Last year for my cousin K's wedding one of the gifts my cousins and I gave them was a KitchenAid Stand Mixer
. Little did I know that instead of adding a stand mixer to K's life, I was just upgrading her. With the acquisition of the new stand mixer, K was left with an extra stand mixer which she passed along to me! While I do enjoy baking, I also find that a hand mixer can be a little bit difficult to maneuver sometimes. However it had never occurred to me to buy a stand mixer because I thought that the only stand mixers that existed were expensive KitchenAid Stand Mixers. Well I'm here to tell you that there are affordable, other branded stand mixers out there, so if you like to bake I highly recommend looking into getting one. It makes baking so much easier and therefore even more enjoyable. Unfortunately I cannot recommend the one I have because it is so not a name brand that I couldn't find any sort of brand label on it. However from some Amazon browsing it appears you can buy a stand mixer for as cheap as $40 (Sunbeam Hand and Stand Mixer) or even go a bit more expensive and still stay below $100 with the Cuisinart 7-Speed Hand and Stand Mixer
priced around $70.
Now why has the topic of stand mixers come up? Last Wednesday, I discovered that the two bananas that were part of the produce box from Arganica Farms were in quite ripe condition, so I figured the best thing to do with them would be to make banana bread. Making banana bread means mixing things which means pulling out my stand mixer. The awesomeness of having a stand mixer still hasn't worn off. Each time I use it I am pleasantly surprised as to how much easier it makes the process so I wanted you to know that a stand mixer can be in your life without having to shell out a lot of money.
So back to the banana bread. After looking over a few recipes I decided to use this one courtesy of Emeril Lagasse. I choose this recipe because it called for shortening which I have left over from some other recipe, and because it did not call for sour cream (which I didn't have), but is apparently a common ingredient in banana bread. The banana bread was quick and easy to make (with the help of my stand mixer :) ) and although it was good, it wasn't quite banana bread as I didn't have enough bananas. Next time I'll make sure to use more bananas.
. Little did I know that instead of adding a stand mixer to K's life, I was just upgrading her. With the acquisition of the new stand mixer, K was left with an extra stand mixer which she passed along to me! While I do enjoy baking, I also find that a hand mixer can be a little bit difficult to maneuver sometimes. However it had never occurred to me to buy a stand mixer because I thought that the only stand mixers that existed were expensive KitchenAid Stand Mixers. Well I'm here to tell you that there are affordable, other branded stand mixers out there, so if you like to bake I highly recommend looking into getting one. It makes baking so much easier and therefore even more enjoyable. Unfortunately I cannot recommend the one I have because it is so not a name brand that I couldn't find any sort of brand label on it. However from some Amazon browsing it appears you can buy a stand mixer for as cheap as $40 (Sunbeam Hand and Stand Mixer) or even go a bit more expensive and still stay below $100 with the Cuisinart 7-Speed Hand and Stand Mixer priced around $70.Now why has the topic of stand mixers come up? Last Wednesday, I discovered that the two bananas that were part of the produce box from Arganica Farms were in quite ripe condition, so I figured the best thing to do with them would be to make banana bread. Making banana bread means mixing things which means pulling out my stand mixer. The awesomeness of having a stand mixer still hasn't worn off. Each time I use it I am pleasantly surprised as to how much easier it makes the process so I wanted you to know that a stand mixer can be in your life without having to shell out a lot of money.
So back to the banana bread. After looking over a few recipes I decided to use this one courtesy of Emeril Lagasse. I choose this recipe because it called for shortening which I have left over from some other recipe, and because it did not call for sour cream (which I didn't have), but is apparently a common ingredient in banana bread. The banana bread was quick and easy to make (with the help of my stand mixer :) ) and although it was good, it wasn't quite banana bread as I didn't have enough bananas. Next time I'll make sure to use more bananas.
Recipe Link: Banana Bread
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