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Blendtec Blender Giveaway & Review ($450+ value)

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We have an awesome giveaway today, a Blendtec blender from the Total Blender Classic Wildside Series, and let me just say, it is awesome!! I have used this blender to make this and that over the past week, as well as other juices, sauces, even dough. It is so versatile and is pretty hardcore when it comes to crushing and pulverizing things. My kids have been dreaming up recipes too, which I love.

The blender also comes with the Twister Jar, Blendtec’s newest innovation. The Twister Jar, is designed to blend “hard-to-blend” recipes such as, Nut Butters, Hummus, Baby Food, Dips, Thick Shakes, Dressings and more! Best of all, it’s compatible with all Blendtec Home Blenders. It has these really cool sidearms which makes it so nothing sticks to the sides…brilliant!

I couldn’t be happier with this product. So far it does everything it says it can and more, a true powerhouse in the kitchen. And this blender has ALL the bells and whistles. Including a smoothie button, which is all my kids care about.

I’ve heard there is even a YouTube video showing this blender grind up an iPhone…wow.

To enter to win a Classic Wildside Series Blender and a Twister Jar:

Leave a comment below telling us, “Why you need a new blender.” We’d love to know!

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Deadline to enter is Wednesday, September 19, 2012, Pacific Standard Time. Contest is open to United States and Canadian residents. Winner will be chosen at random and contacted by email. You will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. Blender will be shipped directly from Blendtec.

CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. WINNER is commenter #732, Carrie @ Kiss My Whisk. Congrats Carrie!! Your new Blendtec Blender will be on its way!!
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Discosure: Blendtec provided me with this blender to try out and are also providing the blender for this giveaway. However all opinions and statements about this product are my own. I was not paid for this post.

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  1. Wow what an amazing giwe-away. I would love to win this blender. I just started weightwatchers (3 weeks ago) and almost all fruit and vegetables are “free”, so i could make lovely smoothies with this. Also cold sauces for dinner and probably much more that I didn’t think about.

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    • Thank you for the opportunity to win this awesome blender!

      I would love to win this! I have had the same blender since I got married 12 years ago. It was a wedding present and it would be wonderful to have one that works this well! I would throw a margarita party! 🙂

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  4. My girlfriend has pretty much stopped her routine of making smoothies because of the difficulties she has had with our Hamilton Beach blender (bought it on the cheap). This of course, as a gift, could turn the tide back in favor of our morning routine before going to teach at the University of Arizona.

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  5. Also, already liked on facebook if that counts. I’d do more, but that;s the extent of my technological prowess. I love your writing and recipes on here — definitely inspired my own contributions to a summer newsletter for the last three years. Hopefully, one day, I’ll follow in your footsteps and get my own food blog up and running, but until then and even thereafter, what you do here is much appreciated.

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  17. OMG I need this blender. My NYC kitchen is so small that I keep my toys to an absolute minimum. No food processor, because I have a knife. No toaster, because I have an oven. No ice cream machine, no crock pot, no stand mixer. I’m even considering getting rid of my coffee maker and going old school. But I could never go without a blender and I would so love a great one.

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  18. I grew so tired of the leaky carafe of my Cuisinart blender that I tossed the whole thing. Now I have to use my food processor for everything or take a pass on menu items that require a blender. Getting a new blender has been on the to do list for a few months now but I lost my job last week and it will have to stay on the list for a few more months!

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  20. I need a new blender because my mom only ever gets ours from yard sales, which can’t crush even ice for ANYTHING. And I find that smoothies help in my journey to lose weight. + I’m dying to try making homemade peanut butter!

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  23. I need a new blender because my current blender s***ks (stinks). I can’t even make a basic smoothie in it. I can already imagine all the wonderful things I (er, my chef-like husband) can make using this blender. He is the Willy Wonka of food in our home.

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  28. The last time we had a blender was when I was married 30 years ago…what??? Thinking I am ready to make some smoothies, make some amamretto sauce, make some butternut squash soup here in NH as the frost appears and the apples are ready to be picked. Is it unusual that I am already looking ahead to Thanksgiving dinner?…come on home kids and wayfaring travelers!!!

