You might look at this appliance and think they look great, but would I ever really use it? Why should I? This article goes over four common advantages to owning a food processor that might answer these questions for you.

The first benefit this appliance will give you, which affects every other benefit, is how fast and easy it makes food preparation. Mincing, slicing, dicing, chopping, grinding, pureeing, and so on are all the activities that require the most time from you in the kitchen. Preparing all of the ingredients well takes up a lot of time, and this is why people choose, instead, to eat prepared food from boxes. Because these appliances have multiple blades all you have to do is switch out a blade and hit the correct button on the machine and you've gone from mincing garlic to chopping a potato. With the chute on top and the slicing blade you can have perfectly sliced cucumbers. With all of these functions food prep takes a lot less time, and is a lot easier.

Because of how much easier it is to make a meal with whole foods, you'll find yourself going ahead and using your food processor to prepare a healthy meal instead of eating out or eating a prepared boxed meal. This is a much healthier way to eat, that should hopefully help your body get all of the important nutrients it needs. If you're hoping to lose weight switching to whole food meals can be an easy way to start eating less calories and get you towards your weight loss goals as well.

Again because of how much easier a food processor makes cooking you can now make things you didn't think you could before. If you always used to buy salsa from a jar at the store, you'll be surprised to see how easy it is to make your own salsa and dips just with some produce at the store. You can make your own dips, spreads, and other prepared foods you hadn't thought about before pretty easily. You can also make your own baked goods—there is a kneading blade for kneading doughs.

If you have any use for baby food, a food processor is an easy way to go about making your own! This way you know exactly what your child is eating, it's often cheaper than buying the prepared jars, and you can do it all without it becoming your sole duty in life.

All of these great advantages to having a food processor really amount to eating healthier in an easy way that doesn't take up all of your time.