Kitchen

[Free2be]

I read all directions and watched the DVD. I made the Tortilla Soup recipe that's in the accompanying cookbook.

I cut the ingredient amounts in half, completely omitting the celery, squash, cabbage and mushroom. So there should have been plenty of room in the container, right?

I had not added any of the extra ingredients (chicken, olives, corn or chips).

Almost as soon as it was on high speed it started spewing out of the closed lid, coming up underneath mostly through the pour spout, I had to turn it off to quickly do a wipe-down of the mini blinds, wall behind and around the base.

I finished it to an almost hot temp. by holding a wash cloth under the pour spout. I was too undone by the mess to care about all the foam.

I added chicken and crushed tortilla chips into the soup bowl and it tasted pretty darn good thanks to good seasonings (a mix of Penzey's spices since I didn't have packaged taco seasoning).

I'm on the fence about sending it back. Will decide after I try a smoothie and/or a dessert tomorrow. One more mess like tonight, it's going back.