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How To Quickly and Easily Clean A Blender

If you’re like me you hate doing dishes. If you’re also like me, you use a blender every day. Here’s how to get it clean quickly and not hate doing it…

I almost feel silly posting a video about how to clean a blender.  I mean, everybody knows how to do dishes, right?

Toss them in the dishwasher (fast) or sponge them down (very time consuming).

When you’re using a blender every day (to make my awesome 90 second smoothie recipe) you’ve got to clean it every day.  That’s no fun.

I hated cleaning my blender.  But I loved drinking my smoothie.  One day it just hit me.

Use the blender’s own power to make it clean itself.

First, after you’ve drank all the contents of the blender there’s still a lot of good stuff left that won’t come out with some help.  Fill your glass up halfway with water, put it in the blender, pulse a few times, and drink it.  This way you’re not letting all the nutrients stuck to the sides of your blender go to waste.

Second, fill the blender about halfway with water.  Blend for 10-15 seconds and dump it out.  That was your rinse cycle.

Third, fill the blender up about halfway again.  But this time add a little bit of dishwashing soap and a cup of ice.  The soap obviously cleans the blender and the ice helps get any gunk off the blades.

Not only is this an easier way to clean your blender it’s also safer than hand washing.  You never have to touch the blades and risk cutting yourself.

Need a reason to clean your blender?  Get it dirty by checking out my 90 Second Kickstart Your Day Smoothie Recipe right here.

90 Second Smoothie To Kickstart Your Day

Get your day off to a great start with this 90 second smoothie recipe…

Discovering the perfect breakfast was a revelation to me.  I’m not interested in making a big meal or taking a lot of time for breakfast.  I want something that tastes great, fills me up, and makes me feel good.

For years I ate oatmeal with either sliced bananas, blueberries, or strawberries.  Which tasted good, but wasn’t much of a kickstart.

Now I’m all about the smoothie.

Drinking a smoothie every morning gets me going better than any other food, coffee (which I don’t like) or tea (which I love) I’ve ever tried.

Smoothies are perfect for either breakfast or after working out (with added hemp protein powder).  They’re easy on the digestive system (assuming you don’t use cow’s milk) which means you won’t feel sluggish.  Most importantly, they’re very quick and easy to make.

My Ridiculously Extraordinary Smoothie recipe:

  • 1 cup (8 oz) hemp milk (or any other plant based milk)
  • 1 cup blueberries (fresh, or thawed frozen)
  • 1 banana
  • 1 Tablespoon ground flax seed – Info about the benefits of flax seed here.
  • 1 serving hemp protein powder (I only use this if it’s after a workout, not if it’s just a breakfast smoothie)

Throw all that stuff in your blender, blend, and enjoy.

The downside of all this is if you’re using a blender every day that means you have to clean it every day.  Which is a hassle.  At least it was. :)  Check out my “How To Quickly and Easily Clean A Blender” video (another huge revelation for me!) right here.