Do you have to buy really small vegetables to make this work? Wondering about size of opening and if you have to cut the zucchini in half lengthwise t
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No, you would not want to cut the zucchini. Average size and smaller zucchini will work. The blades are very sharp. It is easy to twist the zucchini. You will get long spirals of zucchini and get left with a cute knobby end attached to a long small spiral from the center.
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The bigger the veggie the better. I'm not happy with this product. Hard to use.
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Yes it can work very well with big and long vegetables. there's no container holding the vegs and it actually works better if the veg is thicker.
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I have not done those veggies yet but I am amazed it cuts and liquifies unpeeled apple pieces and pineapple chunks. I'm going to the grocery today and get some veggies to try it but I have no expectations it will not work. QVC had or has a great buy on another version of the brand and product. You might check it out...but I just love my Ninja so far.Just got back from grocery and made a veggie smoothy. Diced peppers, celery hearts, cilantro, kale, spinach and 1/2 banana (necessary) 1/2 large tomato. Perfect. Pulverized and made into a smoothy depending on how much water you put in it. I used about 1/2 c because of the tomato. (one floret of Broccoli. I hear go lite on Broccoli additions) I have not done those veggies yet but I am amazed it cuts and liquifies unpeeled apple pieces and pineapple chunks. I'm going to the grocery today and get some veggies to try it but I have no expectations it will not work. QVC had or has a great buy on another version of the brand and product. You might check it out...but I just love my Ninja so far.Just got back from grocery and made a veggie smoothy. Diced peppers, celery hearts, cilantro, kale, spinach and 1/2 banana (necessary) 1/2 large tomato. Perfect. Pulverized and made into a smoothy depending on how much water you put... » Read More I have not done those veggies yet but I am amazed it cuts and liquifies unpeeled apple pieces and pineapple chunks. I'm going to the grocery today and get some veggies to try it but I have no expectations it will not work. QVC had or has a great buy on another version of the brand and product. You might check it out...but I just love my Ninja so far.Just got back from grocery and made a veggie smoothy. Diced peppers, celery hearts, cilantro, kale, spinach and 1/2 banana (necessary) 1/2 large tomato. Perfect. Pulverized and made into a smoothy depending on how much water you put in it. I used about 1/2 c because of the tomato. (one floret of Broccoli. I hear go lite on Broccoli additions) « Show Less
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That's why I bought it. It works great. I left the zucchini skin on and went through the entire piece. You could easily avoid seeds (thinking cucumber for me) with this. I really didn't know if the zucchini would get too mushy to stay in the strips, but it was OK-still in strings with some substance to them after stir-frying. I use zucchini for pasta often.
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A regular tomato.......1/4 inch? We've never had a problem with this and we've beeen slicing tomatoes for a long time. How cool is this that you're asking? Good luck; I think you should buy it and you'll like it!
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Yes it does. There is a piece with prongs to hold the vegetables as you push across the blade. With cucumbers and carrots you want to wait until they are short enough, otherwise it would be awkward.
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We are a family of 4 and have still not used the second side after about 8 months. It should work for you. It breaks down quick. Remember to add enough browns (non-colored newsprint, paper bags, dried leaves, etc.) to go with the greens. You cannot just put in veggie scraps. Coffee grounds and tea bags compost well too.
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I've only used a few times for zucchini. I think a food processor would chop it more. I think of a mandolin for slices. This spiralizer give you noodles, long noodles. Really cool. Kind of vague, hope this helps.
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Hey Lisa, After my a few tried with beets, it works for us. We have some experience you might like to know regard to how to use our Envy slicer for best results: - Regarding getting a better experience with carrots, zucchini, beets...I remember that the first time we used carrots ourselves, the strips didn't come out from the blade as long strips. Because carrots are hard, often their strips won't be as long as with soft vegetables such as summer squash, zucchini, eggplant, beets, etc. I practiced with zucchini (as you can see on the package) and were quickly able to get nice, long strips with our carrots. Be sure to use fresh carrots, zucchini that are thick enough to fully utilize your slicer blades. - Strongly recommend using fresh and thick veggies enough for best results. If it doesn't work, it might be due to very rarely item which defective during shipping processing. Although this product is very easy to use which is designed for "no-brainer" to use, it might need a little practice depend on various people's desire. Hope this help! -Jessica
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bought a 5 inch & a 10 inch. smaller would be best used for vegies; larger one will chop meats as it is a heavier and thicker blade.
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I have certainly used mostly the finest setting--love those zucchini noodles! It is nice to use multiple settings to make a salad more interesting...try narrow spirals for carrots, then wider ones of cucumber. Potatoes have made nice curls on the widest cut.When I put the machine away I make sure to put the smooth side of the cutter down to prevent me from grabbing a sharp blade if I grab it carelessly in the cupboard.
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I don't see why you couldn't cut it shorter and cut open the side so you could get a narrower bag. You'd have to create a third seal in the bag before putting your food in, but seems like it is a simple matter of turning the bag 1/4 turn.
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Hi Susan- I havent used all the blades yet, but there is a blade called the adjustable slicer, which I used to slice thin lemon slices- it should work well with zucchini as well as the fries blades which julienes a bit larger. hope this helps
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Well, I don't know how these other people are measuring. I guess they don't know how to use a ruler. The opening is 1.75" x 1 and 2/16" It's small due to horsepower or lack thereof. If it had a larger opening the fruits and veggies you cram into it would just stop the disc and motorSome items like asparagus and celery you can put directly into the feed tube, but larger produce items like apples, etc will have to be cut.
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no, the finest blade is not that fine, I think it is 1/8th inch. It is more about creating long noodle shapes from the zucchini that taste great, and are very healthy, that will go with all kinds of sauces. It will not create as many shapes as you would get with pasta machine or dry pasta
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it's really meant to be a basic slicer. I guess you could lay a carrot or small potato "sideways" and make slices and then cut them into julienne pieces, but that may be a more advanced cut. However, if you only want thin 'shreds' and the shape isn't important, it could certainly do that on the thinnest setting.
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I don't see why not it will shred the zucchini I don't know if shape matters.