Food Processor
RedfootDaddy
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My wife surprised me for my birthday with a food processor! A real one, not the rinky-dink two-cup thing we have now. I'm so excited! I'm planning to give it a whirl (har har) this weekend with a batch of fresh salsa, but I'm looking for recipes, idea, and inspiration!
Tomatillo salsa is definitely on the menu when they come in season, and I'll be definitely making hummus as well. I use the Budget Bytes recipe, with roasted red pepper (so good omg).
Tomatillo salsa is definitely on the menu when they come in season, and I'll be definitely making hummus as well. I use the Budget Bytes recipe, with roasted red pepper (so good omg).
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You might like falafel. I use my food processor for that.0
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The shredding attachment that comes with your food processor is your best friend for preparing large quantities of shredded anything. I used to use it almost daily to add shredded carrots to my salad, shred zucchini for breads and cakes, shred apples, etc. Man I miss that thing!!2
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Carrot salad and cole slaws of various types. I render leftover baked chicken into chicken salad, as well as buzzing up celery and other crunchy things for tuna salad. You're already onto the salsa train for all variations, LOL, as well as hummus, guacamole, gazpacho. Also in the Spanish vein, I'm going to try making a sofrito tomorrow (first time) with the FP, as I attempt "arroz con gandules" ("rice with pigeon peas") - a dish I had in the BVIs last month. Many of my homemade tomato sauce variants include finely chopped veggies - but I usually just grab a can of crushed or diced tomatoes as the base rather than processing them. I finely chop a big pile of mushrooms as a moistener/filler/binder for turkey meatloaf (see http://www.inspiredtaste.net/21535/unbelievably-moist-turkey-meatloaf-recipe/). FP also often used where the processed items aren't THE recipe, but recipe ingredients. And so forth ...
I usually do a no-knead style bread myself, but most processors have the ability to knead up a good dough ball - for instance, in making your own healthy pizza (dough from scratch, sauce from scratch, sliced veggies for toppings, all in the FP; I suppose you could also shred cheese with the right blade/disk). Once you bake your own bread, seeing how easy and clean/healthy it can be, going back to commercial is tough.
Good luck and happy processing...
PS ... keep the little one for chopping up fresh herbs (although some herbs fare better with knives more than machines), small items like shallots, etc.
While my trusty old Cuisinart has machine-washable bowl/feedtube parts, I have never trusted them to the dishwasher (replacements are expensive), so there are times when the washup effort deters me from using the machine rather than a knife and cutting board. I have a little one myself from some forgotten Christmas for odds-and-ends processing. I use my bigger FP a couple times a week, varying, and have talked to other folks that use theirs nearly daily, for all sorts of things. I use a standard blender nearly daily for smoothies, and a stick blender for things like smooth sauces and soups; I don't think a food processor replaces them, although there is some overlap.1 -
@Hungry_Shopgirl :O What do you use shredded apples for? Baking? Salads? My tortoise would like that . . .
@mjbnj0001 Thank you so much! I do make my own bread but I knead it by hand (I actually really enjoy that part of the process), maybe I will have to try it in the FP! I was planning on tossing the little guy, but you're right, it would be better for herbs and garlic and small things.0 -
I don't own a blender; my food processor does double duty. And a pretty good job at pureeing soups, but it needs to be done in batches. If your bowl doesn't have a fill-line level for liquids, experiment a bit, but I think if it's more than 1/4 to 1/3 full, you're risking leakage.0
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RedfootDaddy wrote: »My wife surprised me for my birthday with a food processor! A real one, not the rinky-dink two-cup thing we have now. I'm so excited! I'm planning to give it a whirl (har har) this weekend with a batch of fresh salsa, but I'm looking for recipes, idea, and inspiration!
Tomatillo salsa is definitely on the menu when they come in season, and I'll be definitely making hummus as well. I use the Budget Bytes recipe, with roasted red pepper (so good omg).
The down side of dieting is that I've become much more of a foodie.
There are so many new things I want to try and good leftovers in the freezer, but I must wait since I don't have room in my meal plan
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Look up "egg roll in a bowl." It's like the inner part of an egg roll but no wrapper or deep frying. You can put in anything from sausage to ground chicken for the meat, depending on what calories you want in it. I use a food processor to cut the veggies for it (and I add some additional veggies the recipes don't usually call for.)0
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RedfootDaddy wrote: »@Hungry_Shopgirl :O What do you use shredded apples for? Baking? Salads? My tortoise would like that . . .
@mjbnj0001 Thank you so much! I do make my own bread but I knead it by hand (I actually really enjoy that part of the process), maybe I will have to try it in the FP! I was planning on tossing the little guy, but you're right, it would be better for herbs and garlic and small things.
you're welcome. your tortoise comment is timely ... just before posting on mfp last evening, i was watching youtube on sofrito and arroz con gandules. one of the sofrito videos (have to check which one, came up number 1 or 2 on "sofrito" search for me) had the chef saying she saves her green pepper seed cores for her tortoise as a treat.
i see you like kneading; i usually don't have the patience or time to do it justice. i usually follow or modify techniques from artisanbreadwithstev channel on youtube for no-knead approaches.0 -
The down side of dieting is that I've become much more of a foodie.
There are so many new things I want to try and good leftovers in the freezer, but I must wait since I don't have room in my meal plan .
So true, LOL! I have come to believe that eating better, and thinking about your food and food planning, makes you appreciate it more while reducing mindless face-stuffing. The ancient Greeks said it, "food is medicine," so I think that this later-in-life kitchen activity I'm practicing is my "graduate school as 'Doctor of Food'," LOL!
