I love my KitchenAid mixer. I use it so often. Mostly for baking, but it has other uses too.

I have the ice cream attachment as well. It's not all that. I mean, it's nice because you can in fact make ice cream with it and it's more space-efficient than a regular ice cream maker, but it's hard to get it cold enough sometimes. And somehow it's extremely messy.

It's not a bad gadget, but generally I'd advise saving your money. I got it for Christmas a year and a half ago and I've used it twice.

Oh thanks for that info. I was wondering about that ice cream attachment. I have never made my own ice cream. But I would like to try one day. that would be neat.

I've been interested in a KitchenAid mixer because of the power, and the nice dough hook for making bread. I've put off buying one forever because I can buy a lot of nice bread for the bread that the mixer would cost:) I love homemade bread though, so maybe one day ...

Peach you are going to continue to love it for years and years. I've had mine forever and I use it every other day. Never had a problem with it and I've certainly put it through it's paces (back when I used to do bread dough). I have the meat grinder attachment and the strainer.

What colour is yours? Mine is basic white.

Enjoy!

I am interested in having one, but right now, I just don't have the counter space and I tell myself that if I've made it this long without having one, maybe I don't really need one. Then again, not having one makes it a pain to make a lot of baked goods. Hmm...