She is the author and owner of PratesiLiving.com with her husband, coauthor of Southern Heat, and co-owner of On the Road Culinary Adventures, a culinary travel business. She is a contributor cuisinart pots and pans set to the Travel section of U.S. Her work has also been featured on MSN, Yahoo! She and her husband traded in big city life in Atlanta for shorts and flip-flops on Fernandina Beach, Florida.
Ease of Cleaning
Not easy to clean at all, you can take it apart somewhat, but it’s still so very hard to really get it cleaned. Ease of Use
It’s easy to cuisinart griddler elite use but you won’t get the results you’re looking for most of the time. Design
Very poor design, you can’t even clean it properly which is really gross.
It is low in calories, really good for you (think beta-carotene) and very tasty. Australian Soup Makers – We have noticed a growing trend of Aussie love for soup maker. Just like us they get a cold winter and love a big bowl of soup.
The soup maker is designed to help you create delicious homemade soups from start to finish. Even the ability to lightly saute aromatics is integrated. For example, you could start by softening some onions and garlic on the nonstick heater plate, and then add ingredients to blend.
It was delightfully smooth and creamy, without any trace of chunky carrot, and not watery at all. This was following a recipe from the booklet, which was as straightforward as they come. When ready (usually 30 minutes), you have to press the blend button to whiz everything together. My favourite ever recipe with the soup maker has to be my homemade tomato sauce.
And with the weather looking every so slightly rainy these next few weeks, there’s no doubt we’ll be turning to home cooked soups a little more often. If you have any questions, suggestions for future reviews or spot anything that has changed in price or availability please get in touch at There’s a lot more to this product than adding the ingredients, selecting a programme and walking away, which could be considered a plus or a minus depending on your approach to cooking. “Soup is one of the simplest foods,” Harris explains, “which sadly means it is often the dumping ground for sub-standard ingredients.” Gwen Pratesi is a James Beard Foundation Award Finalist in Journalism and award-winning travel writer.