A quick, summery salad dressing made with the Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processor.
I love playing with new kitchen gadgets, I really do, so when Zyliss approached me some time ago and asked if I would like to test out their brand new Easy Pull Food Processor I jumped at the chance.
Their new manual Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processor is a revolutionary new way to chop, mix and puree foods simply by pulling a handle. No electricity is required.
It has a 750 ml bowl with a silicone non-slip base, a perfect size for whipping up a smoothie, soup or salsa side dish, while patented Swiss designed twin blades in between two sweeper arms keeps the food in the path of the blades themselves – creating an even chop throughout. This is something I’ve grumbled about with the small bowl attachment in my old food processor – you’d have to keep scraping up the food stuck to the bottom of the bowl and processing again, where with this handy little gadget three pulls of the handle will give you an even coarse chop, and 8-10 will give you an even fine chop.
Of course, the best way to try out a new product though is to put it to the test. The vegetable growing season is in full swing now and our vegetable boxes arrive packed full of gorgeous, vibrant fresh produce. Our veg box providers make the most amazing tasting salad blend with a variety of flavour packed leaves. Very little, if anything, is needed to enhance these salad leaves, but I thought I’d experiment and make a raspberry vinaigrette in my new food processor.
In this simple salad dressing, olive oil and red wine vinegar are combined with a handful of fresh raspberries, a small clove of garlic and a touch of sea salt and black pepper for a kick. Depending on the natural sweetness of your raspberries a little honey or agave syrup could be added, if desired.
I was really impressed with how quickly and easy it was to turn the ingredients into a reasonably smooth salad dressing. The handle requires very little effort to pull and finely chop everything in a matter of seconds.
Don’t take my word for it though, here’s a quick video to show you the Easy Pull Food Processor in action.
ADVANTAGES
Compact size for easy storage – measuring approximately 12.5 cm in diameter and 12 cm high this is ideal for when you don’t have a lot of extra kitchen space.
The bowl and blades are dishwasher safe.
Affordable – only £24.99
DISADVANTAGES
The lid can not be submerged in water, meaning it was a faff to get the oil from making my salad dressing off the top of the lid by rinsing under the tap.
All in all though I am really impressed by the design of this kitchen gadget and I will be regularly using it in my kitchen instead of bringing out my chunky ancient food processor for small jobs.
You can find out more about the Easy Pull Food Processor on the Zyliss website, and follow them on Facebook and Twitter.
Raspberry Vinaigrette
Ingredients
- 120 ml extra virgin olive oil (I used Pomora - see badge in sidebar)
- 50 grams raspberries
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 small garlic clove crushed
- 1/4 tsp Shetland sea salt
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper or more, to taste
- 1 tsp runny honey or more, to taste (optional)
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Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients in the bowl of the Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processor and pull the handle 8-10 times.
- Decant into a serving dish and enjoy over salad leaves!
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Yum this looks nice
That sounds like a fun new gadget. Love this refreshing dressing. Thanks for sharing with NCR.
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hummus
Love to try a chocolate souffle
Red pepper Hummus.
Guacamole I think…
I spotted a recipe for citrus champagne salad dressing that I’d like to try but haven’t been able to without a processor – how nice does that sound for a work lunch! 😛
Carrot soup xxx
I’d make a salad dressing.
Milk shakes and smoothies
I’d start with a salsa dressing
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Tapenade would be a great start!
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A hearty soup
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soup
I would make so many things baby puree food, sauces, smoothies the kids would have a field day!
Salsa probably
Spicy hummus
Fresh coleslaw
Some salsa I love it
we went out foraging for some greengages this morning, to make chutneys to go with curries, so it would be a curry xx
Some yummy soup!
My kids love macaroni cheese with cauliflower. Would use the processor to make a herby breadcrumb topping for it.
A cheese based mild spicy dip
Salad dressing, and make sure if not as unhealthy as some of the shop bought ones 🙂
I would have a go at making my own Dips and Salsa
I’d make a really nice salsa.
Pesto
Just been for a course at the School of Wok learning Wok skills but also bringing ingredients together for sauces. So some Chinese dipping sauces – sweet and sour, chilli etc would be high on my agenda to make with the food processor.
