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Salads / Re: Your "Go to" Salad for hot summer nights?
« on: February 01, 2012, 09:23:08 am »
Hi guys. This is not made in Tmx but super easy and delish - from one of the free magazines from woolies or Coles. Can't remember which one.  1 oak lettuce washed and torn up, 1 mango cubed, 1 avocado sliced, 2 tbsp slivered almonds, 2 tbsp cranberries mix all together in a bowl. Dressing is 1 tbsp olive oil and 1 tbsp white wine vinegar mixed in a jar and poured over the top! Light and fresh and perfect for a hot summer night. Can add a chick breast steamed in varoma and cooled then sliced on the top! Yum yum.

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Hi Catherine. I see no one has responded to this. I'm doing a similar sort of eating plan and i've been mainly adapting the recipes to suit what I need. We have been having loads of steamed meat (chicken) and steamed vegies all done in the varoma and occasionally i'll make a tomato sauce in the jug to pour of the top. I can give you loads of recipes if your willing to convert them yourself. I haven't converted many at this stage. Does the Dukan Diet allow sugar? Mine is low sugar, low carb, high protein and lots of good fats eg avocado etc. I'm also not mixing proteins which helps the body to digest your food easier.  Let me know if you want me to send you some non TMX recipes you could adapt. PM me your email :) 

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Chit Chat / Make Your Own Cookbook
« on: January 12, 2012, 10:59:11 am »
Not sure if this interests anyone but I came across this today. Looks like a great idea for those who want to put all their family recipes all together or all of their favorites all together. Would be a great idea for the older generation to pass on all the family secrets and give to their kids/grandkids. Wish I learnt a lot of my granny's recipes before she got dementia. Too late now. :(

http://landing.blurb.com/fbcook-AU/landing-493TN-1566DL.html


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Chit Chat / Re: Has anyone preserved chillies??
« on: January 12, 2012, 12:14:53 am »
Thanks Greenie. Will wait a while before unsealing the jar and trying them.

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Starters and Snacks / Re: Cashew and craisin museli bars
« on: January 11, 2012, 11:31:47 pm »
Hi Depome! I made these on the weekend. They were a huge hit and only lasted one day and so I had to make another 2 batches! The first lot I did in a mini individual loaf pan so I didn't need to worry about cutting them up. They turned out great albeit a bit thick, so the second lot I used a loaf pan and then cut them up myself which made twice as many! Both ways equally fantastic. Love them, and so incredibly quick and easy to make. I used spelt flour instead of plain.  I said to the OH today when I was packing his lunch "today I might make something different" as we were using the last muesli bar up, and he said "no! I want the same please" so there you go. Big Big Hit!  Thanks for the recipe.

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Chit Chat / Re: Has anyone preserved chillies??
« on: January 11, 2012, 11:20:40 pm »
Right, well I had a crack at this and what a disaster! I'm so confused by what salt to use. I went and got one from the health food shop with no nasties in it and the lady told me to use a specific one for preserving but the liquid is so cloudy and horrible looking :( and i thought I had heaps of chillies but once they were all cut up there doesn't look like many at all. I should have waited and picked them all at once but I didn't want them to turn red. Oh well. Just waiting 1 week to try these and will see what they are like. All else fails I'll chuck them in a taco mince or something.  Will use my jalepenos next time too instead of these smaller skinner chillies.

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Main Dishes / Re: Butter Chicken & Tikka Paste
« on: January 11, 2012, 11:08:32 pm »
Clearly I need a bigger freezer! I'd love to be able to do some of the things i'm learning on here. There is just not enough room :(

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Vegetarian / Re: Steamed Garlic Rice
« on: January 10, 2012, 12:09:45 pm »
Made this tonight. It was excellent. Have plenty left so have put it in the fridge to have with some steamed veg for lunch tomorrow. I served it with baked lamb chops with the French onion soup mix on top, and Cookies steamed spinach dumplings! Yumo!  Thanks for the recipe Bron. :)

