Thermomix Lovers United #2

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OP my other half agreed to get one but rolled his eyes and said it was a birthday present. So like Lulu he pretty much did it to make me happy. Now he is a complete convert!

I had a problem with our lid as soon as it arrived, and it was fixed by the demonstrator/seller lady right away and under warranty.

We've had ours for 1 year and have already made back the money I spent on it. I make our own bread quite a bit (half wholemeal, half white flour with oats, sesame, sunflower and linseeds) which is much cheaper than Helgas. I also make my own rice, oat or almond milk for DS2 which works out way way cheaper. DS2 would drink about 1L a day, sometimes more. Rice milk is $2/L to buy (IF I can find the homebrand stuff) but only about 20c a litre to make - saving me $1.80 per day. The cost savings are even better for almond and oat milk.

[redgum]

Hi Girls,

I am subbing in - we signed on the dotted line last night so after 8 months of wanting our TX we are FINALLY getting one. I went to a demo and fell in love, I sung the praises to DH but he was skeptical. I asked him again this year if I could have one as we are eating clean food and I really believe it will help us. I love curries and take away a couple of times a week but actually would prefer to make my own so I know what is going into it and could prepare it with organic ingredients and that was one of the selling points to DH. I organised a demo last night in our home so he could see it in action and lucky for me the demonstrator was big on super foods and clean eating so it really fed into our philosophy so DH was sold and we signed up there and then. So I am looking forward to getting stuck into. I think I will save around $15 a week on bread alone, we usually buy 2 loaves of rye spelt bread from Sonoma (a sydney sourdough baker) and that costs us $9 per loaf.

So excited!!

Just wondering if anyone else eats clean food and if you do can you recommend any cookbooks or blogs?

[The[cookie]Doctor]

I would check out Quirky Cooking blog and facebook. I think all of her recipes are refined sugar / dairy / gluten free.
If you are into raw foods or paleo try The Rawtarian and The Unrefined Kitchen.
There are heaps more but they are the pages i experiment from at the moment.

[OceanPrincess]

Wow thanks gals!

Nay, you say it cleans itself - how exactly?! And how do you use it as a slow cooker - the demonstrator wasn't sure?

I've asked the demonstrator to come here and do a demo to show DH... But much like some of you girls, I don't think I will ever entirely convince him, I think he will agree to make me happy. In fact he has just told me if I can work it into the budget, we can get it.

Now, where's that budget gone???

[MummyNaomi]

OP - once you have finished cooking/using, you basically fill the bowl with warmish water to the top of the blades, turn to speed 6 for 10 seconds, then the same on reverse, then to get the water up into the lid, hit turbo, then I just rinse the lid/bowl/seal/MC under a hot tap with an IKEA long handled scrubbing brush, takes 2 seconds, I think you can buy a proper thermomix brush but the IKEA one is about a $1.

Re the slow cooker, it doesn't slow cook as such, but I've found that all the recipes I used to slow cook - beef strog, chicken casserole, soups etc, are tastier and easier in the TM, so I haven't dragged my slow cooker out since.

I just made butter chicken from the Indian cookbook for dinner tonight with a few variations - more puree'd tomato, less chilli and less liquid (water and cream) and its totally killer, cant wait to eat it, making Naan's shortly too!

You'd be able to work it in the budget, mine is paying for itself

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Thanks The Cookie Doctor - I follow Quirky Cooking on facebook and love it. I am just wondering if there was a food co-op on here?
I am still waiting for my TMX and can't wait for it to arrive. I am really going to try and work to a tighter budget so am really excited to get in there and see what it can do. I have heard so many people are disappointed at first until they get used to the machine and then after a few weeks it clicks and gets much easier.
OP - when have you got your demo booked for?
MummyNaomi - how was your butter chicken? I am really looking forward to trialling some idian cooking. I have Christine Manfields Taste of India cookbook and I am hoping i can convert some of her recipes for the TMX - is there a secret to converting normal recipes to TMX or do you just get the hang of the machine after a while and just know?

[MummyNaomi]

MummyNaomi - how was your butter chicken? I am really looking forward to trialling some idian cooking. I have Christine Manfields Taste of India cookbook and I am hoping i can convert some of her recipes for the TMX - is there a secret to converting normal recipes to TMX or do you just get the hang of the machine after a while and just know?

It was delish, however DD woke just as I was finishing the Naan's and serving so by the time she settled again I had gluggy rice, lukewarm butter chicken and soggy Naans - Agggggh, the butter chicken was delish though, heated it in the microwave and it was all good.

I've converted a few recipes in for the TMX, I usually find the equivalent TMX recipe online to work out cooking times etc, and the first time I cook it I write all the measurements in grams in my cookbooks, its actually really easy once you have the hang of it