If your child does not like ready-made purees from jars, prepare baby food with your own hands. You will not need much time and energy if you buy a blender steamer - a special combine where in one glass products can be cooked and turned into cream soup or mashed potatoes. Our review will help you find the perfect model, which in two accounts will prepare any useful goodies for your crumbs and the whole family.
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Babymoov All in One - the most multifunctional double boiler
This model can be called a combine for cooking baby food. In addition to the functions of a double boiler and blender, it also has the capabilities of a sterilizer and bottle warmer.
The unit turned out to be rather cumbersome, but its versatility justifies it, because it will replace you with 3-4 solo devices at once.
Pros:
- 10 different cooking modes, plus the ability to simultaneously steam 2 different dishes in separate bowls.
- Good capacity - 1.5 liters in the double boiler and 0.7 in a glass shaker.
- 3 speeds of work of the blender for receiving a different consistence of pureeshek and soups.
- Existence of the light and sound indication warning about readiness of dishes, and also that in the tank water ended.
- Simple and clear button control.
- Easy to disassemble for washing and storage.
Minuses:
- Products from the double boiler still have to be overloaded into the blender glass to be filled.
Beaba Babycook Plus - a great unit for the whole family
The new update of the most popular children's combine in Europe - a double steamer with two shaker bowls - will suit the parents of twins or toddlers.
Yes, and cook something useful for the whole family, it is quite capable. This model will serve not only in the first year of a child’s life, but also when he switches to “adult” food.
Pros:
- Allows you to cook at the same time two different dishes.
- Roomy blender bowls of 1.1 liters each.
- It can be used to heat ready meals and defrost food.
- All items are dishwasher safe.
- There is a cycle counter in order to timely clean the tank from scale.
- Comes with a booklet with recipes for the little ones.
- Silent work.
- There are additional containers for cooking cereals, with which you can easily expand your menu of healthy dishes.
Minuses:
- Pretty overall model (38x24 cm).
Philips AVENT SCF875 - steam shaker with defrost mode
The stationary blender with steamer function has a capacious liter bowl (although its useful volume is slightly less - 720 ml). This model can be used to quickly defrost food and warm up ready-made dishes.
The main feature - rolling glass. The knives here are fixed in the top cover, so that after steam treatment, nothing will have to be shifted. It is enough to fix the container “upside down” and turn on the blender mode.
Pros:
- The bowl and all removable parts can be washed in the dishwasher.
- The presence of the timer - it is set cooking time in the range from 10 to 30 minutes.
- An open tank is easy to fill with water and descale.
- A convenient scale on the tank shows not only milliliters of volume, but also an approximate evaporation time.
- There is a sealed container for storing the finished mashed potatoes (120 ml).
- Included is a booklet with tips, as well as useful recipes for the first feeding of toddlers and feeding older children.
Minuses:
- 70 cm short cord.
- Expensive model - its cost ranges from 12-15 thousand.
Chicco Easy Meal - double boiler, blender and vegetable cutter
This compact model, similar to the "plump" shaker, has a total bowl volume of 1.1 liters (albeit, slightly more than 50% of useful ones).
The functionality is standard: steaming and grinding with a blender, but the complete lid significantly expands the possibilities of using the machine. The vegetable cutter is built in it, which simplifies the preparation of products before laying in the basket.
Pros:
- It is easier to wash a wide bowl than tall glasses, and besides it is possible to cook steam cutlets in it.
- Convenient side handle on the basket, while other models have to use a spoon to remove it.
- Condensate from the double boiler does not leak into the boiler compartment.
- The holder on the vegetable cutter to avoid injury during shredding.
- Simple mechanical control.
- Wide hole for pouring water.
- Automatic shutdown at evaporation of all volume of liquid.
Minuses:
- Due to the complicated construction of the cork, it is inconvenient to close the filling hole, but over time it can be adapted to it.
- There is no timer as such - the operation time of the double boiler is determined only by the amount of water in the tank.
Happy Baby Fusion - a compact and inexpensive model
An extremely simple-to-use blender with a size of 22x21x17 cm does not take up much space in the kitchen. It is inexpensive and has no "magic" functions.
Nevertheless, it is one of the most reliable and convenient models for making baby clothes, which will not cause problems.
Pros:
- Protection against accidental activation if the glass or lid of the blender is not installed correctly
- Reliable mechanical switch for mode selection.
- An additional lid with perforations on the bowl will allow you to drain the juice and condensate released from the products.
- Automatic shutdown of a double boiler.
- Low power consumption 300 watts.
- The price is 4400-6000 rubles.
Minuses:
- The plastic glass can be painted over time with products.
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