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Chit Chat / 2L Pouring Cream - Central QLD
« on: August 06, 2012, 09:56:24 am »
Hi Guys! I'm back! Its been a while. Actually since March. How many months ago was that???? Gees this year has gone so quick. My wedding, a family passing, and now i've decided to become a consultant! Yikes!! Anyhoo, hope everyone is well and happy. I have a friend who lives in Central Queensland who wants to know where she can get 2 Liters of pouring cream to make the butter from the EDC. We here in SA are fortunate enough to be able to get it from the farmers markets or Foodland from a local supplier. If anyone knows any stockists/suppliers in Central Queensland I'd appreciate the details. :)

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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 / 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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Chit Chat / Has anyone preserved chillies??
« on: January 05, 2012, 06:06:17 am »
Hi Everyone. Yet another bush in the garden that I need to harvest. I have an abundance of chillies and seeings the lovely Fayeeg has already given me a huge bag of dried ones I thought I might slice mine up and preserve them ready for tacos etc (like the jar of jalepeanos you buy in the supermarket). I'm guessing it's chilli, salt, vinegar and water but not really sure the process. Has anyone else done this before? I found one method on the net but it calls for soaking them in a brine solution before pickling? Help!  ???

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Chit Chat / HELP!! Dishwasher pipe blocked
« on: December 28, 2011, 11:26:07 pm »
Hi. Does anyone know how to unblock a dishwasher pipe? It's blocked from Xmas day and is half way through a cycle and won't drain. I've taken all dishes out and washed them by hand, cleaned all parts including filter, checked the drain hose isn't kinked and have tried getting the water out myself. It won't reset and I try turning it on and you can hear it trying to empty but just won't. I don't know what to do. I thought maybe bi carb or something to eat away the blockage but if it doesn't work I don't want whatever I put in there to corrode the pipe work. Ive tried a kettle of hot water too. Really don't want to have to call a technician :(

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Desserts / Banana Spring Rolls
« on: December 08, 2011, 11:06:10 am »
This recipe is adapted from "Ask Sarah" Sarah Johannsen on Facebook and youasksarah.com

I haven't worked out how to make my own spring roll/rice paper yet, so bought stuff it is! Also, this may not be suitable for this section as only 1 component is for the TMX so feel free to move it to the non-thermomix recipes if you need to. :)


Name of Recipe: Banana Spring Rolls
Number of People: 4
Ingredients:
2 Bananas
100g Dark Agave Nectar (Maple Syrup, honey or golden syrup would also be ok)
8 Spring Roll Wrappers (I used Vietnamese Rice Paper)
50g Raw Sugar
Grapeseed oil for shallow frying


Preparation:
Put sugar in TMX and blitz speed 6 for 10-15 seconds to make icing sugar
Cut Bananas in half and then slice horizontally
Soak Rice Paper in water
Meanwhile heat a small amount of grapeseed oil in frypan
Lay rice paper on paper towel or clean tea towel
Lay banana in rice paper and roll as if you were rolling a spring roll/cold roll (roll from bottom, fold in sides, and keep rolling)
Shallow fry in grapseed oil
Serve while hot with sprinkled icing sugar and your choice of syrup or icecream if you are being really naughty!
Makes 2 each
Picture does not do it justice!


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Members' comments
Stephanie - Yum - I made these last year when we had a glut of bananas - they are also really good with cinnamon added to the sugar.  As an added bonus, they are gluten free!

JD - You could probably add some Nutella in with the bananas too.






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Recipe Requests / Sleeks - What can I make?
« on: December 07, 2011, 10:33:19 pm »
Hi Guys

For some reason 6 months ago I planted sleeks in the garden. They are all now ready to harvest and i'm absolutely stuffed for what I am going to use them for. Any ideas??  Do you think they would be ok as a substitute for the leek in Potato and Leek soup.

