https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 07 Jun 2026 02:21:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544935 Tue, 10 May 2016 02:40:32 +0000 lamariniere 2544935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Food processor - this is my kitchen workhorse. I use it to shred veggies, shred cheese, make sauces, frosting, thinly slice veggies, blend soups and sauces, hummus, pesto, baby food, it's easy to whip up biscuits in it too. Mine can also whip egg whites and knead bread, but I've never used it for that. I don't find it terrible to clean up.</p> <p>Immersion blender - really hot soups. I also have a chopper attachment that I will use for small quantities when I don't want to use the food processor, and a whisk attachment that I normally use for egg whites.</p> <p>Hand mixer - somewhat recent purchase, but I have a cheapie one. I needed it for a specific recipe and was glad to have it but can live without it.</p> <p>Don't have a blender or stand mixer. Stand mixers are super pricey here (like 3 or 4 times more than in the US), so it's not worth it to me to invest in one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544828 Mon, 09 May 2016 19:49:05 +0000 ocean81 2544828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugsmama: yes! It's great. I boil the chicken then put it in while it's still warm and turn it on the second level and it shreds! It happens fast so just watch it so it doesn't turn to mush :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544825 Mon, 09 May 2016 19:42:23 +0000 skipra 2544825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I find the immersion blender best for pureeing things, like pumpkin if I'm making a pie. Depending on how much I was making I would use it for baby food too. </p> <p>I love my food processor! I use it to shred cheese or carrots if I have to do a lot or just to chop up things like onion or pepper, etc if I need a lot for a recipe. I use it for pie crust and dips or pesto and sometimes purees. And it's great for chopping nuts! And making veggie burgers too!</p> <p>The stand mixer is mainly used for baking and mostly just for cookies at that. We also use it in the summer for ice cream. Oh and frosting or whipped cream too if I need to make a lot or if it's already out.</p> <p>We just have a little blender and it's sole purpose is to make smoothies or milkshakes. I have made pancake batter a couple times too but it didn't work great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544824 Mon, 09 May 2016 19:40:45 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2544824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ocean81: wow I would never have thought of that! With the regular attachment? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544820 Mon, 09 May 2016 19:25:48 +0000 ocean81 2544820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Besides baking, I also use the kitchen aid to shred chicken. So much easier than by hand :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544819 Mon, 09 May 2016 19:21:41 +0000 Miss Ariel 2544819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dh is actually the cook in our family, but I know for the most part what he uses stuff for.</p> <p>Food processor - hummus, pesto, baby food, I think he also used it recently to chop up carrots for meatloaf.</p> <p>Immersion blender - soups and sauce (like spaghetti sauce)</p> <p>Stand mixer - this is actually mine and I use it for baking. Although we do have a number of attachments for it, ice cream make, meat grinder, sausage stuffer that we've never used. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544742 Mon, 09 May 2016 16:37:09 +0000 PawPrints 2544742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally different purposes/functions. The stand mixer doesn't have a blade - it's for mixing stuff. Mostly baking and dough. </p> <p>I use the food processor for the vast majority of tasks that require a whirling blade, i.e. homogenizing something, like a salsa or hummus etc. Immersion blender is for when the job is too big for the food processor and it's all in one pot, or alternatively too small for the food processor e.g. vinaigrettes which we make in the little plastic cup that came with the immersion blender. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544547 Mon, 09 May 2016 13:18:22 +0000 regberadaisy 2544547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a stand, immersion and blender. Stand mixer definitely for baking and big batches of mashed potatoes, making whipped cream, dough etc. immersion is great for smaller batches of things. Blenders for purees, smoothed, soups, etc.</p> <p>I recently scored a Ninja for $60, BNIB on eBay. That thing is the b@lls. Our blender has been dying a slow death for 6 months... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544496 Mon, 09 May 2016 12:46:29 +0000 petitenoisette 2544496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugsmama: I have all of these appliances and hands down prefer the food processor for making dough. I feel like in the stand mixer it's really hard to get all the flour incorporated, you have to keep stopping and scrapping (and I don't think it really replaces kneading by hand either) and the food processor does all that work for you. Love love love making dough that way!</p> <p>I use the immersion blender for soups as mentioned, it's good for salad dressing, and then I used it with the food processor attachment when I don't need a large quantity of something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544489 Mon, 09 May 2016 12:38:38 +0000 Foodnerd81 2544489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a Kitchenaid stand mixer that I received as a wedding gift that I have never taken out of the box. I got married 5 years ago. We just dont have space to have it out on the counter or somewhere easily acceptable and it's too heavy to move around. Very sad. </p> <p>I have a hand mixer that I use for baking, food processor that I almost never use because it's a pain to get out and assemble and then clean and put away- I'd rather just chop things myself. Then I have a mini food processor/ immersion blender thing that I do use occasionally- the immersion part I use for soups, things like hummus and bean dip, and baby purees when C was starting solids (mostly for prunes!). It didn't do a very good job for smoothies, at least with frozen fruit which is what I usually use. Then I use the mini food processor attachment that came with it also for things like bean dip or hummus, or chopping veggies for recipes. Blender we use just for smoothies. Could easily live without the stand mixer and food processor for now but I hope one day I'll have a big kitchen with a place to keep them easily accessible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544463 Mon, 09 May 2016 12:17:11 +0000 psw27 2544463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use the immersion mostly for hot soups. Sometimes smoothies too. We have a blender that I use for smoothies and milk shakes. I use the stand mixer for baking and shredding meat (best pinterest idea ever!). I use our food processor for shredding carrots/making hash style food, sometimes doughs or blending items. I could probably live with the food processor, its a pain to clean. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544457 Mon, 09 May 2016 12:13:18 +0000 catlady 2544457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have three of those and use them all frequently:<br /> Immersion - use for soups and gravy, also DH uses it to blend his protein shakes<br /> Food processor - use to shred or grind up veggies mostly, occasionally to make nut butter or hummus<br /> Blender - Smoothies, occasionally soups, and I have used it to combine some types of dough (like for pumpkin bread)</p> <p>We don't have a stand mixed because we don't have the space and we don't bake often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544451 Mon, 09 May 2016 12:06:59 +0000 dagret 2544451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugsmama: immersion blender - salad dressings, smoothies, soups.