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Special Diets / Re: protein smoothie recipe request
« on: December 18, 2011, 10:55:12 pm »
Moonmobile,

Here is my smoothie recipe that I make every morning, that may fit your requirement and is quite adaptable:

In the Thermomix, add:

*  Handful of almonds
*  100gr mixed frozen berries
*  1 frozen banana  (I cut bananas into pieces & leave in freezer)
*  1 tblsp sesame seeds  (calcium boost)
*  1 tblsp chia seeds or flaxseeds
*  1/2  tsp chlorella (complete protein)
*  1 Tblsp cacao powder or carob
*  3 fresh dates
*  2 Tblsp coconut yoghurt (optional) (you can make in thermomix)
*  6 icecubes
*  420 grams water

Process on speed 10 for 1 minute.

This makes quite a thick, creamy smoothie.  Alter to your taste.  You can make almond milk, coconut milk or any similar dairy free milks in advance in the Thermomix.  Otherwise, the handful of almonds and water as above, is a quick option.

Information regarding chlorella  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorella


Enjoy!   ;D

Squirrel

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Vegan / Black Bean Brownies
« on: April 16, 2010, 05:50:07 am »
Black Bean Brownies

These brownies are dense and fudgy with a healthy twist.

Ingredients:

1 cup of cooked black beans (canned or pre-cooked in Thmx)
2 whole bananas
1/3 cup Agave syrup
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 Tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup rolled oats

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 150 degrees C.
Place the rolled oats in the Thmx and process for 10 sec on speed 8
Add all the other ingredients to the Thmx and blend until smooth, scrapping sides as needed.
Pour batter into a square cooking pan.
Bake approx 30 mins or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
Allow to cool before slicing.

Notes:  Add another 1/4 cup oats or flour if you find the brownies too soft or fudgy.

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Desserts / Chia Pudding (vegan)
« on: October 05, 2009, 12:05:39 am »
This is a nice little recipe I have adapted from Swell Vegan that incorporates chia seeds.  The seeds swell to set the pudding.  It is reminiscent of tapioca pudding.

Name of Recipe: Chia Pudding
Number of People: 1-2
Ingredients:
1/4 cup whole Chia Seeds
1 cup almond milk (or non-dairy milk).  I use Jo's almond & rice milk from quirky cooking
1 banana (frozen is nice)
2-3 dates (if milk is unsweetened)
few dashes of cinnamon
pinch of celtic sea salt



Preparation:

Blend the frozen banana, almond milk,dates, cinnamon & celtic sea salt for 20 secs on speed 9.
Add the chia seeds and gently blend on  :-: speed 3 for 10 secs.

Pour into ramekins or bowl and leave to set in refridgerator for at least 20 mins.  The pudding will set.  Leave the chia pudding overnight for an even more solid setting.


Photos:  Photo from Swell Vegan

Members' comments
LauraTO - Very simple but really great recipe! I didn't plan ahead so used a fresh banana instead for frozen, and my sea salt wasn't Celtic (gasp!) but it still turned out really well. Loved the interesting texture of the seeds.



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Recipe Requests / Re: Cyndi O'Meara All-purpose flour
« on: September 30, 2009, 08:53:06 am »
I think for the Maize flour you can just mill polenta


Squirrel

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Recipe Requests / Re: Cyndi O'Meara All-purpose flour
« on: September 30, 2009, 07:25:16 am »
Hi Sim,

I have posted it here a while back:

http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=1242.msg8432#msg8432

Hope that helps

Squirrel

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Special Diets / Re: Soy milk recipe
« on: September 12, 2009, 06:34:53 am »
Here is the Soy Milk Recipe from the EDC I have:

Ingredients:

100g Dried Soy Beans, washed soaked overnight  (Tip:  I usually add 2 tsps of yoghurt and stir through soaking water to aid digestion)
1000g Water


Method

Place soaked, drained beans into TM bowl with 400g water.  Pulverise 1min on speed 8

Add remaining 600g water then cook for 10 minutes at 90 degrees on speed 4
Tip:  This is where I like to add 3 Tblspns of barley

Once cooked strain through basket or muslin cloth.  ( I usually do first strain through stainless steel mesh strainer)
Strain milk again into seperate jug and allow to cool.    (I usually strain 2nd time through stainless steel funnel lined with a small piece of chux)

I also add a pinch of celtic sea salt and stir through.
Optionally add any sweeteners (honey, agave syrup, maple syrup etc).