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  32. Im in desperate need of a new blender bc mine is broken and sadly my current work status doesn’t warrant purchasing a new one. I miss smoothies and hummus so this would be fantastic

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  35. This is amazingly coincidental. Last night I tried to recreate a shish taouk (Lebanese chicken sandwich) that we had on vacation this summer. While I was making the toum (garlic mayo) in my 24 year old blender, I am pretty sure I saw some smoke coming out of it. It definitely got very hot, and I was mentally comparing blenders I’d seen on food blogs recently!

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  43. I’ve never had a decent blender in my life and now we have a beautiful autistic granddaughter who is so picky about her food! This would really come in handy in sneaking some nutritious veggies and fruits into smoothies for her.

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  47. After 35 years of marriage, 2 grown babies, smoothies, margaritas, milkshakes, quiches, piña coladas and who knows what the kids made long after we were sleeping, it’s time to have this beautiful blender grace my countertop! Thank you!

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  59. I would love to win this blender..My old one is ancient and can’t make up anything thick, would use the blender for drinks I need to keep hydrated with lots of veggies in it to get some great nutrients in me…Plus I would make up some butters for our meals and hummus and other things, I cannot make now due to no decent blender! Love your blog, I always get some good ideas for recipes for meals for my hubbs and me, it is just us, but we like to dine at home, we know what is in the ingredients..The blender would help me make delish soups with the upcoming (I think) cold, icy and snowey winter that to me is surely coming soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  61. HI, I need a new blender because our current one simply doesn’t blend well and my daughter who loves to make smoothies won’t use it anymore. A Blendtec would be awesome!

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  65. Love your web site and I follow you on Pinterest! I need a new Blendtec blender to make Monday Morning Smoothies to encourage me to lose weight after making so many of your wonderful recipes; spicy salsa chicken comes to mind…and to tell everyone I know that I won it on Noblepig.com!

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  66. Because I am a colon cancer patient, it is recommended that I improve my nutrition by drinking green smoothies and making concentrated soups and liquid meals using a blender. My old Vitamix gets a workout daily, several times a day in fact. The information on the Blendtec seems to indicate that it does a great job of pulverizing and blending, and would be an improvement in the quality and smoothness of these blended meals. Crushing ice in my old blender is less than perfect, and I also have trouble blending pineapple to the right consistency, so I think Blendtec would definitely be a better blender for icy mixes and such. This is my entry. I will tweet an entry also.

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  67. I would LOVE to have this Blendtec Blender!!! I recently tried making my own peanut butter in my mini food processor, but had to stop before I achieved smooth…the food processor was smoking!

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  68. I have always wanted a blendtec blender, from watching the videos of “will it blend” to seeing it in action when making smoothies, there are just no other blenders that compare. I’m on my way to becoming a vegetarian and having a blender like this will make the process a lot easier.

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  89. I have this crummy blender that makes smoothies mooshy at best…but not totally blended. The first couple of sips always gives me the creeps but then I just get used to the consistency. I have not had the cash to buy a really good blender that lasts. But I sure am in love with the Blendtec!

    Love your site. You are one of my first “go-to’s” for good inspiration!

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  96. My roommates and I just moved to Denver, CO where we are teachers. A new blender, and for that matter a blender at all, would make out lives much easier. It’s tough to make smoothies for breakfast at 5:30am with nothing but a fork and glass.

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  97. Hi Cathy! Okay, you’re not going to believe me when I say this, but it’s true! My dog destroyed my last blender. He figured out how to get into the kitchen cabinets and pulled out the first thing he saw…the blender. He chewed on the base and destroyed the buttons and broke pieces of the glass pitcher. Fortunately he didn’t hurt himself on the glass or get to the blade, but it was quite the sight to find when I walked in the house! So, this is why I need a new blender. My crazy dog! He’s lucky he’s so cute. 🙂

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  105. Saw a demo of one of these, it’s amazing! I need a new blender because we have been making green smoothies every morning. My current ‘blender’ does not process the kale completely and I always have to make sure I don’t have little bits of kale in my teeth! No one wants to see that. 🙂

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  112. I was just telling my S.O. this morning that I wanted one of these because of how great they are. I make protein smoothies twice a day on my cheap $10 blender which is on it’s last leg. This would make that job so much quicker and easier.

