Brother gave me a Kitchen AId Full Stand Mixer for

I use it for lots of stuff. I use the bread hook for making bread. Making a simple french bread might be a good way to break the bad boy in. Did you get the pasta attachment? Pasta is a lot of fun.

I primarily use it for making stuff like cookies and cakes.

I like their pizza crust recipe that in the little book you get.. I usually add other herbs to it though

If it is a fixed head the bowl has a lift lever on the back end(leg) of the machine. If that is the case then hollandaise sauce in volume can be made in the bowl using a can of sterno in a cake pan as the heat source for the yolks beneath the bowl. The food mill will be a treat, but get the sausage tube too, homemade andouille is a bit of casing, imagination, and a smoker away.