Use Your KitchenAid Mixer to Cut the Time it Takes to Prepare Tomatoes for Canning

[@dbeaumontresident847]

Jill. My grandmother uses the same process, but what she does is quarters the tomatoes, cooks them for 1.5 hrs, then pours the "soup" into the machine to separate the skins and seeds. The waste is much less, and the process is quite smooth. I recommend you try it when making your pasta sauce :)

[@getitright5863]

Dbeaumont Resident what a good idea, thanks for the information.

[@davaceleste4229]

How does she cook them? Cookie sheet in oven or in pot on stove? And if in oven, what temp?

[@reneehughes7860]

Great video and tutorial. I use my KitchenAid for everything I can. Adorable helper. Tell her this grandma waved back.

[@Bob-he1pc]

Don’t waste the pulp! Dehydrate it, powder it and then use it in soups and stews etc for flavouring.

[@GlobetrotterGranny]

YES! I was thinking the same thing!

[@A347baker]

Do you dehydrate in a dehydrator? Can it be in both that and in the oven? If yes in the oven as well, do you know the times and temps, and do you place it directly on a baking sheet or on parchment paper?

[@billiejoblizard6050]

I love using this method. In reading some of the comments- no there is no waste- just the seeds and peels. Makes the thickest best tasting sauce and juice. No bitterness from the seeds either. I use this for Roma’s and heirloom tomatoes. I also love the Amish paste as well.

[@JanetMueller-d6y]

Can you make a part 2 showing the canning process? Or if you have share the link. Thank you

[@Gma25]

I love how you show clearly how to attach the juicer to the mixer. I have the booklet and it is not clear how to attach the parts. I do better when you show me! Yes, this method saved me a lot of time prepping the tomatoes. So much easier. Thank you!

[@rudolfburggraaf]

Thank you, yet another wonderful use of my kitchenaid AND the millions of tomatoes coming out of the garden at the moment.

[@lisamccullar-pumphrey4548]

Thank you so much for demonstrating how to use the KitchenAid mixer for tomatoes! I used mine today for about 6 pounds of tomatoes and it really worked.

[@markr.1584]

I love your terminology of the parts. Looks like you have a great helper. Enjoy it while you can. Few years from now you'll have to beg her to help. Great video.

[@curtsnitker7595]

Thanks for the video.... I was hesitant to order but this convinced me, it's a worthwhile purchase..

[@SharonJackson13]

Just used mine for the first time today. Works like a dream. I am going to take the suggestion here to cook the quartered tomatoes for 1.5 hours and then pour the soup through the attachment...way easier on the machine, I think!

[@thebeginnersgarden]

I'm sure it would be easier on the machine. I did worry about the longevity of the attachment using fresh tomatoes, as it does seem like the mixer works hard. Seven years later, though, it still works great!

[@oldschooliron4873]

There is nothing like fresh tomato sauce! This attachment makes it possible when you don't have time for the blanching process. Thanks for the video!! I have to get one of these attachments for the Kitchenaid mixer!!

[@annette9747]

Awesome. I was going to purchase a hand crank mill grinder, but this is so much easier/better. Great tutorial and your assistant is absolutely beautiful.🙂

[@BrooksVanKirk]

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. I have this kitchen aid attachment and it didn't even cross my mind as an option. I have been watching videos about other ways to make tomato sauce that seem so much more time consuming. I am so thankful that I came across your video. Such a time saver!!

[@victorpro8178]

We use kitchen side too.

[@ds2977]

Love that you are teaching the kids :)

[@richieboy6700]

I found this video for my wife. She was very pleased. Good job!

[@surgicaltechcrafter2169]

Thank you. I just got my Kitchenaid and all the attachments because we cook, bake, can so much. I was able to get rid of so many other individual kitchen gadgets because this does everything lol

[@handgunner45ACP]

that attachment is amazing, we did 50lbs of romas in about 1hr and 1/2 and made them into 8 quarts of sauce. thanks for the vid..

[@thebeginnersgarden]

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@tinkerbell716]

Was it an hour and a half using the machine alone or an hour and a half in total from start to finish?

