Kenwood MultiPro Go - The Little Food Processor that Could

Imagine if you could add up all the time you spend doing boring, mundane things every day and swap it for something fun. Or better still, in my case, sleep.

For example, even though I use a sonic toothbrush and a water flosser, it hasn't actually saved me any time. I still spend at least four minutes every day brushing and about two minutes flossing. That's six minutes later I could be setting my alarm if only there was a better way.

Showering - that's another one. If only there was a way to magically wake up instantly all clean and smelling minty fresh, that's about another 10 minutes I'd get back.

Dinner prep. That's one more. The chopping. The grating. The slicing. Bore... Ring. No wonder more and more people are relying on the convenience of pre-prepared meals.

Yes, there are kitchen appliances to take care of a lot of that stuff for you but by the time you get them out, figure out which pieces fit where, use it, then have to wash it all before jamming the whole lot away in the cupboard again, it hardly seems worth it.

Now Kenwood has streamlined the process (the food process) and I'm actually getting some of those minutes back.

The Kenwood MultiPro Go has given all the unnecessary attachments the chop and sliced away a lot of the bulk of conventional food processors. Oh, don't worry, Kenwood still has other options with all the options but the MultiPro Go is definitely more my style.

Except the colour. There was a golden era just recently when you could buy kitchen appliances in the best colour; bright red. Sadly, this time seems to have passed, the MultiPro Go only being available in Storm Blue or Red Clay. Red Clay is more orange than red and Storm Blue is more grey than blue. Oh well. The good news is if you really don't like either colour, this is one machine that's small enough to fit in almost any cupboard. In fact, it'll even stow away in most drawers on its side.

Even when it's out on the bench, the MultiPro Go takes up only the minimum amount of space. 20% smaller than Kenwood's next smallest food processor, its 360° design means you can use it right in the corner if you have to.

It comes with just two blade attachments - a standard double knife blade for chopping, pureeing and even kneading dough and a reversible slicing/grating blade. I can assure you these blades are extremely sharp. The reason I can assure you of this is that I cut my finger on one just getting it out of the box. This is why I can't be trusted with actual knives and need to rely on machines to do my chopping for me.

Both blades can be stored in the main bowl, stacked on top of each other when not in use. See? No fuss.

Although, there are two other accessories you need to know about; the Express Serve bowl and its companion "Slinger Plate." This is a whole second bowl you can swap out with the main bowl so you can serve straight onto your plate while you grate (or slice). The plastic slinger plate rotates below the slicing/grating blade to literally throw your grated cheese or thinly sliced tomatoes straight out, saving you the hassle of fishing them out of the main bowl unnecessarily. I've found this function the perfect timesaver when preparing serve-your-own meals like wraps and tacos.

And yes, there's no doubt I'm saving a significant amount of time and fuss (and possibly fingertips) by using the MultiPro Go as my primary chopper. We tend to buy cherry tomatoes as they're more available all year round but if you've ever tried to slice one, you'll know they're pretty fiddly. The whizzing blade of the MultiPro Go takes care of this in about a second - resulting in the thinnest tomato slices I've ever seen. Nobody likes chopping onions either - and now I don't have to.

Best of all, I can now resist my first-world temptation to buy pre-grated (and more expensive) cheese. Again, the MultiPro Go grates only what I need, when I need it, in about a second.

Then all the bits can just be bunged in the dishwasher (although usually, a simple rinse-off is more than sufficient).

Even the EasyStore power cord has been ingeniously designed to save space; it winds snugly around the base and has an adjustable noggin-thing on it (or a grommet maybe?) to keep only the length of cord you really need to be unwound, unwound.

Best of all, there's only one control. Slide one way for On. Slide the other way to Pulse. You don't need to be licensed to drive this one. That works for me.

The price also definitely works for me. NZ$149.99 to get all my food prep done in seconds? Bargain.

    

    

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