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

5-second or less incre-

 

may be cut in random

ments. Allow the blades

 

sizes.

to stop completely before

 

 

pressing the PULSE but-

 

 

ton again. Cut food in

 

 

same size pieces before

 

 

placing in processor.

 

 

 

Liquid leaks from the bot-

Too much liquid in the

Process smaller amounts.

tom of the workbowl.

workbowl.

When processing liquids,

 

 

do not add more than 3

 

 

cups to workbowl. Do

 

 

not remove the blade be-

 

 

fore removing workbowl

 

 

from processor when

 

 

processing liquids.

 

 

 

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-

 

 

tain even pressure on the

 

 

food pusher as the food is

 

 

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

 

 

or move it to another

 

 

bowl. When food ac-

 

 

cumulates close to the

 

 

disc, empty the workbowl

 

 

before continuing.

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Black & Decker FP2650S manual Tropical Island Smoothie, Apricot Mango Cooler

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