Will a food processor save time? Are they worth getting?

otb666

I tend to ignore mine collecting dust in cupboard and use a hand held mixer instead

Katiehound

otb666 said:

I tend to ignore mine collecting dust in cupboard and use a hand held mixer instead

ah, but a hand held mixer doesn't grate or chop (so maybe not so great in this context!)

Siebrie

I have a mandoline, which has extras to grate and chop, off-grid My mandoline comes with a container, but there are some really funky spacesaving mandolines on the market.

LameWolf

I have a very basic,inexpensive food processor, and I use it a lot - mixing batter, making pastry, slicing carrots and other root vegetables, grating carrots for carrot'n'orange cake, chopping nuts and making breadcrumbs for nut loaf.....

All stuff I used to do by hand, til Arthur took over my life. Arthur Itis, that is.

CapricornLass

Making pastry, grating chocolate and breadcrumbs, bulk chopping of onions homemade stuffing, making puree of fruits for cakes and ice-creams, hummus, chopping cooked meat and then onions and breadcrumbs to make patties....  It's not something I use everyday, by I wouldn't be without one

zcrat41

@timehastoldme
i love Bircher muesli and make it in advance to but have always left out the apple as I worry it'll go brown. Could you share your recipe please? 

Also the cheesy lentil chilli sounds yummy - would you be kind enough to share that too please? 

timehastoldme

zcrat41 said:

@timehastoldme
i love Bircher muesli and make it in advance to but have always left out the apple as I worry it'll go brown. Could you share your recipe please? 

Also the cheesy lentil chilli sounds yummy - would you be kind enough to share that too please? 

This is the chilli recipe (i recommend the skip to recipe button, there's a lot of preamble)

https://reciperunner.com/one-pot-cheesy-mexican-lentils-black-beans-and-rice/

This freezes well and is even better the next day, the recipe is easy to scale up as well 

For Bircher muesli I use measuring cups, and scale up if needed, with this ratio

1 cup of oats

1 cup of apple juice

1 grated apple

It should look sloshy at first, If it looks too dry, more juice. If you mix the grated apple with the Apple juice it won't brown, coats the surface and prevents oxidation. Fridge overnight. We make 3 days worth for two of us (double recipe above) and it keeps perfectly.

Then we serve usually with banana, maybe a spoon of yoghurt and if there's any soft fruits they'll go on top too.

Hope that helps.

Oh, also we freeze the left over apple juice for the next batch.