You can chop nuts in a mini chopper.
Some mini food choppers have 2 speed settings, with the lower speed being the better speed for chopping nuts.
Mini food choppers can chop a variety of different ingredients including candy, herbs and nuts.
The difference between chopped nuts and finely chopped nuts is that finely chopped nuts are smaller and chopped nuts are larger.
Chopped nuts are simply nuts that have been cut into pieces and finely chopped nuts are cut into much smaller pieces, to the point of almost being powder.
The easiest way to chop nuts is to use an electric food processor with an S blade.
However you can also easily chop nuts with a knife, pastry cutter or use a rolling pin and bag.
To finely chop nuts without a food processor you can use a sharp knife to repeatedly slice the nuts on a cutting board, while gathering the nuts together and chopping the nuts again until they are chopped.
You can also finely chop nuts without a food processor by using a pastry cutter to press down on the nuts in a bowl which will finely and coarsely chop the nuts.
Another option to finely chop nuts without a food processor is to place the nuts into a sealed bag and then use a rolling pin to gently crush the nuts.
The blade that you use to chop nuts in a food processor is an "S" blade also known as the Sabatier blade or multi purpose blade.
The S blade in a food chopper is a metal multipurpose blade which mixes, chops and purees ingredients.
Fit the blade over the shaft in the center of the bowl of the food processor and then rotate the blade until it rests at the bottom of the food processor bowl.
The most powerful food processor is the Breville Sous Chef 16 food processor which is equipped with a 1200-watt motor and has a 16-cup bowl, making it one of the largest and most powerful food processors on the market.
The food processor that is good for making dough is the Cuisinart Custom 14 cup Food Processor.
The Ninja BN601 Professional Plus Food Processor is also good for making and kneading dough.
A 2 to 5 cup food processor is considered a small food processor.
Standard food processors are in the 8 to 14 cup range for capacity.
A good wattage for a food processor is 600 watts or more.
For a full-sized food processor (9 cups or larger), seek out a food processor with a motor that's at least 600 watts.
You can slice celery in a food processor but just don't leave the celery in the food processor too long or it will turn into puree.
You can make and blend cold soup in a food processor.
Just don't blend or make hot soup in the food processor and you'll be just fine.
You mix up the soups ingredients in your food processor as long as the soup is cold.
You can also beat eggs in a food processor using a whisk attachment for the food processor.
However even without a whisk attachment you can still beat eggs in the food processor but the whisk attachment helps a lot when it comes to beating eggs.
You can also mix bread dough in a food processor and the rapid action of a food processor's blade can turn dough elastic in just minutes with almost no effort.
To make and mix bread dough in a food processor.
Combine wet ingredients in a liquid measuring cup.
Pulse the dry ingredients in the food processor until combined.
With food processor running, add wet ingredients until dough forms rough, elastic ball that begins to clear sides of bowl.
If the dough is too wet, add a bit of flour.
Things you should look for when buying a food processor is how powerful the motor is, the motors wattage, the size of the food processor that you need, the blades that can be used to dice, chop, slice, shred etc.
Other things you should look for when buying a food processor are.
Blade Performance.
Additional Functions.
Feeding Mechanism.
Stability/Safety.
Motor Strength.
Some of the best food processors are.
Breville Sous Chef 12-Cup Food Processor. Breville.
Oster 2-Speed 10-Cup Food Processor. Oster.
Cuisinart 14-Cup Food Processor. Cuisinart.
Cuisinart Mini Prep Plus Food Processor. Cuisinart.
To choose a food processor size think about what foods you want to make and how many people are in your family.
For one person a small food processor is usually sufficient and for a family of more than 2 a larger food processor would be best.
Food processor capacities typically range from about 7 to 16 cups, although actual volumes often vary by 1 or 2 cups.
Choppers hold only about 1 to 5 cups.
A Nutribullet can be used as a food processor although it has limitations in what it can do.
The built-in pulse function of the Nutribullet allows you to quickly chop small batches of onions, tomatoes, peppers, or even make a quick salsa.
Foods you can make in a food processor are.
Salsa.
Dips.
Hummus.
Oatmeal Peanut Butter Energy Bars.
Whipped Sweet Potatoes.
Shortcrust Pastry.
Baba Ganoush.
Toasted Breadcrumbs.
Cranberry Sauce.
Homemade Bisquick Substitute.
Although food processors and blenders share some functions, they are not interchangeable.
Primarily, a blender is used to puree or crush ice.
Use a blender if your final product is something you can drink, drizzle, or dip.
In addition to pureeing, a food processor can slice, grate, shred, dice, and more.
It is worth getting a food processor.
Food processors are great when you need to do a lot of slicing, dicing, shredding, etc.
As the food processor is able to do various tasks like chopping, blending, slicing, whisking, grinding and puréeing, it is like an extra set of hands in the kitchen.
It also helps people with mobility issues.
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.