Santa knew EXACTLY what this clean eater needed and he HOOKED me up! Thanks Santa, you’re the best!
If you read this blog you know what a fan I am of the Nicer Dicer! (BTW, this fabulous product is available from QVC in AWESOME colors now, around $40, and it also now has a third chopping size-COOL! I paid $20 for the white one before it was a QVC favorite and you can still find it on ebay for $20 and under. Video demo of Nicer Dicer can be seen if you click above the product photo on the video tab, at QVC).
In looking for a few Nicer Dicers to give as gifts I discovered another fabulous product they make called the Genius Snap N Slice 5 Piece Food Wedger and Multi Slicer! Umm, hello…how did I NOT KNOW about this? So I asked and Santa delivered. (ebay again, can get them for under $10, or around $20 on Amazon)
This is perfect for: cucumber slices, mushroom slices, lemon wedges, strawberries, egg slices, radishes, beets, tomato wedges, zucchini’s so forth. For me this is perfect for when a recipe calls for just a handful of wedges, slices, or chunks. Not for heavy dicing. Also perfect for throwing together a salad super-quickly that looks like you spent hours preparing as far as the dicing and prep goes! Pretty!
I also come across recipes almost weekly that call for veggies to have been prepped via a mandolin. Now I don’t care how much you might like to slice, there is really no way to get pieces all as thin an in uniform sizes (so they cook evenly) as a mandolin will. The down-side of mandolin’s… they are another item to store, and they are not cheap (if you get a good one). Well Santa brought me the Adjustable Kyocera slicer/mandolin with a ceramic blade (which means I do not need to replace it or swap it out) and come to find it is only $25! I have used it twice (yes twice since yesterday) and I love it! The slice size is easy to adjust and it is super simple, with cleanup being a snap!
Again, if you only want one thing to assist you in prep work, get the Nicer Dicer!
