while I was at work. I got home and immediately tried to make

ice cream - using a can of pumpkin, some coconut milk, ice, and spices, a little

honey. FAIL. it tasted like ice, and was pretty liquid like. No problem, I

put it in the freezer and will work with it later.

Step two: make a margarita using the whole lime/lemon/orange trick. Delicious!

A little foamy on the top, a bit watery, but I didn't use a lot of liquor - and

I read somewhere that I needed to have liquid up to the 1/2 cup line, so maybe a

bit too much water.

Step three: cashew butter: I dumped three cups of cashews in, and using the

tamper, blended the whole thing on high for a total of about 2 minutes, with two

rest periods in the middle (I wasn't sure I was doing it right, but after

watching the DVD that came with it, I totally was. There was the smell of

possibly burning gears, though, which is why I let the machine rest twice).

Step four: smoothies! These turned out much more like the ice cream, with the

four mounds. (I think the key to ice cream is frozen ingredients instead of

ice.)

Step five: watch the DVD and read all the recipe books.

Later today I may try the lemon curd recipe from here. It's bike to work day,

so I'm allowing myself to eat some sugar and see how I feel, anyway!

I so love this Vitamix. Before I got it, I was wondering if I should have

switched to the Pro 300, but I'm too enamored with mine now. I do think I want

the smaller 32 oz wet container, though. I have the 32 oz dry and the 64 oz

wet... but blending smaller amounts (I live alone, so cook mostly for one)(

would help me out... I'm also excited to try grinding meat in it. Does anyone

do that?

Faith