Hand blender/food processor recommendations...have had it with the mouli!

[Heathcliffscathy]

v boring, but can anyone quickly tell me what they used when weaning...i've been mouli-ing veg and as ds has been on solids for 7 weeks now (he is coming up to 6 months) i want to buy something to smush his stuff up with...any recommendations? should we go whole hog and get proper food processor or is hand blender a lot easier (to wash) and practical...i'd like to get something this pm so any help appreciated...

My Moulinex is still going strong after 7 years.

v expensive??

v.cheap. I only do cheap £15?

ahhh...handblender...i think i will: thanks tinker

i just use a fork. DD is 6 months.

hand blender, about £15, Braun, moulinex think.

hi hercules...am laughing as it is so ridiculous how much trouble we go to over little ones, when they don't know any different...fork is good, but when it comes to mashing up protein, i don't think a fork will do it, in a few weeks time i'm hoping to introduce things like chicken casserole...you're right though..

I havent got onto chicken yet sophable. That is a good point though. S*t I guess I'll have to dig out my food processer after all. B*ger.

hercules

I've got a braun handblender that was about a tenner from argos 3 years ago. Came with a beaker, blades and blender attachments and i still use it now for chopping herbs and whizzing sauces when i'm can't be *rsed whisking them, so well worth the money. Also brill for fruity milkshakes and dead easy to wash up. In fact in my more slothful moments i have been known to just rinse under the tap then puree up the next batch of peas, apple etc.

badhair, i love your name, thanks for this...i think i am going to go for handblender as no one has sung praises of full on food processor and they are mega expensive...even tho love cooking so might be good investment...any food processor lovers out there?...obviously i know about the fork faction

I'm afraid my food processor is a 25 year old moulinex thing that my grandma threw out! Still, it has chopper blades, a grater and some other odd-shaped attachments that i never use, and it's an extremely unfashionable late seventies beige colour. But it still works and does everything i need it to, so I guess my vote would be for anything made my moulinex.

I use an ancient mincer that is amazing, it has loads of different grille style things, DD is 17 mths now and eats with us but for somethings I still make on a large mince for her,
was 50p from op shop yrs ago, I think its actually worth loads as work of art...

kiwi my gran has one of these, might see if she still has it...then could use a fork and an antique, would fee v unconsumer like (watch me get hand blender from argos this pm )

I can recommend my Kenwood hand blender, it has lasted for years, very cheap, £15 or so.

I also love my Magimix food processor, it is the best! Try seaching for Magimix there was a recent thread about them, called something like 'Please recommend a food processor'.

I got a Kenwood liquidiser when they were babies ... it's quite big, but used to make large batches and put them in the freezer. It's easy to clean, and wears well. Now use it to make soup and smoothies ... yummy

am struck down with cold so didn't get to argos...thanks for all posts and any others gratefully received...it's still looking like a handblender, just not sure which one

I started the magimix thread and was glad I did. I was sick of our hand blender only doing small amounts when I did a "cook & freeze" of DS's mush. The Magimix does big loads brilliantly and restored my will to live.....