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I don't use mine when the kids are sleeping because it will wake them up. We have discovered that if we want to do anything like nuts or cheese when the kids are asleep then we wrap a few towels around the whole thing and it stops it being so noisy lol
I've been using mine heaps lately - for the last week I've gone grain free so have been making lots of things for me and then normal stuff for the kid. Think we are using it about 5-6 times a day. Which makes me dream of having a second bowl....
The noise thing is what I see as the main negative - apart from the price! Need to get to a demo again, and then have one at my place so I can go into the kids rooms while its on and see how loud it is!
Love my second bowl!!
Made spicy Moroccan lentil soup from EDC this week, loved it! Chorizo in it would be good.
Making the EDC meatloaf tonight!!
ETA the noise doesn't wake my kids and their rooms are very close to kitchen!
My children would wake up if you went in their rooms and farted. Unfortunately I have been *blessed* with extremely light sleepers.
Don't rub in the second bowl or I'll fly down and bop you one Olive
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It wouldn't disturb my kids but is just more it is louder than microwave and stove top cooking - so I think cooking in the evenings while DH is watching TV is out as he is partially deaf but that makes him super sensitive to certain noises and to compete with the Thermomix the TV would have to be super loud (and we have enough neighbour issues already :-)).
My kids aren't troubled by the noise, but our house is huge, their rooms are at the other end of it and it's double brick, so I don't know that they hear it too much, because I have light sleepers too. Could you take it outside to use maybe, if you wanted to cook at night when they sleep?
I have been cooking up a storm. I adore my thermie. I made the orange cake in the EDC with fresh oranges off our tree, and some chocolate fondant to ice it, OMG it was heavenly! I also made the creamy brown rice soup from Quirky Cooking blog, which was also awesome!
wysiwyg, you so need to start milling sugar or chocolate at 10pm :) And when the neighbours come around to complain, offer them a hot chocolate.....
If I'm making something noisy, we normally pause the TV, as it just becomes a cacophony otherwise.
MrsFabuloso - I wish I had access to fresh oranges or lemons off the tree. The amount I go through, zest and all, it would save a bundle. Also save me from pesticides. Jealous
I found a recipe for cola syrup on the NY Times website that I plan on converting to TMX.
Just in the middle of making ice cream for the kids, and I've realised I've stuffed up - not reading the recipe properly! I put in two whole eggs instead of two egg yolks.
I wonder what will happen....
Should still taste OK but might be a bit more watery? not really sure. Rouge will know.
I took mine outside the other day when the baby was asleep. Packed up all my ingredients in the washing basket and hauled it all outside. Easy! Never thought to do it at night.
I've put it back in again to get thumped, and it was slightly more watery - I googled for answers (like ya do!) and basically the texture might be a bit off and not as smooth, more crystallized. But since it gets put back in and thumped after its set for a few hours maybe it won't do that?
Have to wait and see anyway lol
Just finished making some magic bean mini muffins for the kids - smelling great! Gluten free and made with kidney beans and the kids don't have a clue haha!
I made magic bean cake yesterday Arimeh. I stuffed up the sugar a bit (I'd reduced it and then a lot of it got stuck under the blades) so it wasn't quite sweet enough but it was still a huge hit. Think it'll do for DS1's birthday next week, and mum will be chuffed as she's coeliac and will actually be able to eat the birthday cake for once!
Edit: I don't use it at night. Big kids'd be ok but baby would wake up.
The noise isn't really a big deal - I just hadn't really thought of the noise factor when not doing something like milling - e.g. just when the Varoma is on.
Made bread today for first time ever (as in ever not just first time ever in Thermomix) - from the EDC the pull apart herb bread - but I had no butter, so I used some pesto I had made earlier in it - came out great (I didn't have the right oil either - so far I don't think I have managed to stick to a recipe exactly - I don't know why I have such a problem with recipes I am very good at following instructions for other things (I am a real instruction reader) - I need more explanations as to the 'why' I think. I lack the understanding as to 'why' somethings will work and others won't and why you do things a certain way - is not a thermomix thing is the same with all recipes). Anyway also did pizza base, I mucked up following that recipe too - didn't read carefully enough or have the right oil - but they turned out pretty good.
