Bought a new food processor - now what do I cook?

[Anonymous]

I just bought myself a lovely shiny 12 cup Kitchen Aid food processor which has pride of place on my kitchen countertop. However, now I can't think of what to do with it. It came with a couple of slicing and grating blades and a dough hook. Does anyone have any good suggestions? I am a SAHM with a husband who eats anything, and a toddler who eats everything except fruit.

[Anonymous]

when it get warmer gazpachio soup is so good.

[Anonymous]

Pesto. I have a lovely spinach pesto recipe!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pesto. I have a lovely spinach pesto recipe!

Spinach pesto, please share! And what do you like to serve it best with?

[Anonymous]

Pesto. That's the first thing I made with my food processor (mine was the traditional parsley, pine nut recipe, but spinach sounds wonderful) ....10 years ago. You will love this thing!

[Anonymous]

Homemade Hummus!!! Google--there are a gazillion delicious recipes

[Anonymous]

Your food processor probably came with a DVD or recipe booklet--I would start there. Obviously dips are great (hummus, salsa, guac), but you can do a lot including very fast shredding for recipes that require a lot of veggies, or cheese. I've also heard/read that it's easy to make pizza dough with the processor.

[Anonymous]

Scones. Pie crust. Use it to cut in the butter/shortening. Mine came with a wonderful chocolate chip cookie recipe as well. Mark Bittman uses it for making pizza/bread dough and I used to do that too until we finally dug up the bread machine (wedding gift) from the basement.

I use the slicing, shredding, and regular blades when I make my cole slaw recipe--slice the cabbage, shred the carrots, and chop onion and bell peppers with the regular blade.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for the suggestions. The food processor did not come with a great recipe booklet or DVD, so I'll probably try the spinach pesto first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the suggestions. The food processor did not come with a great recipe booklet or DVD, so I'll probably try the spinach pesto first.

Hi OP, Here is a recipe for pea pesto http://leblogdezon.blogspot.com/2010/01/pea-pesto-yummy-lunch.html

and my spinach pesto recipe

Spinach Pesto
Ingredients:
5 oz baby spinach
1/3 cup walnuts
1/3 cup (grated) parmesan cheese
1/3 cup water
2 large garlic cloves
3 tablespoons olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Puree all ingredients (I use a blender, but a food processor would work) until smooth. Pour over cooked, drained pasta. Toss and serve.

[Anonymous]

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you can take a look every day to see if there is something yummy, or you can search for something specific. It is the best site ever for finding new recipes.

[Anonymous]

I use mine for vegetable prep-- like if I'm making homemade soup and have two pounds of vegetable to slice. When I make cream of mushroom soup, I actually like the mushrooms chopped fine, instead of sliced like my mom made it. French onion soup, vegetable soup, etc. All so easy with a FP.

It's also great for meatballs if you bought cheap ground beef with a higher fat content-- toss in all the ingredients and give it a few whirls, and lots of the fat will collect on the sides of the bowl.

Cheese balls for parties: grate up a chunk of sharp cheddar, then blend the shredded cheese with softened cream cheese, wine, white pepper, whatever other herbs and spices you like. Shape into a ball with plastic wrap, and put it in the fridge to harden.

Scalloped potatoes. Use the FP to grate the cheese, then use it to slice the taters.

Ditto the PPs on hummus, cole slaw and pesto.

[Anonymous]

I use my processor most for making doughs - pie and tart crusts, pizza dough, pasta dough, etc.