I bought my first big processor at a garage sale this summer. It is a Sunbeam from the 1980's, I paid $5 for it and I love it. Can't believe I managed so long without one.

     So far, I use it to chop up 3 or 4 onions at a time to store in my fridge for the weeks dinners. That way I am not cutting every time i cook. I make my homemade Ranch Dressing Mix (from Farmbell), I chopped all the extra peppers from my garden and froze them in 1 cup servings.

I used it when I made my salsa, Bread And Butter pickles and pear jam. And I shred cheese!

Lots of cheese!

     I'm sure the one you bought does even more. Good luck and have fun with it!

I have a Regal from the 1980's. The only thing I use it for is to chop up rhubarb and strawberries in the spring when I make my jam. Oh…and I did use it last Xmas when I made cranberry relish from FarmBell.

So, mostly it just sits in the cupboard covered up with a dish towel!

I have two food processors.  One large and one mini.  I use them both!  I use them for hiding veggies in different foods for my kids.  They got a work out when I was making my own baby food.  I used the large one to shred a 5 lb block of cheese in a very short amount of time!  Other things I have used them for is pie dough, making cracker/bread crumbs, salsa, so many things that I can't even think of right now.  I use both of my processors at least once a  week if not more.  

Now for a funny food processor story.

My old food processor finally quit working.  My husband came home from work and I started complaining to him that it quit and I couldn't get it to work anymore.  So, what does my ingenious husband do?  He looks at the food processor, starts muttering to himself, takes the lid out into the garage and grabs some tools.  A few minutes later, he walks back into the  kitchen with the lid that now has a hole drilled in it and a drill with a socket attached to it.  He puts the food processor back together, sticks the drill on top and says, "Look, honey, I fixed it!"  He turns on the drill and whirrrrr, the blade is spinning at supersonic speed!  "And it even works backwards!"  He switches the drill to reverse and whirrrrr.  In between my fits of laughter, I manage to say, "So, anytime I need to use my food processor, I need to go out to the garage?"   Sometimes, it is both a blessing and a curse to have a husband that can 'fix' anything.  It does make some interesting stories, though.  A few days later, he come walking in carrying a brand new food processor.  

I use mine for all kinds of stuff.  I shredded two huge zucchini into perfect shreds in about 90 seconds right before the Retreat.  Aside from the "normal" stuff described here, it's also great for "abnormal" stuff, like making mayonnaise & hollandaise.  Chopping nuts for baking.  Making bread crumbs.  Graham cracker crumbs.  Pie crusts are simple & awesome.  Here's something I haven't tried yet, but really want to.  Dicing meat for hamburgers & sausage.  I get Cooks Illustrated, and they highly recommend using an FP for that, because it doesn't crush the meat, and it doesn't generate as much heat as a grinder.  They had this really good salmon burger recipe I want to try….

So, in closing, FP's are amazing, awesome, timesaving devices.  I love my KA 12 C (particularly because it has a smaller bowl size to insert into the bigger bowl for small jobs).  I am planning a batch of Jalapeno Cherry Jam later today, and plan to use mine to puree the peppers & rough chop the cherries.  Then all I have to do is cook!