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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. Thanks for all of the ideas. I tried to make a sauce posted on another thread (pureed tomatoes, peppers and garlic). The immersion blender didn't seem to work very well (or I wasn't using it properly). I ended up throwing it all in the Cuisinart.[/quote]

I'm the PP who posted the recipe.  A few tips that I didn't mention.  If you plan to use an immersion blender, you want to roast the peppers and tomatoes longer to make them softer.  If you use the food processor you can roast them less since the fp will will blend them up.  I'm sorry that I didn't mention that when I posted the recipe.

I also use the immersion blender to finish off my mashed potatoes.  You can't use them for mashing because you'll end up with gluey potatoes.  But I use an old fashioned hand masher, mash up the potatoes, add milk, butter, shredded cheese, salt, pepper and them mash with the masher.  Then, I take the immersion blender and just use it for about 30-45 seconds.  It makes it creamy without being gluey.  If you like chunky mashed potatoes, don't do this, but I like them smooth with just a little bit of chunkiness.

When my kids were in the pureed food stages, I used the momtastic recipes for cooking veggies and then used the immersion blender to  puree them.

The stick blender is also good for making very fluffy scrambled eggs and omelets.  Gets a lot of air into the eggs.

Useful for making a small amount of whipped cream when I don't really feel like getting out the bigger hand mixer or moving the Kitchenaid from the corner and then cleaning all of that up.

For the PP who said that it seemed to duplicate other devices, yes it does, but I find that the immersion blender is much easier to get ready and clean up.  I keep the blender and FP in the pantry on the shelf.  I keep the immersion blender in a drawer by my prep area.  Easier to take out, clean and put back.  [/quote]

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