Tomato and coriander salsa
Fresh mayo
Chilli dressing for my salads
I would make a home-made vegetable pasta sauce
Homemade breadcrumbs for schnitzels and croquettes. That would save so much time and wrist-ache!
Dressing and relish for a veggie burger
Homemade Humous
Pesto
Smoothies, soups, pasta sauces the list is endless
Mayonnaise
hot and spicy sauces and marinades
nut butter
salsa
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Mushroom soup x
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a summer fruit smoothie
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Would use to make coleslaw or experiment with different salad dressings.
Hummous would be lovely to try
healthy soups
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soup or hummous
peanut butter and squash soup
strawberry smoothie
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home made broth, and some carrot and corriander soup to start 🙂
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leek and potato soup
Carrot and Coriander Soup 🙂
Pesto for my pasta salad
I would love to try some smoothies!
Soup made with seasonal local vegetables.
some yummy potato and leek soup
Tomato and Chilli dip
A delicious bread crumb and chorizo based topping for a lovely cod fillet
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Pesto xx
Broccoli & stilton soup – my favourite.
A lime and mascarpone cheesecake – using a good food processor makes a lovely cheesecake base!
My baba ganoush!
I would make a salad dressing from the herbs in my garden to go on some freshly picked salad
love making soup, so much easier thanks
I would make a vegetable soup 🙂 xx
I’d love to try that Raspberry Vinaigrette recipe of yours!
i would love to make the dressing in this review it looks delicious
I’d make pesto and have it with pasta
I would make Thai fishcakes…yum!
Mayonnaise
A tomato soup
love chicken with pesto so would try and make my own pesto 🙂
home made homous x
Curry spread to go on toast
A lovely vegan burger that I saw on the Jamie O. Youtube channel – for my gf, who misses comfort food! 🙂
Salsa
Carrot and Coriander Soup
I’d use it for all sorts.
I like the idea of making homemade soup 🙂
Salsa and guacamole
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lots of dressings
i would make a yummy curry soup!
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I’d make some coleslaw.
soup
I would make some delicious smoothies
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Homemade soup
Would definitely make pesto, my fav!
A very large dry Martini
pesto
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I’d try making a smoked salmon mousse, yum!
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Sweet chilli sauce
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Definitely a basil & rocket pesto
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coriander chutney
I’d make a tomato based pasta sauce, if i blend all of the spinach, my three year old will eat it 😀
Guacamole for my nachos.
Salsa and Raita
Perfect for coleslaw!
Some red pepper hummus
I’d like to use up tomatoes by making a salsa dip and a tomato sauce for pasta.
Some salsa and guacamole
I would love to make homemade soups!
i think i would try to make the dressing you posted as it sounds tasty and different
Garlic mayonnaise
Some fresh soup would be lovely 🙂
What a great dressing!
coleslaw,
I think I’d try making my own home made pasta sauce
I saw a recipe for Aloo Palak the other day that I would like to try!
I would try out your recipe as the vinaigrette looks delicious.
I would make salsa verde
A stew from my quinoa cookbook that needs loads of ground pistachios and lots and lots of homemade hummus!
A stew from my quinoa cookbook that needs loads of ground pistachios – I haven’t been able to make it yet!
A salsa from our allotment produce
I would try out making houmous instead of just buying it
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hummus
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Salad Dressing & Dips 🙂
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mayonnaise & hollandaise sauce
would love to try pesto
Definitely going to have a goat the Raspberry vinaigrette .
I would make lovely fruit smoothies.
I’d love to make pesto, I’ve never done it as I don’t have the right equipment!
Meatballs
i love red pesto, so i might have a go at that x
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I would make fresh salsa
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I would like to try to make a soup 🙂
Would love to make my own fruit smoothies with this.
artichoke pesto
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Some salad dressings or dips
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I’d love to try it to make guacamole for tortillas
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the salad dressing in this post looks fab so maybe some salad dressing fab giveaway looks really handy ! x
Anchovy salad dressing
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I would love to try making soup
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A hearty soup
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Raspberry Vinaigrette
Possibilities……. endless.
mango chutney!
