I hate plastic, but I admit that I grab my huge melamine bowl for everything. It's so lightweight and smooth and easy to wash. I think I paid about $2 for it at the grocery store once when I needed to take something to a potluck and boy, that was about the best $2 I ever spent.

P.S. Love your heart biscuits!

So do I (love your heart shaped biscuits), I wish you'd make biscuits for me.

I have a few Mason Cash bowls (a couple purchased used) and just take out whichever size is appropriate for whatever I'm doing. None of mine have hearts on them. I'll sometimes put leftovers in my smaller sizes, then feel confident reheating in them where I don't like plastic or Tupperware in the microwave. I'll serve in the large occasionally, but I do have regular serving bowls that match my dishes, some plain white I bought at Costco that blend with my dishes, that I'll use on the table.

My 'go to' bowl is a medium sized Pyrex. I have some beautiful ceramic glazed pottery bowls that my in laws gave me and I love those for special dinners, but the 1.5 quart Pyrex is my favorite.

I love that you cook in heart shapes, that is really sweet.

Morz8,I wish I could send you some biscuits! My recipe makes 5 big ones and SO will usually only eat one before he is stuffed. The rest go to the doggies,since I'm low carbing. :(

PK, it's an obsession. I do mean it when I say EVERYTHING that can be made into a heart is. It is both to show my love,and to amuse myself. I do love hearts.

Amy that is a Mamapinky bowl if ever I've seen one. LOL. I love it. Behind your pink bowl it looks like a stainless steel bowl with a handle from a Kitchen aid mixer...is it? Anyway my Kitchen aid mixer bowl gets used most often here. But generally for serving bowls I use Corning Ware. I have quite a few in different sizes with lids. From oven, to table to frig. Easy. And washes up like new. I try to avoid plastics but I use a lot of the big plastic ice cream buckets to freeze soups and chili in.

Mama,it is indeed a kitchenaid mixer....a pink one,in case there was any doubt.....

I always reach for my one Tupperware bowl for mixing most things. When that isn't quite large enough I use a stainless steel bowl. Love all of my S.S bowls!

Forgot to say that I love your pink bowl!

I love my Tupperware That'sa Bowls, my old Fix 'n Mix and their mixing bowl set. I like the quietness of mixing in plastic and I like their shape. When I am using a hand mixer I reach for an old set of Copco melmac bowls. For heavy duty mixing I use my Kitchenaid stand mixer with the stainless bowl it came with.

For serving I use clear round Pyrex casseroles (old ones) for straight out of the oven and Corelle or clear glass bowls for most anything else.

I love this ceramic bowl. Always frustrating how to use it, you have to fill it and then you don't see the design! Doh! I bake my own bread and always use this bowl to raise the dough in. I put it in the oven with the oven light on and it gets it to proof perfectly every time.

My mixing bowls are practical.....chillable, stackable, able to be used in a bain marie, the sturdy lids are a plus. I have a set of Cuisinart stainless and a set of Pyrex glass bowls.

Serving bowls are chosen for their beauty and/or ability to hold the heat/chill of the foods being served. Stoneware or other heavy materials, usually hand thrown. I love artisan pottery and Mexican serveware, but I don't have a single thing with hearts. ;-)

This is my go to and Idk why. Cheap, plastic, old.

I remember one time telling my daughter..."be careful with that one, it's my 'pet bowl'." She said, "They are all your 'pet bowls'." Which is basically true. For years, I collected bowls....yellow ware and colored pyrex mostly. But I also have many vintage bowls of all kinds, including a bunch of old Sunbeam bowls that originally came with mixers and other white glass bowls of the same type.

I love old made in USA cookware. I can't tell you that I have a favorite over all....but I do have so much of it. Trying to pack it all up now. I would show you my favorite kitchen utensils, but they are packed. They have turquoise handles and are stainless steel. I have only left a few unpacked to use, and a few dishes that are mostly old and chipped. In packing, I discovered I have over a dozen cake plates, but I haven't found my favorite one yet. It is blue and white checked. Very crazed. Probably from the 1930's. It just screams "coconut cake!!" I am hoping it is in a cupboard that I haven't gotten to yet.

Not really. I like my Pyrex glass mixing bowls so I can see in them to see if stuff is mixed. Otherwise I have a smaller glass bowl with a spout and a handle that is nice to use but small for many things.

