Make Mealtime Fun With A Spiral Vegetable Slicer

Before choosing your vegetable spiral slicer you may want to consider a few things.

If you plan on using it once in a while when entertaining guests or trying to get your kids' meals more entertaining, you may want to purchase the less expensive World Cuisine Tri-Blade Plastic Spiral Vegetable Slicer or the Joyce Chen Saladacco Spiral Slicer. Both of these will do the trick.

One of the differences between the two is the World Cuisine vegetable is fed horizontal and the Saladacco is fed vertically.

Both of these spiral slicers will create strands and slices of the vegetable of choice. Both slicers will create some extra 'waste' of the vegetable that won't get sliced up. You can save these for soup, eat them on it's own, or cut it up to look like the spiral or slice you created.

These particular models are also made of plastic so don't expect them to last a lifetime if you are planning to use it a lot. Also because it's made of plastic, a little color from the vegetables like beets or carrots may stain the spiral slicer.

As for the blades, don't worry too much about it. When I used mine, it was nice and sharp and from reading reviews, there seems to be no problems with rusting or damage.

Overall for the price, it's practical, fun and you can still get a lot of good use out of them. It will definitely make things more interesting in the kitchen.

If you're a hard core chef or only enjoy the best in life you can get a super duper, extremely durable vegetable spiral slicer.

These power houses will last most likely longer then you which is saying something as you can totally pass these puppies down to younger generations.

You know the white radish daikon that is spiraled to such perfection alongside your sushi. Guess what makes it like that. Yup, you guessed it. They are totally fun and amazing to funk up your meals.

They are durable with a commercial quality which means they can take some abuse. They produce sliced, julienne and ribbon cuts and are totally dishwasher safe which is awesome.

You can fit anything from a small radish to cabbage and slice it up in no time to make fresh salads and coleslaws.

If you plan on going into extravagant means to make a presentation out of your meals, I really suggest you also buy yourself a good mandoline. The vegetable spiral slicer is good for creating spiral spaghetti or fettuccine sized slices but won't really give you that julienne or french fry type shape.

When you are looking for a mandoline, make sure it's easy to wash, dishwasher safe and that the blades can be switched without too much hassle.

The vegetable or fruit that is being used should not have a big stump at the end that can't go through the slicer. Of course there will be some leftover due to the grasp holding on the the produce.

Also check the blades as they can get a little bit dull with a lot of use. It's going to happen so make sure that you call the manufacturer to ask them if there is either replacement blades or a way to sharpen them.

Check to see that the thickness of the slices you want can also be adjusted. Some don't have that option so look for that in the product details.

Again for the price of the mandoline slicers, it's not a bad little investment to get those veggies sliced up quickly and uniform.

As long as it's helping create more healthy meals the price is worth it right?

Did you know that the vegetable spiral slicer and the mandoline are going to be your new best friends in your kitchen?

Honestly, you can make it as fun as possible just thinking up all the different ways to dress up that next potluck you bring or PTA meeting.

Think of the creations you can make to have the ultimate fruit basket as a gift for someone? The ideas are limitless and your family will love seeing all the new ideas come to life.

Seriously get your camera out because garnishing your meals are whats going to get you more excited then actually making the meal with these ideas from the books below.

There are tons of tools out there but really a good set of knifes and garnishing tools along with your vegetable spiral slicer of choice and mandoline will be all you need to get started.

You could totally open up a unique local business buying local products to sell in a way that people have never seen before. Oh man my imagination gets the better of me sometimes, but seriously food is finally fun and i'm so excited to anticipate what my next creation will be!

The vegetable spiral slicer is a fantastic way to oomph up your culinary skills both healthfully and visually.

If you are planning on going raw food for a while this little puppy will probably be your best friend.

Raw food in it's natural state is so good for the body with it's nutrients and enzymes that this slicer makes it too easy.

I really do love my spiral slicer as it's not only encouraged me to eat more healthy foods in their raw state, but also helps me enjoy eating more varieties too.

Don't forget, you can also make onion rings and curly fries, or sweet potato fries. Yum! Curly stuff rocks!

Enjoy your vegetable spiral slicers and mandoline. I know I will.