10+ Genius Blender Recipes

There are so many smart ways to use a blender and many of these will surprise you. We compiled a list of our favorite blender recipes and blender hacks! You will love #8! It’s our surprising little Secret and almost too easy to be true!

Most people consider blenders as their go-to for drinks like Strawberry Lemonade or smoothies, but this list goes way beyond that. You’ll be amazed at how many ways you can use a blender for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. P.S. Scroll down to see which is our favorite blender.

Fact: I washed and towel-dried my blender at least 40 times while making and photographing these blender recipes and it’s all because I love you (I just wanted to get that off my chest, lol).

Looking for a new blender? Make sure you scroll down past the list for a review of all 3 blenders we have owned and to see which is our favorite!

BRILLIANT Blender Recipes

1. Our 4-Ingredient Scrambled Eggs: 6 eggs + 2 Tbsp milk or half and half + 1/4 tsp salt & 1/8 tsp black pepper, or season to taste = the fluffiest moist scrambled eggs ever!

2. Raspberry Maple Syrup: Surprise your crew at breakfast with this  2-ingredient syrup. Change it up with any berry!

3. Creamy Soups: Use a blender for velvety smooth soups that taste gourmet. Try these top-rated creamy soups (It’s so hard to pick a favorite and the blender makes it so easy):

• Tomato Soup
• Sweet Potato Soup
• Cauliflower Soup with Shrimp
• Creamy Carrot Soup
• Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
• Broccoli Cheese Soup

4. Crepes made Easy! The how-to is to put everything into the blender and whirl. Bada bing, bada boom, and seriously so simple. Once you have the crepes, you can make our family’s favorite Cheese Crepes in Natasha’s Kitchen Cookbook!
   
   Similar to crepes, you can also make Dutch Baby Pancake and Clafoutis batter in the blender.

5. Thick Velvety Smoothies, like our Blueberry Smoothie, this Green Smoothie, or this Mango Smoothie. Once you get on the smoothie train, you’ll want to make all kinds of smoothies. Explore all of our Best Smoothie Recipes Here and let me know what is your favorite smoothie to blend in the comments below.

6. Salsa: our favorite roasted tomato salsa or Mom’s adjika come together in seconds! It’s also super easy to make fresh homemade salsa in the blender or pulse some pico de gallo ingredients as a quick topping for tacos.

7. Marinades and sauces are way easy. We use a blender for our flank steak marinade and Morrocan chicken marinade, as well as flank steak marinade. We also use it to make all kinds of sauces including Pesto and Hummus.

More Surprising Blender Recipes

8. Foamy orange juice – Hear me out on this. My late boss and dear friend, Pearl introduced me to this brilliant idea. The secret isn’t in the brand of OJ you buy but in the blending!
   
   Blending (even an OJ from concentrate) creates a rich foam at the top, making the OJ taste and look super fresh. I recently served it this way to family visiting from out of state and they were all so surprised that all I did was put it into the blender! 😉 It’s almost too easy to be true!

9. Ground Coffee – no coffee grinder? No problem! A good blender will mill it for you. Pulse to desired consistency.

10. Puree fruit for plum fruit leather or apricot fruit leather. You can also use a blender to make Homemade Applesauce and all kinds of baby food!

There really are so many great uses for a blender, from blending drinks like Brazillian Lemonade to Blueberry Lemon Dutch Baby Pancakes. Let me know what is your favorite way to use a blender in the comments. I sure love using my blender and I’m always looking for new ideas and inspiration to add to my list.

Blender Review

What is the best blender to buy? We’ve definitely had a long history of blender experience and have tried 4 different ones over the course of our 20+ year marriage and we’re quite happy with our latest one. Here are my thoughts on the different blenders we’ve used.

Our First Blender

This cute little blender by Cuisinart was a wedding gift 20+ years ago and we used it for 7 to 8 years. It served us well and even comes with a mini little food processor. I do appreciate a good two-in-one.

Cons: It blends well enough but doesn’t give you a super smooth and thick consistency that you would get in a smoothie shop. You can still see and feel the bits of fruit in your blends.

Upgrading to the Blendtec

We didn’t think we really needed this Wildside Blendtec until we gave it a try, and we were immediately hooked on having a high-powered blender. The blendtec is a beast when it comes to blending and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it.

We used this for at least 7 years before the gears started to get worn down. While the Blendtec is ultra-powerful, it also sounds a little bit like a construction zone when it’s running. This was more of a consideration when our kids were young and took naps during the day.

The Wolf Blender

The Wolf Gourmet blender is considered a high-end blender. It’s quieter than our Blendtec and it looks stunning. I have a thing for that red knob and the Wolf brand in general (in a ‘stars in my eyes’ kind of way). It’s very classy and not overly industrial-looking.

It also has almost double the jar capacity of our Blendtec so you can make more of anything in one batch which is really nice when you’re whirling up smoothies for the fam, blending soup, salsa, or any blender recipes really! Like the Blendtec, it also has dull-to-the touch blades so it’s safer to wash by hand.

Cons – it never really reached the super smooth blend of the Blendtec so we gave it away and upgraded again.

Our Favorite: Vitamix Blender

This is our current blender. I wanted to see for myself what all the hype was about with the Vitamix, and we have been pleased with its performance. It blends super smooth and is quieter than the Blendtec, which I appreciate. It’s been humming along, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it. I also love the large 64 oz capacity.

Cons – it seems a bit wobbly while blending which makes me feel like I have to stand next to the blender and sometimes keep my hand over it until it’s done blending.