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Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

faeriemoon — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 14:02:06 GMT

My Cuisinart Mini Prep Plus bit the dust. Any recommendations for something better before I just replace this one? I use it mostly for chopping nuts when I want them to be fairly fine. Most of the time I just use my knife for chopping but this gadget is my go-to when I have a lot of something I want to chop very small/fine.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

Roxiedoxie — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 14:07:10 GMT

I also had the cuisinart mini chopper and LOVE it. I moved it to my motorhome and now have the kitchenaid and it does more but for me it was a little learning curve. I do, however, like the Kitchenaid and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

faeriemoon — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 14:26:36 GMT

@Roxiedoxie Thanks for the rec. I will look it up.

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

SilleeMee — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 14:27:42 GMT

I have one of these Pampered Chef Choppers:

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

jlkz — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 14:43:31 GMT

@faeriemoon

I use my little mini prep to liquefy garlic cloves for my huge batches of marinara sauce. Easier to sauté: no bits of garlic to get stuck in teeth !

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

Mistreatedbycs — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 15:06:04 GMT

@faeriemoon

I have the same one as you, sorry yours took a dump.

I was just thinking for the latest gadget for grating, chopping, you need to attend a State Fair. Isn't it true that they have the world's best choppers and graters that does all this!

I don't use mine for nuts because they do not all chop at the same time, some are big, some are small, I use a hand grater for those.

This one is the best, I have one similar with the disks which are worth your weight in gold. I grate my nuts with this unit.

Vintage rotary grater Mouli Julienne made in France Slicer salad maker Shredder with 5 metal disks found at Etsy

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

deepwaterdotter — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 15:07:13 GMT

I also have the Cuisinart 4-cup chopper. If it ceased operation, I would probably replace it with another of the same.

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

faeriemoon — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 15:13:44 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs @deepwaterdotter Thank you both very much for your input.

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

faeriemoon — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 15:15:16 GMT

@SilleeMee Thank you for the suggestion and the picture! There is something to be said for non electric gadgets (I tend to use my knife for just about everything.) I will look into this.

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

faeriemoon — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 15:18:23 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs Just looked up that really cool gadget!! Seriously considering a non electric.

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

Mistreatedbycs — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 15:25:16 GMT

@faeriemoon

If you look further in the pages at Etsy, there's a metal one similar to the description I gave you on that one, that one is similar to what my mom used and when I moved out on my own, I purchased a plastic body one similar to the all metal one, my disks are metal but the body is plastic.

There is absolutely nothing like that hand grater, I put my baker's chocolate in there and it grates fine for cakes, I put my nuts in there for pecan fingers, those disks can be changed and they go from a rough chop/grate to a untra fine/chop grate.

Great for carrots too for carrot cakes.

Bad thing about the one I pointed out orignally is that it's coming from the USSR and the shipping was $28.

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

ScrapHappy — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 16:08:19 GMT

I have an OXO hand mini chopper. Works great.

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

Snowpuppy — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 16:10:39 GMT

For chopping nuts, I put nuts in a Ziploc freezer bag with zip closure (sturdier than storage bag) and zip shut.

Lay bag flat on counter or chopping board and whack it with my OXO 2 sided mallet until I get the desired chop (coarse/fine).

Measure out what you need, store the rest. Toss bag when used. Nothing to clean up!

I do need a chopper for onions, carrots, etc. 😉

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

Yahooey — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 18:29:49 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs

i just saw the vintage commercial for the chopper - so neat

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

Mistreatedbycs — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 19:24:23 GMT

@Snowpuppy

So tell us the truth....who are you really whacking???????

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

momoftwo2007 — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 19:39:35 GMT

I love the Kuhn Rikon Mini Pull Chopper. I just checked the QVC site, it is on waitlist right now. I love mine.

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

RespectLife — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 19:41:16 GMT

@faeriemoon

I know it may seem silly but get K48049 (On WL)

It is the BEST gizmo I ever bought. Super easy to clean.

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

Catlady Nicole — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 19:51:56 GMT

I purchased this about a year ago and I'm amazed at how powerfull it is. This sounds weird, but I just chopped some dry cat kibble in it. My senior kitty had to go on a special diet, and will only eat the dry version of it, but the pieces are rock hard and too big for her, so I decided to try chopping it up. It worked! Smaller bits that she can handle.

I love that the bowls come right off the unit so they are super east to clean.

I've also ground coffee beans in it, very easy to control the grind.

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

Pooky1 — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 20:01:49 GMT

I would recommend a Ninja. We have a big 14 once kitchen aid food processed with a 3 or 4 cup mini bowl and we allso have a ninja choper that came with 3 different size bowls. I recommend the ninja.we use that for small quick Easyer jobs. I have grated hard parm cheese. It actually broke my full size kitchen aid blade and the small mini Ninja grates the cheese with no problem. Even with the bigger ninja bowls the ninja seems to handle jobs better than the 300 dollar kitchen aid processer does.

Re: Any recommendations for a mini chopper?

ECBG — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 21:55:42 GMT

I love my smaller Cuisinart. Never an issue with it.