At first, it looks like a plastic colander, but instead of holes, it has slits, which are actually used to slice the vegetables. You put your salad and toppings in the slotted bowl, rinse everything, then put the base on top of the bowl (which acts like a lid), flip it over and slice right through the available openings.
Twist and slice some more to get everything down to salad-size. That really takes the extra time and effort out of chopping veggies one by one on a chopping board.
You don't only have to use the 60 Second Salad Maker to slice veggies, think about fruit salads too! They can be just as much of a pain to make, and honestly, sometimes they're way better than regular old veggie salads.
The product is dishwasher safe, which is a relief, because cleaning through each of those slits with your hands could get messy, especially if you sliced some juicy tomatoes.
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