What do you use a food processor for?

[Anonymous]

Over the holidays, I came across a great deal on a Cuisinart food processor and I keep thinking that I want to learn to be a better cook. So I bought it. Before I take it out of the box, I thought I should figure out why I actually might want one. I am embarrassed but I don't even know what it does and what I might use it to make. Thanks. BTW, I already have a kitchen aid mixer, blender and bread maker, if that matters.

[Anonymous]

Pesto
Pizza dough
Shredding cheese
Grating carrots
Shredding cabbage for cole slaw
Salsa
Cutting butter into flour for pie crust and scones

I have a great chocolate chip cookie recipe that came with mine, I've posted it here before if you search it'll come up.

[Anonymous]

Same as PP but I also use mine to puree baby food, soups, sweet potatoes for sweet potato pie, baked apples for apple sauce
chop nuts
making hummus or baba ghanoush
chopping parsley for tabouleh
grinding figs to make cucidati
I love my food processor. . .

[Anonymous]

Cookie dough (I know I should use the Kitchen Aid but it is heavier)

Shredding carrots

Slicing potatoes (scalloped potatoes)

Spinach artichoke dip

[Anonymous]

Tonight? Cookie pie crust. Ten days ago ? Shredding carrots, Potato, onion for latkes. In past? Pie crust, pesto, sauces, salsas, pulverizing peppermint candies for some recipe. Of the kitchen electrics I use it the most, once a week (of not
More).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pesto
Pizza dough
Shredding cheese
Grating carrots
Shredding cabbage for cole slaw
Salsa
Cutting butter into flour for pie crust and scones

+1

[Anonymous]

All the above, and

Hummus

[Anonymous]

All of the above, plus I am super sensitive so I use it for chopping onions for recipes. I use it at least twice a week for that alone.

[Anonymous]

chopping nuts.

[Anonymous]

All of the above, its great for chopping and grinding and saves time. No more trying to perfect my knife technique!

[Anonymous]

The thought of washing it is what puts me off.

[Anonymous]

so easy to stick in dishwasher! I love mine. Use for all the above. Recently made press in pie crust in it (I don't have a kitchen aid).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The thought of washing it is what puts me off.

I have that down to a science. I fill it half way with hot water, put in a drop of soap and run it. Cleans out the entire bowl and finishing the cleaning process is so simple.

I buy cheese in bulk and use it to shread cheese-way cheaper than buying pre-bagged cheese.
-dicing onions
-Any sort of slicing (cucumbers, carrots, celery) makes for super easy stir-fry.
-creaming butter and sugar

I've basically replaced tedious chopping w/ my food processor. I used it almost daily, but I do cook everything from scratch. It has also replaced my kitchen aid mixer that is a piece of shit anyways.

Check out some videos on you tube.

[Anonymous]

I'm never shredding cheese or veggies by hand again now that I have my processor. I had a mini one before that I used for a lot of small stuff like nuts and pesto. I use the bigger one for prepping soups like gazpacho or squash soup where I cook the squash ahead of time and then puree it. Just watch the liquid level, it is low and will overflow. Be careful with dough stuff, if it's too thick you can burn the motor.

[Anonymous]

Not the op but do you change blades to shred cheese or do you use the "regular" ones? I used the regular ones to shred potatoes for latkes the other week but wasn't sure if a different blade would have been better...Thanks.