Cheap, small, easy clean food processor. Is there such a thing?

elisebutt65

Atm, I have a Braun stick & a hand held electric whisk.

I really need a small food processor though for all the things that the above can't cut it with. My carpal tunnel is getting worse so slicing things is getting harder.

I don't want a huge great cupboard space hogging monster though. Something dinky, if possible?

Any ideas?

TIA

[Deleted User]

I once had a dicer from qvc but it went, it was hard to use and wasn`t worth the money. It was hand operated, I have a magimix but it is large and not what you want anyway. I have the extra very thick slicing blade

I found an electric dicer from tefal
http://www.tefal.co.uk/Food-%26-Drink-Preparation/Choppers/Fresh-Express-Cube-and-Stick/p/1500859325

I see that it is an electric mandolin and the bits go in the dishwasher. Look it up on amazon, someone has posted a video

j.e.j.

Unfortunately you do get what you pay for with food processors. The small ones don't last, - the motor goes and they need replacing.

WantToBeSE

I got given a Kenwood Compact Food processor FPP220 for Christmas

http://www.kenwoodworld.com/uk/products/food-processors/multipro-compact/fpp220-food-processor-0wfpp22001#

Its brilliant. I use it everyday and i dont have any problems with it.
I make things like nut butters, falafel, burgers, smoothies, banana ice cream in it as well as to slice and grate stuff.

suki1964

Got to say its a magimix for me. The compact one is small, yet still have the power that they all have. Ive the 4200 and it sits on the work top in the corner

However a processor wont chop even chunky veg for stews etc. You can get a thicker blade for slicing, ive a fine and thick one, the thick one I use for carrots and parnips, the thin for potatoes. Adding veg to the bowl and processing just chops to a mis matched mess - unless you want fine chopped

[Deleted User]

As said above, it depend on how finely you want to chop!

Food processors do have a tendency to chop everything into little pieces, there's no chunky setting unfortunately. As someone has suggested above, something like a cuber or a mandolin if you need slices may do the trick.

If you only need to finely chop up some small items, I've got this mini chopper to help me with onions, garlic, etc. and I love it. It's brill for making fine pastes too: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kenwood-CH180-Mini-Chopper-White/dp/B0000C6WPC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436535753&sr=8-1&keywords=delia+kenwood

Purplesky_2

http://www.kenwoodworld.com/uk/products/food-processors/food-processors/fp196-food-processor-0wfp196001

I have one like this. I store the blender separately, but have this out all the time. It allows me grate cheese and carrots and slice broccoli and carrots for stir fries at a moments notice. It comes apart beautifully and each part is easy to clean (careful with the slicer attachment). Even the grater comes apart so that the metal bit can be replaced with the slicer part/cleaned/used separately. I have even got into the habit of using the grater piece on it's own for the cheese on top of pasta dishes and things, because it's easier to clean than my rotary grater. Clean within 12 hours and set aside to drip dry.

Lots of attachments for different functionality. Simple safety mechanisms and operation, just move a knob one way for a quick pulse or the other way for continuous use.

elisebutt65

[quote=[Deleted User];68760848]As said above, it depend on how finely you want to chop!

Food processors do have a tendency to chop everything into little pieces, there's no chunky setting unfortunately. As someone has suggested above, something like a cuber or a mandolin if you need slices may do the trick.

If you only need to finely chop up some small items, I've got this mini chopper to help me with onions, garlic, etc. and I love it. It's brill for making fine pastes too: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kenwood-CH180-Mini-Chopper-White/dp/B0000C6WPC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436535753&sr=8-1&keywords=delia+kenwood[/QUOTE]

I was looking at that one and it looks quite dinky. I'm going to wait a bit as I just forked out on a silicone mat & rolling pin.