Purchase a smoothie maker or not?

I thought I was a picture of perfect health, pre op, because I had a juicer, and I made these elaborate veggie-fruit concoctions every morning. Now I can see how much sugar and carb content I was consuming!

I do like to keep my Magic Bullet around for the occasional protein shake but it's not really a necessity.

I appreciate this observation. The ones I've seen seem to be a combination of spinach, yogurt but also mangos, bananas, blueberries... things that would spike my blood sugar currently (pre-op).

I understand now the benefit to keeping the fruit content down......or not at all.

Maybe I'm in the minority, but I liked my shakes blended. But I just used my household blender (we have a Ninja). Honestly, it took me 45 seconds to clean it, no harder than my coffee pot. The lid was the only thing that really took a few extra seconds with all the nooks, etc. If you have a blender, no need to get something else. If not and you want one, just get a good basic blender you can use for other things as well. I have tons of stuff I bought due to surgery that I don't use (immersion blender, zoodler, instant po****er bath cooker). All cool stuff, but I just eat the basics everyday. Maybe someday I'll use it, but don't go there if you don't need to. Keep it simple and don't stock. I have 8 bottles of protein that will finally expire by the end of the year (all unopened). I don't drink them anymore. Amazon ships in a day these days if you need something.

Thanks so much!

There are a few kitchen gadgets I could not live without post op but a blender is def not one of them !

I find milkshakes of whatever stripe both revolting and hugely fattening of course ... if I REALLY want one I make myself drive for it and pay exorbitantly ( usually that's enuf of a deterrent lol)

what I couldn't live without - an air fryer ( wish mine was larger and it's already medium sized so I didn't have to " fry" so many batches )

A tiny Teflon indoor grill ( 9.99 at Walmart )

Teflon and other coated non grease requiring pans all sizes .

Labels - and lidded plastic containers and zippered freezer bags because I end up freezing or refrigerating 9/10 of the food I cook.

For me - several sub-zero refrigerator/ freezers . I tend to fill them up and they keep veggies meats and dairy products very fresh for a very long time . And a good dishwasher ! Cuz it's much healthier less fattening and way cheaper to eat at home :) . Also much fresher and better tasting :)

Thank you so much! Great ideas!

My second story kitchen necessities would be a Food processor for making fat free sauces out of fresh barely cooked veggies and low cal cream soups , a Kitchenaid type powerful mixer for grinding low fat trimmed meats ... and a microwave for quick defrosting and heating things up . ((()))

Thanks!