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  116. My husband and I received an awesome blender as a wedding gift 7+ years ago, it has been a trusted tool but needs to be retired. I made our toddler a smoothie this weekend and the blender started smoking! We would ALL be thrilled about a Blendtec 🙂

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  121. I need a blender because when I was making potato soup last night, I had to scoop 1.5 cup portions into the magic bullet and blend little by little instead of all at once. It was crazy!

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  124. I really could use a new blender. The blade on my blender quit spinning on Monday as I was making two fruit smoothies for breakfast before work. My husband and I had to eat chunky fruit smoothies for breakfast.

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  125. Oh the things I could do again if I only had a working blender. As so many others have already commented, I too need to be making smoothies as well as soups that I puree and just everyday quick chopping of all kinds of veggies etc!

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  126. I need a new blender because I’ve never had one! I would LOVE to make myself some smoothies. In addition, while on a family vacation, I discovered the perfect margarita concoction and now I need a blender!

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  129. I would love a new blender because my family loves drinking smoothies! My husband is not a huge fan of fruit, but he will drink a smoothie now and then. His big hang up are the seeds. Our blender doesn’t pulverize the seeds that much and I think if we had the Blendtech, he would drink more smoothies, therefore my kids and I would drink more healthy drinks! 🙂

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  130. I don’t have one but I’d really like a “good” one to make smoothies with. I always see people making these really healthy ones with spinach & such and I’d like to do that too!

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  132. I need a new blender, as the one I have is on its last legs!
    It would be super cool to be able to whip up nice smoothies, creamy soups etc. 🙂 I’d love to have a BLENDTEC – it’s such a great gadget!

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  133. I need a new blender because I do not have one. To clarify, I had one, however, my daughter who just went away to college, took all of her dads (me) favorite kitchen appliances to include the blender. Now her sister, mom and I are left to ponder what it would be like to have one of those fresh smoothies we used to make on the weekends and for desserts. The Blendtec Blender would be a welcoming addition to what used to be a nicely stocked appliance closet.

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  141. This is weird timing. For the first time in MONTHS I made a smoothie for breakfast this morning and my blender was totally awful at pulverizing the frozen fruit that I tossed in. It would be nice to have one that actually, you know..blends things.

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  146. I need to win this blender because I want to make healthy smoothies for my family.
    My son is having a must have surgery in Oct. and this would be an dietary .asset to his recovery. May the force be with me.

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  150. I need a new blender because I think the one I have I bought right after I got married thirteen years ago….from Walmart….and it definitely leaves something to be desired!

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  161. My 30 year old Oster recently decided it had made enough margaritas for the wife and I and went to small applicance heaven.

    I have tried making our favorite drinks in :

    1. Food processor = messy Fail
    2. Hand mixer = REAL messy Fail

    Please help us enjoy our quiet time cocktails again!

    Btw – I also used the Oster to make sauces, gravies, homemade dressings, and even tapenade when the Oster was being “borrowed” for a weekend.

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  168. Oh my – my head is spinning thinking of the ways I’ll use this thing! Pesto, hummus, and my famous chocolate peanut butter milkshakes are the first things that come to mind!!!

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  173. First and foremost, I do not have a blender! I have a 5 month old son and I’d like to be able to make baby food for and also there are certain soup and sauce recipes that I cannot make because I don’t own a blender or food processor. Thank you for offering this give-away!

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  175. I’d love a new blender. I scored a chrome vitamix blender from the 70’s in a garage sale. It works great, except for that terrible burning smell it makes when its been one for more than 30 seconds. I’m worried it will burn the house down!

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  184. I would love to win a Blendtec blender because the one I have isn’t a Blendtec and doesn’t come close to what a Blendtec can do. So if I was to win I would give my blender to my daughter who loves my kitchen hand me downs!

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  185. I would totally use this blender for smoothies, milkshakes and soups….and hummus…and dips..and everything. My current new and expensive blender is awful and cant even make a milkshake.

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  190. I need a new blender because the one we had, which was a hand me down, broke. For some reason I haven’t gotten around the replacing it, but, I just last night wanted to make watermelon vodka slushies, and had no blender. This is perfect timing 🙂

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  193. Our blender gets used daily, mostly by my husband, and the base looks like it is going to crack any day – we need a new one! I’ve been drooling over these Blendtecs for a while!

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  210. Wow, I DO need a new blender. My college-age kids keep taking away my old ones. I would never let them take my Blendtec, however. I think I’d bolt it to the counter.

