Inexpensive Easy to Use Stand Mixer

KA Artisan has a power-full 325-watt motor, 5-qt bowl for mixing, whipping, and kneading. The list price is $349.99; however, amazon has it on sale for the holidays. Useful attachments convert the heavy-duty stand mixer into an easy to use and clean pasta maker, food grinder, vegetable slicer, and cheese shredder.

The Sunbeam FPSBHS030 250-watt, 5-speed with 3qt mixing bowl combination mixer features, head-tilt and release button, making it easy to detach the power head from the stand, the Sunbeam FPSBHS030 quickly converts into a handheld mixer. At Only $39.00, this stand or hand mixer easily mixes cake batter, your favorite chocolate chip cookie dough, whips egg batters, and a batch of tasty garlic potatoes in a jiffy.

Did I say my wife loves to bake? Actually, she confided in me it is her way of dealing with all the stresses of the day. Let me assure you, as a high school math and German teacher she has her share of drama.

One thing is for sure, anytime one of her students has a birthday, Carolyn bakes them a cake or bunch of cookies, their choice. Another thing anytime one of the local organizations we support has a bake sale, my dear wife bakes something. Our local Boy Scout troop has its annual spaghetti dinner, yes, as I am sure, you have already guessed my dear wife goes to work baking all manner of tasty treats, a variety of cakes, dozens of cookies, pumpkin, and zucchini breads and the like.

Our Kitchen Aid doesn't stop there, oh yes it really does much more.

Making our own breakfast or summer sausage, mix meats, favorite seasonings and cheeses, stuff the mixture in fresh casings and fire up the smoker.

Using the RVSA slicer/shredder attachment makes short work of slicing a basket full of cucumbers when making dill pickle slices. Shredding a lot of carrots, pound of cheese or cabbage is quicker and easier than using the ole box grader/shredder knuckle getter, been there, done that. 

Let’s be honest. Most busy people today have far too many things going on in their lives and have absolutely no interest in doing all that kind of stuff. Whip up a batch of chocolate chip cookies from time to time, or fix a box cake mix is all they have interest in doing. That is ok, the inexpensive line of Sunbeam mixers will get that job done, cost less and will easily fit in a cupboard safely stored out of sight.

• Are you overly concerned with styling, color, overall appearance, and making a certain statement? Frugal people never spend money on style before function. Conversely, setting an inexpensive looking kitchen appliance on a new custom counter top may send the wrong message. Worry not, display a nice bowl of fruit in the place of a Kitchen Aid stand mixer you rarely use and send your own healthy lifestyle message.
• Like to bake several times a week, knead bread dough, several batches of cookies, and baking large birthday cakes your thing, you will not go wrong choosing the Kitchen Aid mixer. On the other hand, in the event you only need a mixer for a few special occasions each year. The Sunbeam FPSBHS030 is a good inexpensive easy to use stand mixer you will enjoy using on all those special occasions.