Kirst - WOOHOOO so glad you've joined us all. Wow you make all your own sauces and stuff?? That's fantastic! I'm going to have to google these thermomix things. I've never heard of them. Might come in handy for making baby food as well. I've already been gathering a heap of recipes and plan on making all my own baby food (once bubs starts eating solids). I've always had issues with the amount of preservatives and artificial c$@p that's in the baby food you buy at the shops. Some of the recipes even sound yummy enough I might make them for myself!
Dr Tal: Yes I found you - thanks for the message, and thanks to everyone else for the congrats in the messages - I didn't know they were there till Dr Tal told me about them
In the thermomix, I grind my own spices and toast them, grate hard cheeses and chop anything you can think of...I make sorbet and icecream and it all takes almost no time at all. They were originally invented to make preservative free baby food, then people discovered so many more uses for them. All this talk of pumpkin soup has made me want to have it for dinner too, I think I might - thermomix makes soup too yum yum.
Sorry i have been MIA - we put our doggy down the other day so i been a bit sad!
Hello to all the new healthy mums this thread is becoming very informative and im loving it!
I am going grocery shopping today and im going to make those cookies that C1 suggested and........ im so making the Zucchini Noodle slice that eliselouise put up! that sound so yummy - definatly something i think i can eat!
And Holl i have been wanting a WII fit for awhile now - but i would have to agree that getting out and going for a walk or doing some exercise would prob be better not to mention cheaper!!!!
HJ - Very sorry to hear about your dog That is never an easy decision to make.
I have a Wii (it was given to me for Christmas) I haven't gotten the fit yet though. I do play sports and resort from time to time though. It's definitely not the same as actually getting out and doing exercise but you also get out of it what you put in. You can either really get into it and do full movement and really work yourself (and you can, both DH and I have been sore for days after fencing or rowing or something like that) or you can just make small wrist movements and not work youself so much.
Ammaki - Sorry to hear you are sick. That's no fun at the best of times and would be absolutely miserable when you are pregnant. Make sure you continue to eat healthy (lots of fruits with vitamin C and cook with lots of garlic) and hopefully you'll get over it quickly I reckon the thin veggie soup (I think it's the first recipe that Audax gave us) would be a really good sick 'comfort' food.
Kirst - I think the sorbet and icecream sold me on the thermomix. I've had my mouth watering all last night and this morning thinking of all the different sorbet types I can make (lemon, watermelon, mango, passionfruit) YUM! (wish there was a mouth watering icon to put here )
AFM - Unfortunately I never got around to making my pizza last night We had a few issues with our pigs (in that the piglets got out and were running around everywhere and mumma pig was going nuts!) So it was about 8 before I even thought about making dinner, so I just warmed up the left over pumpkin soup and made some garlic and cheese whole grain bread to go with it.
hj - Sorry to hear about your dog. I plan on getting out for a walk each day when Bosley arrives - just managing the 10 steps to the mailbox atm though! We have a Wii Fit too (DH begged and begged and I refused and refused and one day he just came home with it!). I haven't used it yet though...
Ammaki - Get well soon vibes coming your way...
Dr Tal - Now I can't decide whether to make pumpkin soup or mushroom soup for lunch! Am leaning towards mushroom soup because I had pumpkin and bacon yesterday! With garlic soy and linseed bread, mmmm! I am keen to try 'baby led solids' when Bosley starts eating (he has to arrive first!) but also bought a new blender at Christmas so I can make my own purees if I decide to go down that road. I don't like the idea of processed baby foods either - we're trying really hard to eat healthily now, it seems a shame to spoil it by feeding our kids tinned stuff when they start to eat!
Kirsten - I am hoping to rival you in the 'best-eating child' stakes when Bosley arrives! It is so great to hear from you in a non-ttc environment and I've been stalking your belly buddies thread! Go December 26th!
Cherished - Did you mention you make your own bread? We used to have a bread maker and it was heaps cool, but time-consuming. Oh, and I love your banana-oatmeal cookies; DH wasn't too keen though, which just means more for me!
AFM - Any ideas for a non-unhealthy sweet baking idea to make for friends who are coming for morning tea on Saturday?
JL i found a recipe for banana mini muffins; im not sure how healthy/ unhealthy they are tho
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp bi-carbonate soda
3/4 cup banana, mashed
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 egg, lightly beaten
3/4 cup milk
Icing:
250g cream cheese
4 tbsp icing mixture
2 tsp finely grated lemon rind
Method:
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Line a 24 cup mini muffin pan with patty pans.
Sift flour and bi-carb into a bowl and add brown sugar. Set aside.
In another bowl lightly beat the egg and add milk, vegetable oil and banana and stir.
Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just combined.
Spoon into muffin pans and bake for 10-12 mins.
To make the icing, warm the cream cheese in the microwave for one minute and add lemon zest and sifted icing mixture.
Beat with electric mixer for 2 mins.
Transfer into a piping bag immediately and pipe onto cooled muffins.
It was emailed to me from a pregnancy website that promotes healthy eating?
so glad you've joined us all. Wow you make all your own sauces and stuff??
That's fantastic! I'm going to have to google these thermomix things. I've never heard of them. Might come in handy for making baby food as well. I've already been gathering a heap of recipes and plan on making all my own baby food (once bubs starts eating solids). I've always had issues with the amount of preservatives and artificial c$@p that's in the baby food you buy at the shops. Some of the recipes even sound yummy enough I might make them for myself!
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this thread is becoming very informative and im loving it!
That is never an easy decision to make.
I reckon the thin veggie soup (I think it's the first recipe that Audax gave us) would be a really good sick 'comfort' food.
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We had a few issues with our pigs (in that the piglets got out and were running around everywhere and mumma pig was going nuts!) So it was about 8 before I even thought about making dinner, so I just warmed up the left over pumpkin soup and made some garlic and cheese whole grain bread to go with it.
I plan on getting out for a walk each day when Bosley arrives - just managing the 10 steps to the mailbox atm though! We have a Wii Fit too (DH begged and begged and I refused and refused and one day he just came home with it!). I haven't used it yet though...
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