Who doesn't love free stuff? We all do and that is why I am gearing up to host my first ever blog giveaway! Up for grabs today is a brand spanking new WHITE Kitchen Aid 5 speed blender with a 56oz. polycarbonate pitcher. According to the Kitchen Aid website this baby " can crush a pitcher of ice within seconds. In fact, this model is the most powerful premium blender currently available."
(picture courtesy of Kitchen Aid's website)
Entering is a piece of cake, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post and share with me your favorite way to use a blender. It is as simple as that. Unfortunately, due to the cost of shipping, this giveaway is only open to those people who live in the Continental United States. One entry per person please.
This giveaway starts today, Wednesday May 21th, 2008 and will close at midnight eastern time on Saturday May 31st, 2008. The winner will be chosen by the random integer number generator on random.com and announced on Monday June 2nd.
Please note that my blog has comment moderation turned on. Your comment will not show up in the post until I let it through, at the top of the screen you will get a confirmation that the comment has been sent to me. Any comments that do not pertain to this giveaway will not be published. Thank you
Good luck!!
170 comments:
I LOVE margaritas from a blender. But, since I discovered Dorie G's Creamy Lemon Tart, that might be my fave thing from a blender!
I use my blender for margaritas!
Wow! What an awesome giveaway!
My favorite way to use a blender is to make margaritas and other frozen adult drinks hehe!
Amber, you're so generous!! Anyway, now that I'm no longer puree-ing foods to make babyfood for my son, I'm back to frappacino-making! I'm in love with Starbucks and am on a quest to perfect (and maybe improve!) their delectable summer beverages. A spiffy new blender will surely aid my quest! :)
I use my blender for milkshakes! Yum!
I love making tasty soups with my blender.
Amber, wow! You are really hitting the big time, now. with giveaways??? that's awesome. Hope I win! Because I'd make banana berry protien smoothies ALLL day. LOVE. THEM.
Yay!
The only reason I even BOUGHT my $13 blender is because mangos were on sale. MMMM...mango smoothies.
Yay! I love to make fruit smoothies in a blender, especially in the summer!
i'm with maria--strawberry milkshakes all the way for me!
Our blender isn't quite as mighty as the one that you're giving away, but we tend to make our own frappucinos. It's certainly cheaper than Sbux!
Aside from the usual suspects like smoothies, soup, frozen drinks and milkshakes, I love using the blender to make dough, whether it be pizza or pie. It makes it so much easier!
Wow! Very generous of you. :)
I've actually never had a blender of my own, but I remember dancing around the kitchen when I was little with my big brother. We'd dance while the blender was running, and then *freeze* when our mom would stop it to check to see if the ice was crushed! :)
So, I'd use it for dance parties and making milkshakes or smoothies - and the occasional margarita!
I have a very ancient blender that is desperate need of retirement. I have a couple of recipes that I love to make in the blender. I do my mom's recipe for pancake batter. One of my favorites to remind me of home. I also use it for Strawberry banana smoothies and of course Strawberry Margarita's whenever I can find a reason to celebrate with one! This is like Gold to me!
Yummy cold milkshakes...no question!
We use ours for everything!
Pancakes are easy (and fluffy!) when made in a blender...
We love to entertain and make fun adult beverages ;)
I'm slowly learning to cook.. and beginning to make more and more things with ours.
My next task - making ice cream (and sorbet) for smoothies!
Thanks for letting me enter! :)
I don't really use my blender because it doesn't work very well. But I do love to make smoothies and orange julius.
Anew blender would make it easy to make my daughters healthy fruit smoothies.
One word: Margaritas
That's easy. It's all about the Margaritas!!
Whenever the family gets together....we make strawberry margaritas with fresh strawberries.
For the kids....we make fresh strawberry popsicles!
My cousins love 'em!
You're so sweet!
