I recently posted a video on social media that shows how quickly sweet potatoes can be turned into sweet potato fries in seconds. Several people had no idea that it was even possible and were amazed at how quickly and easily my Cuisinart food processor chopped my sweet potatoes. For almost two years, sweet potatoes were one of my best food friends. I ate them almost every day for lunch and loved them dearly. They got bumped only because I now love plantains too, but sweet potatoes will always be at the top of my list.

Originally when I started eating sweet potatoes, I was making chips out of them. See the sweet potato chip recipe here. I also made these with my food processor using my 4mm slicing blade. This is where my love for sweet potatoes began. I mean, who doesn’t love chips of any and all kinds?! Prior to this, I greatly disliked sweet potatoes. Gasp, I know! I never got into the candied yams at Thanksgiving or anything like that. It’s probably because my family never ate them and because I don’t like any mushy food at all. I have a quick gag reflex for anything mushy, so baked sweet potatoes were out. Enter sweet potato chips and I was SOLD! This way they were a tad bit crunchy, just like I like food. 🙂 While I loved my sweet potato chips, they were a bit high maintenance, needing to be flipped every 5 minutes towards the end of their baking. I just couldn’t give them that much attention. Making sweet potato fries changed all of that since I can flip large spatulas full all at the same time. Voila, I was eating sweet potato fries daily and loving it.

I figured there had to be a way to make french fry shapes with my food processor and sure enough, this french fry disc (affiliate link) is what I found and purchased. This attachment makes shoestring size fries. Several of the reviews I read about this attachment in particular was that it can get clogged and not work well. I do find this to be true, but it’s a real simple fix. All you need to do is open the lid and pull the pieces out of the attachment that are stuck and move along on your merry way. That’s all, no big deal!

Over the many years that I have had my food processor, I have used it for many things. I use it to chop vegetables like celery, carrots, cucumber, zucchini, etc. so that all of my pieces are uniform in size. It works great and super fast. The cucumber on the left, below, is with the 2mm slicing blade. The cucumber on the right is using the 4mm slicing blade.

I also use the grating attachment to grate carrots, cheese, and anything else you would like to be shredded.

My food processor also does a great job with “blender” muffins, date balls, pesto, sun butter, crackers, and more. It is such a versatile kitchen gadget, it’s a main staple in my kitchen. I really love my food processor and use it often. I have owned this 11 cup Pro Custom Cuisinart Food Processor and I currently own this 11 cup Prep Plus Cuisinart Food Processor (both affiliate links). The first one I got at some point after we were married, but I’m not sure when. I used it for years and then decided I needed a more powerful motor for all the use I was giving mine. They both were great, I have no complaints about either one. They are dishwasher safe with BPA plastic which are both pluses for me. All in all, I highly recommend getting a good food processor if you do a lot of meal prep, chopping vegetables, blending thicker or chunky foods, and like one unit that is great for many of uses. The two food processors in the links above come with a bowl, the lid, a blade attachment, two slicing blades that are different thicknesses (2mm and 4mm), and a grating blade. I had to purchase the french fry attachment separately. They are a bit of an investment, but so worth it if you think you will use it a lot. As always, let me know if you have any questions, I’m happy to answer any you may have.