<br /> regular blender - margaritas<br /> food processor - hummus, shredding large amounts of cheese or cabbage<br /> stand mixer - baking cookies, 10+ lbs of mashed potatoes<br /> hand mixer - small amounts of mashed potatoes, small batches of baking stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544383 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:52:11 +0000 JenGirl 2544383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, stand mixer for mixing when baking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544380 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:50:53 +0000 JenGirl 2544380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use the immersion blender to make soups, hummus, bean dip, and various sauces. I use a food pro to chop nuts and mix sausage balls. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544374 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:47:55 +0000 brownepiano 2544374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use the stand mixer for breads and some cookies. Also pizza dough. Pretty much any dough. I have a shredder attachment for it that I use for cheese, making coleslaw, or big shredding jobs. </p> <p>I use my ninja food processor for smoothies, hummus, chopping things when I don't want to get my whole mixer dirty, turning old fashioned oats into quick oats, etc. </p> <p>I have hand beaters I pretty much just use for whipped cream and beating eggs (for stuff like waffles and home made icecream). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544372 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:47:33 +0000 ShootingStar 2544372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have an immersion blender or a regular blender :silly: . I use the stand mixer for baking and for twice baked potatoes. I have two food processors - one giant with all the bells and whistles and one teeny tiny one. I never use the giant one, but the small one gets occasional use. Mostly for chopping/shredding veggies or pureeing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544370 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:45:48 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2544370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: perfect thanks for the lists! I forgot about the hand mixer! This is ridiculous. </p> <p>@looch: We've done a similar no knead recipe, so good! I agree about the appliances... It's pretty silly </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544358 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:40:01 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2544358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: that's what I was thinking, dough in the stand mixer. </p> <p>@MoonMoon: mostly no, it's warm here! Today is totally a soup day though! I made vegetable soup last week and tried to purée in the food processer and it was a disaster! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544357 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:38:59 +0000 Chillybear 2544357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use the stand mixer for baking, mashed potatoes, shredding cooked meat.</p> <p>Hand mixer for things that wont fit in the stand mixer or traveling. We do our big holiday cookie bake at my mom's and bring that as an extra mixer instead of the stand mixer.</p> <p>Immersion blender - soups, sauces, gravies, protein shakes, salad dressing - chunky liquids you want to make thinner</p> <p>Blender - we got rid of ours when we were given a ninja food processor</p> <p>Food processor - puree baby foods, milk shakes, hummus, crushing oreos for dirt, </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544350 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:31:21 +0000 looch 2544350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugsmama: for bread, I actually like the sullivan street no knead recipe. You need to plan ahead for a long rise, but omg, it's the best bread I have ever made.</p> <p>I could legitmately get rid of all my appliances. I am much faster with a good knife and I don't bake that much. I really think a hand mixer and a good knife are all I need. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544347 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:30:31 +0000 MoonMoon 2544347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugsmama: I don't know about you, but our spring is so cold, it's still hot soup weather here, haha. </p> <p>I bet it would be good for making batches of homemade pumpkin and squash purees too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544344 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:29:20 +0000 winniebee 2544344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugsmama: I like my kitchenmaid for dough / bread / baking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544342 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:28:53 +0000 winniebee 2544342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use the immersion blender quite a bit....I use it to make my pasta sauce and then also for soups?</p> <p>I guess then I use the KitchenAid mixer next most for making cookies and dough. I don't bake a ton though.</p> <p>We rarely use the cuisinart / food processor or blender. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544341 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:28:16 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2544341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What's the best for dough? Like pizza or simple bread recipes? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544340 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:27:33 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2544340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: I am looking forward to using it for that! Such a pain to purée slowly in the whole seperate blender. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544336 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:24:30 +0000 MoonMoon 2544336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use the immersion blender for hot soups that I don't want to pour into a big blender. It says it can make smoothies, but it's horrible for that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544332 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:19:38 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2544332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just got an immersion blender as well...excited to use it, but also not sure what else to use it for aside from soups. Maybe smoothies as well when I'm just making them for me? </p> <p>Stand mixer, I use for baking, and things like pancakes or crepes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544330 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:19:14 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2544330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hahha I wonder all the time why I have all these appliances sometimes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/random-kitchen-appliance-question#post-2544325 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:17:16 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2544325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When do you use immersion blender, regular blender, food processor, vs. stand mixer? </p> <p>I have a kitchen aid that I never use, but I would think stand mixer is best for baking? I know food processor can be great for food prep, but I haven't got the hang of using it really and it seems a pain to clean. Blender I use for smoothies, but my blender is really old and crappy. I just got an immersion blender for mothers day! What is that best for besides soup? </p>