Kitchen Favorite: Blender Bottle

My newest favorite “kitchen gadget” actually comes from GNC – you know the vitamin place. I went into my local GNC looking for a protein powder shaker – something smaller and simpler than a blender that I could use for protein powder and milk at work. The sales guy directed me to these: Mini Blender Bottle and informed me that they were on sale – buy one, get one half off. So I had to have 2 – 1 for at work and 1 for at home. Its really rather simple – just a bottle with a round whisk insides.

Fast forward to Wednesday night when I was making a salad to go with the tasty fish and chicken we were cooking up on the grill. I had used one of the shakers at work for milk and protein powder – it worked great. So I guessed it would work great for salad dressing, and it did! This is the dressing I made (based on this recipe):

Vietnamese-Style Dressing

Ingredients

• 3-4 drops hot sauce (I used Tapatio)
• 1/2 tsp. garlic puree or minced garlic
• 1-2 T Splenda or sugar (start will less, add more to taste)
• 2 T rice vinegar (not sweetened)
• 3 T fresh lime juice
• 2 T fish sauce

Put it on top of a bag of broccoli slaw, diced red pepper, edemame, sliced green onion, and chopped cilantro. Add salt and pepper and you have a perfect side dish! Best made an hour or 2 in advance so flavors can mingle. Next time I will take a photo!

Watch for more dressing recipes using the Blender Bottle – I have a feeling I am going to use it a lot more this summer.