Thermomix Lovers United

Bloom, I'm a newbie owner but I'm a cook from scratch person and I've been using it everyday........I'm sure some is still novelty though :) but it's so easy to clean you can justify using it not like my old foodprocessor and blender gathering dust on the pantry shelf because they are pain to pull apart & and clean.

Anyone in here gluten free (sory haven't been back to read all the posts) - I supposed to be trying a gluten free diet for two weeks and it's proving harder than I thought with all the hidden gluten in things - I attempted to make a gluten free bread today with gluten free flour that is "supposed to replace wheat flour" uummmm ok if you want to bake flat house bricks or pavers.

Phoenix - we had some gf bread from scratch at my demo on the weekend and it was awesome! It was from the GF cookbook, but you can probably find it online. They started off by milling rice and millet and buckwheat. Some GF can be pretty foul!

I ordered my TM on the weekend - should be arriving in 7-10 working days - hopefully before we go on hols, so I can take it with us to experiment with!

I'd love to keep this thread active, so I'm going to be posting every time I make something my TM. If others do the same, we can learn and inspire each other!

Bloom - How exciting I'm kinda glad I got mine as a suprise coz the wait would have killed me once I knew I was getting one lol.

I've "borrowed" my mums gluten free TM book and had a look in there, had a look at the bread recipe but have to get out and get all the stuff needed so I can give it a go. honestly I haven't noticed a difference eating gluten free and on the days I've broken it not noticed any reaction either but I will keep at it.

I have also joined the TM aust facebook page and also another one call Thermovixens (they also have a blog) which looks like it's got heaps of recipes on there.

Last night I converted a normal recipe into a TM one - Broccoli Pesto, my DD loves pesto and to get some extra veggies into her make this version occasionally. It was easy and all the mess was in the TM and not saucepan, chopping board, grater & food processor....though I did cook the pasta on the stove.

Phoenix - there's a lot of GF discussion if you go back thru the thread. Also google the Quirky Cooking thermomix blog. HTH

Yesterday, in my MILs TM I made: the sundried tomato dip (added a small clove of garlic) from the EDC and the easy chocolate cake from the EDC. Yumo!

On the weekend, we are making:
red capsicum, cashew and chilli dip from the 2012 calendar
hummus
GF bread
mashed potato
gravy
raspberry sorbet!

mmm the capsicum dip is yummy they made that out my mums varoma demo........it's also in the EDC but the quantities are slightly different.

I've booked my demo so I can get my thermoserver bowl - that's in a couple of weeks :)

I'm addicted to the herb dip, it's semi healthy and goes well with my GF rice crackers, my DD loves it too and I think she might have gone off to childcare this morning with garlic breath lol I still have to try and find millet to make the GF bread in the GF cookbook and I've ordered a bulk lot of vanilla pods off ebay so I can make my own vanilla sugar (so much cheaper than buying the one or two pods from Coles for about $8)

I have an Arbonne workshop on Saturday and plan to make up a heap of goodies in the thermie for nibbles. Has anyone tried the lemonade?

I've had a productive day today :D I've made peppermint choc chip icecream, custard, oregano lamb meatballs with a creamy feta dipping sauce!!

I'm embarrassed to admit that I've not been using mine, and it's currently in a bag on the floor. I need motivation to start using it again, we can't really afford the extra groceries cos none of the recipes are what I would call budget recipes! Well, maybe the sorbet.

Urgh I need motivation!

Nerdy check out ninemsn recipe finder they have a budget section ( i think lol ) then convert! Have you done bangers and ash in the tmx??

ETA freeze left over fruit chunks and use or fruity dream or make custard

I'm trying to get back into it. I made more chicken soup yesterday. It's so yum.

Today I steamed & puréed some squash with which I will attempt to make grain free pancakes from my new GAPS diet book tomorrow. Oh, and coleslaw. Make that all the time.

Last weekend I made Magic Bean chocolate cake. I'll be making that again this weekend for an afternoon tea and then again for Oz Day. It's the best. Also things like turning raw sugar into finer sugar, making cultured butter etc.

Olive, how do you do bangers in the TMX?

Steamed on the Veroma! Recipe is on one of the sites, just google it.
I love that cake tash!!

We'll also have a new member in here soon :happydance:

Icecream is awesome too!

