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Main Dishes / Chelsea's Easy Curried Sausages
« on: July 07, 2013, 11:39:50 am »
Ingredients:

200-300g rice (see notes for using brown rice)
900g water
8 lean beef sausages
trimmed green beans or broccoli florets (optional)
1 large brown onion - peeled and quartered
30g organic olive oil
2 carrots - washed and sliced into rounds (or half rounds if big carrots)
250g water
2 tsp chicken stock (see notes)
1 tsp curry powder (or to taste)
salt and pepper to taste
2 level tbsp white spelt flour or corn flour
2-3 tbsp water

Method:

Weigh rice into basket and rinse well. Add 900g water to bowl and insert rice basket.

Place sausages into varoma dish - 4 across bottom and 4 on top (laying in opposite direction to those below). Place green veg in varoma tray.

Fit varoma to TMX lid and cook for 16-18 minutes at varoma temp, speed 4. Remove varoma and set sausages aside to cool a little. Place rice in thermoserver and top with green veg. Rinse bowl and dry.

Place onion into bowl and chop for 3 seconds on speed 5. Scrape down sides, add oil and saute for 3 minutes at 100 degrees on reverse speed 1.

Add carrot, 250g water, chicken stock, curry powder and salt and pepper. Cook for 15 minutes, 100 degrees, reverse speed 1. While this is cooking slice each sausage into 4-6 pieces. Mix the flour and water together in the MC to form a paste.

When the TMX has finished cooking add the sausages and flour paste and cook for a further 3 minutes at 100 degrees, reverse speed 1.

Plate with the steamed rice and greens. Enjoy!

Notes:

Chicken stock paste can be made easily in the TMX. There is a good recipe in the My Way of Cooking book.

If you wish to use brown rice then you need to add 1200g of water to the TMX and cook the rice for 17 minutes before adding the varoma and cooking for a further 16-18 minutes.

members comments

Frozzie - Was quite tasty.. Had it with Brown Rice and peas and followed Chelsea's cooking tip for Brown rice and when to add varoma.

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Desserts / Chelsea's Golden Syrup Dumplings
« on: July 07, 2013, 11:37:21 am »
Ingredients:

300g unbleached spelt flour (try 250g plain wheat flour?)
2 tsp baking powder
100g cream
120g non-homogenised milk
pinch Himalayan salt
golden syrup (copious amounts :-))
270g boiling water
2 tbsp desiccated coconut

Method:

Preheat oven to 180 degrees and boil kettle.

Place the first five ingredients in TMX bowl and mix for 2 seconds on speed 5. Then knead for 20 seconds on interval speed or until the dough just comes together.

Tip the dough out onto a bread mat or lightly floured surface. Gently pat out into a rectangle (approx 20x30cm).

Spread the dough with a generous layer of golden syrup and roll into a log. Cut the log into 9 slices (they should look like scrolls when turned on their side).

Pour the boiling water into a square 18x18cm glass dish (or similar size dish) and mix two tablespoons of golden syrup into the water.

Stand the dumplings in the dish of water in 3 rows. Sprinkle with coconut and bake for 25-30 minutes. Serve straight away with cream or ice cream.

Tips:

Don't let the dumplings stand for too long before serving as they will absorb all of the yummy sauce.

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Bread / Chelsea's Wrap Recipe
« on: July 07, 2013, 11:35:52 am »
Ingredients:

250g unbleached spelt flour
100g water
50g organic extra virgin olive oil
pinch Himalayan salt

Method:

Place all ingredients in TMX bowl and knead for 1 minute on interval speed.

Tip out on bread mat or lightly floured surface and knead into a ball. Cut into 6-8 pieces (depending on the size wrap you require) and roll into little balls in your hands.

Heat a fry pan on the stove (I use medium heat). Roll each ball out as thinly as possible into a circle shape and then place in the dry fry pan. Keep a close eye on the wrap as they can burn easily and turn when the spots turn brown.

Tips:

They will puff up a little, but just press the air out gently with a spatula.

