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Cakes / Re: Magic Bean Cake
« on: June 16, 2013, 11:36:26 pm »
I make this cake once a week and it's always gone before I have a chance to ice it  :D
House of boys = entire cake gone in 10 minutes whilst still warm  :-))

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Chit Chat / Re: What are you cooking today?
« on: June 15, 2013, 11:36:28 am »
Coconut scrambled eggs sounds yum C83 do u just add coconut to the mix ?

Yes, I add a teaspoon of coconut butter and some coconut milk "to taste". My kids love it served with toast soldiers :) 

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Chit Chat / Re: What are you cooking today?
« on: June 15, 2013, 11:28:15 am »
Cheese and bacon puffs (made 16 and all gone in 4 minutes  ;D)
Coconut scrambled eggs
Pumpkin/carrot/potato/coconut soup served with Sweet potato & zucchini fritters
Lemon slice


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Starters and Snacks / Re: Cheese & Bacon Puffs
« on: June 15, 2013, 11:22:26 am »
I made another batch of 16 today - all gone in 4 minutes!  :D

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Vegetarian / Re: Sweet Potato & Zucchini Fritters
« on: June 15, 2013, 10:42:04 am »
Made these tonight to accompany my pumpkin/potato/carrot/coconut soup!
I used 600g sweet potato / 1 medium zucchini / 2 eggs / 100g spelt flour. Yum!!

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Starters and Snacks / Re: Cheese & Bacon Puffs
« on: June 14, 2013, 10:32:37 am »
Made these today, using only 1/2 of one onion, honey grain mustard and no herbs to be "child friendly".
So easy and delicious!! I made 16 puffs using dessertspoon sized balls. Yum  ;D

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I think I went wrong somewhere with this one  :D
I followed directions and split into two ring tins. However the first one broke in half as I tried to remove it from the pan, 10 mins after cooling from oven. So the 2nd cake I left for 2 hours, but the same thing happened!! Very very oily. I might try again another day with less oil and see how it goes!

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Main Dishes / Re: Moroccan Sausages
« on: June 10, 2013, 11:12:17 am »
Had this for dinner tonight :) I used 16 organic mini sausages.
Cooked the mash in the TMX whilst I pan fried the sausages. Transferred the mash to the Thermoserver, rinsed the jug and continued onto the third step. Very nice!  ;D

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All In One Meals using the Varoma / Re: Chicken with Lime, Thai style
« on: June 09, 2013, 11:40:08 am »
Had this for dinner tonight - really enjoyed the flavour of the chicken :)
I used 600g chicken thigh so doubled rest of ingredients. I cooked up 350g of brown rice. So I did the following order:

1) Mince garlic cloves in TMX and add to heatproof bowl
2) Rinse jug. Add 900g water
3) Rinse 350g brown rice in basket and place in TMX.
4) Dice chicken and add all ingredients to heatproof bowl.
5) Place bottom Varoma with chicken/sauce in heatproof bowl onto jug. Set 35min, Varoma, speed 4.
6) Remove rice and place in Thermoserver. Add cornflour mixture to chicken. Add top layer Varoma with veg. Set for 15 min, Varoma, speed 4.
7) Serve

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Chit Chat / Re: What are you cooking today?
« on: June 09, 2013, 01:24:06 am »
Made mochaccino brownies and pineapple slice for a BBQ we went to last night :)

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Chit Chat / Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« on: June 04, 2013, 01:26:23 pm »
Coconut Lentil Vegetable Pocket Pies - just posted the recipe in Mains. Very tasty :)

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Main Dishes / Coconut Lentil Vegetable Pocket Pie
« on: June 04, 2013, 01:22:34 pm »
Name of Recipe: Coconut Lentil Vegetable Pocket Pie
(http://www.recipecommunity.com.au)
Number of People: Makes 8 pies

Ingredients:

Pastry
240 g white spelt flour
80 g coconut oil, well chilled and set hard
120 g ice cold water
1 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar (optional)
80 g wakame gomasio or sesame seeds
Filling
1 tbsp small green lentils or black lentils, rinsed
60 g carrot, roughly chopped
60 g sweet potato, roughly chopped
30 g kale or cabbage leaves, roughly chopped
1/2 brown onion
1 garlic clove
1 tbsp coconut oil
1/3 tsp ground cumin seeds
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp dulse flakes (optional)
120 g coconut milk
1 corn cob, kernels only
1 tsp Tamari sauce
1 egg, to glaze

