Blenders are especially good if you are trying to adhere to
a special diet that might feature lots of shakes or if you want to eke as much
nutritional value as possible from a given food source. For example, Vita-blend
goes to great lengths to show the customer how well its machine breaks down
tomatoes compared to your teeth.
Patented in 1950, immersion blenders (or stick blenders)
offer a new level of convenience over stationary blenders. The big difference
here is that this appliance, which is basically a wand with rotating blades at
its base, can be used in the container in which foods are being prepared in, so
there is less clean-up involved with stick blenders.
Broadly speaking, the basic functions of a food processor
are slicing and chopping vegetables, grinding nuts, seeds, spices, meats and
dried fruit, shredding or grating vegetables or cheese, pureeing and mixing and
kneading doughs.[1]
Unquestionably, those who are doing a great deal of cooking
that is heavy on the fruit and veg and who aren’t too enthused about the
chopping duties associated will really benefit from a food processor.
Those are the appliances that will stir, slice and combine your liquid and solid ingredients. If you are mainly entertaining the guys and girls with fancy cold cocktails then there is no getting around a blender. Preparing protein beverages by your self? A stick blender will be fine and without a bowl to clean. Preparing fresh foods in large quantities that are heavy on the produce or experimenting with lots of new recipes might require a food processor, but one s things for sure: time will be saved. Should baking breads and cakes become a serious passion, you can t go wrong with a mixer. Hopefully now there should be fewer mix-ups when it comes to these appliances.