I did fish in the Varoma with rice and vegetables and that all worked out well - once had worked out brown rice takes much longer than normal rice.
So far so good - I have never done as much cooking in 2 days before.
Girls - a little while back someone posted a link to the new EDC recipe errors... I can't find it, can whoever posted it repost please? Was it you Arimeh?
Not I!! Maybe Bell?
Oh I love the scales - I hated weighing stuff before so generally guessed or didn't make stuff that required weighing but is so easy in TMX.
Realized I have missed using reverse on a few things - doh. Have made more porridge need to tweak that I prefer mine to be more oaty - but it might be mum didn't buy the cheap oats and they seem to keep form better. Did fish again and caramelized some onions and did veg in Varoma - all good. Also did choc chip cookies from EDC - worked pretty well a bit sweet but I don't like this setting aside business (and having to weigh flour on scales not TMX) so am after a biscuit recipe where once ingredient is in the TMX it doesn't come out and all weighing can be done in it - am I asking too much :-). Now in Sydney till Friday, so hope mum will be trying some stuff out.
I have made a lemon ginger chicken (asian) with steam veg dish. I also have done beef stroganoff and chicken stroganoff, again steaming the veg on top while the meal cooks. Super easy and yummy.
5 seed bread has been our go to bread and I use chia seeds as well.
DS1's birthday tomorrow. I am attempting much more of the catering than I would have in past, because of the TMX. I've done the birthday cake and some mini frittatas already. On the afternoon cooking agenda - sausage rolls, chicken nuggets and chicken herb balls. Tomorrow: raspberry lemonade, garlic and herb dip, before the party. It's only a small party - that should be heaps. Wish me luck :)
Sounds great OP.
all I've done today is use it to blitz a heap of eggshells to sprinkle on the garden. Apparently that will help keep snails and slugs away from my veggies as well as add calcium to the soil.
DH has used ours today, but I haven't so far. I need to cook my salmon and vegies tonight for dinner though, so I'll use the thermie for that.
DH didn't want to do the shopping today - and I can't push the trolley any more so he has to do it - so I can't do my normal baking for the week - I'll have to do it all tomorrow. Got a big list this coming week though, so I'm pretty excited to try some different recipes out! (all paleo, gluten free type stuff obviously - I'll get the kids off wheat eventually!)
I've missed this thread!
Today I'm doing the spelt rolls from the EDC and the Chicken Veloute with carrot and zucchini ribbons.
This past week I've cooked heaps of veg, heaps of dippy eggs (in moulds), magic bean cake, pizza dough, caramalised onions, ranch dressing (which the kids love with carrot and cucumber sticks), meatballs, New Orleans coleslaw and cheese and Vegemite scrolls.
Tonight I'm going to make croissant dough and tomorrow morning I'll turn that into chocolate croissants.
Rouge - I have a friend up bush who is a farmer and I can get you freshly ground (ie ground by him on the mill at the farm) spelt flour ;)
Div, if knew someone who could get me sorghum beans, I'd love you forever. I can grind them in the TMX, though using the flour is easier. They're grown in Australia but I need to buy sorghum flour from Indian grocers.
I'd be interested in some spelt flour Div! It is very expensive normally.
Got all my cooking done. The TMX made it dead easy. At one stage I had both bowls full of chicken mince waiting to be rolled, I couldn't go fast enough!
If only there was a TMX for house cleaning...!
Rouge, tell me about croissants. Easy? Hard?
Oooh yes, I'd be interested in croissant dough, and ranch dressing.
Back home so today did porridge again - the cheap oats do work better. Then did pea and ham soup (found too salty but all other grownups in house liked it) and soft butter rolls (not great didnt rise much and were too sweet - the recipe in EDC did seem to put in alot of sugar - I assume they were meant to be savory???).