Hello all, I'm new to BB but have had my TMX for 2 and a bit years had to come and say Hi :D

Hi Ambersky! Wow a TM veteran! What are you fav recipes?

Mine actually arrived yesterday! I made custard in it for dessert. Yummy, easy and very rich! I made it sugar free.

Mrs Nerdburger - what about soups? Lentil bol? Homemade pizza (even with just potato and herbs on top, it is still yumo), rice pudding, risotto can be done cheaply...

Of to google that magic bean cake - sounds interesting!

Today I am going to attempt a GF choc mud cake and also to make my marshmallow fondant in it!

Welcome ambersky

Bloom - the Magic Bean chic cake is GF, though you wouldn't know it. It's so rich you don't need icing. Though you can if you want :) Check out the TMX recipe community for the cake recipe

If you're looking for GF bread, check out Quirky cooking for the GF artisan bread. It's amazing!

Someone's been teasing me with all the stuff she's going to make when she gets her TMX ;)

Hi ambersky

off to hunt down the magic bean recipe :D

Have got the Torta Caprese in the oven and if cake tastes as good as the batter YUM!! Have also made the Capsicum & Cashew dip (added a chilli and it's got a bit of a kick), the beetroot dip and the hommus out of the EDC, DH has gone fishing and taken a stash with him. Lastly today I'm going to attempt the lemonade.

We also used it to grate all the vegies and mix the mixture for rissoles - we ended up putting it into a bowl to add the breadcrumbs to get it feeling just right but otherwise saved a hell of a lot of time grating everything!

Lol me too tash!!!!

Hi Ladies!

I am going to be purchasing a Thermomix (DP thinks I am considering it :shhh:)

I will be using it to make GF stuff for DD so I was hoping for someone who can point me in the right direction of a helpful rep? I am south of Perth (Secret Harbour)

Cheers! Can't wait to start trying all the awesome recipes I am reading here :)

*sneaks in quietly*

Hellllooooooo!

I have about 2 weeks or so till my Therby arrives. (Yes it's already named)

But I have been hunting high and low for awesome recipes. And I may or may not have found some brilliant ones which I will share as I play. But until then... Things I look forward to doing:

Puff Pastry
Choux Pastry
Spice Mixes (Toasting Spices first)
Coconut Milk
Rice Milk
Cashew Cream
Flours/Sugars/Salts
Butter/Yoghurt/French Cream/Ricotta/Marscapone
Hollandaise/Bernaise/Bachemal
About a bazillion french recipes I have including Duck Confit and layered tortes (Because I won't have to manually make the mousse, and gel layers.)
Polenta (I know it's weird but I hate making Polenta in the saucepan it always splats at me)
Tomato Relish/Fruit Jam/Curds
Dulce de Leche (Thick caramel for things such as Banoffee Pie)
Coconut Milk
Curry Pastes
Sorbet/Fruit Slushees for the kids
Tempering Chocolate for decorating
Soap Making

And the list goes on...

So yay!

Meercat, i have a friend not far from you who is an absolute guru tmx rep, and a lovely woman :D
Her name is Sophie, I can't PM you, probably as I'm only new to BB, but I'm sure the office in Ossy Park can give you her number.

Hmmm My favorite dishes, i make a lot of dips and bread, i converted a WeightWatchers 0point soup that i have for lunch a couple of days a week, the cashew chicken is one of my girls never fail meals, salads, curtard and ice cream pf course. 2min choc mouse, onion jam i could eat with almost everything :happydance:

Rouge - congrats on the impending arrival of Therby!

Hi to everyone else, have been reading & keep meaning to post when I have a moment.

Lions&Bears - where is your chicken soup recipe from? Think I must try it :)

Love the idea of putting up recipes we like. I tried margaritas at NYE and my friends (who are great margarita experts) said they were as good as any they'd had in the US, singapore & Aus! Yay Thermie!
Arrrgh gotta run. Hope to be back later.

I had a busy busy TM day yesterday: 2 types of bread (both not 100% great, I think I will adapt my own recipes to the TM), cake, iced coffee, stock paste -great!, gravy, coconut and kaffir lime leaf sorbet - not really good at all, meatloaf and steamed veg, sundried tomato dip.

Belfie - the chicken soup recipe is one I adapted.

