Ninja - Express Chop (NJ100GR, NJ110GR, NJ100WM)

I love my mini food processor. it is about 3 cups… I use it for garlic and ginger and small amounts of tomatoes. it takes up much less space in the dishwasher. I have a ninja one.

I loved my big food processor because it could shred a 2lb block of cheese in about 10 seconds. But cleaning it was a bitch. It took up like the whole top rack of the dishwasher. Now I have a mini ninja food processor and I use it allllll the time. Making cookie crumbs for crusts, salsa, tomato sauce, chop onions, etc.

I love my Ninja food chopper express. It's a mini food processor. Small, powerful, not too many pieces to clean. I have a smaller kitchen and no dishwasher so many gadgets are more space/cleanup than they're worth... but this one I reach for regularly. Downside--it was under $25 when I originally bought it and now up to about $50.

We have a large KitchenAid food processor with a variety of discs and blades, but mainly use a Ninja 3-cup food chopper instead. I loathe the texture of cooked zucchini, carrots, and bell peppers, but am fine with the taste. So, finely chopping those veggies and disguising them in lasagna works great. A mini chopper also does well for dicing onions, making salsa, and repurposing pot roast to make enchiladas and meat pies. When looking for a small food chopper, get one that has blades going up the spinning vertical shaft ... not just a pair of blades at the bottom. My previous mini chopper with a pair of blades at the bottom just mauled the vegetables. The Ninja one has four blades. It is actually an attachment for an immersion blender power stick, but I believe the company makes free-standing models. I have not checked to see what companies make similar mini choppers.