Today's small kitchen appliances make quick work of preparing your favorite dishes with a minimum of cleanup time. Most of the units, or at least their usable parts, are dishwasher-safe. Consumer Guide has picked some interesting units to introduce to you that can help you effortlessly make healthy drinks and dishes. These products include a powerful juice extractor, an elegant coffee maker, an efficient stand mixer, a smudge-resistant food processor and a simple hand blender. These small kitchen appliances that can get you quickly started on enjoying some healthy eating -- without all the cleanup hassle.


Waring Pro Pulp Eject Juice Extractor JEX450

What better way to get your daily servings of fruit and vegetables than with a machine designed to pulverize and extract vitamin-rich juices with just the touch of a button? The Waring Pro Pulp Eject Juice Extractor JEX450 keeps it simple; its 850-watt centrifugal-force motor activates immediately by a simple toggle switch. It extracts juices while ejecting the pulp in a separate 10-cup container. And it does all this while looking great on your counter as it is housed in brushed stainless steel with black trim. It does, however, take up a considerable amount of space, so be sure to have room on your kitchen counter for this wonderful appliance. Its oversized 3-inch-diameter feed tube can accommodate large pieces and, in some cases, whole produce items such as apples, carrots and tomatoes. And its two-speed operation can slow down for better extraction with softer produce or speed up for harder produce, such as carrots. What's more, most of the parts are dishwasher-safe. With this powerful juice extractor, it takes only a few seconds to have a healthy drink in hand.


Sunbeam Heritage Series Mixmaster Stand Mixer 2349

Extremely powerful and efficient for all types of mixing, the Sunbeam Mixmaster 2349 combines an elegant design with the performance needed in a powerful stand mixer. Made of die-cast metal and a 450-watt motor, the Mixmaster 2349 offers 12 speeds and three-way mixing action to provide you with a great degree of control over the mixing of your ingredients. And the mixer's head tilts back so you can easily remove either one of the two stainless-steel mixing bowls that come with the unit. Sizes for these bowls are 4-1/2 and 2-1/5 quarts, so there's plenty of room here to mix large batches. It also comes with stainless-steel beaters, whisk and dough hook. But the most interesting feature of this machine is its dual motor, which enables one motor to drive the beaters and a separate motor to spin the work bowl -- a rarity in stand mixers.

Sunbeam Heritage Series Mixmaster Stand Mixer 2349
Sunbeam Heritage Series Mixmaster Stand Mixer 2349


Mr. Coffee 8-Cup Thermal Coffeemaker Black DRTX85

Mr. Coffee's 8-Cup Thermal Coffeemaker is just the right size for a smaller kitchen. Its compact size will fit neatly on your counter with room to spare and plenty of coffee to go around. Eight cups of coffee brew can brew within eight minutes. Programming allows for delayed brewing, immediate brewing and instant shut-off. Brewing can also stop up to 30 seconds to allow for a quick coffee cup fill-up. After the coffee is brewed, this Mr. Coffee coffeemaker will keep the carafe contents warm for several hours. When the carafe's lid is closed, steam is contained to continue warming and making a warming tray unnecessary.


Braun Multiquick Professional Hand Blender MR5550 MBC

If you're looking for professional results when blending, pureeing or chopping, the Braun MR5550 MBC has a unique Turbo function just for those tasks. This unit is comprised of an 8-inch slim motor handle, blender shaft, whisk attachment, measuring beaker with airtight lid, 40-ounce clear chopper, ice-crushing insert for chopper and handy wall mount bracket. A separate dial regulator lets you adjust the five speeds from low to high. Its anti-splashing shaft design prevents most messy splashing that may occur when using this machine. With a 400-watt motor, the Multiquick Professional Hand Blender MR5550 MBC makes blending foods a simple task.


Black & Decker Textured Series 500-Watt Food Processor FP1550T

Save time preparing your favorite foods with the Black & Decker Textured Series Food Processor FP1550T. This unit is economical and efficient, and it offers a 500-watt motor capable of chopping, mincing, mixing, shredding and slicing many foods. A 10-cup-capacity work bowl, double-sided chopping blade, dough blade, stainless-steel slicing/shredding disc, cover with feed chute and food pusher come with the unit. And the motor base is weighed to sit firmly on your countertop. It also has a smooth, black exterior with a pebbled texture finish that resists smudges and fingerprints.