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Do I need a soup maker?

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.
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  • p00
    p00 Posts: 824 Forumite
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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.

    xxp00

    Oh and I told my daughter and shes just text to say she went to Aldi this evening and bought one as well
  • 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 :o
  • peachyprice
    peachyprice Posts: 22,346 Forumite
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    Lol, that gave me a giggle too. Nothing so wholesome as meat and 2 veg :D


    (I know, so juvenile)
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  • Sally_A
    Sally_A Posts: 2,266 Forumite
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    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 :o
  • 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:)
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  • Lilyplonk
    Lilyplonk Posts: 1,145 Forumite
    Pressure cooker and 'whizzie-stick' for me. Takes longer to prep the veg than it does to cook it :D.
  • LadyDee
    LadyDee Posts: 4,293 Forumite
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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.
  • meritaten
    meritaten Posts: 24,158 Forumite
    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
    meg72 Posts: 5,164 Forumite
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    Lilyplonk wrote: »
    Pressure cooker and 'whizzie-stick' for me. Takes longer to prep the veg than it does to cook it :D.


    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.
    Slimming World at target
  • Stick blender does the job fine.
    Make £2 a day challenge - doing well so far.
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