Soups and smoothies aren’t the only things your blender is good for. It turns out, the blender is an all-purpose tool that can help you whip up everything from sauces to batters, fillings to snacks. We chat with blender aficionado Tess Masters, aka The Blender Girl, to learn how to make the most of any blender, from high-powdered to hand-held.  

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Become a Blendaholic

Have a blender and rarely use it? We get it, and suspect that you’re not alone. While we all know that you can do without a blender, once you open your eyes to the many, varied ways that it is useful, you may just become a blendaholic too.

Here are the recipes mentioned in this episode: 

• Tess’s site The Blender Girl

• DIY household cleaner recipes made in the blender

• 3 DIY beauty products you can make at home in your blender

• Our Dutch Baby recipe

• Blender Whipped Cream

• How to Make Mayonnaise with an Immersion Blender

• Blender Mayonnaise

• How to Make Nut Milk from Almonds, Cashews or Any Other Nut

• Tess’s guide to plant-based nut milks

• How to make Almond Milk “Kefir” using a blender

• A Beginner’s Guide to “Nice” Cream

• Pineapple Coconut “Nice” Cream

• 21 Things to Make In the Blender Other Than Smoothies

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About Our Guest: Tess Masters

Tess Masters is an actor, lifestyle personality, and author of The Blender Girl , The Blender Girl Smoothies, and The Perfect Blend. She and her healthy fast food have been featured in the L.A Times, Washington Post, InStyle, Real Simple, and Parents.com, among countless other publications around the world.

You can find hundreds of her easy recipes at theblendergirl.com. You can also find Tess on Facebook and Instagram, or find out more about her various programs:

Tess’s Skinny60® Health Programs

Tess’s Decadent Detox Cleanses

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Fave Picks

These are some of our favorite products mentioned in this episode:

• The Blender Girl cookbook

• The Blender Girl Smoothies cookbook

• The Perfect Blend cookbook

• KitchenAid Blenders (Tess loves the KitchenAid K150 blender for mid-range and the KitchenAid K400 blender as a well-priced top tier blender)

• Stacie owns this Vitamix and loves it, but full transparency: it was gifted to her!

• Oster Beehive Blender

• Breville Sous Chef Pro Food Processor

• Cuisinart Hurricane Blender

• Instant Ace Nova Cooking Blender, Hot and Cold

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