Hey there!
By now you would have probably noticed that there are a few staple kitchen tools necessary to recreate my recipes. I mean of course you need a stove, an oven and a few spoons and knifes, just the usual. However, one of the most essential things when it comes to plantbased/vegan cooking is definitely a good blender. One that can conquer those spinach chunks when making a green smoothie, one that creates delicious soup out of roasted pumpkin within seconds, one that makes the creamiest of nicecreams when throwing in a couple of frozen banana chunks. Well, up to a few weeks ago I was using the food processor attachment of our kitchen machine, whenever I had to blend something up, however that one didn’t work too great… My green smoothies were chunky, when making soups I had to process it in about three different runs as the attachement didn’t fit more than about a litre and don’t even get me started on how annoying it was to clean the thing. Fortunately, Schwingerprinz, a Swiss company that produces high- performance blenders, kindly provided me one of their models to test and review for you.
Oh my, my green smoothies, literally went from chunky spinach soups to delicious smooth green delights. My nicecreams were the creamiest ever and soups were finally made within seconds. Seriously this thing is strong. The only thing, which I wouldn’t use it for is nut butters, I tried making cashew butter and it didn’t work at all, yet I guess it’s also not made for making nut butter, I just wanted to give it a go.
Nevertheless all of my other experiments went perfectly and for the past month or so I have probably been using my Schwingerprinz at least once a day. And if I am not using it my sister and my mum are, cause they’re equally as impressed with it.
And yes I would definitely recommend to invest in a Schwingerprinz, especially as it is a much more affordable alternative compared to many other high-performance blenders. In Switzerland it runs at 249.- , which in my opinion is reasonable, especially compared to other blenders of that quality that cost a minimum of 500.-.
I decided to make a little rating for you, just so all the lazy peope who just skim this article also get a chance to know all the important stuff, so let’s start:
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- Price: CHF 249, very affordable
- Super smooth, chunk-free smoothies
- Perfectly blends frozen fruit and ice
- Very large volume jar (2l), perfect for soups
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- Can’t make nut butters
- Not suitable for smaller volume things du to the large jar
As you can see there are definitely more things I love about my new favourite kitchen tool. The only things I criticise is the fact that it can’t make nut butter and I wish that they’d sell a smaller jar attachment for making smaller volume things such as hummus, however as I am a little kitchen nerd I obviously have got other tools to make these kind of things so it is not really an issue for me.
So to not just leave you with my blender story I am also giving you a little blender baking recipe, because yes, you can literally just throw all the ingredients in a blender and then have a delicious brownie batter ready to be baked. The following recipe makes the most delicious fudgy brownies, there super dense and juicy and just delicious with a cup of coffee or hot chocolate!
- ¼ cup linseed
- 150g chocolate
- 15 dates, pitted (225g)
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 cup buckwheat flour
- 1 dash of salt
- ½ cup hazelnuts, roughly chopped
- 150ml chickpea water
- 300ml almond milk
- sea salt
- Preheat oven to 185° C.
- Melt 100g of your chocolate.
- Add all of your ingredients besides th chocolate that hasn't been melted, the hazelnuts and the sea salt into your blender.
- Blend until smooth.
- Pour your batter into a lined baking sheet (approx.18x30cm) and top with the remaing chocolate, hazelnuts and a spirnkle of sea salt.
- Bake in your preheated oven for 25 minutes or until a toothpick stuck into the middle comes out clean.
- Let cool completely and then remove it from the tin and cut into 2.5 cm squares. Enjoy with a cup of tea, coffee or hot chocolate.
Ok that’s it. Now you know what blender I always use and where to get a decent one that works perfectly if you are into smootheis, soups or just vegan cooking in general. Wishing you a wonderful Sunday evening. And just in case you fancy to buy a Schwingerprinz for yourself, just click here and you’ll be taken to their online shop: Schwingerprinz. Also let me know if you’ve got any additional questions in regards to my blender, I’ll gladly answer them for you.
Bisous
valentina | sweet kabocha says
I love using chickpea flour in cakes lately! I’m looking forward to try your recipe ^_^
fannythefoodie says
Yes chickpea flour is great too, though in this recipe I am using chickpea water, the stuff that is left over in a can of chickpeas, it sort of works as an egg white replacement:)
Ruby says
Looks delicious, can I just ask, linseed oil or whole linseeds?
fannythefoodie says
Thank you! In this recipe I am using whole linseed.
Wiebke says
Can I use eggs as a substitute for the chickpea water? 🙂 And if so, how many would you recommend?
fannythefoodie says
Hey! First of all, I am so sorry for the late reply. But I’d say you definitely could give it a go. I just checked so one egg white is approx. 35 ml, so I’d say you could just use 4 which would then equal around the same as 150ml. I can’t guarantee though that this will work as I have personall ynever tried it.