[@handgunner45ACP]

1.5 hrs, cleaned, quartered, and fed thru the strainer, its a super simple process. I just did 60 lbs on Saturday, about the same time frame, got 20 quarts out of them! the drag of the whole thing is the canning, all that jar prepping and sterilizing..i hate that part!

[@muddyriverdogz]

I just did 28 quarts of cooked down seedless juice with a hand crank.

[@AmbachtAle]

I am going to try this with persimmons! Thanks for the video.

[@BlueMoiraine]

Same for apple sauce! I just quarter clean apples, skin and all, cook them as per my recipe, and then put the whole thing aside from the cinnamon sticks and other whole spices in the Kitchen Aid fruit strainer... the apple sauce has a beautiful pink hue to it :)

[@julieklensch2373]

Thank you!!! This worked as well as it was demonstrated in your video. Great instructions.

[@chrisgoddard4032]

Been canning like this for over 15 years. Love thst kitchen aid!

[@Trivit30]

We always blanched the tomatoes first before running them through this rig.... love it!

[@danalewis9240]

Omg! So wish I had this about 2 weeks ago. I think we’ve canned about 1000 tomato things in August. All blanching, skinning. Hell I just left the seed. This is going to be great next season.

[@dpower02]

hi I am a guy, this is complicated, I use freezer ziplock bags and freeze tomatoes fresh from garden direct to freezer, I do remove green tops I have done roma types, scotian types and beefsteak types. You get softer tomatoes and cracked skin but tomatoes are still good for sauces, paste or ketchup, not good for chunky salsa but plain sauce salsa is good. At times I just get too many tomatoes and needed a quick method to save tomatoes, this worked better than letting them go another week in the garden.

[@stclairstclair]

dpower02, There are two disadvantages of freezing, It hogs up freezer space and when it's time to cook dinner I dont have to wait for them to de thaw, I just pop the top and make my spaghetti sauce .

[@dannielleblack2173]

Thanks so much for this video. I was looking to buy a Squeezo strainer and was doing research when I found your video. I already own a KitchenAid mixer and had no idea it came with this attachment. This will save me LOADS of time and not to mention I wont have to crank my arm to death with the Squeezo model. Thanks again.

[@twinztwice]

Your daughter is SO freaking adorable!!

[@jewels2149]

Wish I had seen this last year because I had Several gallons of cherry tomatoes. That I had to process. This year. Somehow I have. Several gallons of baby romance which I never even planted, but they are thriving! Thank you for this video, Jill! I have had that attachment for years but never knew the process.

[@judyschultz7855]

Thank you so much for this video. I purchased the strainer and used it today.....so much easier and faster!

[@thebeginnersgarden]

So glad you're enjoying it!

[@TheNightnightowl]

I wish that I had seen this video when you first posted it! It is a game changer! I put off getting the sieve/strainer attachment because I already had the metal grinder attachment (the sieve/strainer attachment doesn’t work with it.). After my first batch this year, I broke down and purchased both. Yesterday, I did batch 2 with the Kitchen Aid. I was working with a combination of fresh and froze so I cook them first. The fresh get cored and quartered. The frozen (cored before freezing) get dumped in a sink of how water (it cools quickly so the tomatoes are easy to handle). I skin them at this point. The skins easily slip off with almost zero pulp still attached. (I had a few yellow tomatoes that had too much pulp still attached to the skin, so they went in the pot skin and all). After the tomatoes had all softened up, I put them through the strainer. The strained product was beautiful, but I wasn’t thrilled with the waste-it was too wet and had too much pulp for my liking. I ran it through the strainer a second time and was thrilled with both the strained product and the waste. The waste is truly waste and is off to the compost. I’m sold. This “gadget” ( as my husband refers to it), is a winner!

[@garydutko119]

Hi Jill, Thanks for the video. I experimented with my kitchen aid mixer and the attachments. First used frozen tomatoes which I thawed out-way too much water. Second, used fresh (not frozen/thawed) San Marzano plum tomatoes-PERFECT thick sauce. Highly recommend plum tomatoes for a thicker sauce. Regular tomatoes for juice. Many thanks again for a great video.

