Help! Need Food Processor Opinions!

[Guest guest]

Hi There,

I have inherited my mom's carpal tunnel hands. Right now I have tendonitis

which makes doing lots of slicing and cutting and chopping painful and tiresome.

I have an OLD food processor and we lost a part for it, so I'm on the hunt for a

new food processor and need opinions.

I want to preface that with the fact that I do own a VitaMix and there is so

much I can do with that. I need a food processor mostly to slice up cabbage and

zucchini and carrots. I do this alot in the course of the week. I'd love to be

able to get a juicer attachment for it too. I would love to be able to stick a

whole zucchini in it without having to cut it in half (a wide mouth shoot). A

good size capacity would be good too as we are a family of 6.

There are so many food processors out there and all sorts of prices. I'd rather

hear your recommendations as to what has worked for you. I hope to take

advantage of any Memorial Day sales this weekend.

Thanks so much!!!

Betty

[Guest guest]

I have a cuisinart 11 cup. Works good for me. Katy

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[Guest guest]

Betty,I live in the UK so my model is slightly different (it is a 5200 and slightly bigger bowl volume, but only about 16 oz larger), but this is basically what I have only with the large mouth tube http://www.magimix.com/index.php?rid=3557 & cid=10362 & lg=3525I really like mine. It does a great job with large batches, very solid. It does need to be hand washed for best care. The bowls are really too large for top rack on my dishwasher. I was disappointed to learn that the midi bowl is used only for when you use slicing and grating disks and when you do use it for that, it sometimes spills into the lower main bowl (they are stacked when being used).

I can use mine to make muffin dough -- 18 muffins at a time and I am sure it could do more. For just grating and slicing, have you considered a mandoline? I am like you and have a Vitamix -- great for smooth nut pancake batter or smoothies. Now that I think about it, I probably have too many gadgets in my kitchen! Although, not as many as I bet Marilyn does... ; )AmeliaTo: BTVC-SCD Sent: Thu, May 27, 2010 8:01:39 PMSubject: Help! Need Food Processor Opinions!

Hi There,

I have inherited my mom's carpal tunnel hands. Right now I have tendonitis which makes doing lots of slicing and cutting and chopping painful and tiresome. I have an OLD food processor and we lost a part for it, so I'm on the hunt for a new food processor and need opinions.

I want to preface that with the fact that I do own a VitaMix and there is so much I can do with that. I need a food processor mostly to slice up cabbage and zucchini and carrots. I do this alot in the course of the week. I'd love to be able to get a juicer attachment for it too. I would love to be able to stick a whole zucchini in it without having to cut it in half (a wide mouth shoot). A good size capacity would be good too as we are a family of 6.

There are so many food processors out there and all sorts of prices. I'd rather hear your recommendations as to what has worked for you. I hope to take advantage of any Memorial Day sales this weekend.

Thanks so much!!!

Betty

[Guest guest]

At 02:01 PM 5/27/2010, you wrote:

There are so many food

processors out there and all sorts of prices. I'd rather hear your

recommendations as to what has worked for you. I hope to take advantage

of any Memorial Day sales this weekend.

I received a 14 cup Cuisinart as a gift for my birthday a year or so

ago. Now that I'm beginning to get used to it, I like it quite a

bit. But I will own that since there are only two of us here, that I

often just slice and dice with a knife rather than have to wash a

FP.

I also have a Vitamix.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 02:47 PM 5/27/2010, you wrote:

Now that I think about it, I

probably have too many gadgets in my kitchen! Although, not as many

as I bet Marilyn does... ; )

2 Excalibur 9 tray dehydrators

1 Omega 8002 Juicer

1 Maverick #5 food grinder, with optional salad shredder / cheese

grater

1 Vitamix

1 Cuisinart 14 cup food processor

1 Foreman style grille

1 toaster oven

1 hand mixer

1 hand blender

The first four reside in top of a book case in the dining room because my

mid-60s galley style kitchen doesn't have room for them.

When I started SCD, I had a 25 year old Oster blender, the toaster oven,

and the grinder.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

Marilyn,"2 Excalibur 9 tray dehydrators

1 Omega 8002 Juicer

1 Maverick #5 food grinder, with optional salad shredder / cheese

grater

1 Vitamix

1 Cuisinart 14 cup food processor

1 Foreman style grille

1 toaster oven

1 hand mixer

1 hand blender"You forgot your slicer! ; )AmeliaTo: BTVC-SCD Sent: Thu, May 27, 2010 10:02:43 PMSubject: Re: Help! Need Food Processor Opinions!

At 02:47 PM 5/27/2010, you wrote:

Now that I think about it, I

probably have too many gadgets in my kitchen! Although, not as many

as I bet Marilyn does... ; )

2 Excalibur 9 tray dehydrators

1 Omega 8002 Juicer

1 Maverick #5 food grinder, with optional salad shredder / cheese

grater

1 Vitamix

1 Cuisinart 14 cup food processor

1 Foreman style grille

1 toaster oven

1 hand mixer

1 hand blender

The first four reside in top of a book case in the dining room because my

mid-60s galley style kitchen doesn't have room for them.

When I started SCD, I had a 25 year old Oster blender, the toaster oven,

and the grinder.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 05:29 AM 5/28/2010, you wrote:

You forgot your slicer! ;

)

You're right -- it's on top of the freezer, next to the cabinet with the

two Excaliburs on it....

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle