Best vegetable spiralizer?

[Veronica01]

I ordered a saladacco from some website earlier this year because I have boycotted pasta and bread in general for years. I used it a bit and put it away. I made some zuchini and spaghetti squash "noodles' last night, but I am dissapointed. The strands are so thing, like angelhair pasta and are half crunchy half mushy. I am really gentle with the zuchini but the little slicers are so close together.

I went to a raw food potluk the other day and a lady brought spaghetti marinara and I was amazed. Her noodles are the exact same thickness as spaghetti noodles. She said she has a spiralizer that rotates on the side, not on the top but she didn't know what it was called.

Does anyone know vegetable spiralizers that make actual noodle sized noodles? Not the tiny little strings? I'm finding them really unappetizing.

[nellie]

This is the one I've been eyeing. If anyone has any experience, I'd love to hear it.
http://www.amazon.com/World-Cuisine-Tri-Blade-Plastic-Vegetable/dp/B0007Y9WHQ/

[Veronica01]

Ooh those sweet potato noodles look right! Maybe I'll get that. I just think the saladacco is better for garnishes, not noodles.. .:(

[SweetTangerine]

That looks like a good investment. It's not much more expensive that the saladacco either.

[JCB44]

I agree with you, i Don't like the saladacco either. The link in Nellie's post looks like better machine.

[Veronica01]

Anyone know if there are stores in Canada that sell them? Everything online is available from US companies only.

[snoops]

I go this one for Christmas and have used it a couple of times. It has three blades for different sized noodles. I have only used one size and it made spaghetti sized noodles. I would recommend it but have not tried any others to compare it to.

[Yana]

You said you are gentle on the zucchini- that may be why you are having an issue. I always apply firm pressure while turning. Every so oftern shake the device/container so the spiralized zucchini is evenly distributed and not piled up right under the blade, which may cause some mush.

The following is a response i posted not too long ago on goneraw for a similar question:

It is a tough choice, it was for me lol, my first purchase was the saladacco, since it is significantly cheaper, but now i have both. I purchased the spirooli 6 or so months later. I find them both very useful, the saladacco does great angel hair, but the other setting, for rounds, doesn't work that well. The Spirooli has three blade attachments, for spagetti-like noodles, thicker ones and rounds. I used the spirooli more often (i make a killer fennel salad with it). It is of much better quality and has greater performance- just can't do angel hair.

[Yana]

just to clarify, the setting for rounds works better on harder vegetables, like beets

[spicyfull]

You can also use a regular hand tool like a Grater, Vegetable Slicer, the one like a cheese slicer. They usually cost about 10-. OXO for one, makes them.

[Veronica01]

Thanks for the answers. I will have to wait i guess, it costs a lot more with the exchange rate and shipping to Canada. *sigh*

[Yana]

i don't know what your zip code is so i couldn't check shipping: http://www.upayanaturals.com/ShoppingCart.asp and http://www.rawnutrition.ca/html/spiral_slicer.html

if you haven't checked there already, they're in canada so maybe cheaper?

[Veronica01]

Great thats the first spirooli I've seen on a canadian website, thank you

[lisab201]

World Cuisine Tri-Blade Plastic Spiral Vegetable Slicer
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got it at amazon.com

[raweater]

If you have a Cuisinart food processor the 2x2 julienne disc turns hard vegetables like zuchinni into noodles instantly and is much cheaper I think.

[doit]

This is the one I've been eyeing. If anyone has any experience, I'd love to hear it.
http://www.amazon.com/World-Cuisine-Tri-Blade-Plastic-Vegetable/dp/B0007Y9WHQ/

That's just like the one I bought. But I got mine on Ebay. Total price $28.00 that's including shipping and handling. I love it. I just used mine for doing a sweet potato. I didn't use the smallest noodle maker. I did use the smalleset noodle maker for doing a zucchini though and it was fantastic. The perfect size. I also bought the spiralizer and it does make angel hair "pasta". Very thin!!! The thing I didn't like was that you can't do a large veggie piece. You can with the one I bought.

[kaybee]

veronica--while you are waiting to have enough $ to buy the one you really want, look for a "julienne peeler" in the meantime. i got mine at whole foods for about $7. its more work than a spiralizer but it does a decent job. i bought a spiralizer and the plastic thingie holding the blade broke soon after i got it. i actually loved the thinner noodles, especially for harder things like sweet potatoes, but i probly used it about 5x for sweet potatoes and that killed it. i think its made cheaply which was really frustrating at 25 bucks a pop.. . anyway, try the julienne peeler for now

[Veronica01]

i have the saladaco, im just getting tired of soggy thin noodles, they get so watery that thin. :) still waiting

[circle]

potato peelers do the trick.

there are also different kinds of potato like peelers with different shapes.

[bowie]

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[kaybee]

yeah, get the julienne peeler. i think it will give you the size noodles u r looking for. look at whole foods if they have them in canada. its like a potato peeler but it has notches in it to make spaghetti strands.