If for no other reason, purchase a mini food chopper just to begin making your own salsa.  There are very reasonably priced mini food choppers, you can find them for as little as $15.00.  There are electric models that chop, mince, dice and more.  There are also manual models in which the blades operate using either a crank or up and down chopping method.  The smaller mini food choppers produce as little as 1.5 cups of finished product, which for most things you will chop is more than enough.  Once you have a mini food chopper, you can explore other things to do with it.  Even if you own a food processor, or large chopper, a mini food chopper is a must for one and two person households.

 

Ice cream toppings, spices, vegetables, fruits and even some cooked meats can be chopped in mere moments.  Hand chopping with a knife or crushing ingredients with a rolling pin can be very time consuming and quite messy.  Also, think of the unnecessary tears shed when it comes to chopping onions.  Cookies, nuts and certain candies can be chopped and sprinkled over ice cream as a treat for your family.  Adding your own home chopped toppings to vanilla ice cream is cheaper, and allows for more variety than the premium ice cream flavors in stores.  M&M's, Oreos, Reese's Pieces or Cups and Butterfinger Bars are a few of the most favorite of toppings, and a mini food chopper can quickly do the job to provide enough for multiple servings of ice cream.

 

The convenience of a mini food chopper does not end with the easy to store compact size, most of them are dishwasher safe and offer a lid to store either dry or refrigerated chopped items.  Clean up is minimal even if you choose to hand wash a mini food chopper.  A stainless steel single S blade which is used in most models does not need to be taken apart for cleaning.  Most models are less than five pounds and easily fit on the shelf of a regular cupboard because they are usually no taller than nine inches. 

 

A mini food chopper is great for every day use in both small and large households.  They are convenient for those times when you do not want to pull out the full sized food processor only to chop some garlic.  Many people find that they use a mini food chopper along side of their full sized food processors when making recipes.  If you are making a batch of marinara sauce in a large capacity food processor, chopping some of the ingredients in the small machine will allow you to chop extra to freeze or store for another meal.

 

A mini food chopper makes a nice gift basket focal point.  A basket filled with spices, herbs, and candies for chopping will inspire those who are just getting interested in cooking as well as cooks who know their way around a kitchen to use the chopper and ingredients.  Many of these small appliances come with a recipe booklet in with the packaging and instructions.  The recipes make it very easy for those who are new to chopping food to incorporate the appliance in their own food preparation process.

 

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