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I don’t know about your kids but when mine come home from school they are ravenous. Having healthy after school snacks prepared for their hungry bellies is an absolute must. I do find myself getting in a rut when coming up with ideas for healthy after school snacks for them though. VonHaus recently sent us the VonShef 750w food processor to review which gave me the perfect opportunity to experiment with some new ideas for healthy after school snacks.
VonShef 750w Food Processor Review
The VonShef 750w food processor has been designed to make your life easier. It’s a great multi-functional appliance that takes the time and effort out of chopping, slicing, grating, mixing, blending and juicing. The food processor features twin speed settings allowing you to select the correct speed for the task in hand. There’s also a pulse setting that gives you more control over the consistency, roughly chopped or chunky the choice is yours.
All of the attachments are easy to fit, dishwasher safe and easy to clean. Here’s the full list of what’s included
- 2 litre bowl
- 1.8-litre jug
- Stainless steel chopper blade
- Stainless steel coarse grater
- Stainless steel fine grater
- Stainless steel shredder
- Citrus juicing attachment
- Emulsifying disc
- Plastic dough blade
You can find more information about this product and others in the range on the VonHaus.
Healthy After-School Snacks
The first thing I wanted to make for the kids was some energy bites. I found a simple recipe that only involved a few ingredients which I could quickly make in the afternoon ready for the end of the school day.
As a side note, I added nuts as my kids love them but the recipe works just as well without.
No-Bake Coco-nutty Energy Bites
1 cup of nuts ( I used blanched almonds)
3 cups of coconut flakes
7 Medjool dates (pitted)
3 tbsp of honey
I started off by adding the nuts to the food processor bowl with the chopper blade at the bottom. I used the pulse setting to roughly chop the nuts.
Once the nuts were ready I added the rest of the ingredients to the bowl. I used setting number 2 to whizz all the ingredients until the mixture started sticking together. This whole process took about 3-4 minutes.
Next, I took a teaspoon-sized portion and rolled them into bite-sized balls. I placed the energy bites in a baking tray and put them in the fridge for about an hour to firm up.
The kids absolutely loved them, I had a sneaky taste too. Think bounty bars except nuttier and without the chocolate. I will definitely be trying variations of this recipe as well as trying lots of other ones too.
I decided that I really wanted to try out the blender function of the food processor too by making a delicious smoothie. My kids are not too keen on fruit smoothies so I decided to make a chocolate-based one to entice them.
I went with a protein-packed smoothie that they would love the taste of and that would also give them a much-needed afternoon boost.
Chocolate Banana Boost Smoothie
2 small chopped bananas
500ml chocolate almond or soya milk
1 tbsp of whole nut smooth peanut butter
1 handful of ice cubes
I popped all of the ingredients into the jug then poured the milk on top, whizzing it all up until it was completely smooth. It only took around 2 minutes to make this smoothie, it’s the perfect quick and healthy after-school recipe.
I was really impressed with the features I used to make these recipes. The accessories and appliances themselves are really well-made and durable. One of my favourite features, it’s such a small thing but the VonShef food processor has little non-slip feet on it. I love this feature as I can’t stand appliances that bounce all over the counter when in use.
I’ve got lots of plans and ideas of things to make using my new food processor, soup is on the menu next.
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All sorts of things! I’d probably start with some vegetable soup.
I love all types of vegetable salads and this would be perfect for grating
Some cream of mushroom soup!
I’d be dicing and slicing to make a vegetable soup. Looks like an amazing machine.
It would have to be a banana Rice Milk Shake!
A french onion soup!
I would love to make tomato soup
Some home made Vegetable soup
Lovely home made soups for us all x
I think I would make some soup….Vegetable, I think.
I’d play around making some nice smoothies first of all 🙂
Nice prize!
First thing to make: Obvious really, it’s got to be a banana and strawberry smoothie.
Homemade lentil soup
Welsh cakes
Carrot and lentil soup
I would make leek & potato soup.