Coleslaw
Looks an awesome little machine with many possibilities. I’m not a lover of raspberries, so would probably try your recipe, but substituting mango. Thanks.
homemade tomato soup
Curry paste
A nice healthy vegetable soup.
Definitely pesto
I’d love to try my hand at making humous
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I would try the Raspberry Vinaigrette as it looks delicious!
Homemade hummus, yum!
Some homemade hummus.
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I’d love to whizz up some pesto for in my ham and cheese sandwiches!
garlic dip or salsa x
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I love making my own salad dressings and pesto 🙂 x
I’d make a nice salad dressing
I would use it to make Tabouleh, that chopping by hand is a pain!
a fresh pesto sauce
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Agreed with others, would have to try the Raspberry Vinagerette
I’d make a start on purees ready for weaning my daughter.
I would make a lovely pesto dip for bread
Str Fry
coleslaw.
A lovely hummus 🙂
I’d love to try making home made soups!
I’d whizz up my own meatballs!
Fennel soup
French Dressing
Leek and potato soup.
I would attempt some dips
dressing looks awsome
Str Fry
It has to be the Raspberry Vinagerette it sounds delicious !!
ive always wanted to make my own soup! 🙂
I would have to make your raspberry vinegarrette. My mouth is watering already. Thankyou for the chance
Pea&ham soup!
Summer salad
I’m not sure. I would probably end up using it everyday for things like onions/garlic etc.
Would love to try making a Homemade Pesto!
Garlic mayo x
I’m going to try your Raspberry vinaigrette
proper quality soups
Tomato & basil soup with red peppers.
PEA AND HAM SOUP
RASPBERRY VINAIGRETTE looks good
I would make all homemade pasta sauces
Lemon meringue
What a perfect vinegraitte, I’ve never made it but will now. Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays x
Banana&strawberry smoothie
I would make delicious salad dressings
I would make pesto. Then a salad dressing, and then a fruit puree to pour over ice cream
would make assorted dips in various flavours
My breakfast smoothie
a curry paste
fruit smoothie
Summer salad dressings 🙂
I think I’d make a rocket pesto first of all!
I would love to make a chilli and whisky dip sauce using my home grown chillies.
A raspberry and banana smoothie
A nice homemade soup 🙂
Would have to try your raspberry vinaigrette
Some homemade ceaser style dressing!
I would make pesto first 🙂
I would have to try making your dressing, sounds amazing!
I’d like to try making my own nut butter
after reading the above I`d now like to try the Raspberry vinaigrette
Yoghurt, berries and Vita Coco Coconut Water Smoothie looks so yummy!
I’d try a granita to use up overripe strawberries x
Super pro images and nifty wee gadget! I love fruity dressings like this. At this time of year I love doing a peach one without oil as the peach makes it creamy on its own (but I will add loads of nuts for some excellent fats!).
I’d make coleslaw,I love it.
Pesto
I would like to make Pesto
I’ve always fancied having a go at homemade pesto
I’d make some soups. Maybe a nice tomato soup.
Would love to attempt some delicious guacamole!
i would make butter chicken curry paste
I’d make some home made mayonnaise
Pesto & hummus would be the main recipes I’d try. Oh and maybe nut butters!
I’d make a lovely strawberry yogurt (with no added sugar)
tomato and basil soup
I would make some homemade Salsa, I literally have salsa with everything This would fantastic as we cut everything by hand so would be amazing for our household
Pesto xx
I’d try pesto
I haven’t come across manual food processors before. I’d try making my own pesto #TriedTested
I would like to try and make my own Tzatziki 🙂
i would like to make some guacamole
I’d try making pesto
Pesto or hummus
i’d have a bash at making dips
I would try a hummus, I’ve never made it before
some thai green curry paste 🙂
I would make houmous.
Tatziki – the Greek salad accompanimet
i would try your dressing
Wouldn’t mind trying to make that raspberry vinagarette. Looks good.
i would try yours, it looks and sounds lovely
The raspberry vinagarette looks good. Wouldn’t mind trying to make that.
Smoothies!
I would make a lovely salad from one of your recipes.x
I’d use it to make a nice dessert!
I would use it for home-made salsa.
