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★★★★☆
Totally worth getting this. Great buy for 20 bucks
I love this! The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars, is because you do need to have a certain amount of upper body strength to use the product. Granted, I have a physical disability and am in a wheelchair, and for me personally, I do not have a great deal of upper body strength and so for me personally (and I emphasize that this is just my individual experience, that of course upper body strength greatly varies with people in wheelchairs.) that I "felt the burn". So, in that sense this might double as physical therapy ha ha. But I was able to use it. Also, it does what it says it will, and unlike the original veggetti, this uses up more of the food. I had the original veggetti and I was wasting 1/4th of the food, and if the zucchini (as an example) was too thick, then it wouldn't fit, but this not a problem with the veggetti pro. In fact, I actually tried it out on an apple, which would have NEVER fit in the original veggetti, so I am super pleased with how many more things I make into noodles and what not. (I'm think apple "noodles" would be a great based for a dessert. Is that just me?)
At one point, I thought I broke it because the bit that has the handle, slid right off the track and I thought "oh great." but no, it's supposed to come off as that is how you can clean it and store it. Also it's much easier to clean than the original veggetti.
The only tips I would give is
1.) Make sure that the food you are using is firm, as if it is starting to get a bit soft, it may not stay put in the holders
2.) The blades are sharper than they look and if you are not careful, you will nip your fingers. This could be fun to do with kids, but definitely adult supervised and they should not handle the blades (unless said adult thinks they can handle it lol). Nipping your fingers is not inevitable though.
Granted, I haven't tried the more expensive versions of spiralizers, but for 20 bucks this is great. It comes with 3 blades so you can make super thin noodles, thicker noodles and then this third blade that makes ribbons (which I haven't used yet but I am sure it will come in handy). and I definitely recommend getting it.
P.S. the photo is the first dish I made with the veggetti pro. It was soooo good. It was 1 yellow squash in a green pea sauce with garlic salt. This is another benefit of having this. This dish literally took me minutes to make, is super healthy for you, and was super delicious. I can't wait to further explore various sauces. It comes with a recipe book to by the way though I haven't looked at that yet.
July 2015 · Home and Kitchen · verified purchase