Food processor
 

exactly how/for what, does one use a food processor? I have a small electric chopper that I use if I need to, but was watching some you tube where a food processor was used to grate potatoes.......got to wondering what else? Looked some up, just out of curiosity, price range is quite varied......and some recipes: hummus, make your own peanut butter, mayo, baby food, none of which really interest me. Do you have one, what do you do with it?

I use mine to make chicken salad. It's amazing the difference in taste from chopped to ground chicken meat. My daughter uses hers to chop onions, celery, bell pepper, but she was cooking for a bunch of people. It's just me & my husband. I really should find out more that it will do because it just sits there on my counter a bunch of the time.

Edited to add: I just looked up FP's online. Mine is about 15 years old. It has the blade up above the bowl, so it basically is just a large chopper. I know that I would use one more if I had the blade down in the bowl so that it actually mixed things up. Now....do I really need one? Probably not.

I use my food processor to make hummus, grate vegetables and cheese, slice onions and potatoes (and other vegetables). It can be used to make pizza dough and purée soups. It makes quick work of large jobs.

I have a small one I've had for years. I can't remember the last time I used it or even exactly where it is now that I think about it.

I have a medium sized one and I use it to grate cheese for pimento cheese, cabbage for slaw, onions so I don't cry, and potatoes for hash browns. I also use it for slicing veggies and cooked chicken. It also has a blade that I use to make crushed ice which I love better than ice cubes. I don't have to wear my hands and shoulders out chopping tomatoes, onions and peppers when making chow-chow. I didn't use it much as first until I realized how much time it would save me. The only problem I've had is accidentally cutting my finger on the slicing blade...it's sharper than my rotary cutter!

When I cooked all the time, I used mine every day. I chopped and shredded my vegetables. I never used it for meat, but I think that might work OK for me now. I loved mine, I would never give it up. I love it at Christmas when I chop all my nuts for my cookies and breads. Hmm, now I think I will start using it again, get it back up on the counter.

I use it for grating cheese, chopping cabbage and onions/carrots for soups, pureeing for hummus/cheese dips, slicing potatoes/onions (Although I usually use my mandoline for that), chopping nuts/candies for Christmas baking.
If you don't make big bunches of stuff, you're likely better off with a small food chopper and an immersion blender, IMO.

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I have a large one and a small one. I use the small one a lot for chopping nuts, onions, cheese, etc. The big one rarely gets used because it's so big and heavy to drag out. But it's great for slicing potatoes for scalloped potatoes or chopping big amounts of veggies.

I have one but rarely use it. About the only thing I use it for is making the filling for deviled eggs. For just two people it's too big and I hate cleaning it.

It is only me and my DH but I do use mine a lot. I have a Cuisineart. I probably use it for grating cheeses more than any other thing. I don't like to buy pre-grated cheese because of what they put into it for an anti-clumping agent (basically it is sawdust). I use it puree soups, chop veggies, mix cake and cookie batters, make meat spreads. It really does make quick work of making a cheesecake batter. I also use mine to make whipped cream.

When it is canning season it is indispensable to me when making my massive batches of tomato sauce for canning. I use it to chop all the onions, peppers and garlic before cooking the tomatoes down into sauce, then after it is done I use it to puree the sauce (and I can still leave it just a little bit chunky). In recipes when I need a lot of chopped garlic it makes quick work of it, just peel the cloves, turn the machine on and drop the cloves in with the machine running.

Ideal for making my own bread crumbs and cracker crumbs. I have also used it to make my own home-made sausage but if I had a meat grinder attachment I would use that instead. You have to be careful when using the chopping function on raw meat, it is easy to overdo it.

It does do a decent job of slicing hard veggies but I prefer a mandolin for that.

I use mine in the same manner Ms. Feline does. Although I didn't know you could make whipped cream in it.

I won't use a Mandolin anymore. I almost sliced the end of my finger off when the guard slipped off the veggie I was slicing.

I use my Cuisinart all the time for the same list but my favorite use is for grating potatoes for pancakes. Love me some potato pancakes!!

Another favorite is Falafel

pita bread dough

It is a very versatile machine for me. Better than a blender which I own and never use.

Before we moved, I used it to slice and dice just about everything but since we moved it is not on the counter so it is not handy. I am working on cleaning off my kitchen cart that was taken prisoner by fabric in my sewing room so I can put it and the crock pot on it so they are handy because I hate to hand shred veggies -- and slicing is painful as well.

Haven't used it in years. Got it from my sister-in-law who did not use it. Tried to give it to daughter, daughter-in-law, several cousins, many friends, even church. Nobody wanted it and thrift store said they have many they cannot sell. So its up in the attic for now. Maybe it will be wanted sometime in the future.

Mine is the 15 yr old Kichen Aid & works like new.Don't use it a lot,but is perfect for nuts etc.I still make slaw by hand,same for salsa.The processor goes from small dice to mush very quickly.Think we are just too used to some things like sliced potatoes being done by hand.None of my newer appliances are used a lot.Old age speaking.:)

When I owned a B&B, I used mine almost every day to make scones. Now I use it to make pie crust, grate zucchini and carrots for breads, mix cookie dough. I used to make my own bread crumbs but now I just buy them. If you have a place to store it, a food processor can come in handy at times. These days, I use an immersion blender to make smooth soups, but I used to use the FP for that also.

I have a 3-cup one which has a small footprint, but does a great job. I use to have a 12-cup that was always too big for my needs.

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I have one that I rarely use. However, I do use it to grate carrots for carrot cake or muffins. Also for when I make Chinese egg rolls. I hate cleaning it, so I avoid it. With just the two of us it is a lot easier just to do things by hand. I bought a small one to make a cheddar/horseradish cheese spread, but it wasn't powerful enough.

I use mine to make laundry detergent (the dry kind), to grate cheese, whiz up cauliflower that I made in the Instant Pot, shred potatoes for latkes, cooked butternut squash soup, instead of blender when I don't feel like using the immersion blender, make pasta dough, but have only done this twice, chop onions. I don't use it every day but I'm glad I have it when I need it.

awesome to use for freezer meals = especially when you are doing meals for the week all in the same day. . Get a FP cookbook from the library or look online for FP recipes. They are great for getting the tedious chopping done.

I clean mine by using soapy hot water and treating it like I am pureeing soup. Then I just rinse it out with hot water and it is always clean. I do inspect it to make sure everything got removed but I have never had a problem.