Je suis vraiment en colère contre la façon dont les entreprises nous manipulent avec des produits inutiles comme les machines à slushie ! Qui a besoin de ces gadgets encombrants ? Je suis tombé sur un article sur 'Les 2 meilleures machines à slushie de 2025 pour un été frais' et je ne peux pas croire à quel point cela va à l'encontre de la santé de notre société. La Ninja Slushi est présentée comme la meilleure machine, mais attendez une minute ! Il y a une autre machine ? Pourquoi est-ce que personne ne parle des conséquences de cette surconsommation absurde ? Nous vivons dans un monde où la technologie devrait simplifier nos vies, pas les compliquer avec des appareils inutiles qui ne font que nous encourager à nous gaver de sucre. Ces machines à slushie, avec leur promesse d'un été rafraîchissant, ne sont rien d'autre qu'un piège marketing ! Elles nous poussent à acheter plus de produits transformés, plus de sucre, et finalement, à détruire notre santé. Est-ce que cela vous semble raisonnable ? Non, c’est scandaleux ! Chaque été, c'est la même histoire : des publicités brillantes, des machines glamours qui promettent de nous offrir la meilleure boisson glacée. Et qu'est-ce qu'on obtient en retour ? Une dépendance au sucre et un portefeuille vide. Pourquoi ne pas simplement faire des slushies maison avec des fruits frais et de l'eau ? Non, au lieu de cela, les entreprises nous poussent à acheter ces machines qui prennent de la place dans notre cuisine et qui ne seront utilisées qu'une ou deux fois avant de devenir de la poussière. Et parlons de l'impact environnemental ! Ces machines à slushie nécessitent de l'énergie, des plastiques pour les contenants et des ingrédients souvent emballés dans du plastique. Alors qu'on nous parle de durabilité, ces gadgets font tout le contraire. Au lieu de réduire notre empreinte écologique, nous nous retrouvons à en augmenter une, tout cela pour une boisson glacée qui, soyons honnêtes, peut être faite à la maison sans effort. Il est temps de se réveiller et de refuser d'être manipulés par ces pratiques commerciales scandaleuses. Nous devons nous demander : est-ce vraiment ce dont nous avons besoin ? Ou est-ce simplement une autre façon de nous faire dépenser notre argent durement gagné pour des produits qui n'apportent aucune valeur réelle à nos vies ? Alors, au lieu de vous précipiter pour acheter la Ninja Slushi ou l'autre machine à slushie qui ne fait que renforcer cette culture de la consommation, réfléchissez à ce que vous achetez et à ce que cela signifie pour votre santé et l'environnement. Ce n'est pas qu'une question de rafraîchissement, c'est une question de bon sens ! #MachinesÀSlushie #ConsommationResponsable #Santé #ÉconomieDÉnergie #Écologie

We may earn a commission from links on this page.If your kitchen counter is currently housing a Vitamix blender, you know that you can whip up some serious soups, sauces, and nut butters in that thing. In fact, my Vitamix's hot soup function is one of my favorite ways to use it. But it is almost summer, and I am no longer in the mood for soup. Now I crave chilled treats. Can my favorite blender, the Vitamix Ascent X5 go from hot soup to sorbet? Yes, and surprisingly well. Here’s how to make yourself a frozen dessert in this amazing blender.The Vitamix is not an ice cream machineIt’s important to note that the Vitamix is a blender, and not an ice cream machine. Most ice cream machines have some sort of cooling mechanismto chill the mixture while a dasher or auger incorporates air—the smaller the air bubbles, the creamier the texture. The Vitamix doesn’t have a cooling system. The blades create heat, so instead it uses them, and speed, to its advantage. This means you need to work in reverse—add already frozen food to the blender and it will whip air into the mixture as it chops up the ingredients. Then all you have to do is freeze the resulting soft-serve texture into a more solid state. As much as I enjoy a specialty appliance like the Ninja Slushi, the multipurpose Vitamix Ascent X5 blender truly caters to my tiny kitchen's space limitations. I need to do a lot of different things with a select few appliances, and the Vitamix's frozen dessert capabilities add a whole new category to my home menus. Vitamix Ascent X5 Blender Shop Now Shop Now How to use the frozen dessert function on the Vitamix Ascent X5 1. Consider the ingredientsThe most important thing to consider is the ratio of your frozen to liquid ingredients. Since this blender doesn’t have a cooling system to make frozen desserts, you need to add the coldest stuff you can, while still providing enough liquid to move the frozen stuff around so the blades can catch it.  