My old $40 Hamilton Beach food processor bit the dust. I debated whether I “need” to replace it and decided I should because a) I can afford to because we’re eating out so much less and b) there’s an empty spot on the counter and c) it takes too long to chop lots of vegetables by hand.

I’m not too impressed with the low end Cuisinart I bought off Amazon but will give it a 30 day test. The cole slaw below is an example of reason c. The recipe came with the food processor. It gets sweetness from ketchup instead of added sugar (my ketchup is sugarless) and also includes 2 tbsp of olive oil which my slaws don’t usually include. I made a couple substitutions based on what I had and didn’t have. Overall, it came out okay but I’m not done working on it. I still have half a cabbage to experiment.