Kevin and I make almost all of our food from fresh ingredients. That means we spend a whole lot of time in the kitchen, chopping and mixing. We have been on the hunt for tools to make our cooking process a bit easier and faster. This month we bought ourselves a gift with some gift card money.
I’m pretty amazed with the results, and my right arm is happy about not having to chop by hand or pound on the manual chopper. The manual chopper is a good little item, but it’s hard on the joints after a while. I went into the kitchen the other day and Kevin had made a meatloaf with chopped veggies in it–and bread crumbs out of toasted bread!
This thing may revolutionize Kevin’s life more than it does mine. He says:
I love to cook, but I have a very strong fear of knives. As a result, the only types of vegetables I would use were traditionally the ones you could buy already chopped in the store, which is a very expensive way to go. I’m learning to not fear knives but in the meantime I’ve discovered a tool that has made vegetable-chopping a breeze. The Black & Decker EHC650 t-speed food chopper
is one of those gadgets that I wonder how I ever got along without. Just make some slices to an onion or pepper, put the pieces in the bowl of the chopper, press the button, and within three seconds you’ve got very nice diced vegetables suitable for a casserole, stew, etc. It also works with making bread crumbs.
One thing we especially like about this machine is that the controls have tactile markings. We did not know this going into the purchase. So when it came, we opened the box and noticed that one button had two little dots and the other had one. We guessed as to which was which and ran a test with a couple of veggie clices. Hat’s off to Black and Decker for accessibility! Kevin’s note, in case you would like to avoid doing your own test:
It is very simple to use. There are two buttons, one that governs slower speed and the other the higher speed. The button with one dot is the slower speed, and the button with two dots is the higher. The bowl and blades are dishwasher-safe, and assembly is a snap. I really do highly recommend this product.
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