Thermomix Lovers United

[belfie]

Good on you for making soup. The other night I was going out.... so DH got chicken & chips. And then they didn't sit all that well. And I found myself thinking he shoulda made something in the TMX.

As for poor cooking results, well it must have been a day for it. Today I tried to make a "made-up" pasta (chicken, mushroom, cherry tomatoes, creamy sauce). Totally didn't work. My GF pasta just disintegrated but didn't cook properly and the chicken fell to pieces (DH's leftover chook).

And I made hommus the other day and it just wasn't great. I can't seem to make it super yummy even though I loved it when my consultant made it. Go figure
And for dinner I ate up some chilli from the other day. I'd tried to add in capsicum, celery & mushroom (our own variation) but I chopped them too much and they were virtually mush. Oops!

Oh well every crap meal I make is another crap meal out of the way, hopefully making way for an awesome meal

[LionsandBears]

I'm so pleased you've stuff ups too. I was almost in tears about how crap a cook I am, but then I'm overtired. I learnt the other day to try not to make something new when I'm feeling like crap. I stuffed up a carbonara but poor DH didnt dare say anything, I was so cranky. There he was trying to eat this scrambled eggs and pasta disaster. Poor bugger. I should have just made amatriciana. We've got that down pat. He got let off the hook when I said it was rubbish and had a bacon sandwich instead

I dont think I put as much salt in the stock last time. I remember my consultant mentioning the salt and I must have used less. This is a bit overdone so I'll have to use less than recipes call for. I added sour cream to the soup and that seemed to help.

Btw - I havent tried cooking GF pasta in the TMX. We use the Orgran rice & quinoa penne and it cooks faster than normal pasta.

Think I might make some chocolate custard to feel better . I'll try the snickerdoodles when I'm in a better mood.

[Olive]

mmmmm chocolate custard

[belfie]

mmmmm chocolate custard

Lol I've banned myself from it for a few weeks.

Tashybabe - where do you get the rice & quinoa penne? I haven't seen or tried it (might be staring me in the face lol, just hadn't looked at the GF pastas... getting the same old one I always do! Orgran rice & corn tortelli).
I'm intrigued by the snickerdoodles (if mainly cos of the name!). As for DH not daring to say anything, ah well yes, I've definitely been in that boat too. Nothing worse than slaving away over something then it turns out crap.

Well today I'm trying red curry paste, only it might be greenish cos I couldn't get enough red chillies, so using some green ones. Oh dear it's starting to sound dodgy already "murky" curry paste. Hmm.

[LionsandBears]

Belfie. I get the penne in the GF aisle at the supermarket. It just depend on which one you go to I suppose.

Dont worry about murky curry paste. We still have half a jar of Tikka paste that tastes a lot better than it looks. Nothing can beat the vegie stock for looking dodgy.

Still havent made snickerdoodles. Will try today or tomorrow. I sounds like a new breed of dog

[belfie]

have you (or anyone else) tried the red thai chicken curry versus the fast chicken curry? I can't decide which one to make, but the "fast" one looks like it takes longer than the thai one. Lol.

So what are snickerdoodles then? And yes, they do sound like a dog! A really cute fluffy one.

[Sterla]

Belfie, I've made the fast chicken curry. It's very easy and tastes okay. I reckon the Thai curry would taste nicer though .

[Olive]

we're having chorizo and capsicum risotto for tea again..yum!

[belfie]

we're having chorizo and capsicum risotto for tea again..yum!

Ooh that sounds yum, where'dya get the recipe?

Sterla - thanks for the tip. I just realised I should ask DH what he wants given it's for him (I can't eat it). Lol silly moment!

[Olive]

belfie its the best risotto ive ever had!! its on forumthermomix i reduced the chorizo from 6 to 2 as thats plenty, i also quatered them and blitzed instead of peeling them!

[belfie]

we're having chorizo and capsicum risotto for tea again..yum!

Olive, can I declare my love for you now? I just looked up that recipe and it looks awesome! AND it needs very little adjustment for our dietary restrictions. Yay, can't wait to make it.

Red curry paste. Awesome (thought it didn't puree quite as smoothly as it should, recommend making full recipe not half like I did). And Thai red curry (chicken) was rockin'. And then I stuffed up the rice. Lol, dunno how

[Olive]

lol sure belfie!!
i just made playdough, i was a little worried about how oily it was but after kneading it it was fine!!

i went to a cooking class last night

[LionsandBears]

lol sure belfie!!
i just made playdough, i was a little worried about how oily it was but after kneading it it was fine!!

i went to a cooking class last night

Olive - how did it go? I was thinking of going to one soon.

I redid the hollandaise sauce/poached eggs the other day with more success. Cooked the eggs for less time and inserted the butterfly for the sauce! Doh! Forgot to do that last time. In another brain fail, I think I may have forgot to use vanilla to the vanilla ice cream I made last week. Tastes like nothing

What have everyone else been making?

[Olive]

it was good tash!!

ive also made butter today and going to make cheese scrolls tomorrow

[V-love]

I converted my first cake recipe today...Lemon and Coconut loaf- BEAUTIFUL and super easy.

Has anyone tried the Caribbean Carrot Cake from the EDC? I had a MASSIVE fail with that the other day

[LionsandBears]

Has anyone tried the Caribbean Carrot Cake from the EDC? I had a MASSIVE fail with that the other day

No. Any idea what went wrong? Good on you for converting the cake.

I finally made my snickerdoodles. The recipe said it made 48. I made 22. I think they probably should have been smaller Very yummy, especially warm and soft straight from the oven. I'm telling myself that because I used rapadura sugar, they're not too bad for me

I've learnt with baking, that even thought the TMX recipe may say just throw everything in at once, that's it's still better to cream the butter and sugar first. Otherwise it doesn't seem to mix as well, or you have to mix longer.

[V-love]

No. Any idea what went wrong? Good on you for converting the cake.

I finally made my snickerdoodles. The recipe said it made 48. I made 22. I think they probably should have been smaller Very yummy, especially warm and soft straight from the oven. I'm telling myself that because I used rapadura sugar, they're not too bad for me

I've learnt with baking, that even thought the TMX recipe may say just throw everything in at once, that's it's still better to cream the butter and sugar first. Otherwise it doesn't seem to mix as well, or you have to mix longer.

Absolutely!

Not sure what went wrong- could have been a number of things. I'll try it again when I feel brave

Where did you get your Snickerdoodles recipe? I think I need to give them a go.

Has anyone got a recipe for Buckwheat Pikelets? Can you substitute Buckwheat flour for regular flour

[V-love]

I have no idea how to use "reply with quote"...can you tell? lol