I use my blender for smoothies in the morning (fresh or frozen fruit, slim fast and/or yogurt, protein powder, and splenda for sweetner). Then I use it for daquiries at night. I have also been known to use it to puree tomatoes when I'm too lazy to use my tiny food processor. I use the tomatoes to make homemade pizza sauce, which I use on the home-made pizza dough made in my breadmaker.
:)
I make smoothies every morning for my husband and myself.
If I had a new blender, I would use it for (besides the conventional) grinding fresh spice mixes, flours, and making fresh ground coffee!
My poor old blender even chokes on ice cubes now, so that too often the answer to "will it blend?" is "um, no."
Oooo I've been dying to get a blender! I am looking to make some yummy fruit smoothies!
I use my (dilapidated) blender a lot! I use it the most to make smoothies for myself and my 2 year old daughter. I also make a mean cream of asparagus soup in the blender!
I make smoothies and protein shakes!
Oreo milkshakes and strawberry daquaris :)
EGGNOG!!!!!!! I love to entertain, especially during the holiday season. I use my grandmothers nog recipe and whip it up real good to get a thick froth. Ok, so its not the "traditonal" method, but it gets the bourbon in flowing quicker :)
As already mentioned a couple times, my blender is almost always used to blend up margaritas!
I use my blender for many a thing... not just frozen drinks! I make soups (butternut squash, tortilla, tomato, etc), purees (ala Jessica Seinfeld - broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, etc as well as pureeing tomatos), salsas, dips. You name it... I did it in a blender.
My blender broke shortly before we were married and if we weren't blessed with a food processor I wouldn't have known how I'd go without blending/chopping/pureeing in the blender. If I had a KA blender to be a companion to my KA processor than it would be heaven in my kitchen!
Wow - very generous of you! My favorite way to use a blender is for milkshakes!
i use it most often to make salsa! What a great giveaway..hope I win!!
this is a little embarrassing, but i've never owned a blender. my mom didn't own a blender. i grew up using a food processor for everything, so i use it now. i also have an immersion blender which i use all the time, especially in soups or even to puree fruit to add to pancake mix. mmm. but i don't have a blender.
I love to blend up fixings for guacamole. My husband doesn't like it so chunky so the blender helps smooth it all out. Also great for shakes.
My favorite way to use a blender is for milkshakes and frozen coffee drinks.
I love making smoothies for breakfast in the morning!!
I use mine for homemade BBQ sauce! It's perfect, and is all natural and organic. YUM! I've also used it many times to make my favorite tomatillo salsa and to make a few salad dressings. (And of course more than a few margaritas!)
I use my blender for soups and frozen drinks. This nice KA blender would be much better for margaritas than the current one I have. :)
We need a new blender like it's nobody's business! Normally I'd say smoothies are my favorite recipe, but right now it is Strawberry Mango Frozen Yogurt (which makes me want to throw the blender through the sliding glass door - GRR!).
Fun giveaway!
I use my blender almost everyday for smoothies. My toddler isn't a fan of fruit so it's the only way to get some in him.
What can't you use a blender for? Salsas, soups, sauces, and OF course Cocktails!! :)
I use mine for MARGARITAS baby. I also use it for these fabulous banana shakes I grew up with. Bananas, sweetened condensed milk, and ice. Brings me right back to being 8 and coming in for a break from running around outside. memories...
Pick me!!
I love to use my blender to make strawberry-blueberry-raspberry smoothies. Yum!
My blender is super old and cranky. Totally time for a new one!
I got an error, so I'm not sure if my original post made it or not...
My favorite things to make with my blender and filling for cheesecake and my favorite dip - Creamy Jalapeno! (The recipe is one of the few on my new blog - alittledabwilldoya.wordpress.com)
Wow, thanks for the giveaway!
My favorite way to use a blender is definitely for making smoothies. We always keep nonfat yogurt on hand and bags of frozen fruit stocked in the freezer. It's a great way to satisfy a sweet craving and really filling too. Our blender is a little, uh, pitiful though and takes it's sweet time chopping up those frozen strawberries.