Cakes
milkshakes
Home made stuffing for the sunday roast. I used to make it all the time but my food processor died 🙁
Some soup
I would make vegetable soup.
nice prize,a spicy Tomato soup
I would make some tomato soup.
I’d be spoilt for choice of which soup i’d make! Daughter loves Crecy Soup and for me it would be Cream of Mushroom Soup with a healthy twist on the Slimming World plan!
some homemade soup
Smoothies for me !
Or make up some supplements for my dogs
Breadcrumbs! I have so much bread that goes to waste, I would love a food processor to whizz it up into crumbs to put in the freezer!
Soup!!! Yum!
I would make a vegetable soup
Red pepper soup
A simnal cake for Easter.
Fruit cake …..I have eaten 2 Christmas cakes since Christmas!
The first thing I would make is smoothies – lots of them – because the kids currently love them. I can sneak all sorts of healthy things in them and it would save me fortune since I’m currently buying loads each week!
Vanilla cheesecake
I’d love to make a really nice smoothie- strawberry, raspberry, banana- yum!
I’d make some healthy chocolate brownies using sweet potatoes avocados and mejidool dates.
A sweet potato and butternut squash soup
A cake for my son’s birthday
Love making soup, also avid baker
these are great ideas! – I’ve also been using chocolate flavoured protein powder in the hot chocolate at night for the adults – cuts down the fat and calories and gives you extra protein for recovery from work outs!
A chocolate smoothie….
The first thing I would make would be a HUGE batch of soup for the freezer. I really miss having a food processor, will be keeping everything crossed xx
I would make hummus! My blender is just not up to the job!
Some chocolate nut butter. My processor not powerful enough. Scared I will kill it if I try!
A nice warming soup . It’s getting cold again.
I’d make a vegetable soup
probably something simple at first,like a fruit smoothie
Some fruit smoothies!
tomato and chilli soup x
I’d make some home-made cereal bars.
I’d make a massaman curry! It’s my absolute favourite, and a food processor would definitely speed up the process!
i would lob in a mix of veg and then lightly fry it just to see what it tastes like
Some protein bars for my son
Red lentil and vegetable soup
I would love to win this, I’ve been after one for a while. The first thing I would try out if I won, would be a nice healthy salad, full of grated, chopped and sliced veggies.
We always do soups would be fab to chop them up more finely with the help of VonShef
I would mix up some batter for pancakes
some home made mushroom soup
Vegetable soup
Blended fruit salad for my baby girl who has just started eating, and loving it.
sweet potato and chilli soup
I would do some fruit smoothies then some homemade potato and leek soup
a yummy winter soup to warm all out tummies up x
I have gone a bit’nutty’ with pesto’s at the moment. Substituting pine nuts for almonds and walnuts etc….
Soup would be a starter for me.
I would like to make a smoothie with some yoghurt and berries
Grate carrots for making Carrot Halwa. Something sweet to start with on a new Food Processor
I would make some batter to make cupcakes
I wouldn’t use it, I would gift it to my best friend, who is expecting her first baby. She would love it to make her own food for her baby
homemade tomato soup
I would probably use it to make leek, potato & onion soup. It would be much easier with this.
A nice healthy soup! Needed in this weather!
Broccoli & Stilton soup, ooh yes! Thanks for the chance
A nice filling vegetable soup.
a tasty soup
I would make a chicken pathia, its my favourite for cheat day
I would be making soup every day. Would be brilliant.
On a cold day like this, it has to be soup!
i would make a smoothie with lots of fruit x
With the current weather I would make a real Lancashire Hotpot! A firm favourite in our house using mum in laws recipe. Hailing from Wigan you can be sure it’s good. Heard a great joke yesterday… with the bad weather Southerners should stay safe indoors until it’s over…northerners need to wear your thicker coats!!!
Vegetable soup
Leek and potato soup, I dont like lumpy soup so I could make It smootherIf I won
Leek and potato soup
I would love to make Avocado pasta sauce.
I’d make hummus with it.
