My Review of KitchenAid Green Apple 9-Speed Hand Mixer

Originally submitted at SmartBargains.com

This KitchenAid mixer handles it all with ease.

KitchenAid Green Apple 9-Speed Hand Mixer

Awesome Mixer!

By Maureen with a food passion from Boca Raton, FL on 4/17/2008

 

5out of 5

Pros: High quality, Good construction, Feels Smoth, Easy to clean, Intuitive controls

Cons: None

Best Uses: Everything, Elaborate Meals, Simple Meals, Large Kitchens, Small Kitchens

Describe Yourself: Avid Cook

I LOVE this mixer! I've only owned cheap hand-mixers before, but you can really tell the quality of this product. I love the electronic buttons for speed control. I also love that the speed starts out slow so that you don't have to deal with splashing/splattering. (My old mixer started out at warp speed and I always had to run for cover when it would start up!) This is a great mixer to have when you don't want to use a big stand-up mixer or if you live in an apartment (like I do). The mixer is NOT noisy and it feels really smooth and easy to handle - quite a noticeable difference from my old one. The color (apple green) looks fantastic, and the mixer is really light-weight and easy to store. I HIGHLY recommend this product!

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Humble Beginnings

My Mother looking at the fresh produce in the Seychelles

Like many people who love to cook, my love began in the kitchen alongside my mother. She is one of the greatest cooks I know and has taught me so much. She was born in China and then moved with her family to the Seychelles Islands, where she met and married my father. There, they had 3 beautiful daughters -- my two older sisters and myself. One could see how my mom got her influences in the kitchen -- the rich and flavorful tastes of Cantonese cooking mixed with the fresh, tropical flavors of the Seychelles Islands. These are the roots of her cooking, which bore the roots of my cooking style.

At the Seychelles Market in Victoria

My family moved to the United States in 1983, and my mother took with her all of her knowledge of food and it kept evolving, incorporating an even greater range of style including American, Mexican, and Italian. My father had also lived in Great Britain for a while, and he brought English flavors to the table. So as a result, my mother developed a class of cooking style all of her own, much of which she has passed down to me. I have taken what I have learned from her and made it my own, and now my style has taken its own shape and includes an international flair -- everything from Thai and Vietnamese to Mediterranian to Cuban to Polish and so on... Never forgetting my roots, I have maintained the same sense of flavor and ingenuity that my mother showed me, and I have developed my own sense of style and creativity which builds my passion for food every day.

Welcome to my food blog!

Hello World! I'm very excited to be starting this food blog! I am a big foodie and I've been wanting to share my passion for food online for a long time, and I'm finally doing it. I'm just a regular girl who loves to cook and loves to eat, but my dream is to one day be in the biz somehow -- a food expert if you will. There's so much I want to share -- cooking tips, my own personal restaurant reviews, and just tips and ideas about food in general. I love everything about food, and if you share that same passion, I hope you will join me on this online adventure and not only learn new things, but share your own ideas, too. I'm really looking forward to this new project of mine! So stay tuned for more postings about ALL THINGS FOOD!