Does anyone have one? any recommendations on which one to buy?
Thanks in advance 🙂
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Izzy get the Cuisique from Amazon. It has a variety of blades, is gravity aided because you spiralise vertically not horizontally. It also has an integral jug to catch the spiralised food – rather than it landing on your work top or worse still the kitchen floor!!! 🙂
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thanks I’ve had a look and ordered one.
I had a sudden… wicked idea.
Spiralised courgette, cut into small sections (think…curly fries) seasoned with spices and tossed in a little olive oil.. baked in the oven. Low carb curly fries? omg I actually think I WANT courgette curly fries!
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Hi Izzy, you can use the julienne blade with the safety hand grip to make crisps from root veg like beetroot and carrots for a treat for kids/visitors 🙂
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You could also make baked apple and cinnamon crisps if you use the ribbon blade 🙂
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How sad is it that I’m getting excited? hahaha
should arrive sometime next week 🙂
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Judith, I liked your Spiraliser – just popped one in my basket on Amazon waiting for payday.
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I want one too ! just found this recipe http://www.lakeland.co.uk/r80908/Sweet-Potato-Fries – probably too unhealthy?
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Barby get the Cuisique, the food is fed through vertically rather than horizontally which makes it easier – and the integral jug catches the food! 🙂
You can spiralise your veg, put it in separate bags in the fridge ( for up to 4 days) then add bits of veg to a stock to make a bulky but low calorie soup as a snack. Or mix the veg for coleslaw but only add some yoghurt and seasonings of choice to the amount you are about to eat – that way it keeps nice and crunchy – not slimy like shop bought!
Ooh and courgetti! I fried onion, chilli, garlic and sweet pepper first then added my courgetti. Then stirred in some cream cheese for a cheap, fast and tasty lunch. You can add whatever you want – fish, meat, cheese.
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those sweet potato fries look nice but yeah I’d guess too high in carbs for us 🙁
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My spiraliser is arriving on Tuesday 🙂 can’t wait!
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You’ll be cooking up some fun on Tuesday Izzy! Better get plenty of courgettes and carrots in!! 🙂
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Hashimoto, that recipe with the garlic and chilli sounds really good! The courgetti take seconds to stir fry but I’ve never thought about baking them in the oven as Izzy suggests – any ideas on temp or time?
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I’d guess in the oven maybe 200 and probably 10 mins. I’ll have an experiment and report back 🙂 I’ll toss them in olive oil and maybe try a little chilli salt …
Not sure about the squash and sweet potato, but I think they are too high carb for me just now. I’d guess you could cook them the same way just maybe a bit longer.
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When people use spiral courgette in place of pasta, do you cook it before adding sauce?
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Hi patsy, I tend to fry some garlic and chilli and when it’s soft add the courgetti and fry til soft, a couple of minutes, then add whatever 🙂
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Hi. I have a spiraliser but I am very lazy and hardly use it now you can get the spiral veg in the supermarket. Ditto for cauliflower rice. My kitchen would end up covered in the stuff when I made it in the processor.
Bella Italia do spiral veg versions of some of their pastas and they are very nice.
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For bargain hunters, the Dexam seems excellent – bought last week for £15 from Dunelm nearby.
Reasoning was that if I didn’t like it I hadn’t wasted much money.
It’s fab – revolutionary in fact – how I ate all that stodgy pasta for years is baffling.
And easy to use and a simple clean up, once you watch a youtube vid.Great ideas above – hadn’t got around to using the other two blades yet, or imagining such delights as veg crisps or apple/cinnamon treats.
Becoming an expert in stir frying. Sweet potato added for colour also gives too much sweetness to a dish for my new taste; courgette seems fine alone or with some celeriac, so far.
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I got some waitrose mixed spiral veg today, fried some garlic and grated ginger, (from a tip here, thanks – then added the veg for a minute or so as a stir fry. Had it with some frozen quorn (from cottge pie recipe). It was sooo tasty and delicious (and filling)
I am still thinking about a spirializer, or instead a julienne peeler. I don’t really want another gadget with all the blades. I realise the ready done veg will not be as fresh.
I’ve never tried courgetti etc before, and was amazed how nice it was.
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Take a look at Inspiralized.com Ali Maffucci has some great recipes. Good how to book -
Hi eureka, I have her book 🙂
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Thanks for all the tips and info 🙂 hopefully tomorrow my new toy will come and everything in the fridge will be spiralised lol.
