[scrappinchar]

Hi.

I've probably asked this before somewhere...but I'm back asking again.

What are the top things you use your food processor for?????

I have such a lovely, hardly-used large food processor sitting on my counter.
Everytime I see it (which is every day! lol) I feel bad that I never use it.

I can't remember now why I thought I needed one.

[diannecp]

Nuts for nut rolls at Christmas. Ham for ham salad. Chicken for chicken salad. Grating carrots for carrot salad (do i make a lot of salads or what?!) Grating potatoes for potato pancakes. Buying cheese in bulk and grating it (Romano, etc.) Hmm, what else? I go thru phases, I won't use it for a month and then I am bringing it up all the time for a few weeks. Love it!

[tiza126]

I've had a food processor for a couple years... and finally used it for the first time to shred carrots for carrot cake. Otherwise it's been sitting in the original box in my closet.

[PolkaDot]

Bread crumbs. I used to use it to knead bread (but be careful it isn't overfilled....motors burn out that way.) Hmmm, I used to use it all the time, and now it's in a cupboard and replaced by my Vitamix. I'll have to think on this.......

[Barb Eugene]

I use mine to make artisan bread, shred stuff and the like. It's one of my "go to" appliances.

[ladyscrapalot]

I make guacamole a lot in mine! there's nothing like homemade guacamole. I love the color of it, it's so bright and fresh! I would love to paint a room that color or maybe a scrapbooking kit based on that color lol!

[Smiles]

I gave mine to my sister after I bought a Magic Bullet. It's so much lighter, smaller, and easier to clean than the big blender. I use it mostly for making smoothies or blending liquid ingredients. I used it this weekend to "chop" strawberries for jam. I've had it about 2 years and haven't missed my big blender once.

[ValerieT]

Errr...... I can't remember the last time I used it, It's sat in my cupboard gathering dust. Nothing I cook seems to require it.

[luckyladybug]

Mine gets a pretty regular workout with shredding fruits & veggies--apples, carrots, zucchini, potatoes, etc. I often use shredded produce in muffins and quick breads. It's super for "hiding" vegetables in dishes to up the nutritional value, too!

I also use mine as my go-to for pie crust and shortbread. Yum!

[Belle]

For chilies for chilie chutney. Oranges and lemons for marmalade. Bread crumbs. Quick pastry.

[Sara Arell]

I go through stages using mine too - otherwise it just takes up space in a cabinet. When I do use it I'm usually on a roll chopping zucchini or carrots or something to make bread - and I love to make ham salad chopping the green peppers, onions and mixing it together in the processor. Which reminds me - it must be about time to make some ham salad!

[AnnBK]

My favorite small appliance! I use it almost every day. I have a slicer attachment and I use that for slicing onions for French onion soup, which we have a bout twice a month. And I make a lot of breadcrumbs. Couldn't get along without it!

[LauraS]

ohhh, I got one to make hummus but can't figure out how to use it. What can I use to mash my garbonzo beans so they are smooth and creamy for hummus? I think i might try food processor to make zucchini bread today. thanks for the inspiration.

[Nica]

lol...I almost never use ours, but DH likes it for chopping ingredients. Ours is a very tiny one though, with only one type of blade, so chopping is all we CAN do.

[Cheri T]

I used to use ours to make pesto (from basil as opposed to the millions of other kinds I've now heard of), but when we upgraded our blender, I make it in that now. My food processor is Mom's from the 1980s, still chugging away. It lives in our basement since I use it so rarely. I think I'll take Theresa up on her idea to shred carrots in it for cake - that is TIME CONSUMING to grate them one by one!

[Sara Arell]

I'm getting so many good ideas here now! My Food Processor may have seen it's last days hiding away in the cabinet! I think I have a slicer attachment for mine too and I could have used it last night slicing zucchini for our dinner! Bread crumbs is one thing I do too and I do always use it when grating carrots for carrot cake or bread.

So happy you started this thread, Char!