Vegetable Soup
Smoothies for the kid’s
would probably try the chocolate smoothie because it looked delicious
I would make all kind of savoury and sweet dishes!
Would love to make some florentines to start with
I like the sound of banana milkshakes.
I would make the family fave tomato and bacon soup delish and healthy
I would make some lemon cupcakes
A birthday cake for my granddaughter Violet who will be 3 in April.
A green pesto sauce.
I’d make some carrot cake – would make grating the carrots easier with all those attachments
I would try some soup, but I’m pretty useless
A delicious home made vegetable soup x
I haven’t made an apple pie for ages so would bake one from scratch if I got lucky and won.
We would make a curried cauliflower soup!
Would love to make a gluten free sponge, it’s hard to get one rise only using a hand whisk
I would make a lovely victoria sandwich
Some smoothies to start with then cakes
Ooh I think it would be soup
I’d make a yummy spicy pasta sauce
Spicy parsnip soup x
I would make hummus. I buy loads of it pre-made in the shops so would save a fortune if I make my own x
I would make houmous.
Date and walnut blend for spiced muffins.
What’t the first thing you would make if you won the food processor ? . . . . . .definitely soup
Pasta sauce
hummus yummy
hummus yummy
Probably try smoothies first then move on to soups 🙂
I’d make fresh salsa
Tomato Soup
I would try and recreate a strawberry and basil smoothie I had on holiday that was the best!
A pudding with freshly ground almonds
Your No Bake Coco-nutty Energy Bites look amazing so i would deffo cook them. My kids are always starving when they get home so these would be fab and healthy for them. I think mum and dad would love them too!
Vegetable soup.
Smoothies, I would experiment
soup
definitely your No Bake Coco-nutty Energy Bites. I wouldn’t be brave enough to give them to the kids as they have far too much energy already however they would be great for me and my fiance. We have a theory that our children steal our energy as we sleep.
Some tomato soup.
Strawberry Milkshake, made with strawberries Cornish clotted cream ice cream and ice cold milk!
love to make smoothies for my granddaughters
I would make a vegetable soup
banana bread
A nice homemade vegetable soup
The first thing I would make if I were lucky enough to win would be creamy vegetable soup
first thing would most likely be a smoothie for my children, but I would use this for lots of things like soups and dips
I would make some wholesome soups, but if my kids got to it first, it would be some gorgeous melt in the mouth biscuits all round
The first thing I’d make would be sweet potato and lentil soup 🙂
I would make a delicious soup!
I’d be straight on making some peanut butter bites. Sod the super healthy stuff, not going to lie LOL!
I woukld make a banana smoothie to drink whilst I researched what else to make
Vegan Coconut & Almond Truffles.
A chunky vegetable soup for the kids!
I’d make a lovely homemade chicken and vegetable soup
Pastry for a treacle tart
I would make some vegetable soup
cheddar cheese and broccoli soup
I love to make butternut squash soup! Also love fruit smoothies!
Definitely soup
this would be perfect for smoothies!
A nice big chocolate cake
Cakes first then some healthy vegetable soups
Well I’d definitely make those No Bake Coco-nutty Energy Bites they look delicious !
I always think a food processor is great for quickly making a crumble topping, make extra to store in the freezer for a later date.
The first thing I would make would be some homemade pesto.
a lovely vegetable soup
A nice vegetable soup
I would make Moroccan style humus
I would make some coconut and raisin biscuits made with spelt flour.
I would love to make a birthday cake for my son’s 21st in Sept! Would love to be able to say ‘I made it’ lol Instead of mum has gone iceland for birthday cake again ha ha x
Liver cake for my dog
Vegan brownies for my nephew and niece who are allergic to eggs and milk!
a flour-less chocolate cake
I’d try and make Pastry in the Food Processor for a fruit pie
I’d make a homemade hummus dip so that I can chop up some carrot sticks and have a wonderful, healthy snack for Summer 🙂
Meatballs
A chocolate cake
Sweet potato & red pepper soup first. then the world is my oyster
potato and leek soup first x
Definitely make some soup, probably leek and potato
A blend of veggies to hide in my son’s cottage pie!! 😉
Lemon drizzle cake
id make tomato soup
I would try broccoli soup
In the recent weather, i think it’d be soup!