Squirrel


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Special Diets / Re: Soy milk recipe
« on: September 12, 2009, 01:57:56 am »
I make the soy milk from EDC all the time. The recipe is quite good, however to make it more creamier and taste a lot better, I add 3 tablespoons of barley for the cooking stage. Otherwise the soy milk tastes quite 'beany'


Squirrel

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Chit Chat / Re: What improvements would you like to see in the next model?
« on: September 01, 2009, 03:32:24 am »
I love my Thmx too... if there was one improvement I could mention - as it does practically everything... it would be that it could hang out the washing as well!!    :o ;D ;D ;D


Squirrel

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Desserts / Choc Tofu Ice Cream (Vegan)
« on: August 25, 2009, 11:25:04 am »
This recipe for ice cream has a texture just like dairy ice cream.  Even my dairy eating friends love it!!  :D


Choc Tofu Ice Cream:
Serves 2-3 servings:
Ingredients:

2 x packets of silken tofu
4 tblsp Agave Syrup  (or honey)
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
scan 1/2 tsp Sea Salt
3 tblsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder



Preparation:

Mix 1 1/2 packets of tofu, agave syrup, cinnamon, sea salt and cocoa powder in the Thmx on speed 7 for 10-15 secs.
Place in a tightly covered container and freeze.

Once frozen, remove from freezer, let sit at room temperature for 5 mins and chop into chunks.  Place the remaining silken tofu (1/2 packet) and the frozen chunks and blend for 10secs on speed 7.  Serve immediately



Tips/Hints:
Some ideas for optional add-ins for blending in on the final stage:
peanut butter
nuts
choc chips



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Recipe Requests / Re: Protein breakfast smoothie please!
« on: August 20, 2009, 01:33:59 am »
Hi Narelle,

One other tip to increase nuttage in smoothies.... make some almond milk in the Thmx and use that as a base for your smoothie.
I find it works quite well  :P

Squirrel 

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Cakes / Fat Free Oatmeal Sultana Biscuits (Vegan)
« on: August 15, 2009, 03:51:43 am »
A very adaptable recipe for yummy biscuits!!

Ingredients

1 cup of flour   (Either Spelt, Cyndi's multi-purpose mix, wheat  etc)
1 1/2 cups rolled oats or rolled spelt oats
1/2 cup rapadura sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/4 cup agave syrup   (or honey)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup organic sultanas


Method

Preheat oven to 175 degrees

Make applesauce in Thmx (pg 60 in EDC).  Set aside to cool.

Combine in the  *: the flour, rolled oats, sugar and baking soda.  Process for 7 secs  :-: on speed 3. Be careful not to over process.

Add the applesauce, agave syrup, vanilla extract and sultanas.  Process for 15 secs  :-: on speed 2 until well mixed.

Drop rounded teaspoonful of dough onto a lined baking tray.

Slightly flatten each biscuit with tip of spoon or fork.

Bake for about 9 mins or until golden brown.

Cool for 1 min on baking tray before transferring to wire racks and cool completely.

members' comments

Chelsea - they are VERY yummy (not at all what I was expecting). I forgot about them baking in the oven and just caught them before they burnt.  I would never have normally baked them to such a dark golden colour but I will definitely do it again!!!  I froze two extra 140g portions of the apple sauce in ziplock bags ready for our next batch of cookies - which may be tomorrow. Here are the conversions for people who use the scales:
125g flour
180g rolled oats
80g rapadura
140g apple sauce
70g honey (not sure about agave syrup weight)
85g sultanas

fruity - These biscuits (and the raw mix) is soooo yumm!

Amy - They are definitely more like little cakes than biscuits. Quite soft, but not in a bad way at all. Mum said that they taste as though you could pour milk over them and eat them like porridge. Must be the oats. Very good though, I'll definitely be making them often as a healthy snack for mum and SD.

Fruity - Mine were a lot darker than that though I used brown sugar and cooked them a tad longer than suggested and they were very much like a softer ANZAC. Very, very moreish.







