Don't forget to hold on to your citrus peels after juicing, making lemonade etc. Remove the peel from fruit, place into bowl and blitz at speed 10 until fine or at desired consistency. I then pop it into a labelled zip lock bag and straight into the freezer. That way I never have to buy fruit specifically for the zest.
This is great for something a little different to top pizzas with, in sandwiches or anywhere else you use grated cheese! Place a garlic clove, parsley and basil to taste and two shallots/spring onions into the bowl. Blitz on speed 9 for 5 secs. Scrape down sides and blitz again on speed 9 for 5 secs. Add 150g of cubed cheese of choice. I used tasty cheese. Use as you do grated cheese. This can also be frozen until a later date when needed. If you aren't cooking the cheese (on pizzas etc) and you don't like the raw garlic taste leave it out.
Quite a few people have mentioned they don't like the texture of tmx mince. Im not a big red meat eater so I like how fine it gets but my partner doesn't. If you want chunkier mince place it in the basket with the liquid below. The steam and some liquid then cooks the mince. I do pop it back into the bowl, minus the basket, for the last five minutes or so of cooking time just to break it up ever so slightly. This is another way to cook meatballs without using the varoma. Works a treat for frozen meatballs!