Advantages: Gets fresh fruit into the children Disadvantages: Doesn't liquidise very well
...son was given the Junior Ready Steady Cook Smoothie Maker for his 6th birthday. Straight away we had to pop down to the local supermarket and buy fresh strawberries and raspberries to make his first ever Raspberry Rebel! He loved it.
For those of you that don't know what a Smoothie is. It is a drink made from fruit and yoghurt or milk - a little like a milkshake, but so much tastier.
First let me tell you all about the Smoothie Maker - it comes ... ...2 mixer sticks.
It looks just like a blender - with a red plastic lid and red bottom. It has a non-removable safety grill which prevents fingers from accessing the cutting blades. It will separate in the middle so that it is easily cleanable. There is a safety isolation switch which means it cannot be switched on when the two items are separated.
It uses 4 x AA batteries, which are placed in the battery compartment in the base of the Smoothie Maker.
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TRINA007 27.02.2004
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Advantages: Safe to use Disadvantages: Needs a lot more power to liquidise the fruit
My daughter was given one of these for Christmas after “begging” for one.
What a disappointment!
There we were, Christmas day, and my daughter was really excited. She’d been asking for a Smoothie maker for the 6 months prior to Christmas, and knowing she was getting this, we had plenty of fruit to hand.
I put in the batteries (4xAA) which was easy (screwdriver required), and left her with all the ingredients. Being 8 yrs old, she didn’t need an ... ...recipe booklet, so she spent some time deciding what to make with the ingredients she had to hand. After about 10 minutes of hearing this machine whirring, I went to see what she was doing. There were big lumps in the mixture which were just not blending down.
In the end, after 3 attempts, we gave up, got out the blender, and did it for her. Good Points:
It has a safety grill which is screwed down to prevent little fingers getting sliced
Easy ...
Testarossa 29.02.2004
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