Even chefs can’t resist this brilliant gadget that cuts preparation time in half

Whether you pick fresh vegetables from your home garden or stock up at your local farmer’s market, the abundance of produce available in summer makes dinner on warm days a breeze. Except for the preparations.

A simple, chunky salsa, big salad or stir-fry can be packed with flavor and easy to prepare, but chopping up every single ingredient can be deadly. Chef Adrianne Calvo, Miami restaurateur and host In search of maximum taste, needed a solution that would speed up the time needed to cut, dice and chop products at home. A quick search on Amazon uncovered an inexpensive tool that she’s so thrilled with that she even ordered a second one for her mom.

Fullstar universal vegetable chopper

“In the summer, I want to limit the time I spend in the kitchen at home so I can spend time outdoors,” Calvo says. “One of my favorite things is chopped salad, but it takes a lot of effort to peel and chop everything. With this tool I can do it all, and quickly. I think it cuts my time and effort by 75%.

Large, table-mounted shredders make manual work easier in professional kitchens, but they make no sense in a home kitchen. Calvo, whose restaurant is equipped with an industrial shredder, decided that her home kitchen needed something like this.

During a quick search, she found the Fullstar Multi-Function Vegetable Chopper and immediately ordered it. The Fullstar multi-tool works much like a mandoline, with interchangeable blades designed for different types of cuts. Options include a slicer (with three thickness settings), grater, juliennes blade and two dicing blades – one small and one large. Select the blade you want to use and attach it to the top of a clear, BPA-free box designed to capture products as they are processed. Cleaning up becomes a piece of cake with this extra-large waste tray. The stand-up organizer allows you to store your blades when not in use, protecting your hands from sharp edges.

“I’m not a fan of gadgets,” says Calvo, “but this is a huge time saver. It is so sharp that it does not crush the products. I’ve had it for over a year and it hasn’t dulled at all – I use it to dice everything from raw potatoes to fresh, juicy tomatoes.” And Calvo’s mom, a hairdresser with arthritis, loves it too. “When I found the Fullstar Universal Vegetable Chopper, I knew it would ease her pain. She can still enjoy cooking for us and we can still enjoy her food!”

The tool consists of many components, such as the finger guard, which is a plastic handy guide that keeps fingers away from the blade. The set also includes a protective glove. The set also includes a separate but useful tool, the 3-in-1 spiralizer.

Calvo has a very organized kitchen and stores all the components of the multifunction machine in one drawer, but if you can’t dedicate an entire drawer to it, a plastic storage box allows you to put all your tools in one drawer. cabinet securely, keeping them together.

Get one today for just $40 on Amazon. After all, it is approved by the chef.

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At the time of publication, the price was $40.