A food processor is better than a mixer as it can do more than the mixer can do.
However with a mixer it can only mix and knead dough and ingredients while the food processor can mix some ingredients as well as slice, dice and chop as well as shred the food and ingredients.
Things that a food processor can do that a blender cannot are shredding, slicing, grating, chopping, mixing and dicing and more.
You can use a blender as a food processor if the blender has a pulse and chop function.
However if your blender does not have a pulse and chop function then it cannot be used as a food processor as it will just make the food into a liquid or mushy food.
A regular food processor is meant to dice, chop, slice, etc while a blender is mainly made for pureeing foods and turning them into liquids.
You can chop green onions and any other onions in a food processor.
Just cut the onions including the green onions down to a small enough size to fit into the food processor and turn the food processor on until the green onions are chopped to your liking.
A food processor can chop onions.
You need to cut the onions up to fit into your food processor but once they are in the food processor the food processor does the rest at chopping and even dicing the onions.
You can dice food with a food processor as a good food processor can dice, knead, puree, slice and chop food.
You can also slice and dice and shred tomatoes in a food processor.
You can chop up the tomatoes to fit into the food processor and then turn the food processor on to cut up the tomatoes to your liking.
You can chop sweet potatoes and any other vegetables including carrots in a food processor.
Food processors are great for chipping up and shredding sweet potatoes and other vegetables.
You can put raw carrots or any other raw vegetables into a food processor to cut them up or shred them.
You can use a food processor to quickly shred carrots.
Just attach a shredding blade to a food processor and pulse the carrots until they're fully grated.
This is also the quickest, best way to grate carrots for carrot cake.
You can also use baby carrots in a food processor.
They are small enough to fit in the feed tube of the food processor and will shred nicely.
You can also cut up and shred other raw vegetables in the food processor.
Place pieces of vegetables into the food processor.
Place the lid on the food processor, making sure that it's securely closed.
Turn the food processor to the appropriate setting, based on how finely you want to cut the vegetables.
Some food processors have adjustable blades so you can change the thickness of the slices.
You can also purchase smaller or larger slicing disks for most models.
The way you feed ingredients into the processor affects the slices, so pay attention to the orientation of the ingredient in the feed tube.
A good food processor can chop, slice, dice, knead and puree, making it one of the most versatile tools you can have in your kitchen.
Things you should not put in a food processor include.
Boiling or steaming hot foods.
More liquid than the food processor can handle.
Gelatin.
Tough meat cuts.
Hot/baked nuts.
Bone.
Fruit peels.
Ice.