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  214. I need a blender because…smoothies are one of the few ways I can get my boyfriend to eat fruit. My Magic Bullet doesn’t always cut it. Help my boyfriend (and me) eat a (somewhat/more) balanced diet!

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  217. I make a smoothie every morning for breakfast, I have to defrost the frozen fruit the night before in the fridge so that it will blend in the blender. I hear you don’t need to do that with this blender. I hear awesome things about this blender. The price tag, not so awesome for me. I’d love to win one!

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  222. I don’t need a NEW blender, I need a blender in general! I’ve always heard that Blendtec Blenders were the best but as a recent college grad there’s no way that I could afford one! I’d love it if I was the winner!

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  229. Our very old blender barely makes a smoothie. We are moving next week, and this blender would be such a welcome new item in our very old ( 1905) new fixer-upper home.
    It looks simply amazing, and just the other day, I dreamed of a new blender.

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  232. I love your blog and I have been wanting a blendtec ever since I tasted the spinach ice cream you can make with it! Hot soup? No problem. Ice cream? No problem. There is nothing this blender can’t do! I just need to experience it first hand!

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  238. Ohh I really need a new blender! I love to make smoothies but the one I have now I have to put the ice in a ziploc and crush it with my rolling pin first or the blender will jam!!

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  244. I need a new blender because I’ve never actually owned one! But I’ve been wishing more and more that I had one to make smoothies and nut butters and hummus and all that good stuff.

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  253. As a diabetic and a gardener, I rely on a blender for my supply of gazpacho, and healthy snacks like guacamole, humus and soups of all kinds. I don’t know of another diabetic who could live without a blender. This one looks like the cat’s meow!

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  270. Hi, I need this new blender because the one I have is almost as old as I am and I am loving making smoothies in the morning for my granddaughter and I for healthy eating!

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  271. I have a rather cheap blender, and considering that I use it virtually everyday, I know that I will need a new one soon. I would also love to have something that blends thicker, icier mixtures better.

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  295. This is a great give-away. Could really put this to good use. Why do I need a new blender – they smoke rolls out of mine when I turn it on. Yep, time for a new one. BTW-I love your recipes!

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  300. I need a new blender, because I don’t actually have one right now! My old blender finally gave it up a couple of years ago, and I have not replaced it. Boy do I miss having one!

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  305. I need a new blender because I currently don’t have one. My old $20 dollar one started smoking a few months ago and we had to chuck it. Thanks for the chance at a new one!

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  331. I really need a blender so I can get my weight under control and start on the Green Smoothie bandwagon!! I want to be a good, positive example for my daughter 🙂

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  338. Last year I was making an ancho chili sauce, that was evidently too thick, as I was blending it my blender’s motor just stopped and a little pooft of black smoke entered the room.

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  353. I just followed Noble Pig on Pinterest (I have pinned tons of Noble Pig recipes). I have made many, many recipes, including just recently, the blueberry bacon sauce with pork loin- yum!

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  354. And here is my official post saying why I neeeeeeeed this blender. ….cause you like me best 🙂 Ok, really, cause my old blender has a cracked ring at the bottom, and I am too cheap and lazy to get a replacement ring, and I use that darn thing ALL THE TIME for dressing, Brazilian Limeade, smoothies, etc. NEED and NEW Blender!!! Oh, one more reason, it’s my BIRTHDAY TOMORROW!!! :)))))

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  366. My daughter just watched a demo on the blender at Costco in Dallas and just had to have it! I decided with her two young girls, she could add alot of nurishment to their diets with this great machine and bought it for her. Recently on a visit, she made me morning smoothies that were just delicious and so packed with good nutrients that I immediately see where having the Blendtec would benefit her dad and I being in our sixties! I would love to have one!!!

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  367. I totally need a blender. I don’t have one, unless you count the magic bullet variety. (which is small and a pain to use for anything other than grinding coffee!) I have dreams of making better soups and shakes.

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  379. I begged my family for a new blender for mothers day 🙁 didnt get it. I am always in the kitchen cooking and need a blender to do the task I m tired of chunky ice in my morning protein shake

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  380. I am an Oregonian who has been following you on FB for quite some time, and now on Pinterest as well (thanks for posting that, I had no idea you were Pinning) and only buy Oregon wines to support our local economy.