Take care not to overcook. It is better to remove them a little early from the pan than overcook them.

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Cakes / Chelsea's Basic Choc Chip Cookies
« on: July 07, 2013, 11:34:00 am »
Ingredients:

125g butter, cubed
1 free-range egg
100g organic raw sugar (or 150g rapadura and no brown sugar)
70g brown sugar
300g plain flour (or 340g spelt flour)
2 level tsp baking powder
120g choc chips (or 1 x 100g block of organic chocolate chopped)

Method:


Preheat oven to 180 degrees and grease or line biscuit trays.

Add butter, egg and sugars to TMX bowl and beat for 40 seconds on speed 3.

Add flour and baking powder and mix for 20 seconds on speed 4.

Add choc chips and mix on reverse speed 3 for 10 seconds.

Roll mixture into balls (heaped tablespoon amount), place on tray and press down with a fork.

Bake for 10-12 minutes. Yum!

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Breakfast / Chelsea's Wholegrain Pancakes
« on: July 07, 2013, 11:31:22 am »
Ingredients:

390g non-homogenised milk
150g spelt, wheat or khorasan (kamut)
1 tbsp organic apple cider vinegar

30g organic oil (mild flavoured)
3 free range eggs
pinch Himalayan salt

Method:
Place milk, grain and vinegar in bowl and blend for 2 minutes on speed 9. Scrape mixture down half way through.

Scrape mixture into a bowl (or leave in TM), cover with a tea towel and leave to soak at cool room temperature for 24 hours (I really do recommend this amount of time).

After the soaking period add all of the ingredients into the TM bowl (including the soaked flour) and blend for 3 minutes at speed 9.

Refrigerate for 30 minutes before making the crepes.

I make six large (and extremely filling) crepes using my crepe pan. I season the pan with butter before making the first crepe and then do not add any more butter to the pan.

Serve as sweet or savoury crepes - with lemon and rapadura, pure maple syrup, fruit and cream, chicken curry etc.

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Cakes / Chelsea's Muesli Slice
« on: July 07, 2013, 11:29:03 am »
Ingredients:

80g dried apricots
75g dried apples
110g butter
70g rapadura
50g organic honey
90g organic rolled oats
45g shredded coconut
85g white spelt flour or 75g plain wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
80g organic sultanas or sweetened cranberries

Method:
Preheat oven to moderate (180 or 160 fan forced) and line a 20x30cm lamington tray with baking paper.

Place dried apricots and apples into TMX bowl and chop for 10 seconds on speed 5 or until fine. Set aside.

Combine butter, rapadura and honey in TMX bowl and heat for 1 minute, 100 degrees, speed 3.

Add all remaining ingredients (including the chopped apricot and apple) and mix on reverse speed 3 for 15 seconds or until well combined.

Press mixture into prepared pan and smooth with the back of a spoon.

Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan, before lifting out and slicing into squares or bars.

Enjoy!

Notes:
If you can't lay your hands on rapadura, raw sugar will be fine.

Keep an eye out for healthier options when buying dried fruit. Look for sultanas that are free from harmful vegetable oil. They will look a slighty chalky instead of shiny. Clyne's Organic sultanas are very yummy and are sold at Coles. Also look for dried apricots that have been dried naturally without the use of sulphur dioxide (220) that preserves the colour. They are darker in colour (some are almost black) but the flavours are beautiful. I buy my organic dried apricots from my local health food store.

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Vegetarian / Chelsea's Veg and Rice Slice
« on: July 07, 2013, 11:27:28 am »
Ingredients:

120g brown rice - uncooked
120g tasty cheese
4 eggs
120g milk
1 lrg carrot - quartered
1 lrg zucchini - quartered
4 chives - quartered
1/2 cup corn kernels
110g spelt flour (or plain wheat flour)
1 tsp baking powder

Method:

Weigh rice into basket and rinse well. Weigh 1200g of water into bowl, insert basket and cook rice for 35 minutes, varoma temp, speed 4.

