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Chit Chat / Re: freezing meals and freezing ingredients
« on: April 15, 2012, 10:09:02 pm »
I used to use the zip lock bags but found they leaked if I recycled them - perhaps I'll give them another go and not recycle them this time, they are certainly more space efficient than the plastic tubs, etc. which I am using now.

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Chit Chat / Re: What are you cooking today?
« on: April 15, 2012, 09:06:39 pm »
You've done all that already this morning, Fundj????????

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Chit Chat / Re: freezing meals and freezing ingredients
« on: April 15, 2012, 09:05:22 pm »
I freeze just about eveything I make - most Sunday mornings I do my weekly cook, separate it into portions then into the freezer to eat during the week.  Unfortunately my freezer is too full at the moment - I think I may have to look at vacuum packing which will take up less room than the plastic containers I current use, then I can cook more!

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Chit Chat / Re: What are you cooking today?
« on: April 15, 2012, 08:52:20 pm »
That brussel sprout recipe looks lovely, JD, thanks for posting it, I am definitely going to try that one.  I bought some really fresh sprouts at the farmers market at the weekend (they were still attached to the stalk!). Put them into my EGI stew (Everything Goes In stew) and they are the freshest, tastiest sprouts I have ever tasted.

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Chit Chat / Re: Best Australian Blogs 2012 Competition
« on: April 15, 2012, 01:15:03 am »
I had to vote for Quirky Cooking - her blog has been so helpful to me and one of my favourite TMX meals is one of Jo's.

Good luck to all our members who are entered in the competition.

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Chit Chat / Re: THE SHOPPING THREAD :-)
« on: April 13, 2012, 09:24:30 pm »
CP, so sorry to hear that you were scammed like that.  When I started reading your post I honestly thought you were joking as I always saw you as being a very savvy sort of person and aware of what is going on, but, with a story like that, I can see how it would be so easy to want to do the "right thing" then being caught out.

We all know that it is not correct to refund to another bank account, but we simply feel so sorry for the situation the 'client' is in that we will go out of our way to help and end up in your situation. None of us can afford to absorb that sort of loss and I feel so sorry for the situation you have found yourself in.  The thing is, if the purchase was initially paid for by credit card and you refund against a credit card, how do you know that the two credit cards are the same?  We certainly don't keep records of each and every credit card number - how on earth can we be expected to get it right?  It's a scary situation for us business people.

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Recipe Requests / Re: Cooking legumes
« on: April 12, 2012, 08:57:50 pm »
Judy, what a great list and what a lot of time was spent on it.  I am very impressed with the layout as well, I didn't realise you could do such well presented columns on this forum.

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Chit Chat / Re: URL LINKS TO WEBSITES OR BLOGS WITH THERMOMIX RECIPES
« on: April 12, 2012, 08:50:20 pm »
Thanks for that link, Shayla, I will have to remember that.

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Looks like you've ended up with a loaf with an in-built slicing guide!

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Non Thermomix Recipes / Re: Herman the German Friendship Cake
« on: April 11, 2012, 09:07:52 pm »
This is a great thread, CC.  Are you keeping part of Herman to carry on the next generation, or are you "Herman'ed" out?

Thanks for seeing it through to the end for us - such good fun watching him change and grow day by day.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: To buy or not to buy!!
« on: April 11, 2012, 09:03:12 pm »
Hi Ali23 and welcome to the forum.

You are certainly correct when you say that purchasing a TMX is a lot of money, but that doesn't seem to be a hurdle you are faced with.  Like everything new that you buy, whether it be a TMX, a handbag, a car, a new set of towels ... everything is just a little different to what you are familiar with, but you very quickly get used to it.

From reading the forum, you will know that we all love our machines and very few of us regret making the decision to buy.  Yes, you will undoubtedly start using ingredients that you never used before, but you and your family may not even notice that they are eating something radically different.  Many of us have found that we are making / baking / cooking things we never did before - for me that was things like pastry, real custard, sorbets, mayonnaise.  Even if you only start with 'simple' things like these, some of them will be familiar to your family already and they will probably not even notice the difference - except perhaps for an improvement in taste or texture, etc. and you will know what they are eating so you are immediately up and running with healthy additive free foods.

For me, purchasing the TMX was a very easy decision.  For others, the expense has been a challenge, but they have gone ahead and not regretted it.  You will ready many threads and posts on here about families with fussy eaters and food intolerances and there is always someone else on the forum who can help and support you because they have experienced exactly what you are experiencing.  There is a vast resource on here of all kinds of recipes and I am sure you will find much inspiration for meals that very closely resemble those you currently cook for your family.  Slowly you can start introducing variations and variety and they will get used to these changes - it may not happen overnight, but it will happen.

Good luck with your decision and I hope everything works out for you for the best.

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Chit Chat / Re: What are you cooking today?
« on: April 11, 2012, 06:58:35 am »
I'm hanging my head in shame here, CP, because it's so long since I made bread, but I think it is Vitamin C that I used to use.  No doubt someone will put us on the straight and narrow with the correct answer before too long.

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Chit Chat / Re: Where to buy ingredients from?
« on: April 11, 2012, 06:55:52 am »
This is a good seed bread recipe you could try

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Chit Chat / Re: THE SHOPPING THREAD :-)
« on: April 11, 2012, 03:22:12 am »
Maddy, I wondered how you got on with your weekend's shopping.  Thanks for posting the images - perhaps it's as well I didn't get over to Daylesford after all! 

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There are going to be loads of very envious people on this forum once they see your kitchen and larder, Kylie.  They are so big and orderly with everything so well laid out and labelled - it's putting me to shame - I've been meaning to sort out my pantry for ages, perhaps this is the push I need.

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