KitchenAid KFC3516IC 3.5-Cup Mini Food Processor-Ice, Plastic

This is a fantastic little processor.Great for chopping onions (anything really,)either coarsely or finely, pureeing fruit both of which takes seconds. Nice and compact and very easy on the eye. I love it. Thoroughly recommend one. I got my red one in Lakeland.

The lid and body are really hard to remove, I keep expecting them to break with the force required... it's not a smooth maneover. I suspect it's only a matter of time.

I am currently on a very low fat diet which requires me to do even more cooking from scratch than usual. Many of the recipes use lots of garlic/ginger/chillies/herbs/spices... in order to make fish/meat/poultry/vegetables, interesting & palatable instead of using the butter/oil/cream...which one used when cooking previously. Although the amounts used are not great (I cook for just two of us, day to day), this does take out a lot of the chopping/mincing/grating. I looked at what was available, and some of the cheaper options did look a bit flimsy. I read reviews which were variable. In the end I paid a bit more and purchased this. While it is not quite as robust as I might have wished, I have been pleased and satisfied. It is easy (once accustomed) to use and wash. I have the standard size appliances, but they are simply too large and cumbersome for the small amounts I am dealing with. I think that this is something which many cooks might be pleased to have, even if not following recipes as I am presently doing.