Page 18 - Home Garden Decorator 7 - Northshore

PUMPKIN

CUISINART SMART

STICK TWO

SPEED HAND BLENDER

BY MICHELE ROBERT POCHE

Q: What do soup, sauce, putting it at the lower end mixers). The vegetable
pesto, salsa, dip, coulis and of the price range. was no match for the Cui-
condiments have in common? The day it arrived, I got sinart and (bonus!) there
to work immediately by was no need to alter the
A: They can all be made boiling an entire head of recipe with added liquids.
with an immersion blender. cauliflower until soft. At And clean up? Sim-
I’m a big soup maker. this point, I usually need to ple. Pressing one button
Squash, Potato, Cauliflower chop and transfer every- detaches the stainless
… I love them all. But the thing to a processor/blend- steel blending shaft from
dishwashing that comes er and add liquid to puree the 200-watt motor for
with the job is enough to it. But not on this day. easy dishwashing, or
keep my soup-making activ- I drained the water and leave the machine intact
ities to a minimum. inserted the blender into and pulse in a bowl of
So I began researching the pot. To operate it, two soapy water.
appliances and decided on buttons must be pressed Multi-purpose,
the Cuisinart Smart Stick simultaneously, easily space-friendly and un-
Two-Speed Hand Blender. accomplished with one complicated … I plan to
With one of the highest Am- hand. I employed more of immerse my household
azon ratings, the Cuisinart a pumping motion rather in this new blender.
was available for $34.95, than mixing (as with hand (Yes. I said it.)

Cuisinart
Smart Stick
Two-Speed
Hand Blender.
$34.95

18 home garden DECORATOR