Zoodles are all the rage these days. Zoodles, or “zucchini noodles”, give you the ability to add a huge helping of vegetables to a pasta-based dish.
However, with all the vegetable spiralizers on the market today, which one can make the best vegetable noodles? The Veggetti Spiral Vegetable Cutter is a popular option, but is it all it’s cracked up to be?
Below we break down Veggetti reviews to help you determine if the Veggetti is the right vegetable spiralizer for you. (Here are the other vegetable spiralizers we’ve reviewed.)
What is a Veggetti Spiral Vegetable Cutter?
A Veggetti is a kitchen tool that allows you to cut vegetables like zucchini into the the shape a noodle.
Veggetti Reviews
The great thing about the Veggetti is that it makes long, uniform noodles. However, the perfect zoodles comes with practice, and we’ll explain more in our veggetti reviews below.
The Veggetti Spiral Vegetable Cutter is extremely inexpensive, dishwasher safe, and compact. It is the perfect beginner vegetable spiralizer.
It has 2 ultra-sharp stainless steel blades: one is thin and the other is thick. The thin blade allows you to cut the vegetables into spaghetti-size noodles. The thicker blade allows you to make thick fettuccini size zucchini noodles.
It works on any food that is 2.5″ or smaller in diameter. This means you simply insert a zucchini or other vegetable into the Veggetti and begin to twist it. It works similarly to a pencil sharpener and is very easy to use.
The great thing about zoodles is that you can serve vegetables to your children this way and they may be more open to eating them. Children are notorious pasta and carb lovers, so vegetable noodles are a perfect alternative. Even better, the Veggetti is so easy to use, your kiddos can help you prepare dinner with it!
Finally, if you’re looking for veggetti reviews about the downside of the Veggetti, we’d like to point out that it is a very small, compact spiralizer tool. It may not be ideal if you want to spiralize more than a few zucchinis or other vegetable.
PROS
- Extremely inexpensive
- Dishwasher-safe
- Perfect beginner “zoodle” tool
- Can be used on any food under 2.5 inches
- Makes nice uniform noodles
- Thick or thin noodle option
- Easy to use
- Compact
- Hand guard for safety
CONS
- Somewhat small
- May be difficult for those with arthritis or joint issues
Veggetti Pro Review
The Veggetti pro give you an opportunity to use any vegetable you want. It helps in slicing vegetables and fruits for salads, soups, hash browns, stir fry, dehydrating etc.
Continuing our veggetti reviews, up next we have the Veggetti Pro. Although this is the upgraded version, it is still extremely inexpensive and budget-friendly as far as vegetable spiralizers go.
It has a spiked arm that holds the vegetable against a sharp blade with a handle that turns the vegetable. For safety and stability, it has a suction switch that keeps the Veggetti Pro stuck to the surface you’re working from.
It has 5 total blades:
- 3 thin spiral blades
- 1 ribbon cut blade
- 1 thick spiral blade
It can be easily disassembled and most parts are dishwasher-safe. The unlock button is a great safety feature that locks or unlocks the spiked gripper arm.
Finally, it comes with a great recipe book including 30 yummy recipes!
PROS
- Sturdy, suction grips to counter
- Easy to clean
- Spiralizes quickly
- Breaks down for easy storage
- 5 very sharp, high-quality blades options
CONS
- Manual work
- Fingers may get close to blades at the end
How Do You Use the Veggetti?
Below we describe how to use both the Veggetti and the Veggetti Pro.
How to Use a Regular Veggetti
Grip the Veggetti on the shiny silver plates on either side of the tool. Insert the vegetable of choice, usually a zucchini.
Place the opening of the Veggetti over a bowl so that the zoodles fall into the bowl as they are spiralized.
Simply twist the vegetable continuously until the vegetable is complete spiralized. Repeat as needed!
How to Use a Veggetti Pro
Turn the suction switch on before using it. This keeps the base attached to the counter.
Choose one of the 5 types of blades you want to use depending on the type of noodle you want. Insert the blade into the Veggetti Pro. From there, follow these steps:
- Insert the vegetable you want to spiralize into the opening in the Veggetti Pro.
- Ensure that the vegetable is trimmed at either end.
- One end of the vegetable should touch the side of the handle while the other end of the vegetable should be placed against the blade.
- Ensure that you have inserted the vegetable into the spiked arm of the Veggetti Pro.
- As soon as you insert the vegetable firmly, turn the knob of the machine with one hand while holding the green handle on the Veggetti it with the other hand.
- Turn the handle until the vegetable is completely spiralized.
- Repeat as needed!
The Veggetti Pro, when used correctly, should produce perfectly spiralized vegetable noodles without much effort!
Conclusion
As shown above, both the original Veggettii and the Veggetti Pro are great tools for making vegetable noodles or noodles. The Veggettii is a great inexpensive tool if you’re just getting your feet wet with vegetable noodles.
The Veggetti Pro is also inexpensive but has a few more features that allow you to make more vegetable noodles if you have a larger family.
Either way, this tool is a great addition to your kitchen if you want to eat more vegetables and leading a healthy lifestyle is important to you. Hopefully our Veggetti reviews help you make the decision whether the Veggetti is right for you!
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