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Thank you for letting me know! I suspected frozen tomatoes would produce too much water, based on my own past experiences with that. Glad to hear they went through the attachment fine, though. I had never tried that. Thanks again for the feedback!

[@garydutko119]

Jill, I thawed the frozen tomatoes before putting them thru the kitchen aid. However, regular tomatoes that are frozen can be run under hot water and the skins come right off-no blanching required. I start my homemade spaghetti sauce that way.

[@vivianmarshall]

Your video is the best I've seen.. Thank you...

[@michellesmixedmediamadness]

Cutest little helper. Thanks for sharing and I hope I can make this work with my tomato mill. I'm not sure it was made to attach to the Kitchen Aid but I'll try.

[@rollinghomesteadandwildedi4204]

Thanks for sharing this will save me 2 days of work this summer when we can tomatoes

[@donprincoify]

She is so posh and proper.Love the video.

[@damehome2563]

Great video. 1st attempt processing tomatoes with vegetable strainer. Thanks

[@Georgia-WRBNS]

I'm just seeing this vlog this year! Lol! First...OMGOSH! You're daughter is SO CUTE! What a Wonderful memory y'all will have looking back at this! So sweet! Loved her waving to the camera! After this last batch of tomatoes I did, you can bet I'm off to buy this right now! It took me all day to do a bushel of tomatoes! Thank You So Very Much! This is a lifesaver! And now I'm off to subscribe and like then order this for my Kitchen Aid! 🥰

[@thebeginnersgarden]

I don't know what I'd do without mine! Thank you!

[@GenetryHomestead]

Thank you for this! I just got one and wasn't sure how much prep I needed to do.

[@DiannaAtherton]

Can I share my tried and true method with you? I let the tomato meat fall into a large bowl with a strainer on top. If you let it rest a lot of tomato water will drop through. You end up with tomato meat. I spoon it into a canning jar with a sprig of fresh basil, minced garlic and citric acid. Cans up beautifully.

[@JohnnyC10071959]

I looked twice, the young girl looks so much like my Shoshana (who is now a grown woman). Great video. I have the attachment and love it.

[@rebeccalynn3092]

Hi Jill. I know what can often cause blossom end rot. Try some bone meal in your soil. That can be a sign that your tomato plants need more calcium. Thanks for teaching me how to use my new attachment.

[@heidigib01]

I love it, you grow tomatoes but don’t like fresh ones, me either, but I like tomato sauce too.

[@southlakelife]

Great video Jill and thank you. I just ordered mine! I'm over the hand cranking of the mill. lol

[@Eagle457-PS]

I do the same. The mill takes a lot of time.

[@ShelitaRN]

Hey pretty lady Jill! I just purchased this gadget and I can't wait to use it! Thanks for the tutorial!

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Great! I hope you enjoy is as much as I enjoy mine!

[@danacraig220]

You can cut the time even more by freezing the tomatoes as they come in. Then defrost and pour the water off when the batch is big enough.This makes them SO easy to work with, and no watery sauce. I learned about this from Living Traditions Homestead, and I have done it for 2 seasons so far. I used the manual tomato machine, so now I need to get this strainer attachment and only strain the tomatoes, not my arms and hands. Thank you for this video. It is confusing when amazon tries to sell you more parts than you need, and you really helped me out of that.

[@je9732]

Strain the tomatoes not arms and hand lol that's great

[@AngiesPantry58]

The pulp is not trash you can dehydrate it & make tomato Powder with it.. Thanks for sharing I have been looking at these for a few now.. Pretty cool..

[@joannebockus8982]

I need to get one of these. I spent all day doing a table full of ripe tomatoes. This would save me lots of time and extra mess.

[@cwhooooo]

Thank you! I was debating whether I should invest:)

[@angelathameswalker1052]

Your daughter is THE CUTEST!

[@kellylynch3775]

I just discovered your channel. Liked and subscribed. Kitchen Aid is on my wishlist. Thank you for demonstrating the attachment. Does it work with any other foods? Your Daughter is Precious. It's good to get children envolved in tasks. Great to see you know & practice this time well spent together. Blessings to you and family.

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Yes! It works well for muscadines. I made muscadine jelly one year. I assume seedless grapes would work just as well, and I'm sure there are other options, too. The particular attachment I bought also came with a meat grinder, and I've used it for grinding chicken.

