Does your blender smoke when you try to make salsa? Is the container so scratched up that you can't quite tell what you're blending? Do you dare add ice to the margaritas in the blender or do you have to buy crushed ice and add it later?

Many standard apartment blender commercial blenders have a very short lifespan. Their motors can't take more than a few berries before they start sputtering and leave you with a lumpy smoothie. Most glass blender containers chip and scratch. Worst of all, the blender blade usually comes apart in 10 different pieces, all of which are easy to lose and hard to clean, which means you end up replacing expensive parts over and over again. Stop replacing those expensive rubber gaskets, lids, and dull blades! Consider buying a blender that you'll never have to replace again.

The Vita Mix Professional Blender can easily blend the toughest recipes. Hand it some tomatoes, onions and peppers and it'll send back a perfectly blended salsa. Hand it some lump crab meat and crackers and it'll give you crab cakes - really! It even makes thick batters like tempura all without smoking and sputtering. The experts know a good thing when they see it. This is the preferred brand of The Culinary Institute of America and it is used in their 41 teaching kitchens and bakeshops.

This product is durable, it won't scratch or chip, the blade is laser cut so it won't become dull, and it cleans itself so you don't have to worry about losing small parts. Simply drop some dish soap in the container, place the lid on top and turn it on. It's that easy, certainly much easier than taking apart the blender you have now and washing ten different pieces by hand.

Are you proud to leave your blender on the counter for guests to see? The Vita Mix Professional Series Blenders come in three colors, platinum, onyx, and ruby and the sleek design makes it look more like a work of art than a kitchen appliance. My Secret Pantry offers a full line of Vita Mix Professional Series Blenders. This is a perfect gift for the holidays!