Comments on: My kitchen appliances Q & A

By: MaryRReid

MaryRReid — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 05:53:00 +0000

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By: Lynn

Lynn — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 08:18:18 +0000

In reply to Angelika Leimbach.

Hi Angelika,
what a great gift for a wedding anniversary! Does your husband like to cook with the Thermomix, too? Mine loves it – especially since it tells him how to make his old favorite German dishes. I know the Thermi gets a lot of criticism as people always tell me that you forget how to cook once you have one. But honestly, it’s quite the opposite, do you agree? I still cook “normal” most of the time, but I appreciate having a machine that can help me with it.
xx
Lyn

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 09:39:25 +0000

In reply to Lynn.

Thanks, Lynn!

Still longing for a Vitamix but it’s good news for the Magimix. I’ve got my routine down to pat now: 3 cups of nuts make nut butter making a breeze in the big bowl of the 5200XL. It’s the perfect quantity to get away with very little (once or twice max, and even sometimes none at all) scrapping down the sides of the bowl. It can probably handle 4 to 5 cups just as well or even better but 3 cups is plenty enough for me: that’s all I can toast in one go in my oven and it fits perfectly in my dedicated glass jars. Win-Win.

I hope you give the Instant Pot a try. I bet you won’t be disappointed. And there will surely be some great deals with the holidays approaching. I originally wanted the 6qt but bought the 8qt because it was the only one on sale for Prime Day and I don’t regret my decision since it’s big enough to use the steamer basket from my Magimix Cook Expert or to fit a small to medium-sized Pyrex bowl to cook porridge or rice (Zero cleaning required with the method!). You can also steam whole butternut squashes if you’re so inclined.

By: Angelika Leimbach

Angelika Leimbach — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 03:29:54 +0000

Oops – wedding not weeding ( which I actually enjoy) 🙂

By: Angelika Leimbach

Angelika Leimbach — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 03:28:28 +0000

Hi Lynn, a thermomix has pride of place in our kitchen. We bought it as a 40th weeding anniversary gift to ourselves and we love it! Hummus becomes smooth when we pop the skins off the chic peas and peaunt butter works well – just roast raw peanuts for about 20 minutes at 180 degrees. Cool them, remove the skins and blend at speed six for 30 seconds, it works for me. Thanks for your website.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:00:09 +0000

In reply to Sandy.

Hi Sandy, wow, thank you for the long and comprehensive comment. As for your question: I think that the Magimix and the Vitamix are achieving similar results for the nut butters. The Vitamix needs more quantity to get the best results, but it makes the nut butter slightly smoother than the Magimix. So I gotta give it to the Vitamix – the results are amazing. However, the Magimix already makes great nut butters with less quantity. I guess it’s just a matter of preference and money as the Vitamix is a almost twice the price of the Magimix. I’ve seen the Instant Pot on Pinch of Yum lately and I’m hooked! Perhaps this will be my next addition haha.
Thanks again for that long comment, Sandy!
Have a wonderful weekend,
Lynn

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 13:09:25 +0000

Thank you for such a comprehensive post.
Can I ask if you prefer your nut butters with the Magimix or the Vitamix?
I own the Magimix Cook Expert, which I chose over the Thermomix because of the food processor attachment. It’s basically a full-blown 5200XL + a Thermomix so a win-win in my view since I didn’t have a food processor in my kitchen when I bought it. Plus, it’s mostly all stainless steel as opposed to the numerous plastic parts of the Thermomix.
Looking back, I don’t think it was the best choice for me though. If I could get my 1200€ back, I would use them to buy a Magimix 4200 or 3200 + a Vitamix. Why? Because the metal bowl of the Cook Expert is kind of wide and huge compared to the Thermomix or Vitamix so the Blender function doesn’t work as well, especially if you want to blend a small quantity of food, which is usually my case since I cook for 2 people max. It does make killer soups in large quantity with only the push of a button though so that’s still a huge plus. And it does whip aquafaba like a boss too. And it makes great nice cream.
Concerning the food processor part, I love the power of the 5200XL but I actually find it too large for me most of the time. And I don’t find using the smallest bowl very convenient. It’s either too small or everything sloshes over the rim and drips into the bigger bowl. Lowing the grating/slicing disks though. Saves so much time!
And the 5200XL is actually dishwater safe. Well, sort of. You can’t use a program that goes over 40°C for the water but otherwise it’s fine. I throw it in once in a while if there’s room at the end of the day.
One thing I’m frustrated I cannot do with my Cook Expert is a completely smooth cashew cream or cashew mayo. It stays grainy in the food processor and I would need to do a huge quantity at once to be able to use the metal bowl. That’s why I regret not having the Vitamix.
Another absolutely essential kitchen appliance that I own is the Instant Pot. It’s a recent purchase since I got it this summer during Amazon’s Prime Day sale. I don’t know how I ever managed to do without it before! It’s such a wonderful tool for vegans. I use it almost everyday to cook rice, grains or beans, make delicious porridge or steam veggies or seitan. I used to steam my veggies in the Cook Expert but it’s much quicker in the Instant Pot. You can also make apple sauce/compote in a matter of minutes. It’s a wonderful companion to the Thermomix or the Cook expert.