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Hi hashimoto
Me too. It’s a great toy for cooks!
PS told my new GP about your great health improvement & of many other medical conditions listed on this site too. Hope he reads it -
The health improvements are amazing. I hope Dr Mosley and Prof Taylor read it too! 🙂
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Hashimoto,
I just did my first meal using the Cuisique spiralizer. (which arrived yesterday late afternoon) I did courgetti, and stir fried it in a tiny bit of basil oil, a clove of garlic , a handful of spinach leaves, a few frozen basil leaves crumbled in and a good grind of black pepper….all cooked in less than four minutes….it was really yummy!
Can’t wait to try lots of other combinations of things.
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So glad you are enjoying it Plumptious 🙂
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Guess what I’ve just ordered – delivery tomorrow!
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Oh fantastic lynne! My sister’s arrived a couple of days ago and she loves the courgetti, in fact sbe prefers it to spaghetti. She also said she wasn’t bloated after it which harks back to the conversation Janet and I had on the forums earlier! How many people don’t know carbs, especially wheat, cause them problems until they stop eating them?
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Mine also arrives tomorrow – was waiting for payday yesterday! Cannot wait as the pencil sharpener type cheapo one I have takes ages to do one courgette. Spag bol here I come…
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Julia you will love it!
Lynne and Julia there is a Cuisique youtube demonstration video which is worth watching 🙂
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Hi hashimoto et al
Spiralize carrots & beetroot & then pulse them in a food mixer. It makes rice. Then stir fry, steam, microwave or eat raw. Great veggies -
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I’ve had a look at the inspiralize website lots of great ideas there.
Not had time to try the courgette curly fries yet but maybe this weekend I will 🙂
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It arrived this morning. Unpacked, put together. Veggies bought. Waiting for tea time 😃
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Oooo lynne! Enjoy!!
I’m resting my back for 5 mins – preparing a potato bed (for my son, not me lol) ‘the digging and weeding is hard! ‘Do you remember that 60s ditty?
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courgette curly fries….. didn’t really work 🙁
I tossed the courgette in olive oil and just salt and pepper, baked in the oven and they don’t go crispy crunchy. If you left them long enough to be crispy crunchy there wouldn’t be any left I guess they are a high water content. On a positive note though they still tasted nice, even my fussy daughter ate some.
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Judith, tried it out last night. Spiralised courgette. Fried garlic, ginger, onion and chilli. Added courgetti. Then some cream cheese with artichoke I found in M&S (they do 3 different ones). It was yummie😃
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Glad you liked it Lynne! It goes well with salmon or a sausage too! 🙂
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Judith, I’ve pulled some salmon out of the freezer for later – a ‘salmon parcel’ from Asda. Salmon, butter, sun dried tomato and pesto!
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Lynne, that sounds delicious and perfect with some courgetti !!! 🙂
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Waiting for my new spiralizer to arrive on Tuesday. Been reading the posts and got caught up in the excitement of veggie spiral cookery! Looking forward to trying some new recipes as tend to have the same ol’ stir fry for main meal. No Waitrose where I live in Cumbria, so if I want to eat courgetti need to make it myself. Hope the Cuisique easy to use and clean?
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It was delicious. Just had it on its own, not feeling hungry but had to eat something! Courgette and carrot in fridge waiting to be fed to Spiraliser.
Imogen – it is easy to use and clean. Took a few minutes to get used to it, then ok. Just be careful with sharp blades. Much easier to clean than the pencil sharpener type I was using.
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Hi Imogen, it’s really easy to clean! The spiky bit which holds the veg unscrews from the handle and you just wash it along with any other pots – I use a scrubby thing (old toothbrush) for the blades cos I don’t want to slice my fingers!! The jug just washes easily too.
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Judith, it was so sharp I didn’t even know I’d nicked my thumb until later. Note to self – be more careful.
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Yes they are super sharp. I’ve been putting the blades in the dishwasher. I’m lazy 😂
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I’m the dishwasher Izzy 😒
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I’ve tried mooli and kohlrabi on my spiraliser, both are very good. I do find it can’t really handle celeriac (which I’m sure is too starchy to be allowed anyway). I love the texture of spiralised veg, much nicer than grated.
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I have a growing attachment to courgetti lol
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Thanks everyone – duly warned -! I shall handle blades with extreme caution! Getting excited as one day to go…😊 went shopping for veggies today, sadly no uncooked beetroot to be found. Guess I will have to travel further afield.