April 07, 2011
My Favorite Kitchen Gadget: The Blender
Whrrr! Whrrr! Whrrr!
I'm not a gadgety sort of person. I have gadgets, but they mostly collect dust. My mandolin, garlic press and apple corer have all been long abandoned in favor of a good old-fashioned knife. But the one kitchen item I do adore (love!) is my blender. It's not fancy or expensive, in fact I couldn't even tell you what brand it is without getting up to look. But what it is? Awesome. Why? Because it blends.
I know, sounds corny, but I just believe that some things are so much better after being whipped around in a blender for a minute or two. Creamy soup? Yes, please! Frozen fruit smoothie? Yes, please! Perfectly mixed salad dressings? Yes, yes, yes!!!
And because I love YOU, I am going to share one of my very favorite blenderized marinade recipes! This marinade can be used on several different types of meat (or vegetables!), but today we're going to use it on slow cooker pork loin. Okay, you caught me... I guess I have two beloved gadgets.
Mama's Perfect for Anything Marinade with Slow Cooked Pork Loin
- 1 cup olive oil
- 3/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons course ground mustard
- 6 garlic cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 boneless pork tenderloin (2-3 pounds)
Instructions
Add all ingredients except pork loin to blender and run until smooth. Add pork loin to slow cooker and pour marinade over top. Turn pork loin and coat well with marinade. Cook on high 4-6 hours or low 8-10 hours. Baste with drippings and serve.
14 Comments
I also have my own favorite kitchen gadget which is the juicer. It make me become more fit and healthy.
Something that you’ve had for over 6 months, since the new stuff is always the favorite.
Mine has to be my lemon juicer that I bought in Mexico. It looks like a mini water pump.
Blender and food processor are high my list, too. I use the crockpot/slow cooker quite a bit as well. And your recipe looks A-maze-ing! I drooled just reading it.
This looks DELISH!
My favorite kitchen gadget is unquestionably my immersion blender. Initially I purchased it for blending soups (potato leak specifically) but now I use it for so many things. Plus it has different attachments so it functions as a whisk, chopper, mixer...it’s replaced a couple of other gadgets in my kitchen.
Love it! I’ll give this marinade a try, thanks!
Sounds yummy - I’ll have to try it out. I <3 my blender too :)
Can’t wait to try it! I would love to see more marinade recipes! And salad dressings too!
Oh yes! We love our blender too! This sauce looks amazing so I’ll definitely test it out. We just got a bunch of beef so I’m going to try this with a round tip cut I think...sounds good!
I would have to say my favorite kitchen gadget is my deep fryer. I love making my fried chicken in it to some of my favorite appetizers and sides in it such as french fries and mozzarella sticks. I also just recently tried hot dogs wrapped in bacon in it and omg they were delicius :)
I love my garlic press!! Do you have any idea how much garlic Korean food requires? ;-) I admit I prefer the pampered chef brand. Walmart or BBB just didn’t cut it.
I use my blender for smoothies but that’s about it - I need to branch out!
The other thing I can’t live without is my mini food processor- I use it daily for mincing onions and veggies. :)
My crock pot! I thik my family might starve if I didn’t have 3 of these. It so nice to be sitting at work and no dinner is cooking away!
This sounds great I want to try it out on fish and see how that is!!!
wow i never thought to use the blender! its way bigger then my food processer. my fav gadget? Kitchen Scissors. they help with EVERYTHING
I am going to try that marinade on portabella mushrooms! The blender comes out when I make smoothies, baby food and soup. My favorite gadget is my coffee maker:) The trusty coffee maker has assisted in some kitchen creations. It maed a tasty addition to a true coffee cake. My husband used it when he made coffee to add to one of his homebrewed beers. That you for the great recipe that I can not wait to try!
