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How is your emphasis on smoothies affecting your food budget?
@otcw – Not too bad. Found a new place to shop and cut back on the meat.
Blender dying… time to sell some stocks and buy a Vitamix!
Why baking chocolate?
No sugar in baking chocolate
Hi Jacob,
Yeah for smoothies! Was curious to see whether this was a repost or actually cutting edge news. Looks like you are doing smoothies *now*. Nice.
I drink a lot of green smoothies (spinach, parsley, etc) but I’ve never thought to add cabbage. Would definitely be good for the budget! But maybe… adding bitterness?
one more vote for a Vitamix!!! Well worth the price.
I use a hand blender. Braun 200 watt. I use mine a minimum of 5 days a week. They are usually between $20 and $30 (look for occasional sales). They last about 5 years before dying. I find them more versatile and easier to clean then conventional blenders. They rip up ice, berries etc with no problem. They even Puree soups (but hot tomato soup will stain the finish).
Awesome Cabbage! I love cabbage and am happy to find another way to incorporate it
A third vote for Vitamix. It’s obvious you use blenders a lot so it makes sense to get a quality one per the Sam Vimes theory on boots.
BTW, the one I got (and it may be a common ability across the Vitamix line) is so powerful it can blend soup ingredients and COOK them at the same time.
Hey Jacob-
Long time follower of your site and thoughts and appreciate all of the great content. Sometimes I compare your ERE theories to the fact that sometimes spending money on things just simply makes life better. I recently spend $500 on a Vitamin and I absolutely love the thing. I make fresh smoothies daily and frankly don’t know how I lived so long without it. My question is – at what point do you “give up” and decide it makes sense to spend a lot of money on something if it is an investment in your health and happiness?
Thanks,
David
@David – If you get value from buying it by all means do so. In particular if the upfront cost is high but the lifetime/year cost is low. I own many high-end things that I enjoy but which cost me less than buy-and-throw-away items in the long run. My basic consideration is to calculate cost like this (what I pay – what I can sell it for)/years I own it. Then compare that so how much time I have to spend working to buy it.