Remove rice when cooked and rinse in cold water. Rinse out bowl in cold water and dry.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees (160 fan forced) and line a 20x30cm lamington tray with baking paper (leave a little overhang above sides of tray). Use a peg on each side to hold the baking paper in place. Remove the pegs before baking though :-).

Grate cheese in TM for 3 seconds on speed 8. Set aside.

Add eggs and milk to bowl and whisk for 15 seconds on speed 4. Set aside (poured in with cheese is fine).

Add carrot, zucchini and chives to bowl and grate for 3-4 seconds on speed 5 or until chopped finely.

Add all ingredients on the list into bowl and mix for 20 seconds on reverse speed 3 or until well combined.

Pour into lined tray and spread evenly.

Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown and firm to touch.

Notes:
Some lovely additions to the slice include:
*diced triple smoked ham and cracked pepper
*diced cooked chicken and sweet chilli sauce
*tuna would probably also work well if you like it.

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Ingredients:

Marinade:
1 large juicy orange
80g organic honey
40g rapadura (or brown sugar)
1 level tsp ground ginger (or you can use fresh)

1.2kg chicken winglets or mini drum sticks
40g olive oil

Method:

To make marinade:

Cut orange into quarters and remove flesh using a knife. Place orange flesh in TM bowl and puree on speed 7 for 10 seconds. Discard skin and pith.

Add honey, rapadura and ginger and mix on speed 4-5 for 10 seconds.

Place chicken pieces in a bowl and stir marinade through. Refrigerate for approximately two hours, stirring and spooning the mix over the chicken after the first hour.

Cook as directed in this recipe. I added the left-over marinade in with the chicken and it made a lovely thick sauce to drizzle over the rice and steamed veggies that I served the chicken with.

Enjoy!

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Main Dishes / Chelsea's Honey Baked Pumpkin Risotto
« on: July 07, 2013, 11:24:19 am »
Ingredients (serves 4)

900g pumpkin, peeled, cut into 1cm cubes
2 tbsp organic olive oil
1 tbsp honey (for drizzling)
2cm piece ginger – peeled
1 onion, peeled and quartered
2 celery stalks, washed and quartered
40g organic olive oil
220g arborio rice
160g white wine
600g water
1 tbsp vegie stock concentrate
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1/2 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley, plus extra to garnish
2 tbsp mascarpone (or softened cream cheese) plus extra to serve
Salt and pepper
Honey (to serve)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 220°C.

2. Place chopped pumpkin in an even layer on a large baking tray and drizzle with 2 tablespoons of oil. Season with salt and pepper. Roast for 15 minutes, then remove and drizzle with honey, tossing well to coat each piece. Roast for a further 15 minutes until cooked and golden. Start cooking the risotto with the directions below whilst the pumpkin is baking.

3. Add ginger to the TM bowl and grate for 10 seconds on speed 6. Add onion and celery and chop for 3 seconds on speed 5. Scrape down sides of bowl.

4. Add oil and sauté for 3 minutes on 100 degrees, reverse speed 1.

5. Add rice and wine and cook for a further minute.

6. Add stock concentrate and water and continue to cook for 16 minutes at 100 degrees, reverse speed 1.

7. Tip risotto into thermoserve and use spatula to stir through lemon juice, pumpkin, parsley, marscapone and salt and pepper. Leave to sit for 10 minutes.

8. Serve with a dollop of mascarpone, a drizzle of honey and extra parsley.

Enjoy!

Suggestions from other forum members.

Flavour of the month- used parmesan instead of mascarpone, use ˝ onion next time and cook for 5 minutes.

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Babies and Kids / Chelsea's Fruity Puff Bars
« on: July 07, 2013, 11:19:52 am »
Ingredients:

110g butter
90g rapadura
70g organic honey
1 tsp homemade vanilla extract
90g puffed brown rice
40g organic shredded coconut
70g dried sultanas, craisins or chopped dried apricots

Method:

Place butter, rapadura and honey into TMX bowl and heat at 100 degrees, for 6 minutes on speed 3. Add the vanilla extract in the last minute.

