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Hahha I wonder all the time why I have all these appliances sometimes!

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!

@junebugsmama: I like my kitchenmaid for dough / bread / baking.

@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.

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.

We don't have an immersion blender or a regular blender . 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.

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.

@junebugsmama: immersion blender - salad dressings, smoothies, soups.
regular blender - margaritas
food processor - hummus, shredding large amounts of cheese or cabbage
stand mixer - baking cookies, 10+ lbs of mashed potatoes
hand mixer - small amounts of mashed potatoes, small batches of baking stuff.

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.

@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!

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.

Totally different purposes/functions. The stand mixer doesn't have a blade - it's for mixing stuff. Mostly baking and dough.

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.

Besides baking, I also use the kitchen aid to shred chicken. So much easier than by hand

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.