It seems that you can chop anything with this gadget so I try with salad dressing and chop up vegetables as well.
Coleslaw because it’s a pain to grate everything by hand!
would love to make homemade coleslaw
I love to make fresh pea and mint soup x
Try my hand at making some dips and dressings
Salsa
I’d try your Raspberry Vinaigrettte recipe. Sounds really good.
an egg salad
This would be great for making pesto 🙂
I would use it to make a salad dressing
I’d make thai curry paste.
What recipe would you make in your Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processor? . . . . . . l’d experiment with a selection of salad dressings
I would make a pesto, an ideal gadget for this.
I’d make my low fat chicken curry. I would use this to puree the onion and garlic for the base mix. @JuJu_Carbo xxx
I would make my spicy mayonnaise, just be a lot quicker and easier with this fab gadget
roasted red pepper sauce for my fish mmmmmmm
I would make a salad dressing
A tasty Satay!
Puree a load of onions ready to make a curry…no more tears !!!!…..then do loads more and freeze them ready to use when I want
I would have a go at your dressing -looks and sounds delicious
I wold make a salad dressing
Carrot and Coriander soup
butternut squash soup yummy
Mayonnaise!
I would use to experiment with different smoothies ☺️
vinegar salad xx
Great looking blog, as usual. I will give this recipe a go instead of my usual mustard vinaigrette. I have a magimix processor and it creates so !much washing up as inevitably dressings splash into the big bowl as well I would make more Herby vinaigrettes such as a chilli, lime and coriander one to go with tandoori chicken salad.
Id love to do something with fruit for my family x
I would definitely make the Raspberry Vinaigrette – sounds delish!
I would make some hummous.
A Caeser dressing with a liberal sprinkling of herbs
Looks great for a salsa
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Raspberry vinegarette sounds lovely
I’d use it to puree fruit to put on my porridge
I’d make lots of dips for summer meals in the garden… now were’s the sun?
I would make a lovely light salad
I would make some cashew nut butter.
a yummy salad
I’d make lots of dips for summer meals in the garden… now were is the sun?
some spanish tapenade
A healthy smoothie
I would make your dressing:)
I’d make that dressing – sounds great
Hummus with a black olive tapenade.
I’d make a sauce for potato salad-super summery!
A mixed salad, hummus and a dressing and maybe smoothie for pud!
Summer dressing would be perfect
Oh this sounds good. Love a vinaigrette and raspberry sounds amazing. Zyliss make some fab products don’t they? X
I would try a ranch dressing, we tried some in Florida and it is lovely
I’d try my hand at making my own dips 🙂
If make some dips.
Garlic and avocado dip
What a brilliant idea. I have a salad spinner (much bigger but similar theory) which is great. This looks as if it could complement that by making marvelous dressings. How cool is that!
Should have added that I might go for the honey, garlic and rough mustard dressing. . . m’mmm
I think i’d make a salad for the summertime – by the way great review!
Lovely dressing! I must try it out.
We were just eyeing up the wild raspberries on the walk to school this morning. I wonder if we can pick enough for this recipe.
What a great little gadget! I’ve got a similar vinaigrette recipe I’d like to try this would be perfect!
a nice salad dressing
some spicy dips
I would try and make smoothies
Wow this is fantastic giveaway!! I love my kitchen gadgets.. Thank you for the chance to win.x
A fresh herb salad dressing
Love the recipies
What a great giveaway and the raspberry vinaigrette sounds absolutely gorgeous, not something I would have ever thought of putting together!
I’d make green pesto
I’d make some salsa and guacamole!
I would love to try the raspberry vinaigrette and I would love to try inventing some of my own.
I would make a simple dressing but this featured one looks worth a try too.
Yummy, that salad dressing looks great, very summery. Seems like a handy little gadget to have.
I would make lots of different flavoured dips xxx
I’d male your dressing!
I would use it to make raw chocolate truffles
I would create a fruit smoothy in it, get some goodness into me easily.
I would make a mayonnaise, takes ages with a whisk.
Pesto x
Would love to try your vinaigrette
a summer salad
Oooh that dressing looks delicious!! Great review, I’m definitely going to enter the comp 🙂 x