    I have 4 kids and we make smoothies on a daily basis so I can be sure everyone is getting their intake of healthy fruits, veggies and other super foods (like Chia seeds and extra fiber). My blender BROKE after several years of daily use, and my mom is loaning me her cheap one that doesn’t blend frozen ingredients worth a darn, and I just cannot at this time spend the money on another nice blender like this. It would be great to win one!

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  398. I could use a new blender because mine is on its last leg and I have been making some healthy smoothies to go along with my workouts to help maximize my weight loss. This would be awesome for other things around the kitchen as well.

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  404. I would love love love this blender. Soup is my thing: it’s one of the things I love to eat most, and one of the things I make best. Nothing like a creamy soup on a cool day. This blender would come in handy indeed!

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  414. I need a new blender because when we first got our sweet basset hound (2 years ago), he literally ate the plug and cord off of our blender. After the cost of the vet visit (he’s fine), we never got around to replacing it and I’ve been relying on my food processor since.

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  417. I have a 10 year old chef in training who loves to experiment and make smoothies with all kinds of different ingredients. My last blender went smoking when our exchange student from Mexico tried to make cheesecake in it. We also love to make sauces and use up the herbs from the garden. If you put fresh herbs in the blender like basil & cilantro with olive oil, onion and garlic, blend it up and then put into mini ziploc bags and freeze. It’s awesome to throw into soup or spaghetti in the winter.

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  425. I would love a blender like this!!! My girls love milkshakes,
    I love smoothies and we have a new baby at home
    So soon I could start making my own baby food for her!!

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  426. What a wonderful gift. I would like this because I’m getting older, have lots and lots of weight to lose and smoothies are a healthy way to get the nutrients you need and cut food intake.

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  445. I really want to win this!

    When my husband and I were married four years ago we lived in a apartment and we had a hand me down blender. We didn’t register for a new one because we thought why would we need another one, well it turns out we should have.Ours just isn’t getting the job done. I have been thinking about purchasing a new one but now I hope to win this one!

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  448. I would dig getting a new blender because I’m always having problems making smooth Hummus and homemade peanut or cashew butter. The blenders in the past either just didn’t have the power or didn’t have the right configuration of blades. It would be a nice suprise.

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  452. Awesome giveaway. I need one just like that, so I would not borrow it from my friend to make raw cheesecakes (my new obse sion) every time we have a party. And all this spinach smoothies my kids grew to love, since it looks like Halk would drink it to make him green and strong.

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  458. I have recently incorporated smoothies into my daily diet. My blender sits on the counter at all times. The Blendtec would expand my recipe options! This would not only benefit me, but my entire family! Just think….healthy optiond….smoothies, soups, and frozen yogurt. Yum!!

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  460. I am desperate for a new blender! Our blender was given to us in 1965, when we were first married, not as a wedding gift, but as a thank you gift from a couple who stayed with us for three weeks while he looked for a job and she sat home in our one-bedroom apartment reading magazines, watching TV, and messing up the kitchen. We never use that blender without thinking about them, and it’s a funny story now, but at the time we thought, “A blender? After all that, they give us a lousy blender?” But it still works on one speed. We do need a new blender!

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  463. First of all thanks for the opportunity to win this great blender. Mine died….so sad. I miss it so. We had a long love affair but alas it is over. Seriously, mind finally gave it’s all after many years of constant use and it just is not in the budget to buy a new one.

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  466. I would love to win this blender because the only blender we own is the one my “fifty-something” -year-old husband took to college. It’s time for a blender change – I’ll keep the husband!

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  475. We are trying to bulk up my son and he loves milkshakes and soup – this would be awesome for milkshakes, smoothies, and soups and I could sneak in extra protein and veggies!

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  479. Because I want to find out If a bottle of Noble Pig Wine will Blend WHOLE (in the bottle)! WILL IT BLEND!? <– That and: make some awesome avocado chocolate mousse and a kale smoothie or two and some red pepper soup…so many things you can do with a Blendtec, cuz it BLENDS!

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  482. I would LOVE to have this blender!! I have been using a one portion blender and the top has been missing for about 2 years so I stick a paper plate on top when blending! Not real efficient! I have been eyeing the Blendtec blender for a while now and since I blend smoothies and soups everyday this would really be put to good use. Thanks!

