Happiness Is A Food Proccessor

Food processors used to be a vital way of American culinary life. They wer e on every bride to be's must have list. People raved about them. in those ealry big kitchen gadget days. Now they've kind of lost favor . I don't know why . They're still as handy and as useful as ever.

They're also the subject of a huge article in today's Dining section of The New York Times. it was written by - of course - the brilliant Mark Bittman. He has a number of good point about why people should use their processors. The machines are excellent for chopping and grating as well as for kneading. Did you also know that you can use it to turn regular granuated sugar into super fine or to grind whole spices along with sea salt into dusts . Also a processor is good ofr turning any nut into a smooth creamy butter. You don't have to use your processort for the usual processing. Think outside the recipe box.

Bittman also has a number of good recipe ideas too. A typical food processor recipe is carrot cake because it makes it easier to grate up large quantities of carrots. However he has an excellent apple tart that is worth making. This calls for using your processor twice : first for kneading the tart's dough,the second for slicing apples. He also throws in a chicken meatball recipe that sounds yummy.I can see adding these to a side of spaghetti orr serving them at a cocktail party. there's also a recipe for stir fried sweet potatoes that involves them being processed into chunks along with scallions.

If you have a food processor, then think about suing it again. there are so many things you can make with it. it;s great for everything form chopping fruit to kneading all sorts of dough. It's not a dinosaur. Itcan still be an active part of a 21st Century kitchen.