I've been wanting to include more seeds and nuts in my diet, but struggle to eat them whole due to lack of molars on the lower jaw. I don't want to put any more pressure on my remaining teeth, I would like to hang onto them, so I need to grind the food in another way. If I add seeds to my food, they seem to go right through me and emerge intact at the other end. Not much point in that then.
I have a stick blender which is good for chopping raw and cooked vegetables and fruit to make smoothies and soup. I have a food processor to make larger quantities of soup to freeze in portions, and to make peanut butter. Neither of these gizmo's are suitable for grinding small quantities of nuts and seeds. I have a pestle and mortar but it makes my wrist ache and the seeds jump out all over the place.
I have treated myself to a mini Kenwood processor that is just right for the job. I tried linseeds in it, perfect, it grinds them to almost a powder. It grinds small quantities of nuts. I'm going to be buying more seeds from now on, now I know this works. Anyone else have one of these handy little gadgets, what do you use it for?