new kitchen toys

[lez]

we have just invested in a kenwood chef mixer thing as a treat to our selves and bought a couple of attachments to go with it. we can now play in the kitchen making stuff like our own coleslaw with our own fresh veggies. we also can play with the sausage stuffer thing and make our saussies. no holding us back now we will play to our hearts content. if anyone has one of these machines and has any advice on use, recipes etc we will be only to happy to listen. it is an expensive bit of kit so we would like to keep it in good nick and not misuse it. bye for now off to have a play.

[Hilary B]

we have just invested in a kenwood chef mixer thing as a treat to our selves and bought a couple of attachments to go with it. we can now play in the kitchen making stuff like our own coleslaw with our own fresh veggies. we also can play with the sausage stuffer thing and make our saussies. no holding us back now we will play to our hearts content. if anyone has one of these machines and has any advice on use, recipes etc we will be only to happy to listen. it is an expensive bit of kit so we would like to keep it in good nick and not misuse it. bye for now off to have a play.

Mine has been in storage for the last 9 years, but I used the mincer/sausage thing, blender, coffee-grinder, spice-mill, and made bread, pastry and cakes galore in previous home.
There are some great recipes in the book that came with mine (of course that is in store as well). Best advice is, USE IT OFTEN!
Make sure you don't try to mix or blend things that might block the movement. I have heard of someone who once tried to make ice-cream, part-freezing the mix in the kenwood bowl, putting it back on the machine, and it was too frozen to stir; burned out the motor!
In the days when the 'standard' bowl was glass, I had a stainless-steel one (optional extra) and it was SO useful for a lot of things that benefit from gentle heating (we had a Rayburn cooker in those days as well).
As well as the one in storage being my second machine, Mum had one, and before that my aunt made bread with one. Great gadgets!

[WrexTheDragon]

I have a nice attachment that make double cream from unsalted butter and milk.

Works a treat.

[Bren In Pots]

I love my Kenwood, mines over 25 year old but still going strong and it gets used most days. This week I've made 2 lots of bread, rissoles, liquidised soup then this evening we'll be making pasta.

There's a few recipes and some tips on the kenwood website

[TPeers]

If you want 'proper' sausage skins go and have a word with your local butcher - mine was happy to sell me some.

Brilliant machine, wouldn't be without mine.

[MaureenHall]

I wouldn't be without mine either I use it at least 5 times a week so it never gets put away

I absolutely LOVE kitchen gadgets and treated myself to a Halogen oven just before Christmas and that's great too, "proper meals" cooked quickly and economically (I think )

[WrexTheDragon]

I use a halogen oven all the time now to cook, they are quicker and more economically.
Never use my normal oven as it is too expensive.