My favorite set of bowls is the Oxo Good Grips 3 Piece set. I also have clear Pyrex mixing bowls, but the Oxo bowls do not slide on the countertop and there is no need to put a wet towel down to hold them in place - which I hate doing. The spouts are very useful too, but I also have an 8-cup Pyrex measuring cup that I use for mixing, although it is a bit heavy.

I know this is an old thread, but I saw the link in the "Related Discussion" on the right.

Yes, a big glass one.

i like my big princess house oval with lid ...

I'm constantly reaching for my old Tupperware mixing bowl with a handle and pour spout, it holds 8 cups. When I make cookies or other baking projects, I use it to mix the dry ingredients with a whisk. I also use my large mixing bowl that goes to my old mixer. Another bowl I use often is the medium size that goes to a big set of stainless nesting bowls I got way back in the 1980's for a Christmas present from my Grandmother. So useful!

I have a set of 4 clear glass Pyrex bowls I use for everything. They are only a few years old and have lids. I keep them on an open shelf in the kitchen as I use them constantly. I love how sparkling clean they look on the shelf too.

My favorite bowls are the candy bowl and the popcorn bowl!

We have way more bowls than needed. My DW used to work at a mom and pop place that sold high end kitchen ware and brought home a lot of stuff that she got at steep discount because they had slight blemishes in the glazing. I use 3 nesting Pyrex bowls and a La Creuset batter bowl the most. We have lots of various sized Fiesta Ware bowls that I use for meal prepping as well.

This pic from Wms. Sonoma's site shows the set I received as a gift years ago. I've used them over and over.

One more thing I will say about the Oxo plastic mixing bowls is that they are virtually non-stick, and so I use them for bread and pizza dough - no need to oil the bowls, as the dough comes out very cleanly.

I use my Danish dough hook to mix the dough, and I would be a bit more reluctant to do this with my Pyrex mixing bowls. One advantage to the Pyrex bowls is that they have lids.

Mine are bright yellow, plastic, light weight, 3 different sizes, nesting, all have a lip for pouring, a handle to hold and a rubber gasket on the bottom so they don't slip around.

I have 2 old stainless steel bowls, large and medium, that have dents and a soft brushed sheen. I always reach for them first when mixing batters, frostings, and coleslaw or salads seems to chill in the fridge faster. But mostly because they were my mom's, and she used them the most too.

My mixing bowls are all metal - stainless steel. I have an old set that are graduated in size with a ring on the side to put a finger through to hold the bowl in place while working, and I also have a collection of metal bowls that are wider and more shallow that I bought at a restaurant supply which also nest inside one another. I've never used a glass or ceramic bowl for mixing.

I have a stainless steel bowl that I use for whipping cream, and I store it in the freezer (along with the beaters) before whipping the cream. This helps prevent the cream from turning into butter, and it makes it easier to get the cream fairly stiff. I add 1/8 to 1/4 tsp of cornstarch to the cream to help it stay stiff. If I use powdered sugar, I don't add cornstarch because it already has some cornstarch in it.

I'm okay with using a glass bowl for mixing, but I will only use a wooden spoon or plastic spatula to do the mixing. I do not own any ceramic mixing bowls, but I like them.

I've got one of those old green outside, white inside bowls that belonged to my grandmother (can't think of the brand atm.) That is my large bowl; I also have a set of blue pyrex, in smaller sizes, and a couple of metal 2.5-4 cup sized bowls that get the most use in my everyday cooking for myself. Can't say that any is my favorite outside of sentimentality or most use.

I probably have more bowls than any one person ought to have. Which is my favorite depends on what I am doing. I have two fairly small size (maybe 2 qt.?) Melmac splatter ware bowls that I absolutely love for mixing small amounts of anything. They are light weight, easy to clean, and I love the slight lip around the edge that makes them so easy to handle. I wish I had a couple of bigger sizes like them. Mixing large amounts of anything calls for the large yellow Pyrex bowl that was my mother's, I have the whole set of 4, and use them often. No idea how old they are, she had them ever since I can remember. I use my electric hand mixer in them, no problems. For my stand mixer, I use the stainless bowl that came with it, nothing else would fit. Also have a few other bowls of various sizes and types, including Tupperware, which I decided many years ago, I really don't like. I mean I really REALLY don't like Tupperware! ! !

And then there are the many different serving bowls, most of which would probably be considered 'vintage' or 'collectible', and a few might even be antiques. A few that came from my Grandfather's home in Germany, and some my mother got in boxes of soap many years ago.

I like dishes of all kinds, can you tell? (Grin)

Rusty