The ultimate recipes for great dishes prepared with a food processor.

Millions of home cooks have a food processor, yet many underutilize this versatile appliance. George Geary and Judith Finlayson show busy home cooks how this time-saving appliance can help eliminate lengthy prep times and ensure great results.

These superb and innovative recipes have been specifically created for use with food processors. From appetizers to soups to main courses to cookies and cakes, these recipes make full use of this indispensable kitchen appliance. Many of the recipes have also been designed so that the bowl does not need to be cleaned along the way -- another time-saver.

Here is a sampling of these delicious and foolproof dishes:

• Lemon-laced butterbean dip
• Tzatziki
• Country terrine
• Summer borscht
• Navy bean soup
• Turkey mole
• Chicken pot pie with mushrooms and leeks
• Beef fajitas with guacamole
• Southwestern brisket
• Chorizo cakes
• Creamy salmon lasagna
• Three-herb pasta salad
• Potato latkes
• Tomato tartar sauce
• Homemade ketchup
• Red onion salsa
• Onion marmalade
• trawberry muffins
• Fresh tarragon dill bread
• Chocolate chunk cookies
• Lemon mist cheesecake

The authors also include comprehensive information on the food processor, its safe usage and its basic parts, plus an A to Z list of ingredients and how to process each. Extensive tips and techniques round out this complete reference to an appliance that should be in every home kitchen.

George Geary teaches baking and cooking techniques at more than 100 cooking schools across North America every year. He is a food journalist and the author of five cookbooks.

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Judith Finlayson is a Toronto based food writer, journalist and author with a life-long love of cooking. Her slow cooker books have sold more than 500,000 copies. Among her many books are The Best Diabetes Slow Cooker Recipes; 175 Essential Slow Cooker Classics; The Healthy Slow Cooker; 125 Best Vegetarian Slow Cooker Recipes; and The Convenience Cook.

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Does your food processor sit on the kitchen counter collecting dust? Or like many cooks, do you use the appliance only to slice and dice? George Geary, a cooking instructor, teams with food writer Judith Finlayson with this impressive array. Both authors assert that the food processor is the most underused appliance in the kitchen. With that in mind, the two whipped up a delicious offering of recipes that make use of the food processor in 650 Best Food Processor Recipes. This giant tome not only offers a tasty menu of recipes, it also breaks down the components of the food processor and explains how to use it effectively. Busy cooks learn how to save time by reducing prep time. One of the best sections is the comprehensive list of ingredients with directions for processing each of these foods. Color photos highlight several of the delightful gourmet recipes, ranging from appetizers to soups, entrees to desserts, condiments to cookies. The dessert section tempts my taste buds, especially the lemon oatmeal bars. Initially, I chuckled at the section explaining the parts of the processor. I consider myself a well-rounded home cook, but after reading how to use the appliance properly, I realized I haven't used my food processor to its full potential.

Sacramento Book Review

650 Best Food Processor Recipes is a cookbook that will have you falling in love with that appliance all over again.

CookingNook.com

I never realized the food processor could be used to create everything from appetizers to soups to desserts. These recipes have been developed with time saving strategies for today's busy cook. Many of the recipes have also been designed so that the bowl does not need to be cleaned along the way. (Who doesn't love have less dishes to clean? I know I am happy with anything that makes my job of cleaning easier.)

Thrifty Things Blogspot

This fine book shows the wide variety of recipes made in minutes with this indispensable appliance.

Montreal Gazette

If you've fallen into the rut of using your food processor only to chop veggies, you'll enjoy the myriad adventures found in a new book, 650 Best Food Processor Recipes, by George Geary and Judith Finlayson (Robert Rose, $24.95). Your dinnertime repertoire will develop dramatically while saving you time to spend with your family. This simple dessert is perfect for spring, and it's vegetarian-friendly.

Star-Telegram Newspaper

I'm a food processor foodie so when this book came in for review I grabbed it immediately. And, I'm happy to report I wasn't disappointed. The second recipe I tested was Orange Butter Cookies. Using the food processor made a simple recipe even more simple. The richness of the butter and the strong accent of orange pleased the palate. I will be making these again. Do I recommend 650 Best Food Processor Recipes? Yes, I sure do. With that many recipes you could have your processor going daily for two years. Perusing the remainder of the recipes I found that there are many I will be making in the very near future. The ingredients would be found in most pantries and certainly in local grocery stores. This is a winner.

Reader Views

A unique cookbook that will not only save you time when preparing meals at home, but bring fresh new ideas and excitement to cooking!

Parenting Tips 365

If there is one kitchen appliance that I do not use often enough it is my food processor. I guess it is easier for me to chop, and dice with my knives instead. I mostly use my food processor for mincing or to make puree. Boy have I been missing out on a great way to prepare foods. Here is a fabulous cookbook for more inspiration. 650 Best Food Processor Recipes by George Geary and Judith Finlayson. George and Judith want you to bring those food processors out of your appliance graveyard. In 650 Best Food Processor Recipes they will show you how easy it is to put that processor to work. You can make sensational delicious and foolproof dishes. In Appetizers there is a scrumptious Pumpkin Cream Cheese Spread which I plan to make for my Thanksgiving get together. How about Roasted Garlic and Mushroom pate? I am drooling over Santa Fe Sweet Potato Soup made with dried New Mexico chiles, sweet potatoes and corn plus a few more choice ingredients. Yum! My guys love beef so Beef Fajitas with Guacamole or the Southwestern Brisket would satisfy them. There is even a recipe for Homemade Ketchup. With so many hundreds of recipes, I have asked for a new Food Processor as a gift. Mine is so old and I can't find some of the blades, bummer!

One 2 Try

Making short work of good cooking is possible if you put this indispensable appliance to use, these veteran authors maintain, and their book begins by explaining how to handle each food in a 25-page guide, then describes each part of the machine, and includes tips and ideas for each recipe, including a "vegetarian friendly" indication. If you don't own a processor, or tend to let yours gather dust, or are thinking of investing in one, this lively, international collection will improve your culinary life. Include a plastic spatula for scraping the processor bowl with this book.

Montreal Gazette

If you have been letting your [food] processor gather dust, this rundown on how to use one is handy.

Calgary Herald

This cookbook features innovative recipes specifically created for use with food processors. Many of the recipes have also been designed so that the bowl does not need to be cleaned along the way -- another time-saver that will be appreciated by home cooks pressed for time. It also includes information on the food processor -- everything from purchasing, safe usage and understanding basic parts, extensive tips and techniques to a handy A to Z list of ingredients and how to effectively process each. Foolproof recipes are given for dressings, condiments, breads, desserts, appetizers, sides, salads, main dishes, pasta and more like Lemon-Laced Butterbean Dip, Beef Fajitas with Guacamole, Three-Herb Pasta Salad, Potato Latkes, Peanut Butter, Chocolate Chunk Cookies, Lemon Mist Cheesecake.

Paris Post-Intelligencer

The Comeback of the food processor. Cupboards are filled with abandoned small appliances that have left their owners perplexed as to how they can be incorporated into everyday use. One of those appliances is the food processor. But, two new books are hoping to change that... 650 Best Food Processor Recipes by George Geary and Judith Finlayson (Robert Rose) includes recipes from appetizers to desserts.

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