The Most Versatile Kitchen Appliance
My Kitchenaide stand mixer is one of my favorite things in my entire kitchen! My husband got it for me for Christmas the year before our first child was born. I have used it so many times since then, that I’ve lost count! It is so versatile and helps make my life so much easier.
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It does so much more than just baking cookies or bread (although it does make baking bread a whole lot easier). Anything you need to mix together, it can do it for you. I’ve used it to mix together ground meat for burgers and meatloaf. I’ve used it to mix together dip for chips or veggies. Anything you need to mix, you can use the Kitchenaid stand mixer.
However, it’s not just for mixing. Did you know that there are lots of different attachments you can get for the mixer? These allow you to do anything from making pasta, to making ice cream! I’ve compiled my favorite attachments here to share with you.
Flat Beater
This actually came with my mixer. I use this for most of the real mixing that I do, especially for anything denser, like ground meats. It’s also best for making cookies as it won’t whip in the extra air that makes them taste different.
Bread Hook
This is best for making any kind of bread and also came with my mixer originally. It kneads it for you so that you don’t have to do this yourself. That saves you time and energy so that baking bread isn’t such a difficult task.
Spiralizer with Peeler, Corer, and Slicer
This is one of my absolute favorites! It can be used to simply peel and core an apple that can then be turned into applesauce or to spiralize a zucchini for zoodles. I’ve used to slice potatoes for potato chips. It comes with different sized blades that can make larger or smaller noodles from anything at the press of a button!
Pasta Rollers and Cutters
Fresh pasta is delicious. It is a bit time consuming, but with these attachments, you can roll and cut it easily and automatically. I tried doing this once by hand and it was so erratic and cooked weird because I couldn’t get it rolled evenly. If you ever wanted to try and make fresh pasta, these attachments will make your life so much easier. The rollers definitely have the best results, but if you want to make more variety for cheaper, they also have a pasta press that makes 6 different types. They even have an attachment for making ravioli!
Ice Cream Maker
Who doesn’t love ice cream? Homemade ice cream is even better! However, it always took so much effort and time, that I almost never did it. This made it a lot easier as I could put the ingredients in the freeze bowl, mix it up, and put it straight in the freezer!
There are a bunch of other attachments you can get and try, including something for grinding and stuffing your own sausage (my favorite isn’t actually made by Kitchenaid) and a food processor. The Kitchenaid stand mixer can be used to make almost anything you can think of and remains my favorite kitchen tool!
What’s your favorite kitchen appliance? I’m always looking for new versatile tools to try and make my life easier while cooking!
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16 Comments
Shamanth
Thanks for sharing.. I didn’t know many existed, they are super cool, in need of it now
Kat
I love how versitile the attachments make it!
Jessie
All the reasons I’ve been dying for a kitchenaide!!!!
Kat
They are the best!
Stephanie Stebbins
These are so super cool! Jealous. I’ve always wanted one and now I want one even more!
Kat
I love it so much. Treat yourself one day!!!
Noteworthy Mommy
I had no idea there was an attachment to make ice cream! I need to check out the spiralizer as I am trying to eat healthier and the zucchini zoodles would be a yummy alternative to pasta.
Kat
I love mine! They are great.
Danielle
I love my Kichen Aide mixer so much! I need to get more attachments though so I have more options when using it!
Kat
It makes so much more possible!
DIANA
These are really cool! I didn’t realize there was a pasta maker! I might have to invest in the spiralizer. That’s really cool.
Kat
I love mine!!!
Jenna
One of my favorite appliances in our kitchen! But I didn’t know about most of these attachements! I’ll be using it even more now! Thanks!
Kat
You’re welcome! It’s so much fun once you start playing with the attachments!
Sarah Paul
Love my KitchenAid! Didn’t know there was an ice cream maker attachment. How neat!
Kat
Ya! There are attachments that do almost anything !