[@kellylynch3775]

Journey with Jill in the Garden Thanks for the response, Jill.

[@annasims6951]

Journey with Jill in the Garden Thanks for the video. This is so me w to me but husband just bought a kitchen aid mixer. Hope I can find some of your recipes for tomatoes paste eat. Thanks a bunch!

[@michelesalazar3279]

Just found your video. OMG you daughter has the same color hair and curls as my granddaughter, beautiful. Before you boil down the tomatoes I saw a lady scoop out as much juice as possible and canned the juice for soup and to drink. I have a kitchen aid and will order the attachment

[@thebeginnersgarden]

michele salazar Thank you! And great suggestion!

[@sharonlatour6230]

Jill, that is awesome!

[@Ghostinthedark100]

Love it

[@ravenblackhawke]

thanks so much!

[@sharonlatour6230]

daughter is adorable!!

[@brendadickens8746]

thanks very interesting

[@sandylemke5661]

Thanks. Very helpful

[@jean405]

Great video, and your daughter is so cute

[@ginaneal9765]

Thank you so much! Great video and can’t wait to see more you have out. You’re daughters cute too ;)

[@mjb12141963]

No trash in a healthy garden. Compost, compost, compost.

[@joannwilliams4801]

Jill, thanks for this video! Have you ever had liquid drip from the piece that screws the attachment onto the mixer head? Should that ring be tightened until you can't see the grooves that it is screwing onto. I couldn't get mine to go all the way.

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Not sure whether you’re talking about where the attachment goes to the mixer or where the attachment screws together. The first, no I haven’t had that happen. The second, yes it happens sometimes and it seems to be fine.

[@andie9842]

This makes sense...dan wish I had this attachment already! I’m looking for a way without a foodmill lol..amazon overnight?! Haha good vid girl👏🏼💖✌🏼

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Ha! Thank you! 😊

[@jenhebert8094]

Can you use this attachment for berry's as small as currants. I make jelly and need a new method after the boiling process to squeeze the berries for remaining juice without getting the skins. Cheese cloth method I have been using but its hard on the hands especially when hot

[@amyburwinkel9579]

Thanks for the clip! Very helpful(:

[@kellyshipley7320]

Jill make recipe videos for the people who have no idea how to make spaghetti sauce, paste, and everything else you mentioned lol 😁 I'm just getting started with practicing in the kitchen and just got a mixer.

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Kelly Shipley That's a great idea! I got most of my recipes off Pinterest. :)

[@jeffenglishsetter8339]

Are the seeds viable after using this? I plant heirloom pants and carry the seeds over to the next year I like the idea and another attachment for the kitchen aide is always a winner.

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Yes, I have definitely done this. When I do, I have to make sure I'm only processing one variety at a time, though, just to make sure I don't mix up Romas with Amish Paste, for example.

[@shannonteter978]

Hi, Jill! Do you have a link to buy all of these parts? Thanks!!

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Yes, it's the fruit and vegetable strainer attachment with food grinder, and the link is in the description of the video. You can also get a link on my Amazon Recommendations page at journeywithjill.net/amazon

[@cherylcabral4]

Could this be used to make jellied cranberry sauce once the cranberries are cooked?

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Not sure. I’d suggest checking the owner’s manual (they are posted online) to make sure specific fruit/veg can go through it.

[@halsmith2174]

Is it safe to assume that after processing, one uses the hot water bath (20 mins) as usual for tomatoes? Thanks - great job! My harvest is essentially done here in North Georgia - but next year!!!

[@thebeginnersgarden]

It depends on the recipe, but the one I use requires 35 minutes for sauce. Be sure to add the correct amount of lemon juice or citric acid and consult with a trusted canning recipe source. (I use the Ball Blue Book mostly.)

[@billecopeland1857]

Don’t throw those skins away. You can dehydrate them and turn into powder for soups and other dishes. Your daughter would like to learn this process also. You won’t be sorry. So flavorful.

[@seikibrian8641]

I like to run the expelled pulp through the strainer a second time; there's an unexpected amount of juice and flesh left in it after just one pass.