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Chit Chat / Chocolate Yule Log
« on: December 02, 2011, 01:33:55 am »
So it turns out I was one of the ones got that sent the German TMX newsletter 2 weeks ago in error and today I got a "sorry" email from Recipe Community Team with a free exclusive recipe for the Chocolate Yule Log which will be featured in next years 2012 recipe book. Has anyone had great success in rolling cakes into logs? not sure if this is one that I want to try. But it looks great! The German newsletter certainly got me excited as it looks like there will be Thermomix Pantry containers coming out sooner or later. Or at least that is what Im guessing considering I can't speak German! :)

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Chit Chat / Varoma
« on: December 01, 2011, 03:00:16 am »
Sorry if this has been asked before, I searched on Varoma and it came up with 40 pages that contained the word, so I thought it might be easier for me to just ask the question rather than read 40 pages of posts!

So..... tonight I am making pork fillet in the varoma with steamed veg in the top varoma tray. My questions is.. is there a minimum amount of liquid you need in the jug to get the maximum steaming results? I want to make a garlic mustard sauce to pour over the top but it will only be about 400ml of liquid (150g cream & 250g Stock). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Starters and Snacks / Coconut Fudge Balls with photos
« on: November 21, 2011, 10:32:38 am »
This recipe is from Janella Purcell's (Good Chef, Bad Chef) personal website which I have modified for the TMX. This is my first upload so fingers crossed! I guess it could be in the raw, diet and snacks category or even Christmas for that matter, so feel free to move it to where you think it best should be. 

Name of Recipe: Coconut Fudge Balls
Number of People: 20 balls or there abouts
Ingredients:
300g dates, pitted and fresh
170g pistachios raw (walnuts, pecans, macadamias or almonds are OK also) for this recipe I used pistachios, almonds and macadamias
35g desiccated or shredded coconut (I used shredded as it was ll I had)
4-5 drops of rose water
1-2 tbsp raw cacao powder


Preparation:
Place dates, nuts, coconut and rose water in TMX and pulverise on speed 8 for 30-40 seconds until a smoothish paste (see pic).

Take paste out of TMX bowl and roll into balls using dessert spoon so you get them about the same size. Roll in cacao powder and your done. :)

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Tips/Hints: Whipped these up in about 15 minutes in total.  Put 5 or 6 balls into small plastic bags and tie off with your favorite ribbon and put in your Christmas hampers. Good for a healthy snack for those on diets. Gives you the chocolate fudge fix without the extra sugar. Enjoy!


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Recipe Requests / Chocolate Mud Cake
« on: November 17, 2011, 12:10:21 am »
Good Morning All. I'm desperately looking for a tried, tested and fail safe chocolate mud cake recipe for the weekend. Have our niece's 15th Birthday and they are coming over for a small get together and i'd love to surprise her with her favorite cake. Contemplated just going and buying a packet mix, but promised myself that i would never buy a packet mix of anything ever again after i got my TMX. Have only seen 1 recipe on here for it, and it doesn't look like it has been made much. I don't feel confident enough in trying to convert one of my own recipes just yet.  Please help :)

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Introduce Yourself / Greetings from Adelaide
« on: November 12, 2011, 05:17:58 am »
Hi Everyone!! I've had my thermomix for 7 days and have used it every day!! I love it so much. I'm amazed at what it can do. Must admit I'm a little heavy handed on the time! Have over blitzed a few things, mainly salads but they are still tasty. I seem to forget just how powerful the machine really is.   Today we made tomato relish and the concentrated veggie stock and strawberry jam. The jam sprayed everywhere and made a hell of a mess but it was good fun. Any tips on the jam making would be appreciated. We put a Plate on the mc to try and stop it but then the sticky condensation dripped all over the bench. Just need a little practice. :)  mainly bought the amazing little machine so we can eat healthier meals, and loose some weight. getting married next year so into "nesting mode" :)  looking forward to chatting to you all and learning lots of new things from each of your recipes.

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