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  487. I would love this blender! I have a sad little version of a blender that huffs and puffs anytime it has to work. I’d be thrilled to make my own nut butters at home!

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  506. Why do I need a new blender? My old blender is on its last legs – just as we are hitting the best weather for Mushroom Bisque, Spicy Corn Chowder, and Pea and Pesto soup. Nothing, not even my food processor, give the velvety finish to soups the way a blender does. And, I promise, as I make the soups with that fabulous blender, I will let everyone know that Noble Pig made the soups possible. I will announce it on Facebook (where I already follow you), in the Twttersphere, and from the rooftop, that Noble Pig made these noble soups available. I will share my recipes and the website that gave me the blender.

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  521. I need a new blender…because I don’t even have one. My old one was a “Christmas gift” because my aunt had gotten a new one and given us her 10-year-old broken one, which has since been thrown out.

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  528. I’ve been coveting this blender for quite some time. What an awesome giveaway! The motor on my wonderful, ancient Cuisinart died on me a few weeks ago so new blender is definitely needed.

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  530. My little boy is almost 2 years old. His staple food is bread and cheese. He refuses to touch any fruit or vegetables…UNLESS it’s in a smoothie. Being as this is the only way to get some vitamins in him, we are in desperate need of a blender that works!

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  538. why i need a blender:
    1) it is much easier to drink than chew
    2) the sound of a blender is louder than the voices in my head
    3) It would look amazing on my mantle
    4) my mixer is lonely (it doesnt get along with my food processor)
    5) the vegetables in my fridge are to cocky… they needs a good threat

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  540. This is a great giveaway. I’ve been actively blending recently but I find that my current blender has been really loud and takes a little longer to make smoothies. It isn’t a very strong motor. I’d love to win this!

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  550. Hi Cathy, I need a blender because I live in Texas where it is HOT 8 months out of the year. I’m a single mom and love to make smoothies with frozen fruit for my son and myself. I also like to make frozen drinks and basically anything refreshing to help us stay cool.
    I love your blog and love sharing your recipes with friends. Cannoli French toast is our favorite breakfast. I proudly wear my ball cap with your Noble Pig logo. Thanks for all you do!

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  561. Kathy, My creaky, incredibly LOUD blender is from yesteryear. I would L O V E another and one from you at Noble Pig would be a trophy blender! Thanks for your fab blog and recipes to delight!

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  562. Kathy, I am now following you on Pinterest. Why I had not done that earlier is a mystery to me! I an now whole in every way. Should I win the blender, ‘twould be just icing on the cake! Mine is ancient and LOUD!

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  566. As a single mom with two very active middle school children . I am always trying to make new & healthy choices for them. They would love to create their own recipes with this fantastic item !

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  567. Hi Cathy! Thank you much for the oppurtunity to win a Blendtec!

    I’ve never had a blender, and as a person who has CF and Diabetes type 1 this would be a great tool for me to make protein packed smoothies to help me maintain my weight. I moved into my apartment last September, it’s officially been one year! I’m still in the process of getting all of my cooking utensils, but right now most of it is just too expensive for a college girl. I’d love to use the Blendtec to make sauces, dips, and protein shakes. There’s so much cooking that I can’t do without one!

    Hope you are well. 🙂

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  569. Hey there again Cathy, I’ve been following you for several or so months now on Facebook. I never got to say this to you on Facebook but the fact that you respond to people’s comments and questions is awesome. Keep up the good work!

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  571. I’m not an Instagram user, personally, but I have just followed you on pinterest. The slow cooker recipes look delicious. I’ll have to try some of them out! I just made slow cooker jambalaya this past weekend (sans shrimp). Keep in touch. Thank you again!

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  574. I need a new blender so badly! I’ve recently started to get into running, and after a good run, I love a smoothie. I even pre-made smoothie packs so I could throw them in the blender after my shower on my way out the door. Only thing is… my current blender doesn’t blend things like… ice. I would love a new one, so I can have my smoothies, and also make my beloved hummus and nut butter!

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  583. I need a new blender – I have “borrowed” my boyfriends and have been trying to make kale smoothies with a crappy blender. While I love Kale, using a standard blender to smoothie those leaves is not as yummy as it should be…

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  584. My current blender is a hand-me-down, and I don’t know how long it’s going to keep up with my almost daily smoothie consumption. I would love this blender!!!!