Blenders are great for breakfast smoothies to share with your girlfriends!
Hi! Thanks for a very cool give away I live making peach milkshakes in the blender sometimes with liquer added (shhh) :o)
Pancake batter is very fluffy when made in the blender and its easier to pour!
Strawberry smoothies!! Yum!
I love to make frozen drinks and smoothies with my blender! Anything from virgin piña coladas to a raspberry fruit smoothie....yummy!
What a fun giveaway! We like to use ours for breakfast smoothies.
Ours gets used most often for protein shakes for Nick - milk, chocolate protein powder, peanut butter, a banana, and a splash of flaxseed oil. Not terribly exciting ;-)
My blender is for making fruit smoothies, strawberry daiquiris and South Beach diet pancakes.
My fav thing to make in the blender is Strawberry/peach smoothies for me and Chocolate Malts for DH.
I love using my blender for smoothies. especially in the summer for breakfast!! yummy!
Since I'm trying to get 'fit' for my upcoming wedding...my inherited ghetto 1970's olive green blender has become my best friend in the kitchen lately to whip up healthy meals.
Oatmeal Cottage Cheese Pancake batter(soo tasty), fluffy egg whites for omlettes, and protein smoothies are three of my fave breakfast treats to blend!
Now I just need to motivate on down to the gym...;)
Awesome giveaway! I dropped the pitcher to my blender in the driveway. It did not bounce well!
But I love to make a good, smooth gazpacho in the blender.
Smoothies and margaritas. Yum!
Blenders!? YES! I love to blend!
What a great giveaway! My favorite way to use a blender is making chocolate milkshakes, so yummy!
I love fresh smoothies from the blender
margaritas and milkshakes...yum!
I love making smoothies in the blender! THanks!!
What a nice blender! I would LOVE to win this! I almost bought one last week and really need one, what fun! Thank you for this chance! My favorite thing to make with a blender is smoothies (my favorite is strawberry and banana). It's a great way to get in my fruits. I also like making malts and crushing up oreos for our special oreo dessert! Yummy!
Milkshakes!!
Great giveaway!
Mmm...it's smoothies, or homemade orange julius-style drinks for me! love them! and a good blender is hard to find :-)
Garlicky, Parmesan cheesy pesto. :)
Well I only use my blender for one thing right now. Yogurt smoothies!
Strawberry Yogurt
Frozen pineapple
Frozen cherries
One banana
Splash of orange or cran-grape juice
Splash of milk
Makes for one tasty smoothie!
I love, LOVE to make smoothies. I also use it when I make my French toast casserole. Thanks for the chance to win this very cool blender. I Love Kitchen Aid!
:)Rachel
It looks like I picked a great time to discover your blog!! I use a blender for several things but I think my favorite is homemade smoothies.
OK, I really need to win this because I do not currently have a blender. When I did have one I used it to make milkshakes most often.
My favorite way to use a blender is for making salsa or margaritas!
my husband and I love to make smoothies in the blender. Frozen fruit with yogurt and cool whip! YUM YUM!!!
I use my blender almost everyday (that is why I need a new one) to make protein shakes!
I use my blender to make smoothies. YUM!
Smoothies...yum!
♡ I love to make Orange Julius... My blender is on the fritz! Perfect timing! :)
Strawberry Daiquiri's, Yum!!!
My favorite way to use a blender is to make a kaluha carmel chocolate frozen drink. Yummo! Also we make an ice cream cake and crush the oreo cookies for the crust. Thanks for a chance at such an awesome prize. :)
What a treat!!
Coffee Malts are my all time favorite way to use a blender.
Leftover coffee from the morning pot.
Vanilla Ice Cream. Malt. Vanilla. Milk. Cinnamon if you're feeling frisky.
Blend. More ice cream. Blend. Drink, or eat with a spoon.
