Thanks for the warm welcome (back) everyone :-*
Renewed interest is exactly what's happening for me .. It goes to show how awesome this machine is, that after all this time I'm just as impressed and excited about owning a TM as I was the day she arrived lol ..
Great to see some other Kiwi's on here too! I'm in Golden Bay, which for those who don't know NZ geography is a semi-isolated rural valley at the top of the south island .. It's really quite special here, being surrounded on three sides by mountain ranges, and the ocean to the north .. *waves* to MamaMix - I totally understand where you're coming from as far as shying away from complicated 'sounding' recipes, yet wanting to get in there and try it all too .. I was exactly the same when I first got mine, and must have whipped up at least four things every single day the first month .. Lots of ice-cream & sorbets, bread & dip *yum*
Oh I must share what I ended up doing for dinner tonight because it was soooo good .. I decided to make a modified version of the EDC Mushroom Risotto, and tweak it to use what I had - Jasmine rice instead of Arborio, freshly pressed apple juice instead of wine, and a bunch of other goodies thrown in (tomato, red pepper, green onions, lemon zest, spinach, fetta) .. It's hands down the best Risotto I've made; full of flavour, and neither gluggy nor soupy as I've had them turn out in the past .. My son (10yrs old) ate a great big bowl full, and between you & me I'm sure even Gordon Ramsey would have approved ;D
And best of all, dishes are nothing more than wiping off the chopping board & knife, rinsing out the bowls & TM = finished in 5min flat!
Not sure if pics are the done thing here but I'm always taking photos of my food (actually I take photo's of everything?!):
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What a friendly bunch you all are ~ lovely to meet you all :D
Sorry to hear there's been some other 'Juicy' causing trouble, that's no good, and I assure you it's not me as I'm quite allergic to drama lol ..
Just to update what I've been making these last couple of days, after Tuesday's Risotto, I made the 2nd batch of Vegetarian Sausage Rolls, and then for my 'try something new each day challenge' I did quirkycooking's Cashew Honey Vanilla Bean Custard http://quirkycooking.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/cashew-honey-vanilla-bean-custard.html (http://quirkycooking.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/cashew-honey-vanilla-bean-custard.html) which I served with some stewed apple & lemon rind ..
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For a dairy free custard this really rocked! However, and possibly due of the honey I used, I found it needed just a little extra sweetening .. So I chopped up a banana and mixed it in with the apple & custard and that did the trick nicely ;)
On the menu tonight is Chilli Con Carne from What Caroline Cooked http://whatcarolinecooked.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/chilli-con-carne.html (http://whatcarolinecooked.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/chilli-con-carne.html), with Rice, Kumera & Brussel Sprouts - the veggies seem a bit of an odd mix for a chili, but they need to be used up ..
And I'm also going to make a batch of Bron's Spanish Vegetable Stock Concentrate http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=836.0 (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=836.0) this afternoon as I'm nearly out of the EDC one and I want to compare the flavour .. Actually I think I'll go do that now ;D