We are in merimbula so will be eating out, probably at the RSL

If you're looking for dinner on another night and seafood is your thing consider trying Wheelers.  It's been a few years since I have been there but the food we had was excellent.

Casalare gluten free and wheat free macaroni twists. I got the box from IGA.
I cooked it for someone who doesn't eat gluten and she declared it the best gluten-free pasta she had ever had. It tasted ok to me and it didn't stick together.

Good luck with your search.

Thanks Gert.
Sounds frustrating.

Lovely sunshine in Perth today ☀️🌻

It was stunning. Perfect Perth winter weather. I hope it persists for a week!

I left the salt out of the preparation. That should go in the thermomix at the same time as the polenta.

This thread made me want beetroot!

So, not thermomix but I made a warm salad of roasted red onion, butternut pumpkin and beetroot topped with marinated goat cheese and vino cotto. Had alongside barbecued scotch fillet steaks.

I pre-roasted smallish beetroot wrapped in foil with a little bit of oil, salt and pepper for about 1.5 hours at 160c then cooled it, took the skin off and quartered each one.
The butternut pumpkin and red onion were roasted together at about 180c. Beetroot then thrown in to warm up.  Once the beetroot was warm I tumbled everything into a bowl and crumbled over the goat cheese then drizzled with vino cotto.

Was a nice wintery side dish for the steak. I've got leftover roasted veg (untouched by the cheese and dressing) in the fridge ready to repeat later in the week.

I made these again yesterday. After finishing the kneading I realised I had used plain flour rather than self raising. I added 1 teaspoon of baking powder and half a teaspoon of bi carb then kneaded for another 25 seconds. They still came out perfectly. I recommend adding a sprinkle of raw sugar before baking for a crunchy coating, rather than icing sugar at the end of cooking.  They are very light and quick to prepare and cook.

A shame this recipe isn't in the new EDC.  I think it is brilliant.

This forum is an amazing resource and I relied very heavily on it when I first got my thermomix.  I still always refer to the advice here when making something new or wanting to improve on something. It's also very well managed and one of the only forums that isn't afflicted by trolls.

There has been a bit of it lately, but perhaps it might help to feature some of the great recipes in the forum and sharing ideas of how they can be modified.

Navigation is definitely a challenge and I agree with all the comments here about the search facility.

The recipe book reviews are excellent but the section of the forum they are all in is not very user friendly. If each book was a child board and then each recipe was a thread that would probably make it easier to use and might encourage more input.

Maybe encourage users to post about how they use their thermomix. That could make it feel more accessible. There are all ranges of people that use thermomixers in different ways but it sometimes might come across that this forum is only for those who use it everyday for every meal which is certainly not the case.  Also, encourage everyone to add more value to their posts. For example, in the what are you cooking today thread, just saying "cakes and biscuits" doesn't mean much.  Linking to a recipe or describing more about what you are doing adds much more richness to the forum. Same for recipe feedback. If it's a great recipe, talk about what you think is great about it.

Also, I think there are too many sticky threads in chit chat that don't need to be there.  If more current threads appeared on the front page then you might find there are more comments. My recommendation would be to trim it back to two or three stickies or see if the first page can be expanded to show another 10 or so threads.

When I bought my thermomix and mentioned this forum I had a very cold reaction from the consultant (I didn't know of any controversy at that point). That might also be part of the problem, new users are put off early. Also, I had tried signing up three or four times over several months before I had success. So, maybe we are missing out on new members because of the difficult sign up process.

I think it's a sign of how great the forum is that the moderators are asking how to improve it and liven it up. All three moderators do an exceptional job at looking after this great online community.

Another thought: what about a separate area for other appliances? The forum is also a great resource for them and it might be useful to have the pie make, pizza maker, air fryer, dehydrator etc etc stuff all together.