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Cakes / Lemon & Poppy Seed Muffins (Vegan, LF)
« on: August 09, 2009, 07:47:37 am »
This recipe has been adapted for the Thmx from Fatfreevegan.com  Makes 12 muffins approx. 


LEMON & POPPY SEED MUFFINS

Ingredients:

2 cups of flour of your choice   (I prefer 1 cup white spelt & 1 cup of Cyndi's multipurpose flour - just to mix it up)
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup of rapadura or organic raw sugar.   
1/4 cup poppy seeds
1 packet silken tofu
1/4 cup plain soy milk
1 tblsp fresh-squeezed lemon juice
1 tsp lemon extract
3/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce


METHOD:

Preheat oven to 160 degrees C.

Make applesauce in Thmx  (pg 60 in EDC)  and set aside to cool.

Mix tofu, soy milk, lemon juice & lemon extract for 10 secs on speed 7.

Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar, poppy seeds & apple sauce.  Mix for 30 secs on Speed 4-5 or until well combined.

Spoon batter into prepared muffin tins.
Bake 25 mins, or until lightly browned on top.
Remove from muffin tin & cool on rack for 15 mins before eating.



 

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Recipe Requests / Healthy Spelt bread recipe
« on: July 21, 2009, 08:35:17 am »
Hi all Thmx addicts,

Does anyone have a healthy  recipe version of spelt bread that doesn't use bakers flour.

Thanks in advance   ;D

Squirrel


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Recipe Requests / Re: Dairy and soy free yoghurt
« on: July 01, 2009, 01:41:50 pm »
Sorry Marmee it's taken me so long... but had to make another batch to test it again.  The yoghurt is not a thick a dairy yoghurt but I have read you can add some agar agar and tapioca flour to thicken it up.  (I have not tried this in my testing)

Firstly I made the coconut milk in the Thermomix, but you could also make it with canned coconut milk.

Making Coconut Milk in Thermomix

1.  Put 300g Dessicated Coconut and approx 900g Water  (I add more water than the recipe from the Everyday Cookbook)
2.  Cook for 10 mins at 100 degrees on speed 4
3.  Pulverise for 30 secs on speed 8

Strain through stainless steel mesh strainer and press out all the liquid.  This makes approx 500g of coconut milk.


To make the yoghurt

1. In the Thermomix, cook the coconut milk for 7 mins at 70 degrees on speed 1
2. Place 2  heaped tablespoons of organic plain yoghurt in a ramekin.  Make sure the ramekin and spoon have been washed in hot water.  Shake out the water, do not wipe with tea towel or anything that will corrupt the yoghurt.  Set aside to reach room temperature. 

NB  I use dairy yoghurt as a starter, but you could use plain soy yoghurt or possibley purchase a probiotic non-dairy starter.

3.  Let the coconut milk stand in the Thermomx bowl until the 37 degree light goes off on the Thermomix.  Then pour a little amount of coconut milk into your ramekin with your yoghurt starter  (using your clean spoon) and mix to a runny paste.
Add back to your remaining coconut milk in the Thermomix.  Also add 1  heaped tablespoon of honey (gives the yoghurt starter something to feed on)
Optionally here add 1 tsp of agar agar powder and 1 tsp of tapioca flour to thicken.
4.  Mix for 4 secs on speed 3
5.  Cook for 7 mins at 37 degrees on speed 1

6.  Pour the coconut milk yoghurt into a food thermos (I usually let stand for 10 mins with boiling water in the thermos to pre-warm it).
7.  Let the yoghurt stand for about 5 hours.  Then pour into a clean glass jar and refridgerate.

Enjoy!!   ;D

As I mentioned above, it is  not the thickest yoghurt you will ever make, but it tastes very scrumptious. 


Squirrel



 

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Recipe Requests / Re: Dairy and soy free yoghurt
« on: June 30, 2009, 01:31:18 am »
I am just making plain..... but will probably try adding some organic maple syrup or something after it has been refridgerated to see if I can tweek it.

Stay tuned.  But so far I have made the coconut milk in the Thermomx and then the yoghurt also in the Thermomx  from there.

So far.. so good. I'll post the full details once I know how it turns out.   :-))  (and if I can make it taste good as well.!!)

Squirrel




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