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  588. Well, I started following Noble Pig when I lived in Oregon – just about the time you started planting the vines. After 22 years in Oregon I moved back to NYC and enjoy following your blog and FB pages. The recipes are terrific and I’m glad to see your success. A new blender would be the icing on the cake for me – (literally!) And to have it be from an Oregon vineyard and Chef would be great. I’m experimenting with all kinds of healthy blended soups and drinks, so yes, I would love to win a new blender!

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  590. Hi!
    I have been reading you since before you moved from Davis and love your journey to your wine life destination! Been a fan on Facebook for a while and just posted there and now on to my next post to hopefully win this awesome blender!
    I started the CLEAN cleanse at the beginning of August and did the full three weeks and my 13 year old KitchenAid blender is not keeping up with my ongoing green shakes. This is much needed!
    Thank you!
    Jordan

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  591. Also been following you on Twitter for while and letting you know I am here too and sharing another reason I NEED for MY LIFE this awesome blender:
    Along with my green shakes I am working on cooking and making healthier meals at home and it is vital to my health. I just spent the whole summer with my 88 year old grandmother in and out of the ICU and ER and various areas of the hospital post pancreatic cancer and a heart attack. If this summer has taught me anything (besides the importance of sleep) is that my health is the most important! I want to be healthy and this blender will be a FABULOUS tool to help ensure my health.
    Thank you,
    Jordan

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  595. Hi me again!
    I have just followed you on Instagram and just starting to use it myself.
    Another reason I would love the blender is to be able to make my ill grandmother healthy things that she will eat. Currently her go to is potato chips and grapes and it is horrible for her blood sugar. As her only granddaughter I feel it is my duty to help her live long and healthy!
    Thank you for the opportunity!
    Jordan

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  597. Hi there,
    Me again, yes my clients are wondering where I am today, and between the Apple announcement and this they might be wondering for a while!
    So followed you on Pinterest as well and you have some great photos on there.
    I wanted to also mention I really like your updated site design.
    So another reason that I really want the blender is because I have a year and a half rescue puppy/dog and I know that the best quality food I can give her is food I make myself. This blender would offer me the ability to make her food from scratch so I know that not only am I healthy and my grandmother healthy but that she is the healthiest she can be!
    Thank you for the opportunity and I so hope to win!
    Jordan

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  598. I need a new blender because my old one is permanent stained red from the homemade Chile Colorado sauce my mom makes almost every week! It’s clean, but stained and not appetizing when you want to mix up a blenderful of Margaritas! Ole!

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  605. Hi Cathy,
    I have just subscribed to your email through your right sidebar signup form and confirmed my email. I am very excited about getting your newsletters and updates.
    Sssssoooooo hoping I get to use this blender for a healthy lifestyle where the majority of my can come from wine since I will be eating everything else low cal!
    Thank you!
    Jordan

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  606. Our three children are on restrictive diets and it is a challenge to keep food interesting as well as home made. It is also a challenge prepare food in a timely manner.

    With the awesome Blendtec blender we could whip up everything from gluten-free bread and goodies, to soups, sauces, and smoothies in a manageable amount of time, leaving more time to enjoy as a family.

    We also have a large garden, and a Blendtec blender would help us expand our options as to the uses of our produce. Cold soups, smoothies, other goodies could tantalize our taste buds if we had a Blendtec blender to whip them up.

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  609. Hi Cathy,
    I have just retweeted your tweet to my 5,000 plus followers on Twitter!
    Another reason I want this blender is because for the first 35 years of my life I won literally not one single thing. And then last year it all changed and I won a watch and then a basket, so this win for the blender would keep me on my winning track!
    Thank you!
    Jordan

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  614. As as a young single male that loves to cool I desperately need this blender! I have a food processor but it doesnt do the job for purees or the consistency i want for sauces!

    What better way to impress a girl than to make her a velveetty butternut squash puree in the fall?

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  617. This is such an easy one! Why do I need a new blender? Because I’ve never had one! The one I currently possess was brought into our relationship by my husband 15 years ago. And it was a hand-me-down for him. I wouldn’t know what to do with a brand-spankin’-new one.

