Does anybody else have a kitchenaid mixer. my husband surprised me with one about six months ago and I absolutely love that thing!! It is so good with making icings, cakes cookies, etc. I dont know how I made it without it.

I'm odd but i really had no use for my Kitchenaid. I received one as a wedding shower gift and never even opened it. Over a year later with never seeing a use for it (and living in a house with a very small kitchen and no room for it) my DH and I decided to return it and used the $$ towards a dishwasher instead.

The only thing i could see it being very helpful with is pizza dough, but my mom said i can borrow her Kitchenaid if i ever need to (she rarely/never uses hers either). I guess the types of things we cook just don't necessitate it?

We received one as a gift about two years ago. At first we didn't use it much, but our usage went up exponentially - the more we used it, the more we found reasons to use it. I make pretty much everything baked in it. We are always on the look out for more attachments, too. I found out recently that their is an ice cream churner attachment for it. I would LOVE to get that.

an ice cream churner? too cool!

I love mine. ITA with the PP who said you find more uses for it. I do mashed potatoes and mashed sweet potatoes, almost all baked goods, I mix icings and batters. I really love it for bread dough- it makes lovely dough without all the work and without the ugly shape and questionable texture of a bread machine.