Credit: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann The Vitamix website gives the guideline of 1 cup frozen to ¼ cup liquid. This amount of liquid, along with some vigorous tamping with the plastic tamper bat, will result in a thick, soft serve-like consistency that you can enjoy immediately, or freeze to a more solid, ice cream-like state. To experiment, I used two cups of frozen banana slices, and a half-cup of a sweetened vegan cream.Add everything to the blender container and secure the lid. 2. Pick your presetTurn the power on. Press the three line “burger” button and you’ll see an array of food icons appear on the digital display. Use the rotating dial to select the one that looks like a tall stemmed glass with a pompadour and a little spoon handle.  Credit: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann Have your plastic tamper ready—this part only takes 50 seconds.3. Blend and tampPress the start button. Take out the lid’s central plug and start tamping the ingredients with the tamper. The machine will start at a slower speed and ramp up pretty quickly. Your only job is to force frozen objects down into the blender blades. Once they all finally disappear into the mixture you can end your tamping session.4. Look for the “quadrants”Remember when I mentioned making hot soup in this thing? Well, the reason the soup gets hot is because of the heat that builds from the friction of blades running at high speeds. You want that heat to happen as little as possible for your frozen dessert. This setting only runs for 50 seconds but if you see four humps, or quadrants, forming in the mix, then that’s the tell-tale sign that your dessert is completely smooth and finished blending. It should look like this: Credit: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann Once you see the quadrants, stop the preset, even if there’s time left. My mixture was finished after 40 seconds, so I stopped the machine and worked quickly to decant it into a metal loaf pan that I had chilled in the freezer earlier. I sprinkled some chopped chocolate on top and popped it into the freezer for a couple hours to set.  Credit: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann Not only does this frozen dessert scoop like a dream, but the texture and flavor are incredible. While it's technically not true ice cream, it eats like ice cream. I was afraid after freezing it solid that it would be rock solid, but no—the mixture is nicely aerated and the consistency is creamy and smooth.How to use a Vitamix without a cold treat presetIf you don’t have the Ascent X 5 model, you can still use any Vitamix blender the same way, you just have to control the speed with the dial yourself. Start on a low speed so the blades can catch the ingredients and then ramp up to the top speed within the next 10 to 15 seconds. Look for the same quadrants to form, and then turn off the blender. Get ready to spend the summer exploring any frozen dessert flavor combination you can dream up. #how #make #frozen #treats #using

We may earn a commission from links on this page.Unboxing a new kitchen appliance is one of my favorite experiences—it’s a non-holiday present and I know what’s inside—how wonderful! But the instruction manual part really kills my vibe. I know tossing it aside will almost surely lead to failure, but I hate reading them anyway. In fact, I did read the operation manual for the Ninja Slushi, and I still managed to screw up my first batch of slush. (You can read about that experience in my review of the Ninja Slushi.) To help you avoid the shame of a ruined slush, not to mention reading the tedious instructions, I've assembled this step by step guide on operating your new Ninja Slushi, from set-up to clean-up.Notes on sugar and alcoholBefore getting started, know that what you put into the machine will directly affect your success. Specifically, the liquid you’re using must have at least 4% sugar content. If it doesn’t, it will become too icy, and the machine will have trouble scraping the frozen mixture out of the evaporator cylinder. (You can’t use artificial sweeteners or sugar substitutes either, unless you want to fall down a rabbit hole of allulose and xanthan gum and brightly hued, sugar-free prepackaged slushie mixes.)Ninja provides a little chart indicating the minimum amount of sugar you need for a particular serving size. Make a simple syrup by mixing the amount of sugar with an equal amount of water and microwaving it until warm. Stir the mixture until the sugar dissolves. This simple syrup can be added to your greater recipe mixture before pouring it into the Ninja Slushi (make sure to account for the water from your simple syrup in your overall calculations).  