If you want to slice, chop, grate, or shred food components into pea-sized perfection for your recipe, you will need the help of a food processor like the Cuisinart 8 cup food processor .

Some blenders work, but only a few have the power, efficiency and ease you are looking for if you want the silkiest blends and perfect smoothies like the ones you get from the Vitamix 7500.

There was a time when my experiences with average blenders ran my patience thin, all because I had been deprived of the tech-savvy efficiency of the Vitamix 780 blender.