[@thebeginnersgarden]

You're not the first to mention that -- sounds like I need to try it next season! Thank you!

[@christianstclaire5706]

Do not do it!, it applies undue pressure on the metal part at the seam which un welded itself, becoming totally useless.

[@seikibrian8641]

Either you're running your mixer at too-high a speed, feeding the pulp through too fast, or both.

[@christianstclaire5706]

@SeikiBrian actually if you run it too fast the extraction is not thorough, and waist aka "carrot " is more wet which make you want to re process it, my screen broke in less then 3 minutes, just not worth the risk. or maybe my screen had a defect but the same cone was used for years, when I reprocessed I could hear the machine laboring and the carrot coming out was bone dry.

[@seikibrian8641]

I NEVER suggested reprocessing CARROTS! No wonder you broke yours! This video is about TOMATOES!

[@jfbrko290]

Question: what is cleanup of the parts like and do any of the parts require vegetable oil to keep from drying out or for lubrication purposes?

[@thebeginnersgarden]

I put everything in the top rack of my dishwasher. I do have to scrub some of the parts to get the tomato residue out, but for the most part it's not a big process. I have never lubricated any of the parts.

[@jfbrko290]

@@thebeginnersgarden thanks! I'm going to really consider getting a KitchenAid since I love making fresh tomato sauce.

[@Jdngls]

Once the seeds and pulp come out of the machine. . . Can the seeds be seperated from the pulp, fermented and then used as next year's seed? Would seed be damaged by the process? Thank you for the answers! :-)

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Yes you can!

[@Jdngls]

@@thebeginnersgarden thank you!! :-)

[@tootleray4923]

Jill, I am a true beginner. My husband wants tomato juice and I want sauce. My question is what the next steps are the the two things. Boil what you get out to make sauce and can what you get out to have juice? Can I heat jars in the oven and heat the tomatoe juice/sauce and can them that way?

[@thebeginnersgarden]

I have never made juice, so I'm not sure about that. I would think you'd want to use a sieve of some kind to remove the flesh to get true juice. But yes, for sauce, you do boil down until you get the consistency you want. As far as canning, look up canning recipes from the National Center for Home Food Preservation or a trusted source like the Ball Blue Book (that's what I started with).

[@ShaikhFahadMajid]

Do we have to buy the mincer attachment for the strainer to work with?

[@thebeginnersgarden]

If you're referring to the food grinder attachment, yes that is required. They do sell the strainer attachment separately, but only in case you already own the food grinder attachment. If you follow the link in the video, it goes directly to the all-in-one attachment.

[@ShaikhFahadMajid]

Thank you for your reply.

[@annasims6951]

Do you pressure wash cans or can you put all jars and lids in dishwasher?

[@thebeginnersgarden]

I wash my jars in the dishwasher. I usually don't have to wash the bands because they stay clean, and lids are only one-time use so they don't get washed.

[@mamachip]

Get nice, ripe tomatoes, cut out the stems and bad spots and cook 'em down until soft and add a bit a salt and put a couple of basil leaves in the jar to get Italian style canned tomatoes Nice to see that you dont have to spend 400 bucks on that big Italian machine.

[@huynhcindy512]

Hello, is the strainer part of the meat grinder?

[@thebeginnersgarden]

I bought it as one complete set. If you already own the meat grinder, it is my understanding that you can purchase the strainer set only to attach to the grinder. (The grinder alone doesn't strain.) But if you don't have the meat grinder, you'll have to purchase the complete set. Hope that makes sense.

[@barbaralouise7918]

Where did you get the Hungarian Heart tomato seeds?

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Seed Savers Exchange, several years ago.

[@jameschupp2230]

I used to help my mom and did the cut tomatoes, cooked tomatoes, put through a tapered screen using a wood stick to sqeeze all the juice out.... Yea it was a lot of work... But I found a much better way... 1) Chop the tomatoes 2) Put in the blender and blend till a sauce.... And put it right in the big pot to heat... (Blending already heats it up a little) Yes, Use the skin and seeds... 3) Just heat it up a little longer in a pan... and the "grassy" taste goes away from the skin and seeds and I get a Lot Thicker Sauce! 4) Put the hot sauce in hot clean jars and seal Very Thick and Quick!