They're insanely yummy and a family specialty. Yum.. Now I need to go get ice cream.
wow i would love to try and win this so that i can make all kinds of funn things like baby food milk shakes and well you name it boy is this realy nice
I love to blend Run and Skip Nakedtinis! I did so many I burned my blender up! So pick me please:)
I love milkshakes-especially when my husbands makes one for me!! And we really need a new blender!
I make smoothies a few times a week, a new blender would be fabulous!
Our blender just started leaking on Monday and DH wants to get a new one. This would be perfect for the new smoothie recipes we have been collecting.
Ohh. I love my blender for frozen drinks. Which makes me think I might need to pull it out today. =)Fabulous.. It even has the spout so I can just get my drink without picking up the blender.
my favorite thing to use a blender for is to make my SALSA!!! the recipe is on my blog and it is as easy as dumping everything in and hitting a button!!
ps - my blender is from the 18th century and i could use a new one, haha!
I love making smoothies! Bluberries, raspberries and yogurt! Add ice and Yum!
Oops ..vforgot to leave my comment! :~)
We love milkshakes in our blender!!
Nothing unusual here - I just love making fruit smoothies in my blender!
i use my blender for smoothies and margaritas (sooo looking forward to warmer weather!!!)
I use my blender all the time to make smoothies for my kids. I use yogurt and whatever fresh veggies I have on hand. My favorite is bananas, strawberries and blueberries. Yummy!!!
I could SO go for a Margarita with one right now!
I use a blender to make milk shakes for my son and fruit sorbets for me and my husband.
Love using blenders to make milkshakes and frozen coffee!
Smoothies - like Jamba Juice
MMMMMM
Angie
I use my blender to make my crepe batter. It is easy to measure the wet ingredients and mixes up well. Plus it pours out nicely right into the pan.
OMG I love blenders! And, I have been reading your posts for awhile So cool! I got divorced recently and well the ex husband got the freaking thing in the divorce. Yes, I really hate him. I use to make everything in it. I made salsa. (very easily with shoving onions, red pepper, tomato, jalapeno, parsley, and a garnish of green onions) MMM I also made such good pesto (basil, Olive oil, a little nuts, parm cheese, and ofcourse garlic) I would love to own a blender again. But, at this time it is not at the top of the list :( Oh and SMOOTHIES! Shall I even say more? Stick a banana in a blender with a cup of yougart, ice and a little milk! Total pick up for the day! And healthy! XOXO
I used my blender this morning to make a PB&J smoothie as an entry to the Peanut Butter Exhibition #2 and blew the motor. :(. I've had it for 20 years.
I love fruit smoothies, especially smoothies with fresh strawberries and blueberries. Yum!
I love making frozen drinks with my blender - margaritas, daquiris, you name it! I even made frozen mimosas in it recently - yum! Awesome giveaway, Amber!
Smoothies! The perfect summer treat.
My favorite way to use a blender is to make Hollandaise sauce. But I also make smoothies, soup, and cocktails in the blender too!
My favorite way to use a blender is to make low fat alfredo sauce or smoothies. It's a tie! :)
My blender died last week. This would be awesome!
I make protein shakes with my old blender. I would love to replace the avocado green model that I presently own!
Sorry Amber...I didn't read the disclaimer that the comment moderation is on so I am trying to post again after I deleted the one you let through b/c I was trying not to consume multiple comment posts...duh me!
What we love to make most in the blender is my tweaked recipe for my sister's salsa to go on anything tex-mex.
WOWOWOWOWOW!!! What a VERY nie giveaway!!
I don't have a blender but I have used my moms to make soup, smoothies, pizza sauce is my FAVORITE!!!
Tracey S.
I found a great recipe for chocolate cups, a super easy, fabulous dessert...made in a blender! We also love smoothies!
Thanks for the fun giveaway!
I use my OLD blender for everything, soup, drinks, sauces etc. because my finicky family doesn't like anything with "chunks" in it!
I would use the blender to make smoothies! I have a blender, but it's on its last legs... :)
Milkshakes and smoothies!!
