Stoked, the EDC is a bit boring. I also struggled at first, especially with the Varoma. Have you had a Varoma demo? It's worth it just for the puddings at the end :)
I found that soups and things in the EDC use too much liquid, but I still use it for simple things. In the last couple of days, I've made stewed rhubarb and strawberries, chocolate custard, pasta sauce (an adaptation of an ammatriciana recipe we found somewhere), pikelets, chicken soup, coleslaw and veggie stock.
Have you made the veggie stock? It's brilliant. I use half the salt. It won't last as long but it's less salty so I prefer it. I don't add onions or mushrooms either.
I follow a number of Thermomix FB pages. The recipe community is great too for inspiration. Otherwise, I take other recipes and attempt to adapt them to the TMX. We use it to steam all our veggies now. Which reminds me, I must buy a salmon steak for dinner tomorrow.
TMX cookbooks at have include:
Indian - it's brilliant
gluten free - good. I mostly use it for the pancake recipe though
Healthy eating - ok. I should try more recipes
meat on the menu - don't think I've ever used it
vegetarian - seem to have lost it.
travelling with TmX - useless. Sold it on eBay.
full steam ahead - used it one or twice
my way of cooking - cant remember when I last looked at it
I normally just get recipes of blogs, FB and the recipe community or TMX forum. Also, DH is a fussy eater, so there's a limit to what we can cook when he's home.
