kitchen gadget of the day

i was blessed with quite a few amazing kitchen gadgets for our wedding and i am still learning the wonders that my kitchen drawers and cabinets hold. today's kitchen gadget of the day is not just a gadget but more of a miracle disguised as a blender...the vitamix. i wake up each morning to a smoothie waiting in the freezer, never really knowing why it has the perfect texture. but then i finally opened up the cookbook it came with. did you know it makes soup? the blades spin so fast that you actually put whole ingredients in the blender and steamy, delicious soup can be poured straight from the vitamix to the bowl. and the best part of all? it makes ice cream. yes, you read that correctly...ice cream. we made strawberry ice cream the other night. it was not only delicious, but easy...blend frozen strawberries, milk, sugar and vanilla then eat...and it came out as perfect strawberry ice cream.