Wow! Would love that blender!!! I love making smoothies and salsa in my blender.
I looove fruit/yogurt smoothies.
I love to make smoothies in my blender...only problem is mine has a crack in the bottom so you have to make them really fast before it all leaks out! Winning this would come in handy! Thanks!
I like to make salsa in the blender since I don't have a food processor yet.
I like to whip up eggs for omelets. You know that is secret to a real fluffy eggs!!?? I put in about 12 eggs, I have 5 children, and turn the blender on. I let it run for about 5 minutes, longer if I have the time! All that air whipped in makes for the most yummy, fluffy eggs :)
Andie
cathomas7@bellsouth.net
Homemade salsa - throw a big can of crushed tomatoes, some tomato paste & whatever you like in your salsa (jalepenos, green chilies, lime juice, garlic, etc.). Blend for a few seconds, chill & eat. So delicious & a million times better than that Pace stuff.
I love to use blenders to make frozen mochas...mmm....can't wait to have those this summer! :)
favorite use for a blender? smoothies!!!!
I love to use my old avocado green blender to make up marinades for chicken and steak. My latest favorite is the Tequilla Chicken recipe that has been floating around. A blender makes it so easy!
Use your blender to make the most perfectly fluffy omelettes! It's a restaurant secret ;-)
My favorite use for the blender is to make pancakes and milkshakes! Those are my faves!
MY very fav thing to blend is a peanut butter and chocolate milk shake. with tooooons of PB
I use my blender to make marinades. Just recently I used it to make some homemade hummus! Yum! I also like to make smoothies. Thanks!
Heidi, Louisville, KY
Used to use my blender for pureeing soups (roasted red pepper... butternut squash... mmm!!) but it was a cheapie and has since bit the dust. Waiting to replace it until we move next week; unless of course I am lucky enough to win!!
I love to use blenders to make shakes, mix up dry ingredients, or chop nuts for recipes.
Frozen drinks and hummus, but most frequently vinaigrette.
When I'm not puree-ing baby food - slushes and smoothies - yum!
I use the Magic Bullet as I don't have a blender (yet! LOL) but we use ours for a morning protein shake or smoothies. I also blend my cauliflower soup ( in might small batches at a time) and salad dressings!
Hope I win as this Magic Bullet won't last forever! HA!
LOVE your blog, thanks for sharing with us all
Sue
marklovessue@numail.org
Blender... I always use it for Milkshake.... Thanks for your post.
I use my blender to make oreo shakes
My favorite use for a blender is to make a yogurt smoothie. I use FF plain yogurt, banana, frozen berries and some sugar free syrup.
I did use mine for lots of things, my favorite being Pots de Creme, but I broke mine and am in current need of one...so pick me!
I love making strawberry breakfast smooties & frappas in my blender. I can't make them at the moment though because my blender that I loved so much cracked, started leaking, & then died.
I make green smoothies with my blender.
Great way to get your greens each day!
Orange Creamsicle Milkshakes.
I was just complaining tonight about how poorly my blender blends. This one sounds like a perfect replacement.
I love using the blender for breakfast smoothies - strawberries, bananas, yogurt... yum!
I'm a simple kind of gal I suppose... I just started using our blender, we got it for a wedding gift in October 2006!! I have a little kitchen and have to keep all "extras" in storage downstairs, and the blender was an extra. I had some really ripe strawberries and thought they'd be great in a smoothie... so that was my first use for it and I just bought a flat of strawberries at costco! yum!
My favorite thing to use a blender foris definently adult drinks. A friend and I can make some mean Brandy Alexanders!
I love making milkshakes!
Thanks for an awesome giveaway!
I love using my blender to make chocolate ice cream! Blending the chocolate & milk together gives it a creamy texture and great flavor.
I use my blender to make mac & cheese. The recipe I use calls for blending what will be the cheese sauce and it includes cottage cheese. I also use the blender to make sweet potatoe pie because it gives it a lovely texture. And of course the occasional pina colada.