Preparation:

Pastry
1. Place white spelt flour into mixing bowl and mill 30 sec/speed 9, to form a finer flour.
2. Add coconut oil and mix 10 sec/speed 6, or until the mix resembles breadcrumbs.
3. Add 100g of the water, apple cider vinegar and gomasio or sesame seeds and mix 10 sec/speed 7, add additional water if necessary and mix 5 sec/speed 4 (see general tips). Set aside on ThermoMat, forming the mix into a ball, then wrap it up in the ThermoMat (or Glad Wrap) and allow to cool in the refrigerator whilst making filling.

Filling
4. Place lentils and 250g of water into clean, dry mixing bowl and cook 25 min/100°C/ :-:/speed 1, or until just soft. Drain and reserve lentils.
5. Place carrot and sweet potato into clean, dry mixing bowl and chop 6 sec/speed 4. Set aside.
6. Place kale or cabbage into mixing bowl and chop 2 sec/speed 7. Set aside.
7. Place onion and garlic into mixing bowl and chop 3 sec/speed 7. Scrape down sides of bowl.
8. Add coconut oil and cumin and sauté 3 min/Varoma/speed 1.
9. Add salt, pepper, dulse flakes, reserved carrot and sweet potato mix and coconut milk and mix 10 sec/ :-:/speed 2, then cook 10 min/100°C/ :-:/speed 1, or until just cooked through.
10. Add corn and reserved kale or cabbage, lentils and tamari and cook 5 min/90°C/ :-:/speed 1. Set mix aside and allow to cool in the refrigerator before using.

Assembly
11. Preheat oven to 180°C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
12. Cut the chilled pastry in half and place one half on a lightly floured ThermoMat. Roll the pastry out to a 22 x 22cm square and trim so the edges are neat, then cut this into four pieces about 11 x 11cm each. Repeat process with the other half of the pastry.
13. Place one good tablespoon of cold filling into the centre of each square and lift half of the pastry over the filling to create a rectangluar pocket pie (6 x 11cm). Repeat for all pies.
14. Place pies onto prepared baking tray and, using a fork, press the edges of the pies to seal.
15. Place egg into clean, dry mixing bowl and mix 10 sec/speed 4.
16. Brush egg wash over the top of pies. Place into oven and cook for 30 minutes, or until golden. Remove and allow to cool a little before serving.

Tips/Hints:
Delicious!!  ;D However, now that I have made it and realised how time consuming it is to follow as is, I would suggest the following:
*Make the filling in the morning - leave in the fridge to cool through the day. Then in the evening, make the dough and construct. Otherwise it takes roughly 2.5 hours from scratch as you have to cook the lentils (30 mins) and allow the mixture to cool etc.
**I would also consider making double quantity and then freeze the remaining pies for another time  :)

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Chit Chat / Re: What are you cooking today?
« on: June 02, 2013, 12:04:39 pm »
For breakfast I made porridge with whole oats, LSA, sultanas, desc coconut, milk and maple syrup.
Pasta for lunch
Lemon slice for arvo tea
Pumpkin/Potato/Carrot/Bacon soup with buttered wholewheat toast for dinner  :)

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Chit Chat / Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« on: June 02, 2013, 11:49:14 am »
Pumpkin/Potato/Carrot/Bacon soup served with buttered wholegrain toast :)

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Soups / Re: Pumpkin Soup
« on: June 02, 2013, 11:47:56 am »
Made CP63s soup with a few slight alterations in ingredients to use up veg and to suit my family's tastes :)

Ingredients:
1/2 onion
4 bacon rashers, chopped roughly
1 garlic clove
20g coconut oil
Half a small butternut pumpkin, skin/seeds removed, diced
2 small potatoes, skin on, diced
2 carrots, skin on, diced
1 tablespoon tomato paste
3 tsp TM vegetable stock
2.5 cups water
salt and pepper
100g evaporated milk

Delicious!!  ;D

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