DUMAO 12 in 1 Vegetable Chopper, Multifunctional Mandoline Slicer Dicer Household Kitchen Manual Julienne Grater Cutter for Onion, Garlic, Carrot, Potato, Tomato, Fruit, Salad

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I'm disabled with one ‘good’ hand. I have a Zyliss Easy Pull which is brilliant. It has different blades, from fine to coarse, then you literally just pull the handle. Easy to clean and durable.” (Recommended by Mumsnet user Uncomfortablydumb53)

Don’t want to add another bit of plastic to your kitchen? Then take a look at this Russell Hobbs chopper with its beautiful glass bowl. The big names of kitchen equipment have all got great vegetable choppers in their ranges. Models from Ninja, Magimix, Russell Hobbs, and Kenwood are all worth considering. You simply pop your food in the bowl, put the top on, and then pull the handle to spin the blades and chop the food.Manual choppers use one of two main functions: push or pull. Push choppers use a plunging mechanism or a hinge to push a blade onto vegetables to sever them. Pull choppers use a string to rotate blades within the bowl to slice and cut. If this is what you’re after then look for a model that can chop, mince, and blend ingredients. How do you clean a food chopper? Variable settings - Some choppers have different settings that let you control the speed of the blades. This is really useful if you want to use it for more than just cutting up your veg. Think about how much control you need to have over the process and choose a model that gives you what you need. They really take the hassle out of preparing fresh, home-cooked meals for your family; chopping all your vegetables for you in seconds. So you can have a bolognese bubbling on the hob in no time.

These often resemble small food processors and come with different options depending on the model you choose. Some have one speed, others have multiple speeds for example. The one thing all electric vegetable choppers have in common is, they rely on an electric power source to operate. Ease Of Cleaning This depends on what you want to use the food chopper for, but these are the key things to look out for: More advanced food choppers let you chop your fruit and veg but can also blend up sauces and purées and even grind up nuts and coffee beans. Types of food chopper Electric food choppers Many vegetable choppers are supplied with extra attachments or blades which can be used for various functions including;I've got this which is brilliant… I also have a food processor with three different sized bowls but tend to use the manual ones for chopping onions and carrots as it is so much easier.” (Tried and tested by Mumsnet user EmmaGrundyForPM) Some vegetable cutters have a minimum required size for pieces of vegetables. This means you’ll still have to cut the vegetables before you can put them in the chopper. Capacity - You need to make sure the chopper you buy has a decent bowl capacity so you don’t have to chop things in loads of batches. Most mini choppers have a bowl capacity of at least 500ml which is enough for most users. This size is also perfect for making sauces and dips. Every cook has cut themselves with a knife at some time or another. Especially when chopping hard vegetables, using a vegetable chopper means never having to use a knife to chop vegetables again. There is no need to struggle chopping hard root vegetables like swedes, carrots or parsnips. And no need to ensure your fingers are out of the way when cutting avocados and other soft fruits and vegetables.