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Right, now that local markets are stocking even more awesome fruit and veg - I assume with spring kicking in(?) - we've decided to invest in a NB of some kind. Something like the RX 1700 should do the trick as we're keen to make super-quick soups too.
Currently we use a Philips juicer (still bloody good at what it does 3-4 years on) and a mix of Kitchen Aid blender for smoothies and and pressure cooker for soupage.
What have you peeps been using that you can recommend?
Ta muchly
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I have a Nutribullet 600 which has made mush of anything I've ever put in it. Never though 'If only this had a 1700 watt motor instead of a 600'.
I've not tried to blend raw potatoes, mind - so maybe you need that extra horsepower to make soups.
Yeah the 600 seems perfectly capable for most smoothies, the 900 ramps it up a bit and then the likes of the RX have more power for larger volumes (and heating soups within 7 mins). It's a bit of a £70 does what we thought we needed vs £120 does more and soup.
We've got the 600 and it's great for smoothies, but only really makes one at a time. We're going to upgrade to a KitchenAid Artisan Blender for the extra volume. A friend has one and it's great.
I bought a nutrininja because at 1kw it was more powerful, and supposed to be better than, a Nutribullet. 1700w is crazy though! I wonder how much better it is? Probably pretty loud lol! I just blend soups then heat them in the microwave, probably quicker than the RX which apparently takes 7 minutes (and presumably only does 1 portion at a time?)
I almost bought one a while back but reviews of the soup making part put me off - seems you need to pre-cook stuff which seems a lot of faff. If you start with raw veg you (apparently) often end up with hot but uncooked veg soup. I looked at a Thermomix instead but way too expensive for the amount of use it would likely get.
Yes, some people prefer to pre-cook certain soup ingredients which I agree is tad faffy. And yes, blending as is then heating in microwave is hardly a chore, but unsure how much more "cooking" is achieved with this over 7 mins in the RX?
Anyway, have opted for the RX and picking one up in a mo from JL. Going to stock up at the marche en route.
They’re essentially just a blender but I succumbed and bought the kids one a year past Xmas. It’s a rip off from groupon came with loads of blades, cups and stuff. It’s has a pretty good hammering over the last 15 months and is still going strong.
yeah, for ingredients that require cooking I do that in a saucepan the normal way then just blend the stuff (whilst hot) to serve.And yes, blending as is then heating in microwave is hardly a chore, but unsure how much more “cooking” is achieved with this over 7 mins in the RX?
I'd have thought just using a hand blender in the saucepan would have been easier for that? I just think if you take the soup making part out of the equation it's a very expensive blender/nutrient extractor
Well, it's been given it's first run out just now on a smoothie and unsurprisingly all is good in the nutrient world.
Re pre-cooking, I'm going to dabble with cutting those particular pieces into far smaller chunks and see how that works out.
I picked up a 900 cheap in eBay. It blends way better and quicker than the Kitchen Aid blender we've had for years.
For soups a hand held blender in the pan is the easiest way.
Did anyone see Rick Stein's recent Mexico series? He rated the blender he was using but didn't say what it was. It looked NB-like.