I saw the movies about the MASTER SLICER on youtube, is it really so easy and fast to prepare a salad? beacause it looks as if it takes 1 minute.
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YES it is that EASY and FAST!!!! The youtube pic shows exactly teh recipe and how long it takes. you should try it. It helped our whole family change our lifestyle to a healthier one.
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I did receive a small booklet with my pan but the website www.microhearth.com has some videos that might be helpful for her to watch. I have found that for cooking meat, I try five minutes, turn it over and usually chicken or steak is done nicely in 2-9 or so minutes more. For me, it is just kind of trial and error but whatever, it comes out juicy and delicious.
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I know it's not the answer you want, but it really depends on what kind of vegetables you're talking about. Tomatoes and celery will give you lots of juice fast (you could make a liter in 10 minutes with tomatoes if you worked quickly), but it would take a whole lot longer to make a liter of juice from leafy greens.
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I have found that you have to cut onions into small pieces in order to get them to chop easily. I haven't chopped parsley, although I have chopped cilantro along with the onions and it did the job easily. The only other things I have chopped so far are tomatoes and jalapeno peppers for salsa. I had to cut the tomatoes into small pieces to make the chopping easier, especially if I want to chop the onions, cilantro, tomatoes and jalapeno peppers all at the same time. So far I have not tried to chop any other kinds of veggies in this machine.
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I've only used the chopping function once to make the soup recipe that it came with.... and that was a few months ago. What I recall, it was like a runny salsa. Sorry I can't be more help.
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Get a v-slicer (mandoline). I read all the amazon reviews and got one. I love it. It does many of the same jobs as a food processor for less money and mess. It will take care of your veggies.
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I bought the spiral slicer before they included the recipes and have not yet sent for them. Although I have no specific information about the recipe booklet I wanted to respond because when I reviewed my slicer, I was having a hard time with the learning curve. I now can use it fairly well, but it took me a few vegetables before I got the hang of it. My family, and I, love the addition of colorful and healthy veggies to salads, pasta, and even soups. I made a dish with pasta last night and added about half spiraled veggies and it was a big success. I think you will really like this product and not have a hard time thinking of things to add your cut veggies to. I bought the spiral slicer before they included the recipes and have not yet sent for them. Although I have no specific information about the recipe booklet I wanted to respond because when I reviewed my slicer, I was having a hard time with the learning curve. I now can use it fairly well, but it took me a few vegetables before I got the hang of it. My family, and I, love the addition of colorful and healthy veggies to salads, pasta, and even soups. I made a dish with pasta last night and added about half spiraled veggies and it was a big success. I think you will really like this product... » Read More I bought the spiral slicer before they included the recipes and have not yet sent for them. Although I have no specific information about the recipe booklet I wanted to respond because when I reviewed my slicer, I was having a hard time with the learning curve. I now can use it fairly well, but it took me a few vegetables before I got the hang of it. My family, and I, love the addition of colorful and healthy veggies to salads, pasta, and even soups. I made a dish with pasta last night and added about half spiraled veggies and it was a big success. I think you will really like this product and not have a hard time thinking of things to add your cut veggies to. « Show Less
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You do not have to make any knife cuts. I put a detailed "how to dice" in my review, I'll copy it over here: It seems some folks haven't figured out how to dice with it. I make Indian food and the curry sauce takes lots and lots of onions. I can dice an onion in 30 seconds with this (safely and not hurrying). Cut the top off of the onion. Peel off the outer layers that you don't want. Push the bottom of the onion into the holder. The bottom is the part with the roots - you can't slice the last little bit in the holder, so don't cut the bottom off the onion during prep. It will end up being left in the holder and you can just throw it away. That way you don't have to worry about the last bit left in the holder. Lay the julienne blade flat on your counter all by itself, not in the slicer. The blades will be facing up. Slide the onion, in the holder, across the julienne blade - this is the prep slice. Put the julienne blade in the slicer. Turn the onion 45 degrees and slice it - it will come out diced, then turn it a 1/4 turn and slice, turn and slice, turn and slice - the whole onion comes out diced beautifully. The same can be done with potatoes and tomatoes. I seriously can dice up 6 onions in 3-4 minutes (after I peel the top layer and chop the ends off). There isn't any time for tears to even start. The holder looks like it is designed to only go down to the blade one way - with the wide part running down the rails but it doesn't catch even if you have the narrow sides parallel with the rails. So just switch back and forth for dices. No need to make knife cuts in the veggies.
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Sorry I have never seen or tried the slicer Dicer, I just found the grooves that the blades fit through keep getting jammed and food gets stuck inside the grooves. It isn't as easy as the demonstrators show them to be. I wasted my money because I never use it.
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Don, There are a lot of recipe out there and I think I used most of them, I think this one is very good in that it only takes 4 hours, so here it is. This recipe is from Dan Leaders taken from the internet.
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This unit is exactly like the new Saladmaster unit. We had an older model of the Saladmaster unit untill the plastic parts broke off and the suction cups wouldn't. This one is easier to clean than the older one. It has a plastic shield that is supposed to help you finish up the small pieces. It doesn't work as well as one would hope. I usually end up using my hand very carefully. Hope this helps.
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This is a great slicer!!! BUT you have to be extremely careful with the blade... super, super sharp!!! The blade cover must be removed first - easily done by unscrewing the knob directly behind the blade. Using a phillips screw driver, remove the three screws that hold the blade in place. Keep one hand on the blade as you do this, to prevent it from moving. This is the tricky part... you have to push the blade from behind to pop out and then carefully maneuver it out from under the edges. Never leave the blade unscrewed and unattended!!!
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Haven't really tried that yet! It's not an easy utensil to use. They don't make perfect spirals. Had issues with the vegetable shredding into short pieces.
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It's not ver difficult to clear at all. But just like any slicer it does take a bit of time. After the first couple of times it now takes me about 10 min to disassemble the slicer, clean the various parts and reassemble.
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The easiest and fastest thing to do on this slicer is bread. It works great!
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It's extremely sharp and wonderful for slicing. However, because of the clever like shape of the knife, I find it awkward to get that rapid wrist motion you see with all the professionals on the cooking shows. So when I'm dicing a softer vegetable, I always use my Henckel's chef's knife. I find the Japanese Mac Knife best for just straight slicing. It's so sharp it works well on both hard and soft vegetables though.
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It chops finely. No blender consistency. It has a fast speed and a slower speed. I just give it a couple of quick pulses on fast usually and it's chopped. I've chopped onion, garlic and cilantro and it does great. I've also chopped tomato but you don't want to get it filled more than halfway if there will be any liquid at all which you get even when you use a knife. I really wish I had gotten this a lot sooner.