I use my blender to make fruit smoothies, Yummy!
I love making fruit smoothies, pina colodas, and milkshakes!
If I had a blender (No blender was received as a wedding gift:( ) I would use it for strawberry margaritas, yummy or a milkshake, it would be a hard choice. Both would be great options, should it ever get warm in MN!!
http://daisyface.blogspot.com/2008/05/in-kitchen-with-baby.html This is my most recent favorite thing to use my blender for - but I bet it'd be much easier with an amazing KitchenAid Blender :) Chai tea mix making with my baby boy!
My favorite thing to use the blender for is Pina Coladas! I don't drink, so no alcohol involved, but the ingredients are as follows... frozen strawberries (and pineapple, if you want) a little ice, pineapple juice and the key...Coconut CREME (NOT milk!) These will be the best Pina Coladas EVER! kentuckybakers dot blogspot dot com
AH! What a fun idea :) I read your blog... and STEAL your recipes all the time.. bwah ha ha!
I used our *uber crappy* blender for lots of things, however, my favorite is home made salsa. If you give me said blender, I will share my recipe with you... I hope you have a garden full of fresh veggies ready.
What the French.... Toast?
I see the love....
I like making milkshakes and malts.... and protien shakes.
That's a hard one!! I use my blender for margaritas, smoothies and salsa!
I love to use a blender to make the perfect smooth and delicious pizza sauce--crushed tomatoes, basil, garlic, oregano. Yum!
before i had a food processor, i loved using my blender to make home made salsa.
Mine is a toss up. Banana smoothies or margaritas. But if I *had* to choose, margarita wins hands down. ;)
My favorite ever is the banana smoothie. I grew up with my mom making them for me in her blender and that was the main reason for my owning one! I have graduated on to frozen drink's like daquiris and margaritias, but banana smoothie is still my favorite!
I use a blender to make margaritas, smoothies, frappuccinos, and pesto.
I don't have one now though (I moved countries and my australian one won't plug in here!)
Cool giveaway :)
Malts and smoothies....great giveaway! Thanks.
I just recently had to "retire" my old oster blender -- but I used it mostly for chopping nuts - altho I also used it to make a mean pesto a few times :)
I love making smoothies in the morning. I freeze a single-serving of plain or vanilla yogurt, then put it in the blender with whatever fruit I have on hand, a little milk, and a little honey. YUM!!
I use it to mix my cornbread batter
dolls123[at]gmail[dot]com
My favorite thing to make in the blender is definitely a smoothie! Thank you for the giveaway!
I like to use my blender for making salsa, preferably with fresh veggies from my garden :)
Pina Colada SMoothie - virgin or not!!! Or maybe a thick chocolate almond milkshake, no! no! wait--- vanilla irish cream milkshake, oh! oh! wait....
I give up, there is just too much that would be good in that blender.
Thanks so much for the chance. You are a sweetie!!!
I love making orange julius for my kids!
About a year and a half ago my husband had to have jaw surgery, so all his meals for 6 weeks after that were made in the blender. Because of that, my blender (a cheap-o blender anyway) has pretty much been shot. BUT, if my blender worked a little better, I would love to make peanut butter shakes and fruit smoothies!
What would I do with a new blender? Margarita's! Ole'
Thanks for sponsoring this great giveaway. I love KitchenAid products.
Blenders come in handy for so many things, but my favorite uses would be a fruit smoothie or a margarita.
Ummm, homemade Caesar dressing...
Hollandaise sauce for my eggs benedict...
homemade orange julius... (half orange juice, half water, ice, vanilla extract, and the secret ingredient - meringue powder)
Do I have to choose?
What a fun giveaway! I use mine mainly for protein shakes. But it is great for so many things!
I love using the blender for dressings and marinades!
I use my blender for frozen ice cream treats. Thanks for the great giveaway.
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