Start with 500-750ml liquid chicken stock. I make in the slow cooker using the carcus of a roast chook, 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar (to draw the nutrients from the bones & cartlidge), about 1 litre filtered or spring water. I also add root vegies, 5 pimentos, 6 peppercorns, bay leaves, fresh herbs. Bring to boil for 5-10min then Cook overnight on low. The longer it cooks the better for nutrients. Strain out solids to get liquid.

For soup:
1 carrot
1 zuchini
About 100-150gm celeriac. You can use celery but I think it tastes better with celeriac
Fresh herbs. I use what I grow - parsley, thyme, oregano. Use what you have
About 500gm organic skinless chicken breasts. Or other cuts as you prefer
500-750ml liquid chicken stock

Chop the vegies roughly and add to TMX bowl with herbs. Chop until preferred consistancy. Say Sp 6, 5-10sec
Place steamer bowl in TMX
Chop chicken into bite size pieces & weigh into the basket
Add stock
Top up with water if needed. I think it needs about 750ml liquid
Cook 100 or Varoma, 25-30min, sp 3.
Lift steamer basket out and tip chicken pieces into broth
Chop chicken by Slowly raising speed to about 4 or 5. 3-4 sec
Cook 100, 2-5 min, sp 3

Note, I dont use onion or garlic for digestive reasons. I make this as a healing & nutritious meal. The herbs add a vitamin boost. Play with the vegies. You'll find the bowl fills up quickly & you need to push the steaming basket down. Remember, the stock is the most important part for flavour and nutrients.

I've also added a tbsp of vegie stock occasionally. I dont know that it makes much difference.

Why hello Rouge!!

Made fruity dream again tonight for the girls, have been freezing leftover or old bananas etc in chucks, used banana, blueberry, peach and grapes!! Was relish.
Also made passata sauce

L&B - oh that is interesting. I've made the chicken stock paste from Cooking My Way but I'm not sure how well that would work instead of your liquid stock. I love that it has no garlic or onion. Do you think you could use a plain vinegar instead of the apple cider vinegar? Also, I made another recipe (Shredded Chicken salad with vietnamese dressing) from Tenina's Dinner spinner (iphone app) and that had a really cool way of shredding the chicken rather than chopping. The chicken was cooked in the simmering basket for 12 mins (100 degrees/speed 3) then the chicken returned to the empty bowl and shredded on 3-4 sec/REVERSE! + speed 4. It worked really well. Oh and i've just realised that you've got your chicken in the broth so it wouldn't work. But hey I'll leave this up anyway :)

Has anyone tried Quirky Cooking's chocolate green smoothie? I'd like to try it, but I can't decide what to use instead of the dates (I can't do dried fruit). Any ideas? Or maybe I just leave them out - I just think it might be a bit lacking. I also want to try her GF pizza base and see if I could make GF scrolls (see below) too.

I also tried making home-made cheesymite scrolls (using EDC's pizza dough) and a dairy-free version for DH - filling was olives & semidried tomato. He said it was ok but needed something moist to carry it IYKWIM - I'm thinking either a dairy-free pesto, or the capcsicum& sundried tomato dip or just some passata might work.

Mrs Nerd Burder - meant to reply earlier. I don't think I use much special or expensive stuff in my cooking - so I've made things like Chicken & Mushroom risotto, my porridge every morning (oats are so cheap), the scrolls (cheaper than the bakery!), chorizo and capsicum risotto (and I wouldn't normally buy chorizo, but you don't need much). I guess I just hunt for recipes that use stuff I normally have - can you try that?

Hi, long term thermo lover here :)

Today i made strawberry and mint lemonaid, cheese and chives "shapes", baked beans, bread and will make dinner tonight too.

I think the key is to look at what you are eating/buying already and then find recipes to make it in the thermo from scratch. Each week i try and take another thing off the shopping list (like baked beans, shapes, bickies for dip etc)

We now do porridge or omelette's for breky, dips/bickies/scrolls and fruit for morning and arvo tea, cooked lunches like rice dishes, soups or baked beans for lunches and then the usual cooked teas. (last night we had quirky jo's chicken soup, my golly her blog is awesomesauce!!)

I tend to be pretty hard core with my thermomix but i am also a consultant so I need to put my money where my mouth is haha!

