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Do I need a soup maker?

LadyDee
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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.
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.
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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.
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Oh and I told my daughter and shes just text to say she went to Aldi this evening and bought one as well0 -
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Lol, that gave me a giggle too. Nothing so wholesome as meat and 2 veg
(I know, so juvenile)Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and face your future without fear0 -
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 it0 -
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:)************************************
Daughter born 26/03/14
Son born 13/02/210 -
Pressure cooker and 'whizzie-stick' for me. Takes longer to prep the veg than it does to cook it
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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.0
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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.0
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Stick blender does the job fine.Make £2 a day challenge - doing well so far.0
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