Food Processor Recipes: Dishes Made In The Machine (PHOTOS)

We admit, cooking and baking can be time-consuming -- and with every recipe there are multiple steps that need to be taken to get to the final result, a home-cooked meal on the table. What if there was a way to cut down on some of the most time-consuming tasks and get you back to cooking without excuses? There's an appliance you might already own that can help you cut down on precious time. It's the food processor.

Unlike a blender, which is best for blending liquids, a food processor can do much more. It can puree, shred, grate, mix up doughs/batters and more. A 30-minute meal (a la Jamie Oliver) can be a reality. If you don't believe us, we've got 20 recipes in the slideshow below from across the web that prove it's possible.

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• Hummus With Homemade Pita

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://artsntarts.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/pita-bread-and-hummus/">Hummus recipe from Arts and Tarts</a></strong> Making hummus at home is easy because it's made in the food processor.

• Quick Toasted Coconut Scones

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://ketchuptochutney.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/quick-toasted-coconut-scones/">Quick Toasted Coconut Scones recipe from From Ketchup to Chutney</a></strong> This easy recipe for scones comes together quickly in the food processor.

• Cheesecake Cupcakes With Apricot Glaze

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://todaysnest.typepad.com/todays-nest/2012/09/treat-of-the-week-cheesecake-cupcakes-with-apricot-glaze.html">Cheesecake Cupcakes with Apricot Glaze recipe from Today's Nest</a></strong> For this easy cheesecake recipe, both the wafer cookie crumb base and the cheesecake filling are prepared in the food processor -- separately of course.

• Homemade Breakfast Sausage

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://www.healthygreenkitchen.com/homemade-breakfast-sausage.html">Homemade Breakfast Sausage recipe from Healthy Green Kitchen</a></strong> Grind your meat freshly at home, but instead of using a meat grinder, try the food processor. You can make sausages, patties, meatballs and hamburgers.

• Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://www.turntablekitchen.com/2012/09/roasted-tomatillo-salsa-settled-in-the-middle/">Roasted Tomatillo Salsa recipe from Turntable Kitchen</a></strong> Homemade salsas are easy to make in the food processor -- and you can create the consistency you wish, whether it's really chunky or silky smooth.

• Homemade Pasta

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://www.biggirlssmallkitchen.com/2010/08/making-homemade-pasta.html">Homemade Pasta recipe from Big Girls Small Kitchen</a></strong> Don't tell your Italian nonna, but this recipe for pasta is made in the food processor.

• Pesto-550

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://bakecookeat.blogspot.com/2009/05/homemade-pesto.html">Homemade Pesto recipe from Sam Tan's Kitchen</a></strong> Traditionally made in a mortar and pestle, pesto is all the more quicker when made in a food processor.

• No-Cook Fudge

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://cookieandkate.com/2011/easy-vegan-fudge-recipe/">No-Cook Fudge recipe from Cookie + Kate</a></strong> This fudge recipe requires no cooking and no stirring since it's made in the food processor.

• Easy Thai Curry Paste

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://cookingontheweekends.com/2012/09/thai-curry-paste-recipe/">Easy Thai Curry Paste recipe from Cooking on the Weekends</a></strong> The basis of many Thai recipes, this curry paste is easy to make in the food processor. Store it in the fridge until ready to use.

• Morning Buns For Slackers

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://www.ezrapoundcake.com/archives/11041">Morning Buns for Slackers recipe from Ezra Pound Cake</a></strong> This recipe recreates <a href="http://www.tartinebakery.com/">Tartine Bakery</a>'s famous morning buns in an easy way by using the food processor to bring together the dough.

• Homemade Mayonnaise

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://umamigirl.com/2011/04/easy-how-to-homemade-mayonnaise.html">Homemade Mayonnaise recipe from Umami Girl </a></strong> Many people make homemade mayonnaise in the blender, but the food processor does the job even better.

• Homemade Pizza Dough

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://www.two-tarts.com/2012/04/homemade-pizza-dough.html">Homemade Pizza Dough recipe from Two Tarts</a></strong> Forget store-bought dough, whip up a batch of pizza dough in your food processor.

• Homemade Butter

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://wewhiskaway.blogspot.com/2010/02/butter.html">Homemade Butter recipe from Whisk Away</a></strong> Homemade butter can be made at home very easily in the food processor. Once you've got the method down pat, try your hand at making some flavored butters.

• Easy Turkey Bolognese

  Get the <a href="http://www.heathersdish.com/1/easy-turkey-bolognese/">Easy Turkey Bolognese recipe from Heather's Dish</a> Instead of spending all your time chopping vegetables for this recipe, use your food processor to get the job done more efficiently.

• Santa Maria Style Tri Tip Marinade

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://annacostafood.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/santa-maria-style-tri-tip-marinade/">Santa Maria Style Tri Tip Marinade recipe from Costa Kitchen</a></strong> Forget the bottle marinade, make your own easily in the food processor.

• Sweet Pistachio Butter

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://chocolatechillimango.com/2011/11/06/sweet-pistachio-butter/">Sweet Pistachio Butter recipe from Chocolate Chilli Mango</a></strong> Any nut butters can be made in the food processor -- just grind away.

• Pretzel Rolls

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://butteryum.blogspot.com/2011/05/pretzel-rolls.html">Pretzel Rolls recipe from ButterYum</a></strong> This recipe requires no kneading and comes together quickly in the food processor.

• Homemade Coleslaw

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://vanillacloudsandlemondrops.blogspot.ca/2012/08/our-favourite-coleslaw.html">Homemade Coleslaw recipe from Vanilla Clouds and Lemon Drops</a></strong> Shredding cabbage for coleslaw is a breeze when you use your food processor's shredder attachment.

• Perfect Pie Dough

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://www.littlebcooks.blogspot.com/2012/08/perfect-pie-dough.html">Perfect Pie Dough recipe from Little B Cooks</a></strong> Pie dough is easy to make when you use the food processor to work together the butter and flour.

• Celeriac, Potato And Leek Soup

  <strong>Get the <a href="http://www.itsjustchicken.com/recipes/celeriac-potato-leek-soup-bacon/">Celeriac, Potato and Leek Soup recipe from It's Just Chicken</a></strong> Soups that require pureeing, can be pureed in the food processor, like this celeriac, potato and leek soup.

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