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Raspberry Vinaigrette {Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processor Review & Giveaway}

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A quick, summery salad dressing made with the Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processor.

Raspberry Vinaigrette

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.

Raspberry Vinaigrette Recipe with the Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processor

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.

Zyliss Easy Pull 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.

Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processor

Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processor

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

Raspberry Vinaigrette

A quick and easy summery salad dressing made in the Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processor.
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Author: Elizabeth

Ingredients

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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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GIVEAWAY

Zyliss are offering my readers the opportunity to win a Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processor RRP £24.99 and a Zyliss White 6 Piece Coloured Knife Block Set RRP £59.99 – a £84.98 value giveaway!

The knife block includes six non-stick coloured knives: a paring knife, serrated paring knife, utility knife, chef’s knife, carving knife and bread knife in an easy to clean white knife block.

HOW TO ENTER

For your chance to win a Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processor RRP £24.99 and a Zyliss White 6 Piece Coloured Knife Block Set RRP £59.99 enter using the Rafflecopter form below. Come back and tweet about the giveaway every day for more chances to win!

TERMS & CONDITIONS

This giveaway is open to UK entries only. Entrants must be age 18 or over. The winner will need to respond within 7 days of being contacted; failure to do this may result in another winner being selected.

The prize is offered and provided by Zyliss. The prize is to win a Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processor RRP £24.99 and a Zyliss White 6 Piece Coloured Knife Block Set RRP £59.99. There is no cash alternative and the prize is not transferable.

There is no entry fee and no purchase is necessary to enter this giveaway. The promoter (Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary) reserves the right to cancel or amend the giveaway and these terms and conditions without notice.

Entry into our giveaways will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions.

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Closing date is midnight on Monday 3 August 2015 (GMT) and the winner will be announced shortly afterwards.

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Comments

  22. Jennifer I says

    I’d love to try the blackcurrant grape refresher… Looks delicious – and I would never have thought to put carrot in 🙂

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  29. Conchita Lagas says

    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! 😛

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  45. liz ferguson says

    we went out foraging for some greengages this morning, to make chutneys to go with curries, so it would be a curry xx

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  47. Laura Whittle says

    My kids love macaroni cheese with cauliflower. Would use the processor to make a herby breadcrumb topping for it.

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  53. jamie millard says

    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.

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  74. Claire Davies says

    I would make a chicken & green bean pesto pasta – this looks a fab device! Brilliant competition 🙂 All entered, thank you very much!

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  112. David Cartwright says

    A lovely vegan burger that I saw on the Jamie O. Youtube channel – for my gf, who misses comfort food! 🙂

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  126. Elisa Trueman says

    I’d make super detox smoothies with avocado, broccoli, Apple , strawberry, banana, , cucumber and apple juice….and add the odd bit of pimms now and then…xx

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  138. Clare W says

    Guacamole….and the raspberry dressing! I’m always keen on anything which doesn’t need to plug in…not enough sockets in our kitchen.

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  140. Sarah Archibald says

    I’d make a tomato based pasta sauce, if i blend all of the spinach, my three year old will eat it 😀

    Reply

  157. Lahra says

    A stew from my quinoa cookbook that needs loads of ground pistachios and lots and lots of homemade hummus!

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  158. Lahra says

    A stew from my quinoa cookbook that needs loads of ground pistachios – I haven’t been able to make it yet!

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  174. Lynne Manton says

    These prizes are lovely and I suspect my daughter will come up with very good reasons why they should live in her kitchen instead of mine (she is an amazing cook).

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  186. Karen Laing says

    As it’s summer I would make a mixed berry smoothie.I usually go and pick fruit with my grandchildren which they would have later in an Eton Mess.If I was lucky and won then this year they could make their own smoothies.Great fun,a day out and then the pleasure of enjoying the fruits of their labour,literally !!

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  191. Louise Tring says

    Had some delicious Butternut squash Hummus the other day when I went out for a meal. Would love to try making that in this food processor. Know any good recipes?!

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  192. debbie smith says

    the salad dressing in this post looks fab so maybe some salad dressing fab giveaway looks really handy ! x

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  196. Rachel Webb says

    There is loads i would love to make. Specifically though i would love to make some dips like humous or salsa as my husband and i love to have crisps & dip or even carrot sticks & dip whilst watching a movie.

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  200. Colette B says

    It looks fab! My husband would love to add this to his collection of kitchen goodies I’m sure.
    Thanks for sharing your review on #TriedTested this week x

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  211. Darrell says

    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.

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  247. Nichola Mackay says

    I would have to make your raspberry vinegarrette. My mouth is watering already. Thankyou for the chance

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  250. Edward Guerreiro says

    I’m not sure. I would probably end up using it everyday for things like onions/garlic etc.

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  260. HonestMum says

    What a perfect vinegraitte, I’ve never made it but will now. Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays x

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  281. kellie@foodtoglow says

    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!).

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  293. Siobhan Davis says

    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 

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  314. Keiko Taylor says

    It seems that you can chop anything with this gadget so I try with salad dressing and chop up vegetables as well.

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  325. Chris Andrews says

    What recipe would you make in your Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processor? . . . . . . l’d experiment with a selection of salad dressings

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  327. Julie Carwardine says

    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

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  332. Mark Milsom says

    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

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  340. Joyce mccormack says

    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.

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  362. Munchies and munchkins says

    Oh this sounds good. Love a vinaigrette and raspberry sounds amazing. Zyliss make some fab products don’t they? X

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  367. chazthesinger says

    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!

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  370. Ness says

    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.

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  371. Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs says

    What a great little gadget! I’ve got a similar vinaigrette recipe I’d like to try this would be perfect!

    Reply

  378. Charli says

    What a great giveaway and the raspberry vinaigrette sounds absolutely gorgeous, not something I would have ever thought of putting together!

    Reply

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