A lot of old bits and bobs and applicances surfaced back in January this year when I moved house - including this Kenwood Smoothie maker which had been bought for me as a christmas present around the age of 15 or 16... Bit of a strange present to buy someone so young but at the time I was very much into buying smoothies when I was out and about and I wanted something to do my own at home! It had spent a good couple of years in storage in my parents attic when I lost internet in actually making smoothies, so when I got it back I was very excited to try it out - as was my daughter as she loves fruit! Another plus point would be another mainly silver appliance to put in my .  Read the complete review

I bought my Kenwood Smoothie Maker nearly two years ago now and despite using it a lot when I first bought it, it has since spent long periods sitting idle in the cupboard. Every now and then we seem to suddenly remember we have a smoothie maker and out it comes. We all enjoy the various smoothies and concoctions we have produced using this machine, so I'm not quite sure as to why we seem to forget we have one! A few weeks ago, it was dusted off once again and brought out of the cupboard and this time I have promised myself I will use it more often, as it is really easy to use and the results are lovely. I must admit I hate cleaning things like this ...  Read the complete review

Sitting up on our shelf, more for display purposes of late than anything else, is our Kenwood Smoothie Concert. No, there are no violins, and no woodwind section, nor is there a conductor stood anywhere wildly waving his baton around. This concert is all about bringing food together, mashing it to a pulp and giving you a refreshing drink. But it's so much more than that. A busily marked jug sits on top of the actual housing itself, fitting snugly in with support at the back and sides. From the front, you can see the entirety of the inside of the see through jug, which has a spout at the front. The idea is to put the ingredients you need to make your smoothie, ...  Read the complete review

They are a fairly modern craze, smoothies, drinks made from loads of different fruits, and even vegetables, blended together with milk or yogurt or whatever else you can lay your hands on I suppose. Over the past few years the craze has seen smoothie bars opening up all over the place offering long menus of freshly mushed fruit etc.. Home made smoothies make a much healthier alternative to bottled and cartoned fruit juices and similar that we buy in the supermarket, as these quite often have all sorts of added flavourings and colourings, not to mention added sugar. Obviously the much healthier option is to make your own, then you will have full control over ...  Read the complete review

Back in 2005 my husband and myself went round John Lewis composing a wedding gift list, and this smoothie maker was one of the items that we just had to have on the list at the time, and one of our dear friends was kind enough to get it for us. The Kenwood concert smoothie was around £50 back then. We find that it doesn't get used anywhere near as often as we thought it would. Every so often we will feel the need to have a health kick, and then the smoothie maker will come out, or we have a glut of something that needs using up, and then we remember that smoothies can be tasty but they can also be rather sticky and involve a lot of effort in chopping up the ...  Read the complete review