Food Processor - What you really use it for?

Metranil_Vavin

helyg wrote: »

I have that one too, I bought it about 8 years ago and it is still going strong. I use it for making pastry etc, chopping veg, juicing, grating etc. I also have a stick blender and an electric handwhisk (both cost well under £10 each), and manage perfectly well with them. Although I make pretty much everything from scratch I don't feel I need a big processor.

We bought this one today too as I want to start making lots of yummy curries. Going to use it for the Indonesian lamb curry I am going to attempt this evening

Read a few reviews for it which all seemed very positive, so hopefully it'll have been a wothwhile purchase!

level200

hi guys

Just done the kitchen out and got a kenwood food processor with blender. What can i do, with what and how? any tips will be great

Cheers
john

wtk

You can make lots and lots of yummy cakes!

zippychick

Hi John

I use mine mainly for grating veg where required, making pastry and for some cakes like lemon drizzle for example - but only where the recipe specifies. Hairy bikers one specifically . I grate carrot for rachel allens carrot cake

food processor - what do you really use it for should help


Other than that i don't use it much. I have a mini chopper on my blender which seems to have taken a lot of food processing jobs on - curry pastes, dressings etc

Stick blender may also help as should soup recipes (you can blend soup!) and smoothie recipes

I'll merge this later
thanks
Zip

MaggieBaking

For my birthday my wonderful, wonderful husband has agreed to buy me a Food Processor for my birthday. I've seen them used in 30 Minute Meals etc and I'm so excited to own one, but it's not something that I, or my family, are used to.

Do you own a food processor and what is it most useful for?

(I know, not really MSE but I'm hoping it will encourage me to cook more food from scratch (especially pastry), and also eat healthier - I think it will make preparing stir fries much better!

Moorhen

I bought a food processor about 2 years ago.

I mainly use it for making cakes, it is really quick and easy and you can have a batch of cup cakes ready for the oven in less than 10 minutes.

I also use it for making bread crumbs from left over bread and for slicing potatoes really thinly for potatoes dauphinoise (or dolphin nose potatoes as my family call them!)

Occasionally I use it for making spice mixes for curry but it is difficult to clean well enough to stop your next cake tasting of curry:D

I should probably use it more than I do.

donnajt

I want one desperately but its a want rather than need and with two kids there never seems to be money left in the pot...shall wait until xmas, shall be watching this thread closely!

MaggieBaking

Thanks Moorhen - they seem to be pretty similar reasons to why I think it'd be good. Especially the breadcrumbs as I recently discovered that you can make them with this: http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.205-2793.aspx

However a lot of the crumbs also whizz over my kitchen! Donnajt, if you don't already have a stick blender, they really are good - I own that one for £4 and it's excellent, but I am looking forward to a thingymabob that slices too!

Thanks for the warning about the curry mix though!! Do you dishwasher your processor bits?

I've just found this online... Hubby was pretty pleased to see that it's Delia recommended!!! http://www.deliaonline.com/equipment/food-processors-and-blenders.html

Moorhen

Hi Maggiebaking

I think that you can put the processor bits in the dishwasher but I tend to wash them by hand,

and be careful when doing this, the blade is really sharp and the first time that I washed it up I took the top off my knuckle!:o

v8monkeyboy

I have a MagiMix Cuisine5100 which we were given as a wedding present 11 years ago.

When I had my biscuit baking business I used it all day, everyday and these days I use it mainly to make almond and peanut butters.

Because I used it so much and the OH insisted on putting the lid and bowl in the dishwasher which meant that after 10 years of use, I had to replace the lid and bowl as the plastic was too brittle and the lip of the lid was shearing off. It's costs £50 for those two items, but in 11 years I don't think that's too bad, really.

Go for a higher end one as you'll get years of use out of it.

T x