Best food processor?

As far as canning I used mine to chop up strawberries for jam etc...I also use it sometimes in place of my food strainer with tomatoes(depends on what I am making with the tomatoes) I made a honey, peach vanilla jam and the peaches needed to be pureed so anything that needs to be pureed would be a lot easier with the food processor for canning. I also use a vadalia onion chopper and a mandolin when I preserve food.

You dont have to use anything and still be able to do the same things...it just makes it easier and quicker for me. The hardest part of canning or preserving is prepping the food. With gadgets to do it instead of manually doing it, it gives me more time to do several batches.


As far as every day use....last night I took turkey and put it in the food process and got the turkey chopped for turkey salad. I didnt want it grinded nor chopped by hand. The food processor made the texture in between and makes great turkey salad.

I do batch cooking and the processor is invaluable for all the chopping, grating and slicing that is needed. Maybe 15 minutes or less for around 30-40 meals. It also combines the ingredients for the sauces/marinades really fast. Makes nice, even slices of veggies for dehydrating (when I get the dehydrator switch fixed ) Lazy as I am, when it's out being used I end the session throwing in a couple of heads of garlic (peeled cloves) and smashing them up. I put the "minced" garlic in a small glass jar and cover with olive oil and keep that in the fridge. It keeps for a long time. A lot cheaper and a lot better tasting than that stuff in the supermarket.

I use it for making hummus (a favorite of mine) and fauxtatoes (another fave) along with cauliflower "rice".

It will puree soups, though not really creamy smooth - if I want that I use the Ninja.

It will make pastry in just about no time flat.

It chops nuts and makes real peanut butter from nothing more than roast salted peanuts. I could use it to make other nut butters if I wanted to, of course.

I use it to chop herbs or spices into olive oil or coconut oil then I leave it to infuse. Great for adding a flavor boost to just about anything. You can use them to fry with or add to salad dressings or baking. Uses up herbs and such in summer, too, when you are constantly picking it so it doesn't go to seed.

Or you can infuse alcohol the same way to add to drinks or fruit salads or sauces. You just need to strain it well if using in a cocktail.

That's just off the top of my head. LOL.

Mary

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