Have hunted down the "magic bean" cake recipe and for those who have made it, is it 420gms of beans in total drained weight or just a 420gm can of beans....

The Torte Caprese was a success and a hit with everyone, I only told them of the 5 million calories after they eaten it lol but it was soooooo good :)

Tonight I'm going to attempt the chicken & cashews and I'm now off to track down the GF bread off quirky cooking.

Phoenix ask lionsandbears she's made it!!

Been making fruity dream every night this week :D tonight I used chia seed gel as substitute for egg white!! Worked fine too

oh Olive you have just totally made my day - fruity dream with chia seed would be awesome! Did you make the chia seed gel according to the packet directions (just bought a pack of chia seeds yesterday) - says mix 1 part seeds to 9 parts water, whisk, stand 15 mins, whisk again then refrigerate air-tight.

And then how much gel did you use to replace 1 egg white?

Made EDC 5 seed bread today and by all accounts it's awesome. It said to use 20cm square tray though - overflowing on rising, so had to transfer before baking.

Phoenix - use 1 can. Drained & rinsed, it comes to about 250gm beans, depending on the tin. I've used a 400gm tin too with no difference. My adaptations include: step 1, mix for about 2min, scraping down regularly. It depends on the beans as to how smooth the mix gets. Step 2, I insert the butterfly & cream the butter & sugar for 2min. It's a personal preference. The last step to mix the cocoa in takes longer than stated. I use Dutch cocoa & it makes a big difference to the flavour.

GL with it.

Tonight I prepared the following for our BBQ tomorrow:
Hummus
Guacamole
Red capsicum & sun dried tomato dip (without nuts)
Magic Bean chocolate cake. Doubt I'll have time to ice it.
A gluten free, grain free lemon & coconut slice that looks divine. I'm not sure i want to share it.
We'll also be making coleslaw. Maybe tabouli, but some people are brining salad so it might be too much food.
I also have watermelon to make a watermelon lemonade. Though I'll need more lemons, as I just used them up. I wonder if lime would be ok instead?

Belfie yup followed instructions on pack! I used maybe a tablespoon worth, seemed to be the sme amount as 1 egg white.

Tash have an awesome day today! I'm bummed to be missing all that food!!

Made apple cinnamon pikelets today from quirky cooking (I used normal flour and not spelt) very yummy, no sugar ether, I did halve the recipe though, still made heaps,
Making umami paste today as well, plus fruity dream tonight if I get some more fruit foozn in time!
Also going to make mars bar ice cream :D

Sounds great Olive. We have so much left over food so I wont need to cook for a few days. Happily, everyone was too stuffed by the time dessert came out, so there's lots of lemon coconut slice left just for DH & I :) it is sooo yummy and it was easy to convert to TMX too.

Belfie - this is from Quirky cooking:
1 Tblspn milled linseeds or chia seeds and 3 tbsp water = 1 egg; 1 banana mashed = 1 egg (in cakes); 3 Tblspns nut butter = 1 egg; 1/4 cup applesauce = 1 egg. Mum uses golden syrup instead of egg in baking too, which works well. For making the custard without egg, add a banana broken into quarters after 4mins of cooking time & add a bit more flour/cornflour.

That magic bean cake was awesome! Thanks LionsandBears!

I have also made a custard, pizza base and bread in my TM recently. Ohhh and porridge too - that was yummy and great because I didn't have to stir it!

Ok... What was the first thing you made when you got your TMX?

Woohooooo Rouge!! Today's the day!!

Oh and I can't remember what I made first :(

Yay Rouge!!! I think the first thing we made was Arribiata sauce. The delivery demo was just before dinner :) we still make it regularly.

You can't beat chocolate custard though. Or fruity dream. Or making chocolate custard with rice milk you just made in the TMX...or a GF carrot cake with cream cheese icing. Just give me a buzz if you're making that, though, so I know when to come over :)

Bloom - it really is amazing cake, isn't it. Glad you enjoyed it. It lasts well too.

The Delivery what now?

Heh. I want to make yoghurt tonight. For sure.

I so want to make yogurt but it scares me lol!

And yet I don't want to cook dinner in it. LOL that scares me :p

Maybe I can get some chicken thighs and do Chicken Confit with slow poached eggs and rice... Maybe.