Should you buy a thermomix?

When I tell people that I own a thermomix I get mixed responses. Some people get excited and share their recipes or tips with me and some others look down to me as if I am cheating at cooking! And I believe that that is one of the main reasons that people don't like it, they feel that it takes away the "creativity" and hard-work of cooking. But why blame a product that does what it was made for? Of course it makes it easier for someone whose cooking skills are not so good to cook something that you could eat at a restaurant! And as for the "creative" factor once you get to know it and can improvise with it then you can be as creative with it! So here are my reasons why I love my thermomix:

1. Less things to wash!

If I make for example a soup with vegetables I will peel them, put them in the thermomix and it will cut them, boil them with rice and vegetable stock and if I want the soup to be veloute then it can do that as well. All these in the same bucket so I only have one thing to wash. If I was to do it in the traditional way I would have to peel them, use a grater or a mixer to cut them into smaller pieces, use a pot to cook them in and if I want a veloute soup use again a mixer to do so.

2. More time to do other things! 

If I am expecting guests to arrive or need to clean the house at the same time it really helps that I don't need to be constantly there stirring or tasting so I can have time to cook something else, set the table or clean the house while it does all the work!

3. I can cook difficult things easily!

So I may not be the most skilled cook! The thermomix can cook bechamel sauce, pork fillets with plums in honey sauce and nutella ice cream easily and I can serve them to my family and friends and enjoy a lovely meal! 

4. It can cook baby food.

I know a mother of two who uses it to cook for her kids homemade puree with meat and vegetable or apples. Much cheaper, has a lot of variety and is sure that all the ingredients are fresh and that there are no preservatives or sugar in them.