Thursday, October 21, 2010

A Girl's Best Friend is...a KitchenAid?

You can keep your diamonds...although if you don't want them, I'll take them.  My KitchenAid mixer and I have been friends going on 20 years now.  We got it as a wedding gift, and although hubby has used it occasionally, it's pretty clear that he and the KitchenAid are merely acquaintances - fair weather friends, if you will.  The KitchenAid and I are BFFs, and it proudly sits on my kitchen counter.  And yes, I used it to make last week's BFD coffee cake and last night's pumpkin pie.

With few exceptions, there hasn't been a week pass by when I haven't used this glorious stand mixer.  It no longer looks sparkly and shiny like when it was new, but it's still a workhorse.  Not only do I have the mixer, but I also have the Slicer/Shredder Attachment and the Pasta/Food Grinder Attachment.  I have mixed cake batter, and bread dough; sliced and shredded countless veggies and cheeses; ground up leftover meat to make my own sandwich spreads; and even made my own pasta.  I love this machine!  It's the only thing that has prevented me from buying a food processor.  Here's to 20 more years of cooking with my KitchenAid!

4 comments:

  1. I love my kitchen aid as well. I mix oodles of stuff in it. I love making pizza dough with it. I don't have the attachments though and would love the shredder. Where did you get it? I have the bottom of the line in kitchen aids, do they even have a shredder attachment for the low end ones? Happy mixing!

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  2. I'm making pizza tonight...with the KitchenAid of course! The attachments can be used with any model. I got my attachments on eBay like 10 years ago. They are not cheap but they last a long time. You could try the usual department stores, Macy's, Williams Sonoma...unless of course the mall caught on fire. Sur la Table might have them. Or you could try Amazon.

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  3. So what your saying is that your Husband prefers to use a bowl and a mixing spoon (two implements) to execute basic food preparation functions rather that dirtying a mixing bowl, a mixing implement, a scraping device (spatula), and then wiping down the mixer in the event of a catastrophic event. I'd say he thought it through; though, that does not absolve him from not contributing to the meal prep operation more often...

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  4. He doesn't wipe down the bowl or the mixing spoon in a non-catastrophic event. Besides, if he thought it through, he'd realize that we have a dishwasher so it doesn't matter how many implements are used. :-)

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