I haven't been so excited about a piece of tech in aggggeees! When we were living on travellers sites back in the early 2000's we would have killed for a USB charged 12V blender but they just weren't really invented yet. But now they are! Woo hoo! Bring the time machine, I'm taking a crate back to 1999!!!

Being summer, I drink a lot of smoothies, usually with linseeds and collagen powder, you know, for the menopause. A handful of berries, or mango, or banana, maybe some probiotic rich yoghurt, and some water and lime juice - it's a yummy breakfast! So going travelling in Tassie meant no blender = no smoothies. Damn.

But hey, it's 2024, and theres a whole WEALTH of 12v lithium powered smoothie machines out there. If you can wade through all the fake reviews maybe you'll find a decent one. The Blendjet 2 seemed to fit the bill, and better yet, it was only $30 AUD on a Black Friday discount. The postage was apalling and I had to wait two weeks, but hey, it's here now!

I had my doubhts but it did me a smoothie no problem. They say about 15 x 40 second shots before you need to recharge. I think I'll use it instead of my ordinary Optimum 9000 blender which is so big for just a single smoothie.

It even finished off my coriander chutney for me, which the big blender wasn't handling. So as long as there's a bit of liquid in there and the greens are finely chopped, it'll blend them into a smmoooooth paste as well. The chutney is basically a tomato, a birds eye chilli, some lemon juice, salt and olive oil - this is going over my roast beetroot, roast potato, and roast zucchini tonight, topped with a salmon steak.

Damn. Life can be good!