A spiked pad holds the veg securely and with the slide of a switch the mixer’s motor drives the blade towards the veg for effortless spiralizing.

There’s some thoughtful storage as well – a caddy for blades and a lidded ‘catch container’ for keeping spiralized food fresh.

You’ll also get attachments for making wide lasagne ribbons, curly fries and a cool wavy slicer for ridged crisps. are most of these done with the raw zucchini or is the zucchini ever cooked like when you add it at the end of certain recipes?

Now that I’ve become a seasoned pro at spiralizing over the years, I’m excited to help new spiralizer users go from novice to old hat as quickly as possible. There are different types of blade and we appreciated the self-aligning design, which minimised the movement needed to shred, grate and spiralize. Harder vegetables take much longer to feed through than they would on a stand spiralizer, but when you’re dealing with something that washes easily and has a tiny kitchen footprint, who cares? A quick supper of spiralized sweet potato noodles, a squirt of sriracha, dollop of guacamole, topped off with a fried egg, this sweet potato hash can be ready in 30 minutes and makes a great veggie option. To operate you push the veg onto a plastic cross on the end of a cylindrical plunger, which you then direct towards the blade.Safety guards that cover the blades can be a godsend for your fingers, and blades that slide into the base of the unit when not in use make it easy to stow the spiralizer quickly and safely. Though it stumbled occasionally with softer pieces of butternut squash, we were really impressed by how consistently well this machine coped with a variety of veg. Its single blade, while limiting, can handle most vegetables as long as they’ve come directly from the fridge.

Before you get started, be sure to read my how-to guide to mastering perfect zucchini noodles that aren’t soggy and the Three Best Ways to Cook Zucchini Noodles. The perfect family supper, this butternut mac 'n' cheese is packed with veg and a comforting creamy sauce. That said, many spiralizers are now dishwasher safe, so if you own a dishwasher it’s worth keeping an eye out for one with parts that you can throw in with the rest of the dishes. Solid and stylish, the body of the machine is handwash only, but blades can be washed on the top rack of the dishwasher.

It works slightly differently to the other ones we’ve featured here as vegetables are simply inserted into the tube and pushed through the reversible blade that can create either spirals or ribbons. If you’re planning on starting the new year with a health kick, a spiralizer is a great way of to help increase the number of veggies you consume.