You should invest in one of these, it takes a bit more time but you can get a much better grind on your ingredients. I use a tiny 2 inch for mundane kitchen stuff like grinding spices and herbs. I also use it for grinding my daughters meds up and it is much better than any of the pill grinders I have ever used.

EDIT: I'm not telling anyone to get a mortar and pestle. I'm just trying to show how a mortar and pestle can be a useful substitute for a food processor, and anyone in the market for a food processor should consider getting one instead.

If I were you, I'd consider getting a mortar and pestle. I got one of these about five months ago, and I love it to death. Yes, it requires a little more elbow grease than an electric processor. But it's not as much as you think: Once you learn how to use it properly, it's not very difficult, and takes about the same amount of time (sometimes less). The mortar is also massively easier to clean -- just run it under hot water and you're done! I find myself using it to mash up cumin and coriander seeds to put on salads, because mashing the spices and cleaning the mortar and pestle takes under a minute.

But the biggest benefit of the mortar and pestle is how it makes your food taste. High-speed equipment like a food processor can heat up your food before you want it to, which can make your ground chilis bitter and your pestos more blunt. Also, the slicing motion of a food processor doesn't release as much flavor as a mortar and pestle, which operates using crushing and bruising, and bursts open more cell walls of plants and allows more of the plant's flavor to enter whatever you're making.

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I have owned several mortar and pestles, this is my favorite.

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I also have a molcajete for grinding spices.

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Best,

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-JW-