Food processors - do you use yours?

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2026 is my year to cook more

Ive definitely upped my cooking game in the last few months. I make a lot of soups, breads, baked goods these days. Just works out so much cheaper.

I hate chopping and grating etc. Have been thinking about getting a food processor. Do you actually use yours regularly? I have a nutribullet but it struggles with chickpeas or anything harder. Probably need a new blade.

About to buy one in the sales. Do you actually use yours regularly?

I definitely use my kitchen aid daily and the nutribullet gets taken out fairly often so I’m in the “habit”.

Was batch making coleslaw for sandwiches and my God is it a pain

I only have a small one but yes I use it regularly.

I have a food processor and a mini chopper and use them both several times a week. Hummus, salsas, pastry, biscuits, nut bars, bread crumbs, loads of things! I don’t use them to chop onions as I don’t mind doing that but you could. You can buy chopped frozen onions if you really hate chopping. There’s nothing else in them and they’re handy to store.

I have visions of homemade hummus, peanut butter, mayo etc. Seems like a nice idea but I don’t want it to be end up in my appliance grave yard next to my instant pot.

I have an ancient Magimix and I use it all the time. Grate cheese. Chop onions and veg. Juice oranges. Make bread.

I also use my ninja speedi almost every day.

I don't even own a food processor!

I use mine any day I cook - maybe three times a week but I batch cook to avoid doing something every day.

I have a magimix and knead dough and freeze a loaf, make choux pastry, grate cheese and also the coleslaw ingredients, make the mayo, chop all the onions in one go then freeze them in sandwich bags for anything else later. It works well for pesto, tartare, cake mixing, meringues, cheesecake bases, and I love the citrus press in the summer as well as bunging in salad ingredients. I wouldn’t eat nearly so much salad without it. Red onion, cucumber, peppers and a couple of pulses then add pomegranate seeds, walnuts and some cherry tomatoes (I do chop those by hand) and you have a chopped salad most people like.

it all goes in the dishwasher on eco.

Can't you make these in the Nutribullet?

Does your Kitchenaid take attachments?

I have a magimix and use it for pastry, chopping but i do have it out on the counter because if i had it in a cupboard i wouldnt want to keep taking it in and out! Also have my kitchenaid and liquidiser out for the same reason.

dont forget its a kitchen - not a show home!

Brilliant for pastry

I don’t know if our nutribullet has seen better days but it really doesn’t do a good job with anything remotely hard. The hummus was a complete disaster when we last tried. Celery is a struggle for it these days.

I am weighing up kitchenaid attachments vs whole new food processor though!

This is what I meant about not believing in gadgets except for the small ones that I have 😂. I made all three of those things with my nutribullet or stick blender! I suppose you might be limited quantity wise but those suffice for our average sized family.

I use mine several times a week. Chopping onion, celery and carrot for Bolognese, grating veg for coleslaw, blending soup, making hummus etc. I would find it really laborious to cook without one!

Do you have any other gadgets like a nutri bullet, stick blender?

I use mine daily. Sometimes multiple times a day. I cook A LOT, and my base for most stuff is a mirepoix, a sofrito or the trinity. Occasionally just plain diced onions. It’s much quicker and easier to do this using the food processor.

I also make lots of chopped salads and slaws, so handy for those.

I’ve also got a super cheap little spice grinder that I use every day, as I cook with whole spices. It’s also very handy for garlic (just chuck the cloves in, skin and all).

The Nutribullet is probably used the least. DH makes shakes in it and I very occasionally use it for soup. Tried to make nut butter in it once. This was a mistake. 🤣

I think appliances’ utility is very dependent on what sort of food you eat on a daily basis.

Have a look at thermomix. There are plenty nearly new TM6 available on eBay. Plenty of people don’t use them but they are brilliant for all sorts of things - like a more powerful food processor that also makes dough and pastry and cooks. Great for hummus and stuff and also soups

Exactly. Size is also apparently an important factor. ‘Small’ gadgets appear to be fine. 😒

I have a big Sage processor which I use for houmous, chopping lots of onions and caramelising in wok then oven to freeze in cubes, pesto, grating cabbage for coleslaw. Basic cakes like nigellas Vic sponge / vegan banana cake can easily be made if you add a bit more baking powder. I need to get over my fear of pastry making because you can’t buy non upf vegan readymade. I prob use twice a week depending on how much scratch / bulk cooking I can be arsed to do. It goes away in an east to reach cupboard in between because I don’t like clutter.

the one I resisted getting but love is the magimix micro - tiny chopper, so easy to get out quickly and takes no room. It’s great for chopping herbs onion garlic ginger quickly to get a meal on the table fast.

my lovely kitchen aid is rotting away (fear of pasty extends to fear of bread making )

I've got a compact Kenwood food processor, Kenwood FP120A Compact Food Processor - White. (Under £40 at Argos)
I've had it for over a decade and it gets used most days. It has earned it's worktop space! I use it for making pastry and and crumble, making breadcrumbs, grating and chopping all kinds of vegetables, making paté and potted meat, and probably other things I can't think of right now. It is really quick and easy to clean .... unless I have used it for grating frozen butter.

To the OP, yes. She said so.

Bloody hell, who would have thought people would get snarky over kitchen appliances

I use mine ALOT

just made a ton of mince using chicken breasts. Used it to shred chicken for homemade stew.

I’ve used the mixer to make naan bread dough.

i have the ninja which is just amazing

Where did she say that?

The only out of place comment on this thread was yours, as noted by multiple people, including the OP. Just stop it.

“Just stop it”?! “as noted by multiple people”??

I’ve seen some mental stuff on MN in my 15+ years here but being policed off a thread on kitchen appliances is next level 😂. Yes ma’am 🫡. It’s all yours!

I love my stick blender, and I have a Cuisinart cup-sized grinder thing-y. Most of the rest of the prep work I find easier with a sharp knife or a mandoline. I own a blender too but it's mainly used if I am making a bulk quantity of something for freezing in ice cube trays.

I use mine all the time. I chop onions in it and loads of vegetables to make soups, bolognaise sauce, etc. It makes excellent pastry. I couldn’t be without it.