Not only am I an artist of "things", I'm an artist of food!!! (well,
sort of - it all depends on how you look at it - my artist's mind says,
"why not"!?)
Our lovely Snow Day on Sunday inspired me to do a
bit of baking! We are trying not to eat too many yummy treats these
days (still working on getting rid of those extra pounds we packed on
over the holidays)! Yet, in light of the blustery day, I pretty much
decided, what the heck, and dove into making a batch of Mint Chocolate
Brownies! I ran to the pantry and found a Low-Fat Brownie mix - not
even kidding!!! This idea is getting better and better!!
I
grabbed all my other ingredients, along with my handy dandy hand mixer.
Now, let me ask you - do you just love your hand mixer? Seriously! I
just love my hand mixer. In fact, my first hand mixer I had was one I
got as a wedding gift! That lovely appliance lasted me a good 20+ years
until it's demise 3 years ago. My husband felt so bad for my loss
that the same day it died, he ran out and bought me a new one! It was a
fancy automated one that you got to program to make it run. It was top
of the line.
Well, that little beauty lasted me 1 year. Yep.
One year. My heart was deeply saddened as I am a person who will use
something until it dies. I do not like to waste things and it's pretty
safe to say I'm quite frugal. When it came to looking for another hand mixer, I went to one of my most favorite websites, AMAZON!!!!
I
researched the different hand mixers for several days. I didn't want
to spend too much money, yet I didn't want to buy a piece of cheap junk
either. I wanted one that would last and last and last! I finally
settled on a black, Hamilton Beach 6-speed hand mixer (not a fancy
programmable one - just a normal type one) and excitedly waited for it's
arrival.
(you might be wondering about how those Mint Chocolate Brownies turned out - and I'm getting to that I promise!!!)....
Fast
forward 2 years to this Sunday......I was happily mixing together my
low-fat brownie mix with my hand mixer when I noticed that it wasn't
beating properly. One of the blades totally wouldn't spin. So I
stopped it. I started it. I removed the mixing blades and replaced
them. Nothing. I took out the mixing blades, cleaned out the holes
they go into - put them back & tried again. Nothing. I tried
everything I could think of to get that little blade to start spinning
again, but the darn thing just refused to go.
So now, I mourn yet
another hand mixer. It breaks my heart that I have to go out looking
AGAIN - only 2 years later - and find ANOTHER mixer. I guess they just
don't make 'em like they used to.
If you have a hand mixer you
love, and has lasted more than 2 years, let me know what it is! Until
then, my search for the perfect hand mixer continues.
OH!
And if you're wondering about my brownies - they still turned out
great!!! I had to do some of the mixing by HAND, but it worked out.
They were so good, we polished them off in 2 days!!!! Guess I won't be
eating any chocolate hearts on Valentine's Day!!!
Happy Creating!!!!
Judy
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