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Vegetarian / Re: Spinach Dumplings with Fresh Tomato and Herb Sauce
« on: January 10, 2012, 12:05:29 pm »
WOW Cookie!!! These are amazing!! I didn't want to cook in 2 batches so I made 16 balls and froze the rest of the mixture for a lunch time snack :)  we had them with baked lamb chops and Bron's garlic steamed rice! Yum yum yum!! Will post pic tomorrow when I'm on the box monster. Never mastered uploading photos via this iPad :). Only change I would make next time is perhaps adding some fresh basil to the sauce and maybe more sauce. The rice soaked up a lot and I'm a sauce and gravy girl! I also used spelt flour not that you'd know there is so little in it.  Thanks for the recipe. Will be a regular :)

UPDATE - Uploading photo. Yes, they are lamb chops but the OH likes they basically cremated so they are a little over done! :)

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Chit Chat / Re: Potatoes - is there a healthy option??
« on: January 10, 2012, 08:58:52 am »
Thanks Kulsha. We use sweet potato all the time, I love it!! But when this recipe called for Carisma potatoes I was a little intrigued!

Thanks thermo18. Will check out Coles tomorrow :)

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Chit Chat / Potatoes - is there a healthy option??
« on: January 10, 2012, 08:17:43 am »
Has anyone heard of low gi carisma potatoes?? I'm reading a recipe which calls for them and I've never heard of them. Where could I buy such a spud?

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Saying Hello!
« on: January 10, 2012, 07:52:47 am »
Welcome Jess. Good luck with your journey. And what a great way to earn your own TMX. Enjoy. You'll meet some amazing people along the way

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Vegetarian / Re: Spinach Dumplings with Fresh Tomato and Herb Sauce
« on: January 10, 2012, 05:35:11 am »
Making this tonight!! Can't wait!!

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Chit Chat / Re: A big thank you again to Judy
« on: January 10, 2012, 02:35:06 am »
I want to say Thanks to Judy too. Everything seems to be so easy, and with all the merged lists and review lists I find it so easy to use this forum. Love your work Judy. 

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Chit Chat / Re: iPad apps
« on: January 10, 2012, 02:26:17 am »
Hi Guys. I promised I would do this a couple of weeks ago but I was way too busy having holidays - my apologies, but now I am back at work and have little to do I thought I better get onto this.  ;)

First let me say I absolutely love my Ipad. Apart from the TMX it is the best investment we have ever made. I take it everywhere and use it all day long. A bit like Gert. Addicted!!!  I got mine when they first came out so paid way way too much (they are now 1/2 the price) and mine doesnt have a camera and is a little bulky. The newer version is much better i'm told. But I still love it nonetheless.

I wont list them all off as I have hundreds, but I have all of my apps in Folders for ease of use.

Eg.

Productivity - Calendar, Contacts, Notes, Maps, Settings, Postcode Search, Calculator
Lifestyle - Ebay, Domain, xe Currency Convertor, Australia Post, All the Deals, Aus TV & Movie Guide
Books - ibooks, Audio Books, Perfect Reader, Free Books, Kindle, itranslate
Games with Friends - Words with Friends, hanging with Friends, Bejewled 2, Romi, Jumbline 2
Social - Facebook, Twitter, Skype, You Tube
Games - lots !
Kid Stuff - for the nieces :)
Cooking - ABC Foodi, All recipes AU, Big Oven, Betty Crocker Cookbook, Poh's Kitchen, Epicurious, Harvey Norman Recipe Organiser, Jamie Oliver
Cookbooks - AWW, Robo Gourmet, Dinner Spinner, Thermomix
etc etc

I also have a folder called healthy cooking with icons to all of my favourite web pages and blogs such as this wonderful forum, Janella Purcell, Full Little Tummies, Real Meals, Steph Berg, My New Roots, etc etc

I pretty much have an app for everything! Love it love it love it!

Ive posted a pic so you can see the folders :)

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