Even if you messed up and froze a cold brew mixture without any sugar by accident, you can fix it. (Maybe I know this first hand? Maybe I don’t.) The machine will stop if it detects a problem with your sugar content during the churning process. This is your chance to make a simple syrup with the correct amount of sugar and pour it in to the mix. Don’t add sugar directly to the chamber mid-freeze—it may have trouble dissolving into the partially frozen drink.Alcohol has a similar stipulation—a minimum of 2.8% and a maximum of 16% alcohol must be present to make a spiked slush that will freeze properly. Again, there's a helpful chart to guide you on your journey, but once you know these rules and abide by them, the machine will play nice.Now, let's make that slush.1. Set up the Ninja Slushi Credit: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann Like dishware, bakeware, and anything else from a dusty factory, it’s a good idea to take apart the Slushi and clean the parts with soapy water before you put food in it. That includes the drip tray, the main vessel, the condensation catch, and the auger (that spiral thingy). The silver evaporator is not removable, so just wipe it down with a soft cloth. Dry everything thoroughly.It’s no small appliance, so make sure you clear off a nice section of your countertop. There are vents on the sides and back, so give those areas room to breathe too. Put the parts back in their respective areas. The main vessel sits into the bail handle in the back, as you pull it backward. It won’t make a clicking sound, but it will sit there securely secure. Once reassembled, plug in the machine.2. Pour in the liquid mixture Credit: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann The fun part is almost here! Open the hatch on the top of the main clear container. Pour the mixture in, all in one go. Depending on how your Ninja Slushi is situated on the countertop, this might be a little hard to do gracefully. I recommend using a pitcher or a bottle—any container with a somewhat narrow pour spout—for more precision. 3. Power up Credit: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann Click the power button on the control panel. All of the features should light up. On the left side, you’ll see the presets. Select the one that best matches the mixture you made: a regular soda slushie would be the “Slush” preset, an alcoholic slushie would be “Spiked Slush,” a coffee frappé would be the “Frappé” setting, and so on for milkshakes and frozen juices. This time, I decided to make a chocolate milkshake. Press the button you need and the right side panel should automatically light up with the number of bars that indicate the temperature. The machine should start churning, so all you have to do is wait. Note that this is the stage where the Ninja Slushi will alert you if you did not add enough sugar or if there’s a problem with the alcohol content. You know how to add more sugar, and more alcohol can go directly in the machine if needed—but if you added too much alcohol to start, you need to fix that by pouring in some water to dilute the mixture. If the tank is already at the Max Fill line, dispense some mixture before adding water to dilute it. 4. Dispense and adjust consistency  Credit: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann Once the Slushi has finished the setting cycle, it’ll play you a little ditty to signal it’s ready, but the auger will keep spinning. Grab a glass and hold it under the spout. Pull the handle toward you and hold it to dispense your slushie. The handle doesn’t have a locking mechanism while dispensing, so you have to keep pressure on it or it’ll spring shut. If you’re happy with your slushie’s consistency, hooray! If you aren’t, you can make it thicker or thinner by manually pressing the up arrow (for a thicker, colder slushie) or the down arrow (for a warmer, more liquid-y slushie). The machine will alert you when the new temperature has been reached.5. Clean everything thoroughlyAfter the party is over, you’ll need to clean up your Ninja Slushi. If there is still slushie left in the container, dispense it all into a bowl or container. You have to do this with the preset running because it’ll push the mixture down and out of the spout. Discard it or save it to slush another day. Turn off the preset and select the rinse button. Have a big container handy—I use a 4-quart pot as my helper of choice. Pour hot water all the way up to the Max Fill line, then put the pot under the spout and slowly dispense all of the water. Liquid comes out way faster than slush, so only pull the dispensing handle toward you maybe 30%. Once all of the water is out, stop the rinse cycle by pressing the rinse button again, then press the power button to turn the machine off. Unplug it and disassemble the same parts you washed earlier. I hand wash them with warm soapy water, but if you have a dishwasher, the directions say you can toss all the parts in there. Wipe down the evaporator with a warm, damp cloth. Dry everything off before assembling the pieces again for storage, or to make your next slushie. Source: https://lifehacker.com/food-drink/how-to-make-your-first-slush-with-the-ninja-slushi?utm_medium=RSS #how #make #your #first #ninja #slushi #without #ruining