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Hopefully this is a question uk followers can answer. We'd like to buy hubby's parents a thermomix as a 40th anniversary present. His mum is a reluctant cook and hates standing over the stove, but has just found out she's coeliac. Fil would also benefit from some non burnt food  :D. What's the best way to go about it?

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Babies and Kids / Lactation Cookies
« on: April 11, 2013, 12:54:34 am »
Belly Belly Lactation Cookies:
Approx 48 cookies

Ingredients:
•1 cup butter or margarine (250g)
•1 & 1/2 cups brown sugar (250g)
•4 tablespoons water
•2 tablespoons flaxseed meal (can be found at any local health food store)
•2 large eggs
•1 teaspoon vanilla
•2 cups plain flour (300g)
•1 teaspoon baking soda
•3 cups oats, thick cut if you can get them
•1 cup or more chocolate chips/sultanas/almonds/macadamia nuts (whatever you like)
•2-4 tablespoons of brewers yeast (be generous


Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 180C or 160C FF
2. Combine flaxseed meal with water and set aside
3. Place cubed butter in TMX and cream 30sec sp 4
4. Add brown sugar and cream 1min sp4 - I had one scrape down half way
5. Add the eggs, vanilla and flaxseed meal and mix 30sec sp4
6. Add flour, baking powder, brewers yeast and mix 30sec sp5
7. Add oats and choc chips - knead 1min (just check, might need longer)
8. Spoon heaped teaspoonfuls onto lined baking tray and bake for 10-15 mins (small ones took 10 in my oven, large 15)


Personally have found these great for boosting milk supply (you eat 1-2 each breast feed) and they taste quite yummy, dark choc and orange zest were my favourite - the whole family was eating them. I found the brewers yeast in a health food shop and you can also get it in homebrew sections of target/big W etc, the flaxseed meal was from coles. So if you know someone who could use them - whip them up a batch (the last thing you want to do is bake with a new baby).

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Introduce Yourself / Long time Stalker, finally an owner
« on: January 12, 2013, 11:57:13 pm »
Hello everyone,

As the title suggests I've been reading this forum for ages, drooling over what could possibly be made in the thermomix and leaving pages open on the iPad so that dh could see what could be made - he's a sucker for sweet stuff. There was some pretty blatant hints being dropped. I'd first been to a demo 3 years ago and it was love at first site but we couldn't justify it. But on christmas eve afternoon whilst the kitchen was a disaster zone for the next day, a lovely consultant brought my new baby round and showed me the basics including custard. It was an amazing christmas/birthday present from dh. It's been very exciting am looking forward to cooking up a storm for family, especially our six month old daughter. I've tried a few things below and it's all been delicious except for a few things I've commented. Hopefully people can steer me in the right direction and I can contribute a few recipes of my own.

Shalini

Leek roulade mix
Sweet potato mash
Simple white rolls for oyster po boys
Neil Perry's prawn marinade
Vanilla custard
Turkey risotto
Spinach and mushroom quiche filling
Christmas ham, sweet potato and leek quiche filling
Chocolate custard
Orange, macadamia and ginger biscotti (based on Tenina's recipe)
Shortcrust pastry - but it shrunk so much couldn't use it
Some juices
Coffee frappe - I think the timing was off as there was no ice left
Garlic and herb pull apart
Carrot cake
Banana bread
Chicken and sweetcorn soup - yummy but ended up cloudy :-(
Cous cous and veg patties for bubs - next time will add more cous cous
The paste for butter chicken and will do butter chicken tonight :-)


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