Juice of 1 lime
In blender container, combine pepper, onion, jalapenos and garlic. Place cover on jar. Pulse several times for about 5 seconds, each, to chop ingredients. Add tomato, mango and cilantro and pulse several times until vegetables are chopped and mixture is blended. Spoon mixture into bowl; stir in corn and lime juice. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Serve with tortilla chips.
Makes about 4 cups.
TROPICAL ISLAND SMOOTHIE
2 cups orange juice
½cup frozen pina colada drink mix 1 cup vanilla yogurt
1 cup frozen mixed berries
1 medium banana
2 cups ice cubes
Combine all ingredients in order listed in blender container. Close cover. Pulse for several seconds three or four times. Press HIGH and let run until mixture is smooth and well blended, about 1½ minutes.
Makes 3 thick shakes.
APRICOT MANGO COOLER
2 cups apricot nectar
1 cup mango nectar
¼cup fresh lime juice
¼cup sugar
2 cups ice cubes
1 cup frozen cubed mango
Combine all ingredients in order listed in blender container. Close cover. Pulse for several seconds three or four times. Press HIGH and blend until mixture is smooth and well blended, about 1 minute.
Makes about 6 cups.
TROUBLESHOOTING FOR FOOD PROCESSORS
PROBLEM | POSSIBLE CAUSE | SOLUTION |
Food is unevenly | Workbowl is overfilled. | Smaller amounts will |
chopped. | You may be running the | process more evenly. |
| bowl continuously in- | Use the PULSE button in |
| stead of on PULSE. Food | |
| may be cut in random | ments. Allow the blades |
| sizes. | to stop completely before |
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| pressing the PULSE but- |
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| ton again. Cut food in |
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| same size pieces before |
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| placing in processor. |
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Liquid leaks from the bot- | Too much liquid in the | Process smaller amounts. |
tom of the workbowl. | workbowl. | When processing liquids, |
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| do not add more than 3 |
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| cups to workbowl. Do |
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| not remove the blade be- |
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| fore removing workbowl |
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| from processor when |
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| processing liquids. |
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Sliced foods are uneven | The feed chute has not | Cut pieces in even |
and slanted. | been well packed or | lengths, just a little |
| uneven pressure has | shorter than the length of |
| been applied to the food | the feed chute. Pack the |
| pusher during processing. | chute carefully and main- |
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| tain even pressure on the |
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| food pusher as the food is |
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| being processed. |
Foods being sliced or | This is normal. | Stop processing occasion- |
shredded fill up on one |
| ally and either even out |
side of the bowl. |
| the food in the workbowl |
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| or move it to another |
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| bowl. When food ac- |
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| cumulates close to the |
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| disc, empty the workbowl |
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| before continuing. |
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