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Make your own peanut butter, no salt, no sugar or sweetener, if you like
Banana ice cream (tons of recipes out there) use frozen bananas for an instant dessert! No additional sweetener is necessary!0 -
Gemini61454 wrote: »Make your own peanut butter, no salt, no sugar or sweetener, if you like
Banana ice cream (tons of recipes out there) use frozen bananas for an instant dessert! No additional sweetener is necessary!
I do both of these! But I do add honey to my banana ice cream and add a pinch of salt to my peanut and almond butter. Hummus and pesto sauce are the other things I make most often with my food processor. I also use it to make oatmeal cottage cheese pancakes so the oatmeal gets ground up almost to a flour first.0 -
you're welcome. your tortoise comment is timely ... just before posting on mfp last evening, i was watching youtube on sofrito and arroz con gandules. one of the sofrito videos (have to check which one, came up number 1 or 2 on "sofrito" search for me) had the chef saying she saves her green pepper seed cores for her tortoise as a treat.
Having a tortoise is a great way to keep greens in the house. She eats lettuce, dark leafy greens, eggs, fruit, and some veg like mushrooms and squash (she doesn't like carrots and throws some serious sass when I try to feed them to her).
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I use my food processor for lots of things. We love to make sweet potato hash for breakfast, so I use it to shred the sweet potatoes. I also use it for pesto.0
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It's here! I've named him Roberto:
I sliced and shredded everything for ham and cheese scalloped potatoes in under 15 minutes. I'm in love.1 -
RedfootDaddy wrote: »@Hungry_Shopgirl :O What do you use shredded apples for? Baking? Salads?
Apple chips :-)
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Hi! I took my own advice to you today, and made a nice, healthy tuna salad bowl using my little FP. The big Cuisinart might get used for dinner tonight, once I figure out what's on the menu, LOL. Probably having this conversation this week brought the little machine to the top of my brain again.
Buzzed up the veggies (celery, red onion, green pepper), sliced a handful of grape tomatoes by hand, tossed in a 12oz can of tuna, added EVOO and lemon juice, dill and parsley, seasoning. Prep and cleanup in about 10 minutes, including dithering over adding the green peppers (cubanelles I had gotten to make sofrito this week).
It's a reasonably healthy lunch: MFP tells me 268 cals, 40g protein, 9g fat, 3g fiber, 7g sugar. Saved half the batch for another lunch. Both big and little food processors make quick work of prepping a wide range of good meals.
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Oooo tuna salad! I might have to make that for my wife. Her 'recipe' is just a can of tuna, a small spoonful of relish, and a big spoonful of mayo. But if I can stuff some more veg in there . . .
I made a 3-cup batch of salsa for our zoo trip on Saturday, and my wife and my mom went through two cups of it in one sitting! Definitely a hit.0 -
Hungry_Shopgirl wrote: »The shredding attachment that comes with your food processor is your best friend for preparing large quantities of shredded anything. I used to use it almost daily to add shredded carrots to my salad, shred zucchini for breads and cakes, shred apples, etc. Man I miss that thing!!
This is so true! I love to shred carrots, onion and celery and add them all sorts of dishes - especially love to sauté them up and cook with rice.
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Hummus. Hummus, Hummus, Hummus.2
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I have made two batches of hummus and three batches of salsa so far, I'm in love.
And I'm off to the library tonight:
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vegan4lyfe2012 wrote: »Hungry_Shopgirl wrote: »The shredding attachment that comes with your food processor is your best friend for preparing large quantities of shredded anything. I used to use it almost daily to add shredded carrots to my salad, shred zucchini for breads and cakes, shred apples, etc. Man I miss that thing!!
This is so true! I love to shred carrots, onion and celery and add them all sorts of dishes - especially love to sauté them up and cook with rice.
You might like to look up various recipes to make sofrito - a (basically) peppers and onion relish used as a saute base in a lot of island dishes. I had something called arroz con gandules ("rice with pigeon peas") on a recent vacation, just made it from scratch myself. The basic approach is what you mentioned above.
Many of the sofrito ingredient lists include ingredients not available at my local stores (culantro, for instance - so I substitute more cilantro), Goya annatto and ham seasonings (I skipped the ham - which is actually TVP and thus vegan, and used a combo of turmeric and saffron to mimic annatto). There are lots of youtube videos on the rice dish and making sofrito. Goya has jarred safrito, but it's like salsa - i rather try making my own. The FP makes it easy.1 -
RedfootDaddy wrote: »I have made two batches of hummus and three batches of salsa so far, I'm in love.
And I'm off to the library tonight:
I'll have to see if my local library has any of these. I've been researching brute-force through targeted google/youtube lookups on a topic-by-topic basis. Thanks for the lead.
I made coconut-lime baked chicken the other night to go with an island rice dish. Had a bunch of the chicken left over today, made a summery chicken salad out of it to prolong its usable life - added veggies, skipped a mayo or yogurt creamy dressing, using lemon juice and a dash of EVOO instead. About 15 minutes using my larger FP, including time to juice a couple of lemons by hand.0 -
I love ham salad (using fully cooked ham)adding spices , a bit of mayo & sweet pickles.RedfootDaddy wrote: »It's here! I've named him Roberto:
I sliced and shredded everything for ham and cheese scalloped potatoes in under 15 minutes. I'm in love.
I have a way older Kitchen Aid FP that is such a champ.Still chops frozen cranberries,onions,carrots & celery etc.Could never get rid of it........but a FP that slices potatoes is just what I need.Would you share the brand nameof yours? BTW,I also like to knead bread.Have you checked out the King Arthur flour site? Lots of info there.
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