Do I need a soup maker?

LadyDee

I think I do. However, I wonder whether I should instead be looking at a microwave pressure cooker £6ish plus a stick blender £10ish versus £50 for a soup maker.

Has anybody had experience of using a microwave pressure cooker? I don't relish having a saucepan bubbling away on the hob with all the attendant steam so think the microwave would be a good alternative.

If anybody has made soup this way I'd be very interested to know how successful (or otherwise) it is.

p00

I bought an Aldi soup maker today £39.99. With a 3 year guarantee.

Used it this afternoon and love it already. We make a lot of soups through the winter and I usually food process everything as Ive got bad nads and cant cut veg very well. Then into the pan, then blend.

Now I chop the veg to a size I can manage ( I did wizz it smaller in the soup maker before cooking)..AND only one thing to wash.

Glad I bought this as Ive now got my soup ready for lunch tomorrow too.

xxp00

Oh and I told my daughter and shes just text to say she went to Aldi this evening and bought one as well

midnightraven3

since you have an informative answer already can i be really childish?
pleeeeeeeeease?:D
i dont normally do this but it did make me:rotfl:

p00 wrote: »

I usually food process everything as Ive got bad nads and cant cut veg very well.

sorry p00

peachyprice

Lol, that gave me a giggle too. Nothing so wholesome as meat and 2 veg


(I know, so juvenile)

Sally_A

A soup maker is just another dust gathering gadget.

Use the slow cooker and a hand blender - job done.

PS. Bad nads...snurk...chortle, chortle :rotfl:infantile I know, but love it

lushlifesaver

There's a code to get a soup maker at a reduced price in the newest Slimming World magazine (morphy richards I think, about £50 after the discount) and a lot of the group have bought one but personally I don't see the point - slow cooker and a hand blender do just as well. And I don't mind the washing up as I have awesome soup to eat afterwards...if I am feeling super lazy I'll just prepare a load of veg in advance and freeze it then just pull it out and whack it in a pan:)

Lilyplonk

Pressure cooker and 'whizzie-stick' for me. Takes longer to prep the veg than it does to cook it .

LadyDee

I don't have a slow cooker, and being a vegetarian I wouldn't really get the use out of one. That's why I'm wondering about a microwave pressure cooker.

meritaten

I looked at the Aldi soup maker too. Didnt buy it, as I rarely make the 'thick' soup and when I do, my stick blender does the job. that was a christmas pressie so it didnt cost anything.

meg72

Lilyplonk wrote: »

Pressure cooker and 'whizzie-stick' for me. Takes longer to prep the veg than it does to cook it .

Me too, unless the soup maker peels and chop the veg for me I will be keeping my 50.00 and I do love gadgets but this I would not buy.

vodkawitch1

Stick blender does the job fine.