Underwhelmed by Magimix...

morganlefay

I don't use mine for bread either but it's wonderful for grating, chopping - all the things others have said. You can make wonderful pates with things like smoked mackerel and cream cheese, and I do undercooked sprouts in it with butter, cream and a bit of spring onion - even sprout haters love that (not v low-cal tho) Veg purees are delicious (but NEVER potato which goes all slimy) and it's great for chopping up a bit of left over roast (add some carrot to make it go further) for shepherd's/cottage pie (make a 'goo' with cooked onion, some flour and a bit of Oxo stock, then mix chopped meat into it for base of pie, add tomato puree or Worcester sauce or whatever you like.)
You can do great handfuls of parsley for fabulous fresh parsley sauce, and puree fruit for fools or to make smoothies or milkshakes - I could go on and on. But keep it out. If you put it in a cupboard you won't bother to use it. I think the worst bit about it is washing and drying all the fiddly little 'corners' - clearly designed by a man !

saving-grace

Kittycat I'm sure you'll love your Magimix once you get used to it.

My food processor (a Kenwood) is used mainly for blitzing vegetables before they are used to spin out a tomato or bolognese sauce.
Its also brilliant for making crumble especially if I have breakfast cereal that needs using up (if I've bought something and dont like it). I just use some cereal in place of some of the flour and whizz everything up together.
For bread dough I use my breadmaker or my Kenwood chef.

Here is a really easy banana cake recipe to make- just throw everything into the processor! (though cakes in general are better made using a mixer to incorporate more air in)

Food Processor Banana Cake

8oz SR flour
4oz marge
6oz caster sugar
2 eggs
1 pound bananas (weighed with skin on, ripe and squashy)
6 oz mixed dried fruit

Put all ingredients except dried fruit into processor and blend together.
Add dried fruit and process for just a few seconds so you don't chop the dried fruit.
Pour into a lined and greased 2 lb loaf tin
Bake at 180 degC for about a hour and a half.