If only there was a thermomix for shopping I did online and managed to get 4 packets of baby capsicums when I didn't want any! Have made a few more things scrolls vegemite and cheese ham and spinach - potato and leek soup from EDC which was good. Butter chicken from EDC which had so much sauce that I then added loads of vegetables and had double the portions - not sure if I went wrong or not. Away with work next week so just trying to cram in some more TMX ing over weekend. All in all very happy with it everything an improvement on previous cooking which wasnt hard and I love the scales in it.:
wysiwyg - I use organic oats for porridge. I just cook them for 15 minutes instead of the 8 or so in the recipe.
OP - the machine for housecleaning is called a robot vacuum cleaner :) It can't do everything, but it sure helps. Like today, I had the robotvac on whilst cooking breakfast in the TMX and wasting time on the computer :)
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So do organic ones not dissolve so much? I like my porridge to have plenty of texture and so far have found the pricier the oats the more they breakdown. With the cheaper ones I reduce cooking time and have higher milk to water ratio as water seems to break them down more.
Ah. I like my porridge to be a sticky mush :)
L&B, the robot vac is on my Christmas list!! Not only will it keep the floors clean, it will amuse the crawling baby... :lol:
Rouge... You still need to provide details of these croissants!!!!
Speaking of sticky mush I attempted gnocchi today - was way too sticky ended up having to pipe it, but I used wrong type of potatoes so that was part of it. It was quite tasty with the Tomato Pasta Sauce which I was amazed at how good it tasted and I now have lots of gnocchi in the freezer :-):
I spoke with my aunty who has one and her experience with the bread rolls from EDC was same but she gave me name of good recipe "Bestest bread rolls ever" and loads of people on there had failed with the EDC one which made me feel better.
I have used up most of my abundance of baby capsicums - stuffed risotto in some, roasted others and made a dip (my own mash up of recipe in the EDC). Did a morrocan beef thing in it which was good but again way too much sauce but then just added in loads of veg to make a load more dinners so all in all a winner.
Three TMX thoughts have had this weekend - 1. They should make a sponge which fits on like butterfly to assist with cleaning bottom and sides (it is not hard to clean but I thought this would appeal to the lazy like me). The same for drying it put in a sponge and give a few spins to dry it.
2. Does anywhere "chain" recipes so put together stuff you can make in sequence without having to thoroughly wash and dry bowl. I am more of a use solidly for a bit and make lots of stuff than a use frequently sort of person (dictated by work a bit - my TMX and I will be separated again for the week) so limited bowl cleaning and drying appeals.
3. What is best gift can get for hosting a demo? I can't do July so what should I be waiting for to appear as demo host gift (I got tool kit with my machine)
Did I kill the thread with my ponderings?
I have lots of lemons. Dpoes anyone have some thermie recipes, sweet or savoury, besides lemon meringue?
Lemon balls? That only uses one though....
Wysiwyg - those ponderings sound reasonable to me LOL
lemon tarts, lemon slice, lemon custard.....:
I found a recipe on the recipe community for honey mustard chicken parcels that was great if anyone needs something new to try!
I made Tenina's lemon curd the other day...yummm.
Wysiwig I always feel like the thread killer. :hug:
I did a lemon ginger chicken recipe from the website which was delicious.
I have been making my iced coffees in the TM for my morning tea. Also did chocolate custard (with cocoa) last night. Mmmmm... only 30g of sugar but still naughty!
Today I am going to make chicken nuggets/rissoles for tea.
Today DH made his morning coffee drink, his morning tea smoothie and still has to boil some eggs when he gets back from uni.
I've made healthy banana bread, spelt bread rolls and some anzacs.
I was thinking of some more nut free balls because the kids just love them. I get sick of washing it all the time though. lol
Wow you guys have been busy! I have no food in my house, I'm trying to hang out until Thursday to go shopping, but now I want to make all of those yummy lemony things! Thanks guys, I will go and hunt down some recipes and pray I have the ingredients, other wise this grocery shop could be a big one!!