Add the remaining ingredients and mix for 20 seconds on reverse speed 3.

Scrape mixture into a baking tin lined with baking paper. Spread out and press down very firmly with hands (don't squash the rice but be firm).

Refrigerate and slice into bars when firm.

The original recipe says that these bars freeze fine. I have some bars in the freezer now and will report back how they go later in the week.

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Main Dishes / Re: Beef Stroganoff from Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)
« on: July 07, 2013, 11:17:30 am »
Golly - look at that list. Thanks CP. There mustn't be many recipes to move over from my blog.

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Main Dishes / Chelsea's Sausage and Lentil Hotpot with Mash
« on: July 07, 2013, 11:15:27 am »
Ingredients

8 thin beef sausages (lean)
1 steamer basket full of diced potatoes (2cm dice)
20g butter
50g cream or milk
50g water
1/2 tsp chicken stock
1 large brown onion, peeled and quartered
2 garlic cloves, peeled
4 rashers bacon, rind removed, chopped into strips
1 can diced organic tomatoes
40g water
1 tsp chicken stock
2 dried bay leaves
1 can organic brown lentils, rinsed
1/2 cup Italian parsley chopped
salt and pepper

Method:

Place sausages in deep varoma dish. Place 4 sausages across the bottom and the other 4 on top of them but laying in the opposite direction.

Place 500g of water in the TMX bowl and insert the steamer basket (full of potatoes) into the bowl. Fit the varoma on to the lid. Steam for 22 minutes at varoma temp, speed 4.

After the cooking time check that the sausages are cooked and the potatoes are falling apart easily (cook for longer if necessary). Remove the varoma and basket. Empty the TMX bowl and insert the butterfly. Add the potatoes, butter, cream, water and stock and mash at speed 4 for 10-20 seconds. Scrape the mash into thermoserve and clean the bowl.

Add garlic and onion to bowl and chop for 3 seconds on speed 5. Add bacon and oil and saute for 3 minutes, 100 degrees, reverse speed 1.

Add the tomatoes, water, stock and bay leaves to bowl and cook for 10 minutes at 100 degrees, reverse speed 1.While this is cooking chop each sausage into 6-8 pieces.

Add the chopped sausages and drained lentils and cook for a further 5 minutes at 100 degrees, reverse speed 1. In the last minute of cooking add the parsley and season generously with salt and pepper.

Remove bay leaves and serve the sausage and lentil hotpot with the mash. Enjoy!

Suggestions made by forum members.[/b]
Katiej suggested; I made sure I bought really lean beef sausages that contained no fat. I steamed some green beans on the top tray of the Varoma whilst the sausages and potatoes were cooking. I placed them into a second Thermoserver, whilst the hotpot cooked.
I put the hotpot into a dish, placed the mash on top, sprinkled with cheese and placed it under the grill. Everything tastes good with cheese!


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Diet / Re: Weight loss Challenge
« on: July 07, 2013, 11:06:12 am »
Wonderful news Rainbow.  I was wondering how you were going. :)

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Diet / Re: Weight loss Challenge
« on: July 02, 2013, 04:41:21 am »
I bet that's a good feeling Chelsea, now to maintain? Or will you go a little lower

It is an amazing feeling Rainbow. I'm still doing my lower points for a couple more weeks. I'm a bit nervous about increasing my points for maintenance and possibly putting on weight. My local WW leader is leaving and I've been debating putting my hand up. It would be a great incentive to maintain my weight (having to get lead the meeting each week) but I probably have enough on my plate at the moment.  :)

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Diet / Re: Weight loss Challenge
« on: July 01, 2013, 10:06:43 am »
Finally bit the bullet and joined Weight Watchers today

Great work Rainbow!!! I hope you find it as great as I have.

I've lost another 0.7kg this week. Have now lost 8kg in total and am at my goal weight.  ;D

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