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  621. We need a new blender because our daughter is a smoothie addict! My husband is a salsa addict and I use a blender daily in cooking fresh sauces and salad dressings. We are a fresh food only family! I make a killer tomato sauce using fresh Roma tomatoes! Our daily use blender is very tired and would like to retire to be replaced by the younger, snazzier, Blendtec!

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  624. Mostly because mine has started giving off an eerie buzzing noise and slight smoking smell.
    Still good for short bursts. But I’m not trusting it past anything but the easiest of smoothies (no ice) at the moment!

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  635. I need a new blender because my refurbished Vitamix is on its last legs. The container leaks and the “pusher” got destroyed. I would Love, love, LOVE to win this contest. Thank you!

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  636. Because is the only way to get those prefect smotthies my fiancee loveee!!!…

    we are getting married in january, and we fantasy about the blentec in AMAZON Website, but we are running out of cash, so, it would be a nice surprice for her.!!!!!

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  640. Well, we managed to wear out the Ninja we had – so right now we are in need of one – it would be great to see if we can really go more than 2 years without having to replace our blender.

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  641. I need this blender because I make smoothies almost every day for breakfast that include items like celery, spinach and Kale. I’m tired of having kale stuck in my throat!

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  642. I need a blender that does almost everything and allows me to make a variety of healthy foods. I am trying to take a holistic approach to treating my ovarian cancer and the first thing you do is correct your diet.

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  644. I need a new blender because my husband burned the motor in ours up while trying to make horseradish. I came home from school to a house that smelled like burned electrical and horseradish.

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  647. We could use a new blender, because the one we have is hand me down that my mom had given us some 15 years ago. My sons love smoothies and I often use the blender for mixing recipes, like salsa and would really love a new blender.
    Thanks so much.

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  650. I have a blender that is beautiful, but not practical. It is narrow at the top, and large and round on the bottom. You can’t really scrape things out, like wine-a-ritas!

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  657. I’m moving in January and won’t be taking my room mate’s blender with me. I make a smoothie every morning for school or work, and it would be great if I didn’t have to buy one. Even better if I could get a nice one!

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  665. Wow, I would love this blender. My blender was a wedding gift (so 9 years ago now…) and it can’t even handle making a milkshake! It’s a great tragedy to have an oreo shake that consists of a small blended portion, mostly unincorporated cookies, untouched ice cream, and a burned out-sounding motor. I suspect the blendtec could do it better!

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  675. I need a new blender because my old one is plastic and not glass and it’s got a crack in the rim, and it’s so old that only one of the buttons work (the pulse button) and it smells funny when I run it for too long, like it’s overheating. And I really really really want to make hummus!

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  688. The Blender I have is my grandmothers it is from the early 1950’s. We have replaced the gasket but the motor seems to be not running “quite” as well as it probably once did.

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  691. Oooh, this blender sounds awesome. We could definitely use a new one, because ours is just a cheap one we got from Walmart a couple years ago. Half the time when we use it, it kind of gets stuck and stops pulling the food inside down to the bottom where it can actually be blended, and you have to stop it, shake it up a little, restart, etc. Having one that actually works well and can do multiple tasks would be fantastic!!

    I’m also already subscribed to your blog via rss. 🙂

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  692. I need a new blender because I’ve never actually had a “real” blender! I’ve only had those little single serving ones. I could really use one that makes more than one drink/smoothie.

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  695. I liked you on fb and I really really need a new blender as my daughter broke my good one and then left for college and with college expenses well I feel bad spending money on a blender.

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  702. As much as I’d love this blender for myself, if I won I’d bring it to work. I am the culinary arts teacher at a career center. My students are seniors in their second year of the program. We’re in an area that was highlighted for being the first to take the recession hit. MSNBC even embedded a reporter here for a year. For the majority of our students, this is their first foray into the food world, but would you believe we don’t have a blender? We had a $10 one donated by a student, but we burned it out trying to do something that a standard blender can’t do.

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  720. New Blender? What blender? I have never owned a blender, and this blender is well…. how should I say “Freakin’ amazing!” I have wanted a Blendtec F-O-R-E-V-E-R! and that is why I need one. A nice pretty shiny, Blendtec Blender just for me.

    mmalavec(at)med(dot)umich(dot)edu

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  724. Where would I begin with this blender…… hmmmm, probably making ‘green’ drinks. Thinking it would also do a fantastic job chopping chunks down to a smallish size for making chutney and relishes.

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