Has anyone tried chopping nuts and how well dd it do ?
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I personally have not chopped nuts, but anything that you put in at least a cup of anything will chop. The more you turn it the smaller it gets.
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Ok, I did get chance to try the chopper to attempt to make some almond butter. It did struggle with the nuts. I pulsed it until it had a chance to break down some of the nuts and then turned it to full "on" button and the unit sort of wobbled to where I had to hold on to it to stabilize it. So, I would say that for this sort of thing, you would definitely need something a bit more powerful. Hope this helps. I actually learned something myself trying this out. :)
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Hi Lori, I just tried sweet potatoes and the chopper worked great. I used a thin slice of uncooked, unpeeled sweet potato on the smallest of the dicing blades, and it diced easily. Hope this helps!
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It will chop nuts not sure about hard veggiesI only used it for salads, it isn't a sharp blade
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I use it to chop nuts and make breadcrumbs. It doesn't actually do what a food processor does, though, in that it won't give you nice slices of fruits, etc. Also, I would not tend to run it dry for long periods, but maybe that is not actually a problem, and is just my conception.
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I haven't tried it with nuts or grains. I mostly used it to grind up cinnamon so far. But it should grind nuts.
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Yes, but to be honest a good blender or sm food precessor is better, or large depending on how many nuts you'll be grinding at a time!
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I've made a nut "cream" with soaked cashews and the soaking liquid, with good results. I use my food processor for nut butters, and wouldn't even try it in this blender. I think that it wouldn't work well and it looks like it would be a pain to scrape a nut butter out of ANY blender. UPDATE: I decided to try it myself. This blender had no problems being adequately powered for the job. The cashew butter that I made turned out much smoother and creamier than with my food processor. I did need to add water so that it would blend without my scraping the sides every few seconds. But when I refrigerate it, it will be solid enough.
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I tried it on nuts, cheese, and grains. It failed on all of those. The motor appeared to be powerful enough so I assume it was the blades that were the problem. I ended up junking the unit after a year.
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Personally I am disappointed with this chopper. I use a lot of different nuts and seeds. They get stuck in the blades and it's really not an uniform chop. Also the harder the nut or seed the hard it is to turn the hand crank.
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I believe the hand blender would work very well for mayonnaise, but I doubt it could grind nuts. Might have to find another kitchen gadget to do that.
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I chop pecans, almonds, chocolate morsels. Try pushing several times, no too long, or you end up with nuts powder.
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I have chopped bok choy it seemed to perform efficiently although because the size of the bowl you must load accordingly. Ginger and nuts seem to chop fine as well.
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I haven't tried nuts yet - but it says you can in the instruction booklet. It also says to toast them first for best flavor and process up to one cup at a time....if that's of any help to you!
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Yep :) No problem! The V-shaped blade (I can't recall it's proper name at the moment) is the one I use to chop nuts with, though I think its also possible with the flat blade ...
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So far we have used it to chop pecans (the ones that come bagged already shelled). The longer you keep the machine running, the smaller the pieces are that are chopped up. We use the chopped pecans in banana bread. It works great to puree onions without the tears to make salsa, etc. Like I said before, if the machine stops because it is jammed, make SURE that you unplug the unit before getting your finger near the blade. The blade is very sharp!!! Better to be safe!!!
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Hi..what i did was let the nuts soak in water for about 20-30 minutes. Afterwards I cut each end of the nut. Hope it works for you!