Ermm.. I find the quickest way to completely clean is to take apart and hold the blade upside down in the palm of my hand and then use a baby's bottle brush to push in and around the underside of the blades, dunking in and out of the water.  It quickly brushes away any bits that are caught there. Followed up by a quick rinse and dry and then reassemble.  Really only takes a minute and I know it's all really clean. 

If there's been any cooked on food at the bottom of the bowl, I soak the bowl in water for a min then I use one of those miniature soap pads that comes in a box of 10 or so. I use the home brand ones, the smaller size is great for this job.  They work every time and leaves it all nice and shiny without scratching. 

you ladies are soooo cruel.

It's our job 

Am making Judy's Zucchiini soup tonight and either bread or rolls to dip in. 

I've made some pizza dough which is proving at the moment, and also the tomato base to make pizzas tonight in our new pizza maker. 

You've got to love gadgets, dough and tom base made  in the TM, pizzas will be cooked in pizza maker.

Thanks Judy, and Vivacity, you brought our attention to the recipe by posting it here, so I still give credit to you for doing so, thankyou. 

Amanda it sounds like you need some TLC at the moment.   

Hope you feel better soon and can enjoy your trip away. 

I might have to give this a go.  I stopped using the goo because my clothes started to look dull after a few weeks of using it, but it sounds like this shouldn't happen with the powder. 

Thanks Thermomixer, we have an Angus & Robertson shop in our town, so will have a look for it next time I'm there. 

Judy, I've earmarked those 2 recipes for next week because of your review.  I think reviews are great, can really motivate me to try some things I may not ordinarily do, or might have missed. 

I made a pasta dish, called Fettuccini with creamy capsicum sauce, partly using the TM, both for chopping the veg and for cooking the fettuccini.

Also made some little Rocky Crunch cakes.  Like a rock cake really.  Saw a recipe on the side of a packet of Kellogs Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and so converted and made in the TM.  They turned out great, nice and crunchy on the outside and soft inside.  Perfect with a cuppa and for DH to take to work.

Then I finished off a dessert that I started the night before, only doing half quantity as a trial. 
Called "Coeur a la creme d'anjou with raspberries". Fancy name for something so small, but they are basically whipped cream, stiffly beaten egg whites and ricotta that's all beaten separately and then combined with a little sugar, orange & lemon juices and put into little heart shaped moulds that have drain holes in the bottom and you line with muslin to allow any liquid to drain away while they chill overnight.  Just before serving you un-mould and remove the muslin, top with fresh raspberries, sprinkle with icing sugar and drizzle with raspberry coulis. 

Oh boy are they nice, so very light, only tiny, but a nice ending to a special meal. I need to work on the presentation a little more, maybe play around with how to drizzle the coulis, but I'm happy with how they turned out for a first time.