After spending months of googling and drooling over glossy ads and youtube videos I have finally bitten the bullet and bought a lovely shiny Vitamix. It is sitting resplendent on my kitchen worktop but I am a bit scared of it! Have made lovely smoothies and a not so fabulous soup (the Thai one they do in all their selling presentations). I need some more ideas. Am looking for quick kids suppers, pasta sauces with tinned tomatoes, etc.