Hi Amanda, just read yesterday's posting re Luigi's cookies and I agree, they certainly do not come together in 10 seconds! The 'do not over process' comment is a bit scary but I just went for it and I think I did it for a total of at least 30 seconds.  Still didn't look like it had come together but once you get the mixture in your hands you just work it together that way.  Tasty little morsels.  Wish they would tell us how many these types of recipes are supposed to make though as you never know if you are making them too big or too small.

Hi everyone, today I have got off my butt and into the kitchen for a change.  Thought I'd try the Pasta E Fagioli which Karen suggested the other day but only made 1/2 qty as I didn't think DH would like it as he is not a pasta lover.  Neither of us were that keen on it although it turned out perfectly so with the leftovers (3 cups) I made the cheese sauce recipe (pge 58 Everyday cookbook) but used 40g cornflour not 50g, added 1-1/2 cups leftover pasta mixture and a can of drained, flaked tuna for tomorrow's lunch. You could add a can of creamed corn here too but I forgot about that until after I'd put it in the fridge. Froze the other qty of pasta to use the same way in the future.  Can't do this too often either as DH doesn't like tuna much either! As you can see, I have my work cut out for me with a fussy and tiny eater.

I have also had a go at creating a recipe from scratch and will report on that after we have eaten it for dinner tonight.

Had another go at the carrot and orange juice, added 2 carrots and a teaspoon artificial sweetener this time and it was much better.  I think the main problem is that our oranges are just not like they used to be at the moment so the extra carrot helped give it a boost.

Thanks Cookie1,your comments are much appreciated.  Being thirsty I thought I had better put Rowdy (as I call my TMX) to work and made the carrot and orange juice using 3 oranges and 1 carrot.  Enjoyable but thought the taste was a bit 'thin' so will try 2 carrots next time.  However, hubby said it was just right.  Goes to prove you can't please everyone all of the time!!

I'm in North Haven Amanda

Must be something in the name Geoff, that's my husbands name too.  Mock fish connoisseurs are they!

I am now going through all the websites and blogs I read about on the forum site and luckily for me, I started with Joy's site and voila, someone has done exactly what I was asking for.  Tweaking of recipes, what a great site and I let her know just that. I still have at least 8 others to check out so looks like I'm in for the long haul.  Only problem is, I can't cook and do research so the cooking will have to wait until I am fully informed (going out to lunch today then straight back to my computer afterwards!).

As a newcomer to this forum site I've set myself the task of reading everything on it and now after a total of over 15 hours, I have finally finished.  I have downloaded recipes, tried some and posted my opinions on them but I am disappointed that more people don't do this AFTER they have tried the recipe. All the recipes have plenty of hits but very few comments. It would be so helpful to know that others have given recipes their tick of approval or even thumbs down.  It would save us having disasters and from what I have read, we all seem to have them.  Whether the recipes are the Thermomix ones or conversions by clever cooks, let us in on which ones are a success and which ones are not.  It would save us so much time and money to know this. As Thermomix grows in Australia, let's band together and help each other be the best cooks we can.   Let us know your favourite recipes, how you tweaked them if they needed it.  It is obvious we all have different ideas of what is good or bad - you only have to read about the mashed potato to learn that.  I happen to love it but others do their own thing with it to end up with a taste they prefer.  Come on thermomixers, let us unite!

Today I posted my first recipe and made some comments on a few that I have tried from this site.  I must say, because they are tried and true, I am more impressed with them than those in theThermomix recipe books I have.  So many recipes are disappointing and need tweaking which is a waste of time and money as far as I am concerned. What we need are more recipes from normal, everyday cooks who are smart enough to convert their favourite recipes (I have trouble doing that unfortunately) or can come up with new ideas.

I have had mine for about 6 months now.  My daughter went to a party and kept saying 'Mum would love this machine" so she had a party and 3 were sold on the night. I find it great for cakes and desserts (although we don't eat a lot of high calorie foods) but am disappointed with main meals. Still, I wouldn't give it back for the world as it is such a clever little machine which just needs tastier recipes to try in it.

There are only the 2 of us in this house so I find I only need to cook 3 or 4 times a week and eat leftovers or go out for meals the rest of the time.  My husband has MS so he doesn't eat a lot at the best of times and most of the desserts I have to eat on my own which is not good for the waistline. Mum doesn't mind me taking bits and pieces around to her to try.

I love this site and spent hours on it before actually committing fingers to keyboard and joining you all.  Looking forward to finding many interesting recipes in the future, thanks everyone.  Regards Judy