Electric Food Processors

I am looking for a recipe for lemon cookies that are small balls, rolled in powder sugar and they almost melt in your mouth. Anyone know a good recipe that can be made in a basic kitchen without blenders or food processors?

I used blenders and food processors but they are not making the powder fine and leaving some granules. The powder should be as fine as coffee powder that comes out of coffee grinder. Coffee grinder is too small, by the way. Any suggestions on which product to buy. I live in USA.

please tell me how a blender and a food processor are different. Also is one better than the other, or are they simply different? I ask because I own two blenders but have never had a food processor.

Once again a question about blenders and food processors, question below:

Let’s say I wanted to process a lot of solid vegetables — cabbage, broccoli, carrots and other hard, crunchy vegetables — what would I want, a food processor or a blender? When you’re speaking of "purees" how pureed will a food processor make of broccoli, cabbage, carrots, etc? I want it to be sort of smooth, so it can easily be digested by my weak digestive system.

Chopping, slicing are not what I want, I just want to know that if I puree a food long enough (please also indicate times for pureeing in a food processor!) in a food processor, that it will be processed enough so that I won’t see the individual ingredients.

Thanks so much again!!!

Ben
Okay, the concern with how "pureed" a food will be has to do with an eating disorder — my digestive "problem" is really a devastation — inflicted on me after a lot of self-abuse.

The food processor or blender of my choice will have to be with me for awhile to come, as my financial situation is in dire straits. I have no job, no income and rely on my mother for support. She decided that it was worthwhile to invest in me getting better so she bought me a 12-cup Kitchen Aid for 9.99 (way overpriced, but for Canadian pricing this is above and beyond what you’d get elsewhere).

Yeah, when it came down to it, I chose the food processor over the xbox 360 because my health (and my mothers) is deteriorating rapidly. Without something to bring my food within "digestive reach" of my stomach, I am doomed.

So, will this food processor last me long, will it stand the test of time and heavy abuse? That’s what it’ll be going through if I am to get any better, so help me out please! Thanks

I feel like the only reason why raw foodists exist today is because of new technology, namely food dehydrators, juicers, blenders, and food processors. Without these tools, it would be very difficult to almost impossible to eat a HEALTHY 100% raw food diet.

For instance, most raw foodists rely on fresh vegetable and fruit juices to get their nutrients in an easy pre-digested form. Others dehydrate their foods instead of cooking them to make them more edible (this is the way they make "bread").

Also be aware that there is no documentation of any known society/culture that was eating a strictly 100% raw food diet. Not even the hunter-gatherer society. If in doubt, read this: http://www.beyondveg.com/tu-j-l/raw-cooked/raw-cooked-3h.shtml
Jen D: Did you forget about fire? In its earliest attestation, cooking was done by roasting meat and tubers over an open fire. Pottery and other cooking vessels were placed directly on such a fire.

So cooking was always possible because of FIRE.
Btw, I could easily survive without microwaves, blenders and food processors. Actually, I don’t even OWN a microwave oven, and rarely if ever do I use my blender or food processor. Stoves and ovens just make it more convenient to cook foods without having to light up a fire. =)

I have tried all the cheap walmart brands ranging from -some to -some dollars. I have tried these over the last 4-5 years. I have yet to find a good one. What do I mean by "good one"? One that will crush ice for smoothies, will emolsify dressings, will actually puree, and that doesn’t get stuck all the time. When I was a kid I had no problem using whatever blender my mom had.. very old. I have also worked in restaurants and have had no problem with professional models. Is there a tried and true "good one" out there for under 0?? I love to make fresh sauces and salsas and puree soups etc and I have been nothing but disappointed with inexpensive blenders. I wonder why are they even on the shelf? help — TIA!