It depends a little how nice it is. Mine I just use for chopping 1)salsas and chutneys, 2)nuts if I have whole ones and want smaller pieces 3)frozen cranberries if I want small pieces. it's the crappy little $15 variety with not much of a motor and average blades, and I have to grind for minutes if I want pesto.

My mom has a top-of-the-line Cuisinart, the thing can practically slice a banana. She can even whip cream in it. Try that with yours, just for kicks! A nice food processor does make good pastry crusts too, because very little heat gets introduced to the dough relative to when you mix with your hands. less

Here's a chutney recipe, direct from the person who introduced me to it. He made it to accompany our office Thanksgiving chicken.

actually this chutney is very simple ...
ok this is recipe
take fresh green cilantro leaves...1/2 of that we got one bundle from store(i dont know exact weight)...put them in chopper(grinder)....ad d one small onion...10-15 small green chilleys....10-15 cashews....2 table spoon of plain yogurt...salt according to taste(put one table spoon, later you can put more if you need)
then chop for 30 seconds or up to that texture that we have.

chutney is ready...taste it...add more any of ingrediets if u feel after cheking taste...and again chop it.

thanks that you like my chutney

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"That texture that we have" is basically... you could spread it with a spoon or pour it out of the spoon, but there are still visible, discrete elements of the onions and cashews. The cilantro bundle is the standard size... maybe we used 4 oz? The chilis we used are Thai bird's eye chilis, but you can use jalepenos (not quite so tasty but still effective) if you can't find any. less