[@ericnewton538]

Cute

[@abbiefultz785]

Will this juice other vegetable raw. like carrots and celery, apples?

[@thebeginnersgarden]

abbie fultz No, I don't believe so. I think you'd need a juicer for that.

[@abbiefultz785]

Journey with Jill in the Garden yes! kitchen aide apparently has a juicer attatchment witch will also do tomato sauce and Apple sauce. :)

[@JETMECH401ST]

I think you could take the waste would be perfect for freezing and starting new plants the next year, and also you could just throw all of it out in your garden or another place for great mulch.

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Yes, I do save seeds from the tomatoes each year. And I put it in my compost. I'm not sure how great a mulch it would be since a lot of those seeds end up sprouting as volunteers --- almost like weeds! I've got an entire compost pile growing tomatoes this year. Haha!

[@eugenestewart2965]

Can you do a video on spaghetti sauce with the grinder?

[@thebeginnersgarden]

My online course, Harvest to Kitchen, includes this. You can find information on that on my web site. JOURNEYWITHJILL.net/courses

[@2redbird1]

You can reduce your simmering time by straining your sauce then adding back some juice to get the consistency you want. No more simmering for hours and hours and you have tomato juice to can as well.

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Thanks for the tip! I'll have to try that!

[@time-out-tuti-fruti5142]

Can it go through after boiling (once cooled) as so much of the flavour is in the pulp and skins. I boil mine before putting it through a hand strainer.

[@thebeginnersgarden]

I'm not sure that would be necessary. I have run my skins through a second time to get more sauce. But I don't boil first.

[@breakfastradish5331]

Could I do this with a juicer?

[@thebeginnersgarden]

I honestly don't know. I don't own a juicer. I'm not sure the juicer would separate the skin and seeds as well as this does.

[@carmenrivera9466]

Where did you get that machine with the attachments ?

[@thebeginnersgarden]

The kitchen aid mixer can be bought anywhere (amazon but I got mine from kohls) and I bought the attachment on amazon. See the video description for direct link.

[@804Jester]

@@thebeginnersgarden What model mixer is shown? Thanks.

[@thebeginnersgarden]

It's the Classic Plus, one of the lower end ones but it has worked well!

[@Raiden_N7]

It seems as a though you get a lot more waste with this method than just running the tomatoes through a traditional food mill. It almost appears that you're juicing the tomatoes and losing a lot of the flesh in the process, rather than just the skins and seeds.

[@ruthbomback7245]

I want to make relish, but I don't need the juice or pulp divided, can I just leave then off the machine and just use the grinder

[@thebeginnersgarden]

When I make relish, I don't use this. I use a food processor instead. I'm not sure that this strainer would work well with relish.

[@aunttiasbackyard5028]

This was a very helpful video but you must know that your helper stole the entire show.

[@billecopeland1857]

Please let us kow if you use any of our comments. Please try the dehydratin hem into powders. It works and no waste.

[@diannamoorer5915]

Do you think this will work with berries to get the seeds out?

[@thebeginnersgarden]

It depends on the berry I believe. The manual says to remove the hulls of strawberries before processing, and I imagine those seeds would be too tiny and would pass through the strainer. I haven't tried with blackberries but the manual does give a recipe for raspberries. I have processed muscadines in it before.

[@diannamoorer5915]

@@thebeginnersgarden I would love to try using this with our Elderberries. We harvested a lot this year and getting the seeds out is a pain.

[@thebeginnersgarden]

@@diannamoorer5915 The only caution I saw in the manual was on certain types of grapes. If you try I'd love to hear how it goes! I am hoping to grow elderberries someday.

[@diannamoorer5915]

@@thebeginnersgarden If I get the attachment for the mixer I will certainly let you know how it works with the elderberries.

[@dannywilson5732]

Have you ever made catsup with this?

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Yes, I have, and I even tried to put it in an old ketchup bottle, but my kids weren't fooled. 🤣 I liked it though!

[@dannywilson5732]

How long did you have to cook the tomatoes to make catsup?

