Pampered Chef Mix-n-Chop Tool Review

I love cooking, but because of an injury I obtained during high school, my wrists swell and ache for hours if I perform repetetive motions (like chopping ground beef in a frying pan).  And ground beef if pretty much a staple in our home!  So when I hosted a Pampered Chef party, this little tool was on my "must buy" list.

The Pampered Chef Mix-n-Chop is a black plastic nylon stick with five pinwheel blades on the end.  The handle is soft plastic and fits comfortably in my hand.  It's dishwasher safe and is virtually indestructible.  Believe me, I'm hard on my kitchen gadets!  I left it in the pan a little too long and it didn't melt, misform, or have any problems after that...it's actually heat resistant up to 425 degrees!  Because it's made of nylon, it's safe to use in any cookware and won't leave scratch marks behind.  This tool will cost you $10.00 and has a 5-year manufacturer's guarantee.  My mother buys these things by the dozen and gives them away as gifts for weddings, graduations, housewarmings, stocking stuffers...you name it!  She gets rave reviews every time!

Crumbling ground beef is just one of the uses for this tool.  While that's my personal favorite, one of my friends uses hers to mash bananas and make homemade baby food out of whatever she cooked for dinner for her daughter.  It's great for mixing up tuna and chicken salads, crumbling hard-boiled eggs, pressing a star shape into the top of peanut butter or sugar cookies before baking, or mixing up meatloaf ingredients.

The only downside I have found is that food gets caught in between the blades while you're working with the food, and you have to either knock it against the side of your pan to shake it off or push it back into the rest of the food...a pain when it's ground beef!  Otherwise, it's great!  It is hands-down my favorite kitchen gadget!