How to Use a Spiralizer for Cheese, Chocolate, Butter, and More. (2024)

FAQs

Can I use a spiralizer to shred cheese? ›

Included with the spiralizer are three blades that help you turn vegetables into noodles or long strings with the spiral disc, make nearly continuous slices or ribbons with the ribbon disc, or grate foods like hard cheeses and carrots with the grating disc.

If you just bought your first spiralizer, congratulations. You've purchased one of my absolute favorite kitchen tools. And if you're reading this post because you're wondering if a spiralizer is worth it (meaning, should you really splurge on yet another kitchen tool) – well, the quick answer is yes.

Most food processors come with a disc designed specifically for shredding. Shredding cheese in a food processor can be easier than manually pushing cheese through a box grater or microplane. Embrace effortless creativity and elevate your dishes by shredding cheese in your food processor.

Grated cheese is usually done at home with, you guessed it, a grater. It's the same thing as shredded cheese except it requires a bit of elbow grease and it isn't coated in any anti-caking agents. You'll most often see grated cheese called for in recipes, sometimes specifically “freshly grated.”

The pro is that it's inexpensive and it doesn't take a lot of room. The cons outweigh any purchase thoughts you might have. It wastes a lot of veggie that is easily used up in other models and it takes a lot of time to make enough for a family meal.

Yes, you can make zucchini noodles without a spiralizer using household kitchen tools. Here are two more easy ways to make zoodles: Mandoline: If you have a mandoline, set it to thinly slice lengthwise. Vegetable peeler: Use your trusty veggie peeler to make long ribbons of zucchini.

Although the flavors of zucchini, summer squash, carrots, and butternut squash work best with our recipes, vegetables like beets, celery root, cucumbers, parsnips, rutabaga, and sweet potatoes can also be successfully spiralized.

Now, there's a new way to slice onions: spiralize them! Hopefully, by now, you're really getting your money's worth from the spiralizer. By either using Blade A or Blade C, you can spiralize an onion and get different results.

A worthy spiralizer should do more than just crank out zucchini noodles — it should marry design and function so seamlessly that you find yourself looking for excuses to swirl, shred, and slice, adding vegetables to every meal just for the fun of it.

What item do you use to shred cheese? ›

These are indispensable tools not only for cheese, but for shredding vegetables, chocolate, cheese, nuts, and even as a secret weapon for making perfect dough. But when shopping for cheese graters, options abound: rotary graters, electric graters, ergonomic box graters of all kinds.

Method 3: Use a Spiralizer

Spiralizing zucchini won't create small, tiny shreds like the other methods described here, but it definitely works in a pinch. A hand-crank or electric spiralizer will create long, noodle-like threads that are perfect for making gluten-free pasta dishes.