Beetroot cream soup with horseradish dumplings - FSA

I was a bit aprehensive about making this as when I first got thermie I tried making the borsch out of EDC and failed miserably, what made it worse was that my polish partner went on for ages about how a machine can't make a traditional recipe (grr to he who can't even cook!)

Anyway I made this the other day for our lunch (sunday as it take a little while with the dumplings) and it was really nice, a beautiful purply pink colour, creamy and perfectly complemented by the dumplings, fussy polish boy went back for seconds and wants me to make again so it has passed the 'authentic beetroot cookery' test!

The only annoying thing was is I could not get fresh horseradish (sigh living in the Pilbara!) I had to use jarred which I don't like doing because of the yukky preservatives but everything else was fresh so it was all good.

Yummy 4.5/5

Layered Veggie Bake
Cyndi O'Meira - Healthy Eating TMX cookbook.

I made this last night, however I had to omit the pumpkin only because my casserole dish was a bit too small. This dish was super easy to make and was lots of fun layering everything. It was super yummy and it is super healthy, you get your full 5 serves of veggies for the day out of this as it has beetroot, carrot, parsnip, leek, sweet potato and pumpkin plus onion, garlic and herbs, all of which are extreemly good for you. I also sprinkled parmesan cheese on top which was an optional part but definaltely made it yum.

This dish is suitable for vegetarians,gluten free people, low carbers and vegans (if you replaced cream with tomato puree and omitted parmesan on top).

As there are no flour or eggs or anything, it doesn't stay in shape when you cut it up it doesn't look that attractive on a plate, however if you wanted to serve for dinner party you could probably bake in individual rammekins. It would look really special in little glass ones as there are so many colours in this dish!

Also it has lots of colours and coz of the beetroot and sweet potato has a slightly sweet flavour so may be a way to get some veggies into kids, the veggies are all blitzed into little pieces so kids might prefer this? (I don't have kids so wouldn't really know)

I am giving this 5/5 and will be making it again and freezing it for my lunches

Has anyone got some good recipies that are multi tiered in the thermomix

by this I mean have one thing going in the bowl and/ or basket and another component going in the Varoma

the only way I have worked out to do this so far is to cook rice or pasta whilst steaming in the varoma

I was wondering if there were any more ideas for this kind of thing?

Hi There

I hail from the Pilbara in North West WA. I have just ordered my thermomix and am anxiously awaiting it's arrival. I look forward to experimenting with some of the fantastic recipies on this forum.
I ordered the thermomix after my second demo. Partly because of the speed and ease of use (I like to cook, but get frustrated by the piles of pots and pans at the end!) and secondly because of the health benefits. A few months ago I bought a book entitled ' The 150 healthiest foods on earth' by Jonny Bowden. It was a real eye opener and has changed the way I eat. I am aiming to remove as much prepackaged food, preservatives, excess salt etc as possible from my diet and I believe the thermomix is going to be an integral part of my success. Imagine: icing sugar without anticaking agents, churning my own butter, baking my own bread, making my own pasta sauce, curry pastes and grinding my own spices. The thermomix will give me the power to control exactly what I eat without having to spend half my life in the kitchen! I will even be using it to dessecate coconuts from my own coconut trees! Sorry for rabbling but I am so excited about my thermomix and the health benefits it will bring!!