The Magic Bullet Review By Diane Vigil posted in It appears that our quest to be Mrs. Gadget is fed by infomercials. At any rate, we've only had the Magic Bullet for a day, and already we're ridiculously enamored of this gadget. The Magic Bullet, of course, is a small blender (its base is about the width of a largish mug). But in place of the large, heavy pitcher that sits atop most blenders, the Magic Bullet has a collection of inverted oval-ish plastic dome cups and mugs. And a juicer attachment. And plastic covers for refrigeration and storage.) Simply fill the container, screw the blade to the bottom, pop it onto the base and press. Seconds later, you're done. My guess is that, like us, you'd end up using the little cup for most quick jobs. What can be done with the Magic Bullet's small cup? Surprisingly, quite a lot — particularly for jobs for which you'd probably bypass using a blender at all. For instance: grinding coffee to espresso fineness in ten seconds.

Or: we feed our venerable cat the same organic chicken and turkey (don't ask!) that we enjoy. He preferred the ground turkey, but a trip to the store twice a week wasn't exactly thrilling. Now we pop a big chunk of cooked chicken breast into the smallest cup (no chopping it into smaller chunks for us!) and the Magic Bullet ground it into delicious fineness — literally in two seconds. breville bsb510xl hand blender control grip review What we most appreciate about the Magic Bullet is that it's been so well thought out. cuisinart spb-600 smartpower deluxe blenderNo having to "find room" for it. ninja xl blender vs blendtecCleanup is a snap: no more knocking your knuckles against large glass blender pitchers. ninja blender nsf

Just unscrew the blade, wash the cup and blade, and you're done. Hey, even we can wash a cup! And the current offer is two entire packages for the price of one. ADDED: Unfortunately, after less than a week, our Magic Bullet blender just stopped working; the motor no longer runs. More reviews echoing same at Epinions. we did like it. ADDED: we got the two Magic Bullets for the price of one; as of February 2008, the second one is still going strong.See comment #54 or buy from Homeland Housewares Magic Bullet doesn't start?Try Michele's suggestion — call Homeland Housewares. A fix for the base unit? See Curtis Williams' Comment #117 A fix for an earlier version? See John Jr.'s Comment #134 Gaskets from Homeland Housewares? See Marc Kalter's Comment #160See Bob Hill's Comment #302 Comment moderation is on (but comments are appreciated). Commenters must be at least 16. 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future

To see what your friends thought of this book, To ask other readers questions about Be the first to ask a question about Superfoods Lists with This Book IIN July '13 Book List Top Healthy Diet Books More lists with this book... review of another edition is currently reading it 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 next » new topicDiscuss This Book There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Be the first to start one »For all of you Daily 5ers out there: I have 4 iPods and 1 iPad that we use for LtR. Last year's group managed it well on their own and I had to interfere very little. They were able to share the 5 devices among everyone without conflict. THIS YEAR'S GROUP--we have tears. Lord, have mercy, my bunch this year is very emotional. SO, this is what I came up with to manage who gets access to the iPods and iPad each day to avoid the tears and tantrums about them. I split my class in half by ability; during round 1, group 1 works with me for phonics/spelling while group 2 does Daily 5.

After 15 minutes, we switch groups. Round 2 is the same except we work on reading in small group instead of phonics/spelling. This is our LtR management board: The colored magnets near the bottom of the board have the kids' names on them, placed in their respective group. Right below the title, "Listen to Reading," you see a sign that looks like this:This will not be a problem to a lot of them at all, so I feel that revoking the privilege is fine for those who are deserving. As a reminder of the rules we came up with together, this mini poster is taped to the management board and to the area where the LtR books and devices are kept: What do you think? How do you manage your devices? Understanding how numbers relate to 10 is critical for fluent computations and is part of many state and common core standards. This simple app is exactly what the title suggests--students will fill in a ten-frame using a given number. We always start off the year doing this very activity in my classroom with counters and ten-frame mats;

at that point, my students begin making statements such as "5 and 5 more is ten" or "8 and 2 more is 10". Later on when we discuss addition and subtraction, my kids have a better understanding and begin to make and use number sentences to go with the ten-frames. You can customize the app to fit the needs of your students: This is THE BEST app EVER!!!!!! I know, I've said that before, but I really mean it! This incredibly engaging app helps with proper letter formation, an essential in my first grade classroom. You can also spell words and even customize a list of words. Gotta love all of the options. The animations are fantastic. After the letter is formed, you are allowed a little play time with the objects used to form the letter/word. Each time is a different object!Yeah, there's an app for it! I love this game and so does my 3-year-old! We play it quite frequently! It's the same as the original game, but with no clean-up or game box storage problems. Now go and download some awesome apps!

2 weeks in a row I am sharing my plans with you--WHOA. Here are some things I am looking forward to this week: Veterans Day craft--it's going to be cute! Teaching two more suffixes Doing the Cha Cha Slide in science Math Stations take 2--take 1 was not so hot.We all LOOOVE poetry! Teaching in 1/2 groups for phonics and reading instead of whole group and then small group Spelling on tactile boards I am off on Friday! Of course, this is more work in the long run for me because I have to plan for a sub, but at least I get to enjoy the day! You also may have noticed this in the plans:I FINALLY joined the "share your visual plans" movement! And it took foooorrrreevvveeerrrrr. It takes forever to do my weekly plans anyway, so this was quite the task. That being said, humor me and read them!!! Click here to view/download the PDF and access all clickable pictures, links, and freebies! You may have noticed that I have not used a ton of products, centers, games, blah, blah, blah.

I know my Daily 5 plans look very, very sad right now. Two reasons for that: ONE--I make practically EVERYTHING I use in my classroom and most of it is currently not ready to be shared with you (time, time, time) or is remade from my district's curriculum and cannot be shared. TWO--this week we have a field trip, Book Fair preview day, and a sub day, so we are a little out of the ordinary; I also have yet to decide which Word Work activities I want to do first. The next visual plans I share should have a lot more in them, so worry not. You may have noticed this in the plans: I haven't joined this linky party in a while, so I am excited to be posting this today!! In reading, we studied Author's Purpose all week and did a little book sorting activity one day. The students were grouped into small groups of 3-4 and then given a stack of books to sort by purpose. They studied them, decided as a group, and then we piled them all together in a large group. Finally, my own little designed and carved her first pumpkin!!