Five a Day.......And a game changer....a mandolin

Buy one that has a finger guard of some sort. Mine has one and it is used almost daily without any risk of cuts.

The latest thinking is 30 different plant foods a week rather than 5 a day.
My mandolin languished unused for a long time before going to live with my son.
I’m inspired to get another one now after reading this thread, and trying my best with the 30 target.

I hope you've got some cut proof gloves to go with your mandolin Warbler

I do love my mandolin but rarely use it unless I want paper thin slices for something like veggie chips.

What about those rectangular containers with interchangeable blades for chopping? Safer than a mandolin because you push the item down from above. Just wondering whether anyone has one of those and how good they find it. (Apologies for slight digression...)

I’ve got a scar on my thumb from a mandolin, no thanks.

Just used mandolin to finely slice cabbage and onion for coleslaw. Much finer than you could get with a knife. OH got it and is a fan- I was sceptical but now converted.
As the weather is warm, I fancied a salad - nearly all home grown produce apart from egg, cheese and smoked mackerel: lettuce, tomatoes, French beans, figs, cabbage and carrot coleslaw, apple and carrot salad and potato salad with parsley and chives - I think I've had my 5 a day!

I took all the skin off my knuckles using a mandolin, it ended up in the bin after one use🤨

AGAA4

Is it called a husband Callestemon? I agree that they are expensive.

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No, it's a Thermomix, much less trouble than a husband.

Is it called a husband Callestemon? I agree that they are expensive.

Lovemylife

I was converted after DD made coleslaw for 30 in no time at all. Her mandolin has a safety feature so no danger of injuries. Haven’t yet acquired my own though.

Callistemon, Vivaldi’s lute and mandolin concerto is my favourite 😉

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DD has some all-singing, all-dancing machine that chops, it also cooks, gently stirs, makes stews, you name it, it makes it! It also makes cakes, puddings etc.

However, they are rather expensive.

AGAA4

I read the first post and thought must get a mandolin then read the other posts and decided definitely not.

Well, I did wonder whether to get a ukulele and join a beginners' group.

i have problems with digesting fruit and veg after having bowel cancer and only have half my bowel left, i need to take loperamide every day, the only veg i like is salad but i have this with pickled red cabbage and beetroot, my only fruits are bananas, grapes and strawberries, i take vitamin c everyday and try to eat soup 2/3 times a week, i know i don't get my 5 a day so maybe i will buy myself a mandolin and see if i can eat more veg.

I was converted after DD made coleslaw for 30 in no time at all. Her mandolin has a safety feature so no danger of injuries. Haven’t yet acquired my own though.

Callistemon, Vivaldi’s lute and mandolin concerto is my favourite 😉

Never thought about 5 a day I eat fruit and veg when I want it or fancy it so I m sure some days I have less maybe some days more I never ever follow these rigid rules like I m at school

I recently discovered chopped salad.

I dice cucumber, tomato, onion, raw mushrooms, and season to taste with salt and pepper (garlic or mint sometimes). This is kept in the fridge to accompany meals or sandwiches.
I make a lovely tomato and basil soup and each evening watch the tv with a big glass of berry or mango smoothie,
All this with a daily banana suits me fine.
Just to say, I think as you get older chewing hard fruit and veg is not that easy so chopped up or pureed is good.

I read the first post and thought must get a mandolin then read the other posts and decided definitely not.

Witzend

I find a good knife is enough - and I do a lot of slicing and chopping!

I’ve been put off mandolins ever since we arrived for the weekend at some friends’ house one Friday evening, to find nobody in - and blood all over the kitchen floor. The gadget-obsessed bloke had managed to slice off the top of a finger - they were at A&E.

The next morning dh took the ‘offensive weapon’ and dropped it in the bin.

Oh goodness, yes! I see what it is now.

I bought one once years ago because a thread on Gransnet recommended them but they're dangerous in the hands of the wrong person ie a clumsy person like me.

I find a good knife is enough - and I do a lot of slicing and chopping!

I’ve been put off mandolins ever since we arrived for the weekend at some friends’ house one Friday evening, to find nobody in - and blood all over the kitchen floor. The gadget-obsessed bloke had managed to slice off the top of a finger - they were at A&E.

The next morning dh took the ‘offensive weapon’ and dropped it in the bin.

I thought this was going to be about music.
Must investigate.

I cannot make scones.