5 Invest in a Standing Electric Mixer

Standing electric mixers can save you a lot of mess and aggravation. They are a large investment but most will last a lifetime. Babyskin-smooth dough for flatbreads, pizza or noodles can be made in 10 minutes with the dough hook attachment, versus 30 minutes by hand. Oil your hands to remove the dough and it slides right out. It will no longer be a herculean task to make pizza midweek and making dough will become part of your cooking repertoire.

Perfect crisp meringues, buttercream icings and cake batters are consistently better using an electric mixer fitted with the balloon whisk attachment. Although you can use an electric hand whisk, it doesn’t have the motor power ofan electric mixer.