I grew up in a household where my mother was always canning something, making something from scratch or blending the best salsa ever. While I have never been that Betty Crocker, I have been doing a lot lately to get in to that mode. It’s amazing to see how much you really CAN save by making your own things, verses buying pre made items from the store like salsa, spaghetti sauce, curry sauce, fruit sorbet and even something as simple as shredded cheese.

My kitchen life has officially changed for the better with the Cuisinart Elite Collection 14-Cup Food Processor. I had a tiny food processor way many years ago, but it didn’t do anything compared to this one from the Elite Collection!

Elite Collection™ 14-Cup Food Processor
$299.00

Product Description
The Cuisinart Elite Collection™ 14-Cup Food Processor delivers the next big innovation for the modern kitchen. With 11- and 4½-cup work bowls nested inside the 14-cup bowl, plus the adjustable 6-position slicing disc and reversible shredding disc, it provides home chefs with multiple food processors in one! The exclusive SealTight™ Advantage System is designed to deliver maximum bowl capacity and clean processing and pouring. No other processor does it better!

Product Features

• 3 Food Processors in 1!
• 14-cup Large Bowl, 11-cup Medium Bowl, and 4½-cup
• Small Bowl with Pour Spouts & Measurement Markings
• Exclusive Patent-Pending SealTight™ Advantage System – Seals Bowls and Locks Blades
• Easy On/Off Locking System with Push-Button Release
• Stainless Steel Adjustable Slicing Disc (1 to 6mm)
• Stainless Steel Reversible Shredding Disc (fine/medium)
• Large and Small Stainless Steel Chopping/Mixing Blades with BladeLock System
• Dough Blade
• Cuisinart® Supreme® Wide-Mouth Feedtube nd Cover Assembly
• Electronic Touchpad Controls – On/Off/ Dough/Pulse ith surrounding Blue LED Lights
• 1000-Watt Peak Power Motor
• Retractable Cord
• Accessory Storage Case with Lock
• Spatula
• How-to DVD
• Recipe/Instruction Book
• All removable parts are dishwasher safe
• 20-Year Motor Warranty
• 3-Year Limited Warranty
• Available in Die-Cast, White and Black

I don’t really have a ‘recipe’ to share with you, other than I canned my own tomatoes, and used those along with some garden bell peppers, hot peppers (about 4 different kind), a clove of garlic, and I used purple onion for this batch of Salsa. I, personally, do not eat Salsa, but hubby was there to taste test and I was able get it to how he likes it. This batch of salsa got hubby’s seal of approval!

Make you hungry for Salsa?

Not only can we make salsa with the Cuisinart Elite Collection 14-Cup Food Processor, we shred cheese in about half a second flat for a half pound block of cheese. No more slaving over the cheese grater!

I am experimenting with Spaghetti Sauce, so Ill post a recipe once I get it taste tested the way I like.

With the holiday season coming up, I am very excited to be able to make a lot of things with the Cuisinart Elite Collection Food Processor such as pie fillings and even making some homemade stuffing for Thanksgiving!

I love that there are 3 bowls that come with this food processor. Why the need for 3 bowls? Well, you can have your items in separate bowls, ready to blend, without having to run to wash your main bowl each time, blend again. It saves you tons of time!

Be on the lookout all this holiday season for new recipes with the Cuisinart Elite Collection 14-Cup Food Processor!

For more information and other great kitchen tools, visit www.cuisinart.com