[@harrytibbetts282]

I run the "trash" through a second or even a third time. You'd be surprised how much sauce is left in it after the initial process. One word of caution though; if you try to run it through more than one or two more times the seeds might clog up the cone.

[@SharonJackson13]

What is the easiest way to clean the strainer?

[@thebeginnersgarden]

I put it in the dishwasher, but tomato bits still remain. So now I use a scrub brush and run it down the length of the strainer. Sometimes I do it before putting in the dishwasher, and sometimes I use it after. It only takes a few seconds to clean that way.

[@jenniferolle7594]

Do you need both the fruit/veg strainer AND the food grinder for this process?

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Yes, they work together.

[@scottishnotirish]

warning...hair, loose clothing, little hands can get caught on the cam going around!!!!! 5 stiches later taught me this lesson!!!! thank God I was not home alone at the time!!

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Cathy Johnson Yikes! Thanks for the warning!

[@rod22lt]

Hi. Thanks for the vid. I love tomato juice and my mom said she has tons of tomatoes this year so I was thinking of buying this (I already have the professional and grinder) My mom is a traditionalist and cuts, blanches then puts the tomatoes through some kind of huge cone shaped sieve to normally make tomato juice. It's a huge amount of work. Do u think this makes good juice? Could we follow what u did and not skin and blanch? How does the tomato juice get thick? Thanks for any advice. Rod

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Hi, yes, this should make juice equivalent to what you've done the other way. Inside the Fruit/Vegetable Strainer attachment is a sieve-like part, which I assume would serve the same purpose as the cone-shaped sieve to which you are referring. Although I make sauce from this juice (and therefore haven't tried the juice myself), I don't see why this method would be any different. Yes, by using this, you can skip the skinning and blanching, as this attachment takes those steps out of the process. (For larger tomatoes, I do cut some of the tough cores out, though.) Here is the link to the attachment I use: www.amazon.com/KitchenAid-Grinder-Fruit-Vegetable-Strainer/dp/B00004SGFJ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1472418578&sr=8-2&keywords=kitchen+aid+fruit+vegetable+strainer+attachment

[@rod22lt]

Hey thanks so much for the quick and helpful answer! I'll let u know how it works out

[@thebeginnersgarden]

rod22lt Yes, please do!

[@rod22lt]

+Journey with Jill in the Garden Hey so my mom and I tried the strainer for the tomato juice. It was absolutely fantastic! We were both amazed at how easy it was and how much juice we got out of the tomatoes. (It was actually too thick so she added a bit of water while simmering it) I put the "waste" through a second time and got even more juice and ended w less waste that was quite dry which means we got most of the liquid out. It's delicious...exactly how I like it. So we did it w raw tomato like u suggested and cut out the first boil and de-skin. My mom told me after that she was thinking I was crazy when I brought the strainer to her house but now, she'll never do tomatoes the "hard way" ever again. In fact she said that I can't take the strainer home. She kept it and paid me for it! A huge thank you to you for sharing this vid! I likely wouldn't have bothered trying this if not for you. Do u use the strainer for anything else? Cheers! Rod

[@thebeginnersgarden]

I'm so happy to hear that this worked well for you! And putting the waste a second time through was genius! I'll have to try that sometime! I've used the strainer successfully with muscadines when making muscadine jelly. I believe it could be used with grapes as well, provided they are seedless. The seeds in grapes are too large for the attachment. (I think those stipulations are mentioned in the owner's manual.)I've also used this to grind chicken, using the included meat grinder disc. I was pleased with the results, and I'm sure it could be used for turkey as well. And I believe there are other suggestions in the owner's manual.So glad this worked for you! Thanks for sharing!

[@waynenoland7587]

Wow, I can't believe how much time that saves. What are some other practical uses for that KitchenAid mixer to make it worth the investment??

[@thebeginnersgarden]

The mixer itself I use for all sorts of baking and cooking, but you may be actually referring to the attachment itself. I have used it to crush muscadines (like grapes) to get the skin off and produce juice for jelly. Also, this particular attachment can grind meat, so I've used it to take chicken breasts and turn it into ground chicken. There are other uses, but those are the main ones for me. The user manual (usually posted online) gives instructions for what can and can't be used in the strainer.