Easy Soup and Smoothie Maker 1.2L 1000W 5

Best gadget I have ever bought

For anyone wondering how to make soup delicious, you need lots of seasonings. In a pinch, a good stock cube, dried herbs, salt, pepper, lemon juice, olive oil are the extra ingredients needed for a decent, quick soup. If you have more time, roasting your vegetables, or browning garlic and onion BEFORE sticking it into the soup maker, makes such a difference, but 9 times out of 10 I am just whacking it all in and letting the Tefal Soup Maker do the job. Yesterdays leftover garlic potatoes or chicken thrown in, makes all the difference too.

Porbeagle

Nearly very good

After a stomach operation I'm on a soup diet for a while. I bought this simply for ease and it does the job well. It also makes great compotes which is a pleasant change. As others have said it is easy and convenient to use, but.. the cleaning function isn't. It simple heats and agitates water you have put in then it needs to be cleaned with a damp cloth. Also, the top does not seal and it is quite common for some contents to escape. Probably because of this the max full line is quite low and assertions here that it would make 4 servings must be for very small people with equally small appetit

Love it

I always add the cold water first, as this stops the bottom getting tarnished, then add my ingredients and a stock cube, switch on, and 20 minutes later I have a gorgeous soup, it beeps to let you know it's finished, Then it automatically switches to the 'keep warm' facility, which is great if you are busy.

Great piece of kitchen hardware.

My only negative observation - and this is not a complaint for this is just the way it is - cleaning is awkward. The top part is difficult and unwieldy to hold. It is quite heavy, as one would expect for all the working bits are here - and keeping the electrical contacts out of the water makes it a bit of a fiddle. The self-cleaning option is a bit of a joke, I must admit, as with some soups the whole of the inside needs a good clean. However, one would not expect this option to do a full job of cleaning, but it is useful if a quick rinse round [for that is basically all it does] is sufficient

Xee World

Great for a healthy lifestyle

After getting a suggestion from one of my friends, I started eating more vegetables and salad as a starter. To change the taste, I found that I could eat vegetable soup instead. This was a great improvement for my healthy diet, but cooking soup from scratch takes a lot of time.