Food Processor - What you really use it for?

Hapless_2

I don't have space for a kenwood chef and a food procesor so i am going for one of these as a compromise.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4227047.htm

mummysdragon

That look a nice piece of kitchen kit to me. Let us know how you get on with it please

woozle_2

Very interested in all messages regarding food processors. Am thinking of buying a Magimix, but which one? Regularly cook for my family, and need something that dices veg (very important as I spend loads of time doing this by hand) and blends soups etc.

Do these food processors actually chop the food rather than slice it? And would the Magimix 3200 be too small for a family of four?

Help, I'm stuck, have been pondering these questions for too long!
Woozle

morganlefay

I do all the same things as everyone else with a Magimix, but one trick I discovered it can do wonderfully is make a nice topping for any sort of dish in a white sauce (fish pie, chicken and leek etc) I make a big fat cheddar cheese sandwich, thick bread, plenty butter, thickish cheese. Then I break it up into bits and whizz it in Magimix (just with the cutting blade). It makes delicious buttery, cheesy crumbs with very little effort, and when cooked they go all browned and crispy. Yum......

rosieben

Mine's a cheapy but its great; I use it for grating, cake mixes, batters, pastry, chopping veg etc, whizzing up soups, wouldnt like to be without it.

morganlefay

Woozle, don't know what size MM would be best for a family, but I am not sure if a Magimix can DICE things (ie cut them into nice neat squares) It can slice, and grate and chop, but when chopping it does it very fast and what you get is very finely chopped veg, or if you stop it sooner you get bigger lumps but they aren't exactly neat ! It will certainly whizz soups etc but I have a separate liquidiser I use for that because I think it's easier to wash up. How lazy is that ! Good luck.....

woozle_2

Thanks, and reallylike the sound of your cheesy topping. Just might go out and buy that magimix now!

csarinaknight

I had a magimix and I sold it...........it was in the cupboard more than in use, personally if I had room I would buy a kenwood chef from e bay, the old ones are the best, I miss mine.........gave it to my daughter when I stopped doing the catering for open days.................it was wonderful.........

I do have a small food processor and hate it, it too is stuck in the cupboard, if I am making cake I use a kenwood hand beater set I bought years ago, I dice veg etc by hand, and use the grater for coleslaw etc and also breadcrumbs, which I mix with grated cheese to make the cheese topping mentioned in another post.

bellsbells

Hi everyone,

Well I have finally bought myself a new food processor today after being without one for two years. It is a Kenwood Multi Pro. I have already used it to chop up veg for a hidden veg pasta sauce - a huge vat is simmering on the cooker at the moment ready to bag up. I plan to use it for making butter and will probably use it for some of the 'building block' ideas, e.g. the raw veg bagged up and put in the freezer.

My question is - what else is a food processor good for? I am especially thinking about how I can use it for bulk cooking and therefore moneysaving. Those of you who use a processor a lot, what do you use it for the most? I would love to hear your ideas and suggestions - I am sure you will all use processors for something I would never have thought of!

Many thanks

bells

ubamother

in terms of pre-preparing - I make loads of pastry mix/cheese straw mix - all but the liquid and keep it in the freezer. I freeze all spare bread bits and when there's a load i dry them in the oven and process them to breadcrumbs - they keep for ages in the cupboard. if onions are very cheap I process a load and cook off in batches and freeze them. I also buy a load of hard cheese when it's on special offer and grate it all in one go and separate into bags and freeze.