what type of blender/food processor is best for making purees for weaning?

[alibo]

new mum to ds, could anyone give advice on what types of blender/food processors are recommended for making purees for weaning?

I always use a hand blender, one of the stick ones. They only thing I'd recommend specifically is to get one where you can take the blender part off to wash. I used to have one that was all-in-one but it was really hard to clean thoroughly without get the electrics all wet!

second the hand held one. I use it all the time - and dd is nearly 3! It's a Braun.

Another vote for the Braun hand held. We got the professional one (Amazon have them) and it came with loads of attachments. It's got differnt sizes of blender tubs. It also makes great milkshakes and hot chocolate (white chocolate stuff, allergic to the rest)

Yet another vote for the handheld Braun - other than the basic model, they come with different attachments - all washable.

Definitely agree with a Braun hand blender - ours has a few different heads for puree , chopping and beating. Argos sell them for about £35.

I always found the hand blenders worked better if the mix was much 'wetter' than I wanted, but hey - I'm no Nigella. I bought a cheapie baby Moulinex from Currys about 5 years ago and it's great for small quantities and lives on our worktop! I still use it for DD to whizz up spag bol sauce with loads of 'hidden' veg in now and she's 5!!

braun braun braun...don't do what i did and struggle with a mouli for months before discovering this!

Thanks all for recommendations! Are the braun hand held blenders ok for pureeing decent size batches of fruit/veg to freeze in ice cube trays?

Stick or bowl? I have a braun food processor with both stick attachment and small bowl with blade/lid - found that I used the bowl 95% of the time, as I cook and freeze and stick will tend to splatter any significant quantity of food.

Exactly what I used mine for too, alibo. It's a braun stick blender with a little chopping bowl attachment for coarser textured food later. Had it 5 years now - not a moments trouble with it. Think they do several different models. Easy to clean (dishwasher safe) and use it everyday still for the banana smoothies that are in constant demand. Mind your fingers though!

The cheapest one, we bought a very expensive one and since he is out of purees we never use it anymore , I think we used it just for a couple of months.

Vote for the stick one woth bowl, we have used it more than the expensive Bush food processor.

another vote for the braun hand-held one! Just bought it last week in fact, and it's very powerful. i got the 300 watt one i think.it pretty much purees fruit and veg into mush as smooth as those that you buy from the shop! no need to add water even. it looks small-ish but i found that i can fill up about 2 ice-trays in a single sesh.but beware the sharp blender part!!I cut myself trying to wash it the first time...(obviously not a natural cook

When ds was small I gor a really expensive food blender - what a waste that was as I couldnt quite work it out and it was so fiddly to use. So like most people have suggested I brought a handheld one (braun). I still sue it for some things and ds is 2. great thing and I thing it was ten pounds.

handheld, although dd went straight ont mashed at 6mmths and hated puree unless it was fruit in a pudding...

I got one call a baby cook that steams the food as well, it was a bit expensive , £45 but its been well worth the money. You can steam a few vegetables (just put the water in and leave it) then puree it. They have some recipes too. Its the easiest thing to clean ever and you can use it to steam heat jars too and for defrosting. I use it too to make hummous and pates and soups now in preference to a big old one I had. Its good too for just pureeing a bit of your food (ie it can handle small amounts easliy). I bought mine from lakeland, it was cheaper than the one in the
blooming marvellous catalogue.

you cna use it to mash or puree (just hit the blend button less times)

The lakeland website was down so heres a pic of it anyway

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damn i thought that would work!

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Use anything. The key to successful purees is to add plenty of water. A friend of mine couldn't understand why her dd was choking on purees and neither could I until I saw her attempt to puree carrots with no added water.

just to say thanks to those who replied to my thread on blenders; bought the braun hand-held 6in1 from amazon and used it at weekend to make batches of pear, apple, carrot-piece of cake!!!