Hand blenders

Iwantahouse_2

tescodisco wrote:

they're great for making your own houmous, much cheaper than bought stuff.
it seems tough going at first, as chickpeas are quite solid, but make sure you add some olive oil or other liquid to loosen it up and it has always worked for me.
Let me know if you need a recipe.

I tried houmous but it just flicked chickpeas everywhere

tescodisco

my blender came with a sort of beaker, which is deep and narrow. I use this, and go slow and steady. Come to think of it I also generally drape a tea towel over the top of the beaker - to stop the pebbledash effect you get otherwise.

Generally I use - tin chick peas, spoonful of tahini, couple garlic cloves, olive oil, lemon juice salt and pepper. If i have some I add a bit of yoghurt or fromage frais, or even a little bit of milk, to make the mix lighter. You can also add a bit of cumin if you like.
It always goes down a treat when I make it for people.
But you do really need the tea towel - I forgot all about that!

hilstep2000

Definately for soup! I also use it to make smoothies. Put the juice/milk and fruit in a jug, and blitz. Delicious, and a quarter of the price of a smoothie maker!

jojo3_2

Oooooh !!!!!!!

I didn't know I wanted (needed) one until now! They sound fab!

Gryfon

jojo3 wrote:

Oooooh !!!!!!!

I didn't know I wanted (needed) one until now! They sound fab!

You will never look back! How do you cope without one?????

lynzpower

when I want to thicken gravy for my stews that I do in the SC, I ladle some of the thin gravy out, wack a couple of big spoonfuls of plain flour in a jug with it and give it a blitz then add back to the SC, makes the gravy lovely & rich

Use it for a easy leek & pot soup - leeks , potaotes, stock onions, tsp dried herbs, sauted for 20 mins, then blitzed

rasperry or strawb sauce for pancakes / icecream - put punnet in jug, blitz, adn then strain with a sieve to remove seeds

hoummous as others have said

blitz tinned toms for pasta sauice base/ bolognaise etc

Its paid for itself, Ive go a tesco fiver one as well :beer:

susank

I have one like Gryfon but not the ice crusher bit and I use it for everything - whipping cream - mashing turnips and carrots together, soup, chopping parsley for soup etc - would not now be without it

superdog_3

Good for hiding veg. in tomato sauce for feeding some of my dds more picky friends.
Good for cake making (shove everything in a bowl and whizzzz)

Rachie_B

i too have the £5 one

my son got the blending bit wet inside !!! grrr
it was in the sink standing up and he poured leftover drink in the sink

im sure i remember reading in the booklet that came with it,that you cant use it if its gotten wet inside ??!!!

does anyone know or did i dream that ? lol

Paulie'sGirl

I loathe eating breakfast, and my OH nags me to death if I don't, so we've reached a compromise. I take a smoothy to work. Seems they also count for some of your 5-a-day (some controvosity over whether they can count for more than one, but every little helps)

On a night I put a cut up banana, some other fruit (has been frozen raspberries, fruits of the forest, tinned pineapple. whatever) in the beaker with some apple juice and blitz. I pour it into an old spring water bottle and pop in fridge. Liquid breakfast to take to work!

A work of caution though, raspberry and frozen fruit one's need to be seived or you spend more time spitting out pips!!!!