Mashed potatoes (I like mine a little lumpy, so it works perfectly for that), smoothies, etc. You could do whipped cream with it, but I have one of the nitrous whippers, so I use that. I also use it in baking to chop nuts and things. Beats breaking out the big food processor. I have a blender we got for our wedding 10 years ago, and I think we used it the first year, but haven't used it since. Mick won't let me get rid of it, so it just takes up room and collects dust. Stick blender gets used a lot. Do you have a cordless one? My I have to plug in, so I would have to make sure to have power.