There wasn’t a stand mixer in our house when I was growing up, just an electric hand mixer, so the sheer power of a stand mixer is not something I fully grasped until I watched one shred some gorgeously blackened hunks of pork shoulder in just a few seconds without straining even a little. Whip up a cheese and fruit tray for a party? No problem. How about some freshly shaved pecorino for the from-scratch pasta you just made? Now we’re talking. Need deli-thin tomato and onion slices for your sandwiches? Done. Slice and shred all the thingsĪttachment: Slicer/Shredder ($39.99 at Amazon) I haven’t tried it for a chunky homemade applesauce, but it should work there, too! If you’ve done that before, or have any more mashing tips, chime in on Facebook or in the comments below. But the standard-issue flat beater makes quick work of them while you clean up. In the past, I’ve used a pastry cutter (one of my most-used kitchen tools, also known as a dough blender) and a bit of elbow grease to mix and mash potatoes, guacamole, sweet potatoes, and roasted pumpkin. Add chopped chiles and cheese to your pub burgers. Amazing, right?īut don’t stop at meatballs.
Form the meatballs with a cookie scoop, and you’ll never have to slime your hands up again. It never occurred to me before that I could mix the meatballs up with the flat beater that came with my stand mixer. It includes directions for making meatballs from scratch, but after making my own exactly once and getting fed up with the mess that hand-mixing the meat created, I vowed that future iterations would simply include frozen pre-packaged meatballs instead. One of my favorite winter recipes is Sunday Supper Soup, a tasty meatball soup from a 1973 McCalls recipe card that my mom has made pretty much all of my life. The grain mill is pretty cool, but really, this entire list hits me right in the happy place.Īttachment: Flat Beater ($9.95 at Amazon) The trusty KitchenAid stand mixer that I picked up a few years ago at the Kohl’s Black Friday sale, with the right attachment, can mill flour. “Short of milling my own flour,” I tell my friends, “I can make a pizza pretty much from scratch.”Īnd then, while researching this article, I ran across the KitchenAid Grain Mill attachment. I’m planning to try making my own mozzarella soon. The basil is grown on my porch during the summer. The tomatoes I use for the base come from my neighbor’s garden. I’m the kind of person who enjoys the challenge of making things from scratch, and one of my favorites is a simple rustic pizza.
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