I’d be chopping up an Asian coleslaw in no time at all.
I’d make vegan cashew ‘cheese’!
A lovely carrot and cumin soup
I got a Smoothies book for christams so i would start there!
I’d make celery soup
I would make some cherry scones xx
l love baking and making cakes and l have never tried cheesecakes as most sites say you need a proper processor instead of a hand blender as the cream separates so that would be my first choice.
first thing would be a banana and pineapple cake
I’d make some falafel!
Apple mint and lime smoothie 🙂
Broccoli, leek and potato soup 🙂 x
I would make a nice seasonal soup.
We would definitely be making fruit smoothies!!!
I would make a chocolate cake x
A ‘Crème Egg’ flapjack
raw balls a healthy sweet treat xx
Chicken and vegetable soup
VEGETABLE SOUP
A lovely tomato and basil soup
A nice mushroom soup
I’d try your recipe for Chocolate Banana Boost Smoothie first it sounds delicious.
I would make some protein ball snacks for my kids. I see loads of great ideas on Pinterest but my processor is rubbish and bashing all the ingredients by hand is not fun.
milkshakes for my kids and me
I would get my Christmas Cake made. Chopping nuts and dried fruit would be so easy with the Vonshef and a tasty boozy Christmas cake needs time to mature. Yummy!
Probably smoothies and/or milkshakes 🙂
ohh milkshakes for me and the kids sure yum yum
xx
Vegetable soup would be the first thing I would make
I would experiment with different flavours of smoothies, the family love them!
Looks just like what I need to make my girlfriend soups 🙂
I would make some smoothies for my children x
my secret veg bolognaise sauce xxx
my secret veg bolognaise sauce xxx
i would make all kinds of veg soups nice and healthy
I’d make a strawberry cheesecake
Lentil and tomato soup
Smoothies, then a cake to counteract the fruity goodness 😉
Soup …the perfect tonic for this bitter weather we having at the mo. Fab giveaway thanks for the chance
If I was lucky enough to win, I’d make some vegetable soup for my family.
I would love to make soups and all kinds of recipes
Would love to try this out as me and my daughter make a lot of cakes
Def some energy balls! My kids take them to school for snacks and my DH takes them to work
The very first thing I’d do, is use the VonShef citrus juicing attachment to make fresh orange juice!
Home made coleslaw, it takes so long to make it by hand.
I’d like to make the chocolate smoothie like yours.
A nice creamy soup
fresh berry smoothies
smoothies for my older kids and use it to make my own baby food for new addition
I’d have a crack at some protein balls or something like that
I’d have a crack at some protein balls or something like that
Sultana and berry flapjacks
I would make home made carrot & coriander soup, and winter vegetable soup
id make some soup
Oh my gosh, so many things!! I’d probably make date brownies first!
Oooh a banana and peanut butter smoothie x
think i would make thai fishcakes x
cheesecake base
I would love to make some home soups and also some healthy smoothies.
roasted red and yellow pepper and tomato soup
I’m trying to loose weight so I would start with a nice fruit and veg smoothie x
Looks good
I would make a baked cheesecake
Carrot and coriander soup
love some homemade pies and sponges fantastic useful gadhet
Joe Wick’s Halloumi and cashew nut curry
Home made meatballs and sauce 🙂
i think id try some gazpacho!
i would make a peanut butter milkshake i love em
I would make some protein shakes as I am trying my hardest to get in shape at the moment 🙂
I would try to make some hummus to go with my husband’s homemade pita bread.
I like the idea of your energy bites they sound easy and the kids would love them
I’d whizz up 4 large onions and 6 cloves of garlic as the base for my beef bhoona
Smoothies for all the family
I would make my daughter a fruit smoothie.
I would love to try the chocolate smoothie x x x
I would make a variety of raviolis
I’d make some soup. X