A standard food processor takes mixing foods to a whole new level without excessive kitchen labour that will tiring you out.
It enables you to easily prep tasks that ordinarily would be carried out with a knife and cutting board, blender, grater, stand mixer, pastry blender and mortar and pestle.
Food processors come in many sizes, from machines used for large-scale cooking in professional kitchens to processors that prepare food for one portion, but they all carry out the same basic functions.
Key Benefits
- Prepares all ingredients before cooking.
- Every task is achieved with minimum effort and extremely quickly saving you loads of time.
- It simply feels like an extra set of hands in the kitchen.
- Make cooking faster and generally more enjoyable.
- If you go for the mini version it is very cheap to purchase costing around £19.99 on Amazon and Ebay.
- It's easy to clean with soap and water or you can use a dishwasher for non-electrical components and blades.
Disadvantages
- By heating or drying the food at high speed, food processing removes some of the nutrients, vitamins, and fibre present in the food.
- A wide selection of blades can be intimidating at first until the person gains confidence in the product.